# FestivalForge
> Full-cycle film festival operations. One accountable operating partner for ticketing, streaming, paid acquisition, email, analytics, filmmaker communication and attendee support.

FestivalForge runs the platform and operations behind established film festivals. The problem it solves: most festivals run on six or seven disconnected vendors, seven logins, no shared data, and nobody owns the attendee journey. Marketing cannot fix a fragmented attendee journey. The problem is not tools, it is ownership.

## Engagement model
- Full-cycle engagements from $80,000 to $150,000 per festival cycle. Advertising budget separate.
- Not a software subscription. Not a consulting audit. Not a traditional agency retainer. One accountable operating partner.
- FestivalForge takes no percentage of ticket revenue on standard full-cycle engagements. Ticket revenue deposits directly into the organization's own Stripe account. The organization keeps its audience, data and payment relationship.
- Separate platform and collection engagements exist for ongoing film collections and archives.

## Results
- Before FestivalForge: 192 registered attendees in the last comparable cycle. After: 4,300+ tickets issued across two operated cycles.
- 8,000+ streaming hours delivered. 39 films presented in the most recent edition.

## Who it is for
Established film festivals with real budgets that want one operator accountable for the entire attendee journey. Not for first-time festivals.

## Start
Festival Growth Assessment: a paid diagnostic of the festival's funnel, stack and revenue. If the right answer is to optimize what you have and buy nothing, the Assessment will say so.
Talk to Clara: Clara Vale is FestivalForge's AI partnerships lead at https://festivalforge.com/clara. Tell her how your festival runs today; if there is a real fit, our team follows up personally.
Contact: festivalforge.com

## More
- Full details: https://festivalforge.com/llms-full.txt