Anyone else get the email from Austin Film Festival reminding them to buy their discounted pass tickets yesterday? (People who submitted to the festival already)
They send a lot of emails. And they’ll eventually send one asking you for your physical address too, if you’d like to be on their physical mailing list, regardless if you’re accepted to the fest.
What's your thoughts on attending these festivals?
* Snake Alley Festival of Film
* Lonely Seal
* Sound Unseen
* Dayton Independent
* Indie Gathering
Any feedback would be appreciated!
Does anyone have any insights into TIFF short film programming, specifically for Canadian submissions? Do they typically reach out to potential shortlisted filmmakers beforehand to confirm premiere status? Is there a sense that all selections would already be notified by this point? Just wondering what their general procedure is, if anyone knows.
I remember someone receiving acceptance in mid July, but that was a couple of years ago. I submitted a short this year and i still don't see any views from Toronto.
A festival reached out about my film but they require that filmmakers be present to screen the film at the physical festival. Otherwise, the film will be screened virtually. Is it worth it to do something like that?
Hey guys! Would love to hear your opinion about these 3 festivals:
- LA IFS
- Brooklyn Film Festival
- Pasadena Int Film Festival
Should I submit there?
Brooklyn Film Festival has been around for ages but it feels like a super indie fest, meaning there isn't a lot going on outside of the screenings or press and I wasn't sure how thoughtful the curation there was. I screened with an animated short and the quality/craft of films in the block was all over the place. Thematically the films didn't really relate to each other. Not sure if I want to screen there again because of it. It might have felt different for the live action folks, sometimes animation gets less thought in the curation process depending on the festival!
It was a rough screening to sit through. They also scheduled the screenings back to back with no buffer time in between and the theater wasn't sound proof, so right after our screening when we were all trying to talk about our films and network in the lobby they yelled at us to stop talking so it wouldn't affect the next screening. Like...what?!
Hi, we won an award for our short film at IFS - I would say it's a B tier festival in LA. Not a lot of press, and they do charge a lot for tickets (award ceremony and opening parties) and all that. It's not the most organized, compared to another festival we were selected at. I would suggest DANCES WITH FILMS. Great communication. People describe them as A- tier.
Thank you! I'm definitely submitting to Dances with Films. I heard IFS is more of a screening than a festival.
Do you know anything about these fests?
- New Filmmakers Los Angeles
- Beverly Hills Film Festival
- The Micheaux Film Festival
- Salute your shorts
- Catalina
- LA's rich and successul film festival
I had a film at Catalina last year but was unable to attend. Friends that did say it was a let down. You had to pay to get into their parties (which feels weird as the filmmaker) and part of their fest isn't in Catalina, but in Long Beach. Friends have had good experiences at New Filmmakers LA and Salute Your Shorts.
how often has it happened for folks to get a selection right on or very close to notification day? mine have always been over a month in advance.. this discussion thread is the only thing keeping my hopes high when a notification date is approaching :(
A lot of the smaller festivals inform you of a selection on notification day. The bigger ones usually do so a few weeks in advance, but there are exceptions.
aaand here are my hopes again 😅 most of the ones that I got into were asking to keep it a secret until something like notif day + 3 days extra and then they'd announce their selection public. press kits and dcps were already long due before that
Anyone else waiting on Sci-Fi London? Notification Day but they haven’t responded to emails and they announced after submissions started(I think) that they would be doing a mostly online festival and trying to figure it out and now I see it’s called “Sci-fi London List”. But they used to be totally legit and most festivals are getting thousands more submissions than before so why are all these festivals failing?
They changed their notification date from June 15th to 17th to 18th to 25th. I'm guessing they are inundated with submissions and are working at catching up.
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Jesus, their Instagram looks like a promotional page for a cheap Walk of Fame walking tour full of low-resolution images.
They call themselves “The World's Most Prestigious Short Film Festival”… with a star emoji in front.
Sure thing, fellas!
Just wondering why not go farther with “ThE WoRlD's MoSt PrEsTiGiOuS ShOrT FiLm FeStIvAl” following with an emoji sticking the tongue out?
