I just sent this note to Tramway Film Festival in Poland, encourage others to do same.
Tramway Film Festival. I noticed from Vimeo that u did not even look at the film. There is no indication that anyone in Poland watched my entry. I will report this to the filmmaking community. Dominic Angerame On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM Dominic Angerame <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes with Vimeo its easy to track. i sent three films to Vera Cruz film > festival. Never watched according to vimeo. Maybe we should start reporting > those festivals that do not watch or only watch a small portion so other > filmmakers know. > > Dominic > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM Michael Betancourt < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> What fascinates and frustrates me is how many festivals watch no more >> than 2-3 seconds before rejecting. Don't they realize their behavior is >> tracked and we can see how much (and if) they even watched it? >> It seems polyannaish to say they are busy and have lots to watch--isn't >> that the actual job? Who can make any decision about the kinds of media we >> all make in just 3 seconds? To say its our responsibility to know the >> festival is disingenuous when festivals do this consistently, and then >> claim they are serious about what they're doing. >> There are so many other things that may or may not deserve to be called >> bs, but not watching the works?? >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> Michael Betancourt, Ph.D >> https://linktr.ee/cinegraphic | cell 305.562.9192| zoom 875 581 4648 >> <https://scad.zoom.us/j/8755814648?pwd=QW1UaXhpSmRjZCttN3JOdGVvME5PZz09> >> >> sent from my phone >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> >
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