I guess that with festivals is the same as with papers. Journals collect submission fees and young graduates present publications in their CV's. It's a market.
Στις Δευ 1 Σεπ 2025 στις 1:53 π.μ., ο/η Fred Camper <[email protected]> έγραψε: > This is an interesting scandal. Entry fees are supposedly non refundable, > but in instances such as these the festival obviously should refund them. > Maybe there's even a law (what nation's laws would apply) about fraud here > that would supercede the no refunds policy. As awareness of instances such > as this grows, and fewer people enter, maybe these crooks will "get a clue." > > Fred Camper > Chicago > On 8/31/2025 5:36 PM, Dominic Angerame wrote: > > 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.Dn >>> 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 >>> >> > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > -- Μιχάλης Αγραφιώτης Σκηνοθέτης, Εκπαιδευτικός http://www.rontidis.gr/5296A6E4.el.aspx Μέλος της Εταιρείας Ελλήνων Σκηνοθετών <http://ees.org.gr/%CF%80%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%83/%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82/%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B9%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83-%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%83/> τηλ: 6942273965
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