Festival Lab
Working sessions for film festival organizers. One shared problem. 60 minutes on Zoom.
What it is
Not a webinar. Not a masterclass. A working session.
Film festivals are often the only organization of their kind in a city. You solve problems with the same team, year after year, drawing from the same well. What's missing is a structured space to work through real problems with other festival organizers.
Festival Lab is that space.
Webinar
Working session
Expert presenter
Peer facilitator
Slide deck
Live canvas
Open Session
Wed. December 2, 2026
10 am Los Angeles / 1 pm New York / 6 pm London / 7 pm Paris
Details coming soon.
The 2027 Season
Six sessions on topics every festival faces. Four sessions tackling a specific problem faced by a specific festival, determined by subscriber votes.
Topic Sessions
January
March
May
July
September
November
Problem Sessions
February
April
June
October
Stay in the Loop
Past Sessions
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Topic: Attendee Arrival Experience.
Invitation-only pilot session. 13 festival organizers from 12 festivals in the US and UK.
About the Facilitator
Erik Jambor. Co-founder of Birmingham, Alabama's
Sidewalk Film Festival and Director for its first eight years,
1999 to 2006 · Executive Director of Indie Memphis, 2008 to 2014 · Head of Festival Programming at BendFilm, 2016 to 2020.
Currently based in France.
