As we head into the busiest time of the year for festival submissions, we sit down with programming staff from SXSW who will talk you through the essentials of submitting your work to film festivals. Our discussion will include advice on the nuts and bolts that help position your film for programmers eyes, what the submission process looks like on the back end, and how to discern what festivals to target with your submission. Attending filmmakers will come away with a better understanding of the festival programming process, guidelines to come up with their own submissions plan, and a tactical grasp of the “best practices” to adopt when submitting to a festival.