From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf
Of Ken Paul Rosenthal
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 8:36 AM
To: Frameworks Postings
Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Film Festivals in General
While volumes can be written on the logistical, psychological, bureaucratic
While volumes can be written on the logistical, psychological, bureaucratic,
nepotistic, and economic challenges and limitations of entering film festivals
in this day and age, I'd like to share one personal motivation and one anecdote.
I began entering festivals on the cusp of a time when
Something that hasn't come up in this discussion yet is how the whole state of
film festivals thing impacts junior faculty teaching 'filmmaking'. A few
schools will demand actual publishing from these folks as a prereq for tenure,
but at this point most will be looking to an exhibition record
Now tell me something I do not know. I a know of someone who was asked to
enter the Ann Arbor one year without entry fee and guess what this fm won
the top award. I wrote something nasty to the Festival about never even
receiving a rejection letter, and now they no longer communicate with me.
The
This is an interesting topic, maybe a few points to add, maybe not totally
thought out, but I am currently doing festivals with a film so I have been
spending a lot of time thinking about these issues, particularly as they
pertain to documentary festivals.
- Yes, I wish festivals didn't charge
Well articulated.
Dominic
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:35 PM, chris bravo iamdir...@gmail.com wrote:
This is an interesting topic, maybe a few points to add, maybe not totally
thought out, but I am currently doing festivals with a film so I have been
spending a lot of time thinking about these
PS. In a consumer society the only power the consumer has is to boycott
purchasing. In France general strikes shut down governments. The same can
happen in the underground filmmaking community. Boycott those organizations
that do not really help filmmakers as a whole community.
Dominic
On Wed,
This article by Sean Farnel is relevant to what you're saying:
http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/towards-a-filmmaker-bill-of-rights-for-festivals
A few more thoughts:
1) This is just in my opinion of course, but you shouldn't ever pay a
festival entry fee. Send an email directly to the
