I have entered my film The Soul of Things into many festivals around the
world. Some accepted the film for screenings and some have not. However,
two things seem to be occurring.

Because of the flourishing digital technologies there are many more
filmmakers entering their work into the numerous Film Festivals that take
place. This makes it extremely difficult to have a film chosen to be
exhibited since the Festivals have not expanded their dates of screenings
to show more films to try and accommodate the growing numbers. The
Festivals seem to  keep the same date schedules they already have had for
many years.

Another trend that seems to be happening is that Festivals are not
acknowledging receipt of the entered films to the filmmakers and most do
not even send out rejection notices if the films are not chosen. I do know
that many Festivals do send out these notices, however, most of the ones
that I have entered do not correspond with me about the status of the work
entered. I receive the final schedule of events and from there I can tell
the film is not accepted. Seems to be a shoddy way of treating filmmakers
and their work.

I am curious if other filmmakers on the list are also experiencing similar
trends.

Thanks

Dominic Angerame
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