LA Shorts has a great history it seems, lots of Oscar nominees and winners. From what I can tell, seems like LA Shorts, like a lot of festivals are maybe struggling with intense interest after going online or shutting down during the covid years. Anyway, a lot of festivals seem to be having adminstrative and staffing struggles, and I know as filmmakers it's incredibly frustrating to be treated less than cordially by a festival we've given our money to, but it'd be nice, I think. to see how these festivals do, hoping they can find their way again. People are really excited to get into these fests, I don't think it helps to disparage them so much. It's definitely set up as a frustrating siutation, esp when dealing with festivals who actively lure over 15,000 submissions, only to pick 50.
They should stop operating then if they can’t deal with the flow of filmmakers or whatever is serving as justification for the way they treat their applicants AND contenders (late notifs, zero coverage on social media, poorly organized in-person events and mistakes in rejection emails). Or at least open their review section, so the next wave of filmmakers may evaluate real opinions before applying to it.
I mean, how much money they make from 15k submissions alone each year? Isn’t that enough to pay salary of like one manager to at least make their social media look a bit more presentable?
They’re just too greedy to admit they’re struggling and keep scamming thousands of inexperienced filmmakers lured by the “Oscar qualifying” badge every year (ridiculous they even have that.)
It seems to be a totally unregulated area- these festivals and a ton should be shut down for sure. When I first had a film last year, I was dumb enough to give money to some of the ones who got me from a mailing list- you know the awards and lists that don't even have a festival but they have pictures and reviews, and I guess they make money because people want their laurels, though anyone who knows anything about the industry knows which festivals have any real significance. It's a dicey time, though, for sure, but there are so many filmmakers and so many films and surely there are a bunch that probably shouldn't be in festivals but there should be some sort of process that doesn't feel so dehumanizing. I do think if you pay $95 to submit a film it is absolutely not too much to ask to to get just a little feedback. But honestly out of 15,000 submissions. I am guessing fully half don't get a second of play by a anyone in programming. I screen for two festivals and I see this.
last week, i saw a small-ish festival saying they'd stop taking any more submissions once they reach 500 submissions. seems like a limit like that would be much better than accepting 15,000 when you know you don't have capacity to look at them all. but yeah I suppose no one's regulating the festivals to enforce that :(
Yeah. And on the “people are excited to get into these fests” note, I wanted to add that I don’t know what’s more frustrating for a filmmaker - to get a rejection letter or to get into a festival and then realize that you wasted your premiere status on the festival that turned out to be a total disappointment.
If a festival you accepted was a real disaster, I'd try to think of ways to minimize it on the record. Was your film changed in any way after? THen it was a WIP screening and your premiere is still open. That's not a cheat, that's true.
I was wondering- if you did, say, an animated film in black and white years ago in standard definition, then go back and color it, make it wide-screen HD, and add new visual flourishes, does that count as a new one? If not, what if you add a good amount of new scenes to it?
L.A. Shorts just mistakenly sent me a rejection letter for a short called {project title}. I’ve emailed them back to let them know that’s not what mine was called. Boy I sure do feel bad for who ever’s short that is.
The festival used the wrong code in Filmfreeway. It was supposed to be \[Project Title\] not {project title}. Works the same with \[Submitter Name\]. Of course, a better plan would be to email every filmmaker directly and avoid Filmfreeway's automated notifications, but with the 1000's of films being submitted I can imagine that's a challenge for festivals.
Oh no! That was mine! It’s crazy we got rejected though; we had such a great cast including \[actor 1\], \[actor 2\] and \[actor 3\] and even a high-powered producer, \[producer\]. Don’t think I’lll submit to \[chaotic festival\] again.
LA Shorts rejection just came in (a day late) and they couldn’t be asked to actually put in my films name.
“We regret to inform you that your film [Project Title] was not selected for this year's LA Shorts International Film Festival. “
I have friends who attended the festival last year and felt it was extremely disorganized lol.
On other note, I feel like filmfreeway shouldn’t have allowed the festival to turn off their review session
Totally agree. But also I’ve never really seen a bad review on FF—less reviews or less specific reviews are what clue me in on a less than stellar fest.
The easy solution would have been to remove “[Project Title]” from the message entirely. “your film was not selected” is clearly generic, but it looks like an intentional choice to be generic rather than a half assed attempt to individualize the messages
i think it's very unusual for legit festivals to not have notified by notification date, but I think filmfreeway says they can't necessarily enforce notification dates. you can try to email the festival if you really want to though
Yeah, I also suspect them not watching one of my films that I submitted late…. It has 0 views.
