Programmers reject far more films than they accept, and rarely explain why in public. We asked one to walk us through an actual shortlist.
The first ten minutes decide more than you’d think
“I can usually tell within the first reel whether a film knows what it’s about,” she says. “Not the plot — the film. Plenty of films have a clear plot and no idea what they’re actually about.”
A clear plot is not the same thing as a clear point of view.
