Courage


Festivals will reject you. Grants will say “thank you” and mention how many qualified applicants there were this year… while still rejecting your application. Distributors will pass, saying “your story’s not what we are looking for”. But the independent filmmaker stays focused on their vision, undeterred by external setbacks. It takes courage to keep moving forward when the industry says no. New Filmmaker’s Notebook every Wednesday: Https://newsletter.habethyfilms.com