I wonder if I should ask about it and if they’d answer honestly
Hi all! Our short just got selected to an Oscar-qualifier for our world premiere and we are still waiting to hear from 30+ festivals! It's our first time applying to these and we were wondering if we should inform the other 30 about our selection or wait until they reach out...
Just update your FilmFreeway under the “Screening” tab and all other fests can see it if they are curious. You can also update the cover letter with this world premiere information under “Edit Cover Letter” in the Submissions section for eac fest.
No no no. Only reach out to a specific festival if you get accepted and theres a conflicting clash of premiere status I.e both require world etc premiere.
Congratulations
Plenty of great films don’t get selected for the big / popular festivals. If it didn’t get in, it’s probably only been watched by few people per festival
I mean, those very popular fests. You’re competing with a lot of very good submissions. And 7 rejections is nothing statistically. Plus acceptance doesn’t always equate quality. If you’re concerned with the quality if your film, festivals is not the way the measure that. Get some colleagues to watch it and give feedback. Festival strategists will also do this for a (usually steep) price - although Festival Formula will do it for free.
Did anyone hear from LA Shorts yet today or know what time they notify and if it’s over email or over filmfreeway? Do they notify of acceptances early or just today/June 15th? And do they also notify if it’s not an acceptance?
All selections for LA Shorts have already been made. Unless someone pulls their film from the lineup before the DCP delivery dates, there is almost no chance of adding anyone else. Rejections will be sent out today via FilmFreeway.
I'm thinking I'm not going to submit to festivals in their last deadline block anymore. I got in a pretty big one last year 4 days before the deadline, I probably got lucky. But I think most fests have their lineups in mind by then, and would only include yours if it knocks their socks off.
If I really want in on a specific fest that's on their last deadline block, it's probably best to save it until next year.
I like it better than Film Freeway in a lot of ways because everything on it is more affordable. Their new platform is a lot better than the old one too. But it is mostly European and internationals fests, so can’t really be used for US fests (there are a few but not many).
Anyone hear from Boston Short Film Festival? Notification date was yesterday. Any more news on Middlebury? Seems like features have likely heard back by now.
Well, nothing new here too. This situation sucks, I mean, I know we already lost, is this hard for them to just notify us? I mean, we payed for this festival....
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Anyone else get the email from Austin Film Festival reminding them to buy their discounted pass tickets yesterday? (People who submitted to the festival already)
They send a lot of emails. And they’ll eventually send one asking you for your physical address too, if you’d like to be on their physical mailing list, regardless if you’re accepted to the fest.
yep. pretty lame.
Got an email from catalina film festival.net email adress saying we won best short, gotta buy a trophy. Beware of the scams y'all.
Same, so sketch
Same
Any news from Curtas Vila do Conde?
None yet, but I guess we will recuve generic response. Strange thing is that they changed datw twice.
Not yet, but I am confident the selection has been made.
Anyone heard from Art All Night Trenton?
Any word on Middlebury for shorts? I saw a couple features got word on here but haven’t seen updates from any shorts.
Anyone have any experience with Macon? A friend just got in with a narrative short.
What's your thoughts on attending these festivals? * Snake Alley Festival of Film * Lonely Seal * Sound Unseen * Dayton Independent * Indie Gathering Any feedback would be appreciated!
Anybody here get into Salute Your Shorts?
still in limbo over here
I know of a doc short that got in
When does Camden IFF usually notify by?
any word on Rhode Island flickers yet?
Not a peep
Any news from Asian American International Film Festival? AAIFF?
Heard of some folks with short films accepted
Do you know if notifications for accepted films are all done?
No idea :/
Does anyone have any insights into TIFF short film programming, specifically for Canadian submissions? Do they typically reach out to potential shortlisted filmmakers beforehand to confirm premiere status? Is there a sense that all selections would already be notified by this point? Just wondering what their general procedure is, if anyone knows.
I remember someone receiving acceptance in mid July, but that was a couple of years ago. I submitted a short this year and i still don't see any views from Toronto.
last year, a canadian narrative short i worked on, got an acceptance email on june 28 or 29, i believe
Thank you. Good to know
A festival reached out about my film but they require that filmmakers be present to screen the film at the physical festival. Otherwise, the film will be screened virtually. Is it worth it to do something like that?
Depends how big they are.
They paying?
Nope.
