How A Film PR Campaign Made an Actor’s First Time at TIFF a Success

Actor Peter Dacunha with Dean Norris at the Remember premiere, TIFF 2015

Actor Peter Dacunha with Dean Norris at the Remember premiere, TIFF 2015

My first time ever doing PR for an actor was a definitive eye opener and a great professional challenge to get as much press coverage off-and on- the red carpet ASAP during the two weeks of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015. To make the challenge even more intriguing, Peter Dacunha had TWO films premiering at TIFF, the drama Remember, directed by talented Egyptian-Canadian director Atom Egoyan and the horror film Hellions.

 

We had a limited window for press coverage so after interviewing Peter and learning more about the roles he played in both Remember and Hellions. I identified a list of influential mainstream and horror media outlets and pitched Peter and both films to them, getting coverage from national outlets like CP24 and horror media outlets like the Ginger Nuts of Horror. Check out a few of the resulting national and international coverage pieces here and make sure to read my case study! You can see the photos from the red carpet premieres of Remember and Hellions at TIFF 2015 below as well.

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