With the Cannes Film Festival just days away, it’s time to look at the essential items to take before stepping on the red carpet and walking through the film market.

Setting up a film festival is big undertaking and when there are so many things that can go wrong how does one approach the huge task of making an event for filmmakers worthwhile?

There are some fights in the film industry not worth having no matter how talented or respected you are. It’s very easy for people to become ‘blacklisted’ from one bad experience, one offensive conversation, and one stupid remark.

We’ve featured many indie filmmakers and their projects on the Film Industry Network, but there are still some who struggle with basic presentation, and that really undermines their creative effort when trying to promote films and showreels.

Oh yes that was great advice. I will certainly point the camera at the subject. Are you getting filmmaking tips that are so obvious they don’t actually help you make a film? Have you been given these golden nuggets only to find out they are made of plastic?

Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t just a world famous actor, athlete, politician and activist. He’s also a smart digital marketer, and there are many lessons we can learn from looking at what Arnold does to excel in online marketing.