The Awards Season Gamble: Why Festival Strategy Can Make or Break Oscar Dreams

The Awards Season Gamble: Why Festival Strategy Can Make or Break Oscar Dreams

From Venice and Telluride to risky debuts, insiders reveal how premieres shape awards season success, or failure.

Year in Advance Oscar Predictions: It's Late in the Summer and the Fall Film Festivals Are Looming - Awards Radar

20th Century Studios Welcome to August, ladies and gentlemen. We’re now late in the summer and I’m less than a month away from attending the Telluride Film Festival. Yes, it’s now a matter of weeks before Telluride, with the Venice Film Festival kicking off a few days before. Then, it’s right on to the Toronto International Film Festival, with the New York Film Festival sort of putting a bow on that month or so of movie madness. With that no lon…