Hi, How experimental is the film? Might it be considered an experimental documentary? If the latter, it adds possibilities.
What country are you in? Start with Ann Arbor Film Fest Crossroads – SF Cinematheque Cosmic Rays Film Festival IMAGES Fest Rotterdam NY Film Festival has an experimental sidebar TIFF has an experimental sidebar True-False Film Festival There are more. Best regards, Adam From: Frameworks <[email protected]> on behalf of Laura Ivins <[email protected]> Reply-To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 at 6:39 AM To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Festivals for feature films? Appreciate this suggestion, Eric. I'll definitely check out expcinema.org. Thanks! Laura On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM Eric Theise <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, My understanding about Scott's hi-beam.net site is that its day-to-day operations have been taken over by Anna Kipervaser, with, maybe, help from others. Laura, I suggest you also look at expcinema.org. I always post about my shows to hi-beam/"This Week" but I find Marcos Ortega's expcinema.org to be the better platform. There's greater participation from non-US venues. Images can be associated with screenings, festivals, books, whatever, and all of these things can be edited after submission. If one adds a new venue for a screening the system retains it for future use (hi-beam never retains cities or venues that aren't already in the database). Daily updates go out via email and social media (e.g., https://www.instagram.com/expcinema/ or https://twitter.com/expcinema) as opposed to the uncertain weekly schedule of "This Week". Venues and festivals can be searched or scrolled through alphabetically or geographically using a map. It's even possible to link events to one another so one could trace back through the entire chain of, for example, my dozens of "A Synesthete's Atlas" performances. expcinema.org has been indispensable to me in tour planning overseas. Neither expcinema.org nor hi-beam.net are perfect and one might say "let a thousand experimental film directories bloom". It takes time and/or money to host servers, to program new features or squash bugs, and to upload and moderate content. and with a small number of volunteers–we're not talking FilmFreeway here–it sometimes seems too bad that there are even two. Eric On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 11:03 AM Gilbert Guerrero <[email protected]> wrote: Of course, open calls will be the most up to date, as they are posted by the festivals themselves: http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?readanns=yes&type=calls On Jun 16, 2024, at 10:54 AM, Gilbert Guerrero <[email protected]> wrote: Scott Stark maintains a pretty comprehensive list, including Experimental Friendly Festivals: http://www.hi-beam.net/links.html#Alternative%20CinemaShowcases Though I’d say go on tour and hit the Microcinema circuit: http://www.hi-beam.net/org/showindex.html If you make it out West, let us know at Shapeshifters! We love expanded/live cinema in particular! ;) https://shapeshifterscinema.com/ Cheers, Gilbert . . . Gilbert Guerrero, Director of Operations & Brewing [email protected] ------------------------------- Shapeshifters Cinema 567 5th Street, Oakland, CA 94607 http://shapeshifterscinema.com On Jun 16, 2024, at 9:05 AM, Laura Ivins <[email protected]> wrote: Hello! I'm emailing to see if experimental filmmakers on the list have festival recommendations. I've just completed a non-narrative, experimental feature (60 min) that I'll begin submitting to festivals next month. Is there a festival you've screened at or attended that shows experimental features and was a good festival experience? I've only ever submitted short films before and would love recommendations! Thank you, Laura -- Laura Ivins https://dualprojection.wordpress.com/ -- Frameworks mailing list [email protected] https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org -- Frameworks mailing list [email protected] https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org -- Frameworks mailing list [email protected] https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org -- Frameworks mailing list [email protected] https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
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