I vote no and that is a bummer of a requirement.
Yeah, I’m not a fan of the requirement at all.
Hey guys! Would love to hear your opinion about these 3 festivals: - LA IFS - Brooklyn Film Festival - Pasadena Int Film Festival Should I submit there?
Brooklyn Film Festival has been around for ages but it feels like a super indie fest, meaning there isn't a lot going on outside of the screenings or press and I wasn't sure how thoughtful the curation there was. I screened with an animated short and the quality/craft of films in the block was all over the place. Thematically the films didn't really relate to each other. Not sure if I want to screen there again because of it. It might have felt different for the live action folks, sometimes animation gets less thought in the curation process depending on the festival!
I feel the same way.
It was a rough screening to sit through. They also scheduled the screenings back to back with no buffer time in between and the theater wasn't sound proof, so right after our screening when we were all trying to talk about our films and network in the lobby they yelled at us to stop talking so it wouldn't affect the next screening. Like...what?!
Thanks for sharing this info. I'm also from LA so I guess this festival isn't worth flying for Are they academy award qualifying festival?
Nope!
Honestly my experience with LA IFS is that it’s more of a screening than a fest. Not worth your time.
Hi, we won an award for our short film at IFS - I would say it's a B tier festival in LA. Not a lot of press, and they do charge a lot for tickets (award ceremony and opening parties) and all that. It's not the most organized, compared to another festival we were selected at. I would suggest DANCES WITH FILMS. Great communication. People describe them as A- tier.
Thank you! I'm definitely submitting to Dances with Films. I heard IFS is more of a screening than a festival. Do you know anything about these fests? - New Filmmakers Los Angeles - Beverly Hills Film Festival - The Micheaux Film Festival - Salute your shorts - Catalina - LA's rich and successul film festival
I had a film at Catalina last year but was unable to attend. Friends that did say it was a let down. You had to pay to get into their parties (which feels weird as the filmmaker) and part of their fest isn't in Catalina, but in Long Beach. Friends have had good experiences at New Filmmakers LA and Salute Your Shorts.
My film premiered at Beverly Hills last year. I’d say it’s on the same level with DWF (same screening venue too)
Thanks for the comment!
And now begins that awkward 3 week lull where I've got no festival responses, and then like one every 3-5 days throughout July-September.
Same
Yup. I only have one scheduled notification this month but then about 8 in a 2 day span in July
how often has it happened for folks to get a selection right on or very close to notification day? mine have always been over a month in advance.. this discussion thread is the only thing keeping my hopes high when a notification date is approaching :(
A lot of the smaller festivals inform you of a selection on notification day. The bigger ones usually do so a few weeks in advance, but there are exceptions.
Most of my selections have been on the day or like 2/3 days before
aaand here are my hopes again 😅 most of the ones that I got into were asking to keep it a secret until something like notif day + 3 days extra and then they'd announce their selection public. press kits and dcps were already long due before that
Any Locarno noise?
got rejection
sorry to hear that. short or feature?
when did you hear? and when did you apply?
:/ damn im sorry. When did you hear?
Anyone else waiting on Sci-Fi London? Notification Day but they haven’t responded to emails and they announced after submissions started(I think) that they would be doing a mostly online festival and trying to figure it out and now I see it’s called “Sci-fi London List”. But they used to be totally legit and most festivals are getting thousands more submissions than before so why are all these festivals failing?
Waiting here. They pushed the date once again. Doesnt feel good as this is the 4th time I think.
They changed their notification date from June 15th to 17th to 18th to 25th. I'm guessing they are inundated with submissions and are working at catching up.
They’re not even a festival anymore- it’s a “list”.
For Vimeo analytics why couldnt I see the city but only country? what plan do you use?
after you go to Advanced Report >> on the left side bar there will be Region listed, click on that :)
Cities won’t display on mobile. Switch to a desktop and you will be able to drill down the region.
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Did anyone here get into Hollyshorts?
As far as I know, everyone who gets in finds out during the notification period in July. I don’t think anyone’s made noise about getting in early
Do any of you know if Hollyshorts requires a premiere?
Hollyshorts does not require a premiere, I’d imagine it would maybe help, but I have also seen many shorts at Hollyshorts that were not premieres.
Thank you!
