and here's a link to the screening info from last year's festival: http://spectacletheater.com/730-basement-media-festival-a-night-of-lo-fi -lj
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM, lj frezza <ljfre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I suppose I have a two-part answer for you: > First-off, I apologize. The festival is basically completely organized > by just two people with full-time jobs and we haven't in the past been > able to respond to everyone who submitted. We're working on changing > that this year, and will be sending out an email to everyone who's > submission we receive, regardless of whether they get in to the > festival. > As for the tape, we aren't able to return submission materials to > filmmakers who send them in. We have absolutely no budget for the > festival, as the festival is free to submit to, and any fees for > screenings have gone entirely to cover the cost of the screening > venue. Due to this, we simply cannot afford the postage (not to > mention the time involved) to send submission materials back to > filmmakers. I'll make a note of this on our entry form going forward. > Additionally, we're only accepting submissionms on NTSC DVDs this > year. > This festival was started three years ago by a couple of guys who had > no experience running a festival. This whole thing is a big learning > experience for us, and I hope you'll bear with us. > Again, thanks for submitting and I'm sorry if you feel slighted in any way > -LJ > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:21 AM, mike rice <bacnhe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I submitted to the base media fest last year and heard no response, and >> never got my DV tape back? Why should I expect anything different this time? >> Did the festival even happen? >> >> Mike >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:15 PM, lj frezza <ljfre...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey there, folks. The BASEMENT media festival is officially issuing to >>> you, the fine people of FrameWorks, this call for submissions. >>> The BASEMENT media fest is a low-fidelity film and video festival, >>> that focuses on shorts of a non-narrative nature. We accept >>> submissions of all formats, from hi-8 to 16mm to DV, as long as the >>> work focuses on the mediated aspect of motion picture recording. >>> In a world filled with 2K Cameras and IMAX, we celebrate the low-res >>> and the low-tech. >>> For more information on BASEMENT, including our past programs, visit >>> our website: http://basementmediafest.com. >>> And here's a link to our submission form, just in case you're >>> interested in that sort of thing: >>> http://basementmediafest.com/2012entryform.pdf >>> It's free to submit, and the DEADLINE is JULY 29th. Screening will >>> occur in late 2012 - more info to come. >>> Thanks folks, >>> -LJ >>> >>> -- >>> ljfre...@gmail.com / 904.762.8300 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > > > > -- > ljfre...@gmail.com / 904.762.8300 -- ljfre...@gmail.com / 904.762.8300 _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
