Moving from multiple small events to one large conference would be more effective for advancing the Colorado film industry.

“I still feel like if they took all that funding and they took one big event and you took like a big conference center in Denver and you brought like people for like the Comic Con kind of thing but for filmmakers like I think that would be more beneficial”

Mark believes that professional film festivals operate on personal connections rather than genuine merit or experience.

“I get that if the entire world is all about who you know, you know, and not, you know, what your actual experience or expertise is, I guess when you go to Cannes, that's where all the fancy movie people are that are making fancy movie decisions or influencing those that are talking about fancy movie”

Film festivals each possess a unique identity that should be fully engaged with and embraced by those attending.

“I see one of my very good friends back here from my critic day Zach um I uh was a Critic so I would go to all the film festivals and each film festival has its own identity right and I've so and I really wanted to live inside of each of those identities fully”