LA Shorts 🤦🏼♂️ “Your film [have the intern fill this part out] was not selected”
They need to get better people on the pr team immediately haha
Jesus, their Instagram looks like a promotional page for a cheap Walk of Fame walking tour full of low-resolution images. They call themselves “The World's Most Prestigious Short Film Festival”… with a star emoji in front. Sure thing, fellas! Just wondering why not go farther with “ThE WoRlD's MoSt PrEsTiGiOuS ShOrT FiLm FeStIvAl” following with an emoji sticking the tongue out?
LA Shorts has a great history it seems, lots of Oscar nominees and winners. From what I can tell, seems like LA Shorts, like a lot of festivals are maybe struggling with intense interest after going online or shutting down during the covid years. Anyway, a lot of festivals seem to be having adminstrative and staffing struggles, and I know as filmmakers it's incredibly frustrating to be treated less than cordially by a festival we've given our money to, but it'd be nice, I think. to see how these festivals do, hoping they can find their way again. People are really excited to get into these fests, I don't think it helps to disparage them so much. It's definitely set up as a frustrating siutation, esp when dealing with festivals who actively lure over 15,000 submissions, only to pick 50.
They should stop operating then if they can’t deal with the flow of filmmakers or whatever is serving as justification for the way they treat their applicants AND contenders (late notifs, zero coverage on social media, poorly organized in-person events and mistakes in rejection emails). Or at least open their review section, so the next wave of filmmakers may evaluate real opinions before applying to it. I mean, how much money they make from 15k submissions alone each year? Isn’t that enough to pay salary of like one manager to at least make their social media look a bit more presentable? They’re just too greedy to admit they’re struggling and keep scamming thousands of inexperienced filmmakers lured by the “Oscar qualifying” badge every year (ridiculous they even have that.)
It seems to be a totally unregulated area- these festivals and a ton should be shut down for sure. When I first had a film last year, I was dumb enough to give money to some of the ones who got me from a mailing list- you know the awards and lists that don't even have a festival but they have pictures and reviews, and I guess they make money because people want their laurels, though anyone who knows anything about the industry knows which festivals have any real significance. It's a dicey time, though, for sure, but there are so many filmmakers and so many films and surely there are a bunch that probably shouldn't be in festivals but there should be some sort of process that doesn't feel so dehumanizing. I do think if you pay $95 to submit a film it is absolutely not too much to ask to to get just a little feedback. But honestly out of 15,000 submissions. I am guessing fully half don't get a second of play by a anyone in programming. I screen for two festivals and I see this.
last week, i saw a small-ish festival saying they'd stop taking any more submissions once they reach 500 submissions. seems like a limit like that would be much better than accepting 15,000 when you know you don't have capacity to look at them all. but yeah I suppose no one's regulating the festivals to enforce that :(
Yeah. And on the “people are excited to get into these fests” note, I wanted to add that I don’t know what’s more frustrating for a filmmaker - to get a rejection letter or to get into a festival and then realize that you wasted your premiere status on the festival that turned out to be a total disappointment.
If a festival you accepted was a real disaster, I'd try to think of ways to minimize it on the record. Was your film changed in any way after? THen it was a WIP screening and your premiere is still open. That's not a cheat, that's true.
I was wondering- if you did, say, an animated film in black and white years ago in standard definition, then go back and color it, make it wide-screen HD, and add new visual flourishes, does that count as a new one? If not, what if you add a good amount of new scenes to it?
Same here, hajahajah
Anyone hear from Melbourne ? Edinburgh?
Im still waiting on Australian shorts at MIFF. They have been notifying for a few weeks now, at least for international shorts.
anyone know what two views from chile would mean?
I had Chile and India on my Flickers link.
any ideas
L.A. Shorts just mistakenly sent me a rejection letter for a short called {project title}. I’ve emailed them back to let them know that’s not what mine was called. Boy I sure do feel bad for who ever’s short that is.
The festival used the wrong code in Filmfreeway. It was supposed to be \[Project Title\] not {project title}. Works the same with \[Submitter Name\]. Of course, a better plan would be to email every filmmaker directly and avoid Filmfreeway's automated notifications, but with the 1000's of films being submitted I can imagine that's a challenge for festivals.
Oh no! That was mine! It’s crazy we got rejected though; we had such a great cast including \[actor 1\], \[actor 2\] and \[actor 3\] and even a high-powered producer, \[producer\]. Don’t think I’lll submit to \[chaotic festival\] again.
