Film Festival Consultant | Wendy Mitchell

WendyMix 2019

Here are the Spotify links! WendyMix 2019 Special bonus of 30 more songs! 'Deep Cuts' Mix And some musings on the 20 songs on the...

IBC Big Screen 2019 learnings

I made my first trip to IBC in Amsterdam this week; for the uninitiated, IBC is a HUGE trade show for broadcast and film technology – I’m...

Big Skye

I met the indefatigable Chris Young at Cannes in 2018, when our mutual friend Mark Adams introduced us, thinking I’d want to know about...

Cannes talks 2019

At Cannes 2019, I served as events curator for the UK Film Centre, collaborating with the BFI and other partners for a lineup of 15...

Cannes 2019 day-by-day

Wednesday May 15 Highlights Stood next to Richard Madden at Nice airport. He was smaller than expected and had A LOT of luggage. Even...

A banner year for the Palm Dog

It was a big day in Cannes as Quentin Tarantino himself came to the Palm Dog awards to accept the top prize for cinematic canine for...

And the best DJs in Cannes are...

At the annual DJ battle of festival teams in Cannes at the Nordic party, the group from Sarajevo was deemed this year’s winner. The...

The Cannes Competition...on the dancefloor

by Wendy Mitchell We could christen it the Viking d’Or -- the hottest competition in Cannes outside of, ya know, the films. On Monday...

Press strategies podcast

Here's the second podcast I did with my pal Stuart Wright from Britflicks. This one is more about press strategies for filmmakers...but...

Find me in Berlin

I’m moderating some interesting talks in Berlin, do come along: Press conference announcing 10% for 50/50 and Alliance of Women’s...

Film festival strategies podcast

My good buddy Stuart Wright runs a great podcast series at Britflicks, and I recently recorded two podcasts with him. Here's the first...

Favourite films (and more) of 2018

Some of my yearly highlights (of course they are nowhere near as cool as Barack’s picks) Favourite films of 2018 Top 5 Border The...

The WendyMix 2018

Now in its 18th annual edition (baby's all grown up and can legally have a beer in the UK!), the WendyMix 2018 is a collection of songs I...

Gender equality: How would your film or company perform on a self report?

As ever, the Nordics are leading the way with gender equality in film. I was intrigued to learn about how the Danish Film Institute is...

Girl power

I was chuffed to be invited to join in this photo of women in the film industry, organised by the BFI London Film Festival. Great idea,...

Rowan Woods is now the festivals guru at British Council

I’ve now left the British Council as a staff member, so I am no longer running their festival selector screenings series. They have hired...

Autumn festival frenzy

Whew….what a season. I’ve been busy with nearly back-to-back festival trips since late August. Here’s where I've been: Haugesund,...

Thinking fests

For the second year running, I was honoured to moderate some interesting talks at Think Fest, the Jerusalem Film Festival's symposium...

First Nordic selection for San Seb 2018

I'm thrilled to be the Nordic scout for the San Sebastian Film Festival for the first time in 2018. And now the festival has unveiled its...

Summer travels

After laying low since Cannes, I'm thrilled to get back out on the 'circuit' with a visit to the Jerusalem Film Festival next week, where...