About Us
Our Experience
Nearly 30 years of experience discovering emerging world cinema talent through premiere film festival programming, production publicity and strategic festival publicity at A-List festivals around the world has given Kathleen McInnis a singular point of view -- empower filmmakers to merge their creative and business development to their own best advantage while building audience and expanding networks worldwide.
Our Approach
We start with GOALS and EXPECTATIONS: Yours as filmmaker, those of the sales agents and distributors, even the films' goals. Then we deconstruct to reconstruct -- if you want to get HERE, what do we need to have to get you THERE? We can start in development, production, post, or even when you first get confirmation of your world premiere screening at major festival. Our major tools are you, your film, and your material deliverables. We use them all to craft the marketing elements best suited to present you and your film to your audience.
Why Us?
Kathleen McInnis has decades of experience helping world cinema filmmakers use the festival circuit to their best advantage. She brings together top publicists and social media teams for each festival to work on behalf of the See-Through Films slate. Together, we all act as "festival buddies" to our teams working with them for the very best festival experience possible. It's our honor to be on your festival team.
Kathleen McInnis, CV
Festival Programming
SIFF Works in Progress Curator
Tribeca, Shorts Programming
Aspen Short Fest, Director of Programming
TIFF Short Cuts, International Programmer
HOT DOCS, International Shorts Programmer
Palm Springs ShortsFest, Festival Director, Film Curator, Director of Industry Programming
Slamdance Film Festival, Festival Director
Women In Cinema Film Festival, Co-Creator, Lead Programmer
Seattle International Film Festival, Lead Programmer, Director of Industry Programming, Director of Publicity and Promotion
Strategic Publicity
Under her company, See-Through Films LLC, Kathleen designs individual campaigns for each film specific to their goals and expectations. She works to expand filmmaker networks, broaden and cultivate audience and raise profile for both the films and filmmakers through their premiers at festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Toronto and Karlovy Vary (full list available by request).
Unit Publicity (Selected Titles)
The Ballad of Lefty Brown, 2017
4 Minute Mile, 2014
The Door, 2012
The Ward, 2010
Splinter, 2008
Surveillance, 2008
September Dawn, 2007
Four Sheets to the Wind, 2007
Fido, 2006
Raising Flagg, 2006
Peaceful Warrior, 2006
Hard Candy, 2005
Bamboo Shoot, 2004
The Scoundrel’s Wife, 2002
Coastlines, 2002
Rain, 2001
Bad Seed, 2000
Slaves to the Underground, 1997
Black Circle Boys, 1997
Countdown, 1996
Specialty Clients
2008-2017 Personal Publicist to Bill Pullman
2015-2016 Consultant (Big Data in Film, SAP)
2013-2016 Karga 7 Corporate Publicist
2009 It Might Get Loud (Berlinale) Festival Publicist for U2’s Edge
Academic Positions
2011-2016 UCLA TFT (MFA) – Adjunct Professor
Classes: Film Festival Strategies, Professional Transitions, Delivering Your Film
2008-2014 NYU Tisch/Asia, Singapore (MFA) – Visiting Professor
Classes: Film Festival Strategies, Exit Strategies, One-on-One Student Advisement
2005-2008 Loyola Marymount University, School of Film and Television
Film Festival Specialist, Office of External Affairs
1999-2000 Cinema Seattle
Educational Programs Coordinator; Screenwriters Salon Producer
As Producer
Co-Producer, RETABLO (Peru) Narrative 2018
Director: Alvaro Delgado Aparicio
Co-Producer, THE GLAMOUR & THE SQUALOR (USA) Doc 2015
Director: Marq Evans
Executive Producer, THE BREACH (USA) Doc 2014
Director: Mark Titus
Producer: SWEET CRUDE (USA) Doc 2009
Director: Sandy Cioffi
Producer, Co-Creator: FLY FILMMAKING CHALLENGE 1996-2004
Directors: Various