Rebekah Louisa Smith, The Film Festival Doctor

Unlocking Your World of Creativity

Mark Stinson

Arts, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Design, Marketing

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Podcast Interview with Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith - Unlocking Your World of Creativity

Introducing Rebekah Louisa Smith:, an award-winning film festival strategist and founder of The Film Festival Doctor.

- Rebekah's unique approach, blending practical business skills and spiritual techniques in her work.

Origin of Film Festival Strategies:

- Question: What inspired you to venture into film festival strategies, particularly focusing on winning and not just participating?

- Insights into Rebekah's accidental entry into the world of film festivals and the crucial need for a strategy.

Evolution in the Film Festival Landscape:

- Question: Over the years, how have you seen the film festival landscape evolve, and what challenges and opportunities does it present?

- Exploration of the surge in film festivals, online award festivals, and the changing dynamics of film production.

Balancing Creativity and Mental Health:

5. **Success Mindset and Mental Health:**

- Question: How do you integrate practical business skills with mental and spiritual techniques to foster a success mindset and support filmmakers' mental health?

- Discussion on the importance of handling rejection, using vision boards, EFT, and maintaining emotional detachment.

Rebekah's Journey and Balancing Creativity:

- Question: Having faced anxiety and panic attacks, how do you balance the demands of your career with self-care, and what advice do you have for other creatives?

- Insights into finding balance, embracing nature, and the significance of a 50-50 approach to avoid burnout.

Encouragement and Next Steps:

- Question: What advice do you have for creative individuals working on projects right now, and where can they find additional resources?

- Dr. Rebekah's encouragement to seek objective feedback before submissions and her book, "Born to Do It."

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0:00.0	Have to your most original thinking, organize your ideas and create the opportunities to launch your creative work.
0:14.0	Unlocking your world of creativity,
0:17.0	with best-selling author and brand innovator, Mark Stinson.
0:22.0	Welcome back, friends, to our podcast,
0:25.0	Unlocking your world of Creativity.
0:28.0	And here we are at episode 296.
0:30.0	And right before I introduce today's guest, I'd like to tell you that tomorrow I'll be
0:35.0	posting a playlist of Christmas holiday songs, a wide range of artist.
0:40.4	These are not the tired songs you're going to hear on the radio every five minutes.
0:44.0	These are some new fresh holiday songs, so come back tomorrow for that.
0:48.0	And of course that means we're approaching our milestone episode 300.
0:52.0	We'll have a reunion of guests planned so you won't want to miss
0:56.2	that. So it's a great time to subscribe to the podcast on any of your favorite apps.
1:01.3	We're on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Odyssey, I-Heart, all the podcast apps.
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1:10.5	So let's bring on today's creative guests. We're going to talk about strategies for winning awards,
1:16.0	ways we can adopt a winning mindset, and especially for us creatives, ways to build resilience in the face of
1:25.2	obstacles and rejection and my guest is Rebecca Louisa Smith.
1:30.3	Rebecca how are you?
1:31.3	I'm good thank you how are you? I'm good thank you. How are you?
1:34.0	I'm terrific.
1:35.0	Rebecca is an award-winning film festival strategist, she's founder of the film festival doctor.
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