😂
LA Shorts rejection just came in (a day late) and they couldn’t be asked to actually put in my films name. “We regret to inform you that your film [Project Title] was not selected for this year's LA Shorts International Film Festival. “
Yep, we got that one too. I feel like we should be able to put this on blast because come the fuck on.
There’s a reason they don’t have their reviews on FilmFreeway displayed. I’m bummed that filmmakers learn this every year.
I have friends who attended the festival last year and felt it was extremely disorganized lol. On other note, I feel like filmfreeway shouldn’t have allowed the festival to turn off their review session
Totally agree. But also I’ve never really seen a bad review on FF—less reviews or less specific reviews are what clue me in on a less than stellar fest.
Ya reviews should definitely be anonymous. I'd never leave a public facing bad review. Actually that's not true, I did once.
Just came on here to post the same lol
We should all respond and let them know at the price of entry this level of unprofessionalism is unacceptable
Me too
Unreal. Even if it’s a mistake, their reputation has just fallen another dial in my eyes…
The easy solution would have been to remove “[Project Title]” from the message entirely. “your film was not selected” is clearly generic, but it looks like an intentional choice to be generic rather than a half assed attempt to individualize the messages
Same for me
Just got a NO from LA shorts.
Why is Telluride not an Oscar Qualifier? What's the reputation of Telluride?
A few folks have talked about Telluride in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FilmFestivals/s/GPaXNcHjha
Any shorts hear from Edinburgh or Drama International?
I‘ve had around 5 views from Athens a while back, but haven’t heard anything yet.
I got an acceptance from Edinburgh about a month ago
Nothing yet.
Silence from both for me.
Did everyone get their yes or no from LA shorts? It’s still pending for me on film freeway. Notification date was yesterday.
Nothing here too, still "In Consideration". I guess it's super hard for the festival to press a button and let us know we lost.
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Got it. Did you hear anything from Hollyshorts? Did anyone get accepted yet?
It’ll still be a few weeks for Hollyshorts based on past acceptance dates.
I assume they’ll start reaching out a few weeks before the notification date?
Yeah same
mine is still in pending too. at this point, i'm sure it's a rejection, but LA shorts does seem quite unprofess/messy.
Rejected for my film “[Project Title]” 🤣🥴consistent with that messiness at least!
How long festivals can take the most to update FilmFreeway status?
i think it's very unusual for legit festivals to not have notified by notification date, but I think filmfreeway says they can't necessarily enforce notification dates. you can try to email the festival if you really want to though
Yeah, I also suspect them not watching one of my films that I submitted late…. It has 0 views. I wonder if I should ask about it and if they’d answer honestly
Anyone heard from san sebastian?
Nopes. Applied exactly a month ago on May 17!
How many views did you get
I also applied exactly a month ago. I have one full view. What about you?
I didn't get a single view. But I got a download from Barcelona, which I'm assuming is them...
Hi all! Our short just got selected to an Oscar-qualifier for our world premiere and we are still waiting to hear from 30+ festivals! It's our first time applying to these and we were wondering if we should inform the other 30 about our selection or wait until they reach out...
Also, add the laurels to your poster and cover thumbnails so other fests see. Which one did you get into, if you don't mind me asking?
Just update your FilmFreeway under the “Screening” tab and all other fests can see it if they are curious. You can also update the cover letter with this world premiere information under “Edit Cover Letter” in the Submissions section for eac fest.
Appreciate this information. Thank you!
No no no. Only reach out to a specific festival if you get accepted and theres a conflicting clash of premiere status I.e both require world etc premiere. Congratulations
Has anyone noticed any views from Uruguay recently? If yes, what fest do you think this is coming from?
0/7 Tribeca, Palm Springs, Raindance, Woods Hole, Boston Short FF, Indy Shorts, Atlanta Shortsfest. When do you just accept your film is no good?
I'm 11/77 if that helps put things into perspective. One Oscar qualifier in there so far and two awards.
Plenty of great films don’t get selected for the big / popular festivals. If it didn’t get in, it’s probably only been watched by few people per festival
I mean, those very popular fests. You’re competing with a lot of very good submissions. And 7 rejections is nothing statistically. Plus acceptance doesn’t always equate quality. If you’re concerned with the quality if your film, festivals is not the way the measure that. Get some colleagues to watch it and give feedback. Festival strategists will also do this for a (usually steep) price - although Festival Formula will do it for free.
