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The world’s first Trailer Festival has taken place in the Clarity Screening Room, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
The audience of over a hundred was exclusively industry and included Fox, Paramount, Disney and PBS.
Twenty four trailers were screened, produced by unknown filmmakers from the US, UK, Ireland, Finland, South Africa and Australia on June, 29.
Most of the attendees stayed for the after party and the excitement for this new concept was palpable.
Graham Chapman, a veteran US Distributor, said that he thought The Trailer Festival would be the next Sundance and everyone commented on the high standard and originality of the work they’d seen.
None of the companies who attended accept submissions from new filmmakers and the purpose of the festival is to open doors for those who have the talent but not the access.
All the trailers featured at the screening were in an online screening room, plus fifty more.
Access was given to attendees and a further hundred producers, distributors and managers who could not attend but who asked to view the trailers.
Within the first two weeks eighteen filmmakers had been contacted by producers, managers and distributors; scripts and DVDs are en route to Hollywood.
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