I agree with Dominic. F"ck most festivals and curators. They only think about their own business and careers.
-----Message original----- De: Dominic <[email protected]> à: Experimental <[email protected]> Envoyé: mardi 26 août 2025 18:33 CEST Sujet : [Frameworks] Film Festivals Over the past three years I have created a large volume of work and have been spending a major fortune entering various film festivals around the world, both large and small. Unfortunately the rejection notices amount to more than 200. What I am told constantly is that the volume of work entered had been incredibly large and many films had to be turned down. What I figured out is that the average chance of being shown at a film festival is about 5%. One major festival I know about had thousands of films entered. Yet the amount of films that were shown were less than 1% of the entries. With entry fees averaging about $30-$40 per film it appears that many of the Festivals have just become pyramid schemes whose only purpose is to pay for administrative costs and the return to the filmmakers financially is minimal. I have better chances of winning money on a scratch off lottery ticket than to get accepted into a film festival. The only power filmmakers have is to boycott those festivals that charge such high entry fees. There is no need for them and no pay back for the filmmakers. Now the only festivals I entered offer no entry fees or those less than $15. When asked to enter film festivals charging more than this fee, I send the film festival a rejection letter. It may not have much effect however it feels great to reject a film festival than receiving a rejection from them. Thanks for reading this. Dominic
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