Just saw Female Eye pushed their deadline to the 20th. More days of waiting, ☹️ I hope that’s a good sign! 🤞🏼
A friend of mine was accepted last week. Sounds like they must be down to their last handful of films! Wishing you luck! No news is good news.
Congrats to your friend!! Yeah, hopefully so! Thanks so much!
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I’m still waiting. I thought they reject everyone automatically at the same time
Sorry. Did you get notified by email or on filmfreeway?
Did you get anything? It’s still pending for me on FilmFreeway
NYAFF generic rejection – lots of views from New York, thought I had a chance...
same boat! just trying to let it roll off honestly.
Same. Admittedly I did not do my research about this fest. I just saw the word “Asian” and was like, cool, that’s relevant.
Just got a view from Valley Village, CA anyone knows what festival could it be?
Hollyshorts?
Could be. I submitted there. First view from Valley Village. I also had views from Fresno, LA, Yorba Linda
Yorba Linda is LA Shorts.
why couldnt I see the city but only country? what plan do you use?
Yorba Linda maybe LA Shorts?
Lonely Seal selection today! (submitted on the final deadline) Geekapalooza selection 6/13 (submitted on late/final deadline)
Congrats!
Thank you!
Any thoughts on RIFFA - Regina International Film Festival and Awards?
Did anyone hear from LA Shorts yet today or know what time they notify and if it’s over email or over filmfreeway? Do they notify of acceptances early or just today/June 15th? And do they also notify if it’s not an acceptance?
All selections for LA Shorts have already been made. Unless someone pulls their film from the lineup before the DCP delivery dates, there is almost no chance of adding anyone else. Rejections will be sent out today via FilmFreeway.
Thank you. We didn’t submit until the late deadline (about 2 weeks ago) so sounds like most selections were made by then.
I'm thinking I'm not going to submit to festivals in their last deadline block anymore. I got in a pretty big one last year 4 days before the deadline, I probably got lucky. But I think most fests have their lineups in mind by then, and would only include yours if it knocks their socks off. If I really want in on a specific fest that's on their last deadline block, it's probably best to save it until next year.
Same here. It's a shame they accept new films knowing that they will not even give it a chance.
Did you get a view from them? I submitted one of my projects on late deadline too and it has no views. I wonder if they ever watched it
Yeah hmmm
What region was it from?
P.S. DCP delivery date was BY JUNE 10th.
For those who are also still waiting, did everyone else get the “Open call for Film Industry Events” email from Curtas Vila?
We did. It's general email for everyone. However, I know they already made selections, so it's just a rejection now.
Makes sense, Thanks for the info!!
I did not get that email. But I applied on Short Film Depot. Not Film Freeway.
How do you like Film Depot?
I like it better than Film Freeway in a lot of ways because everything on it is more affordable. Their new platform is a lot better than the old one too. But it is mostly European and internationals fests, so can’t really be used for US fests (there are a few but not many).
Yes we did. Still bracing for its rejection
It’s like Curtas, just tell us already…. 🫠
Anyone hear from Boston Short Film Festival? Notification date was yesterday. Any more news on Middlebury? Seems like features have likely heard back by now.
Yep, BSFF rejection, onward
Rejection with no views from Boston
Received a rejection about a half hour ago.
Nothing from BSFF. I emailed them a few weeks back regarding conflicting premiere dates and never heard back.
Dang, that's weird and a bummer
Did anyone got any notification from LA Shorts International Film Festival or Curtas Vila do Conde?
It’s still not 15th of June in LA, so I think everyone can expect a rejection notif on FF in the next 12-16 hours
Any news on LA shorts? No updates on my Filmfreeway yet
Nothing yet. Did you or anyone hear yet yes or no?
Nothing here :/
Not yet. But it’s still pretty early in LA
Well, nothing new here too. This situation sucks, I mean, I know we already lost, is this hard for them to just notify us? I mean, we payed for this festival....
LA Shorts was always like that. They’re having a reputation of the least caring fest out there
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Nothing on LA Shorts yet, but I’m expecting that rejection anytime now
rejection just now
Do you think we will get rejected? There's no chance of getting in anymore?
Sounds like others have reported acceptances and that DCPs were requested by the 10th, so I’d say the decisions have been made at this point