Dr Rebekah Louisa Smith is an Award-Winning Film Festival Strategist and founder of The Film Festival Doctor. – creating expertly tailor-made festival strategies for her clients & facilitating their films’ exposure to global audiences.

The Film Festival Doctor and her team have helped clients win over 2,225 awards and have secured hundreds of festival screenings, including one Oscar nomination and one Oscar short listed film. Dr Smith has now published a first of its kind guidebook, The Ultimate Oscar Submission Guide, a handbook designed to help filmmakers understand how they can qualify their film for Oscar submission, including expert submission planning and preparation advice.

The book also contains details of useful resources to help filmmakers quickly learn how this process works. The Ultimate Oscar Submission Guide is a new addition to The Film Festival Doctor’s stable of valuable resources for filmmakers, which includes her groundbreaking e-book: Film Festivals & Looking After Your Mental Health, alongside The Film Festival Doctor’s Guide to Navigating The Festival Circuit –available from www.thefilmfestivaldoctor.com