Having a ‘Cannes Do’ Attitude Can Change Your Life  The Festival
De Cannes takes you on a journey that can lead you to success,
or more of the same.  Take a short film, which you have worked
on tirelessly for the last 6 months. How do you make that into a
winning project that will transform your life? It depends on who
you meet. What do you convey to whom you meet? What does your
short film mean to the rest of the world?  These are some of the
questions that many don’t ask, and I see that filmmakers often
want to get as many people to see their films, without an
objective behind it.  This year, there are thousands of shorts,
features, and documentaries all with different stories, values
and teams. Yet very few ever get the real respect they deserve.
My advice to anyone down in Cannes looking to push his or her
films out there is to know what you want to achieve at the end
of the day. If you want to sell it, focus on talking to
distributors. If you want to get critical acclaim, pitch it to
journalists who lik