It seems to be clear there is more good work being submitted than any festival can handle. It would be great if there was a way of stretching out the festival model into monthly or weekly programing. Something along the lines of Craig Balwin's Other Cinema that has a season. As for funding, EXcinema in Seattle received a modest grant to pay filmmakers screening fees. We were given the grant because we stressed in the proposal how difficult it is for filmmakers to be paid these fees. I think most grant organizations would gladly give funds to directly support filmmakers if the situation was explained to them.
On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 4:27 AM Michael Betancourt < [email protected]> wrote: > I agree about the prescreening process, even if there aren't thousands of > entries . I spoke with the organizer of a show a few years ago who asked > why I hadn't submitted--and he was surprised to learn that I had, but the > prescreeners had simply rejected my work. I get the feeling thiis happens a > lot, especially since my work is digital and incorporates errors. Its > disheartening to say the least. > > Michael > > Sent from my phone so appologies for any typos! > > On May 1, 2019, at 1:59 PM, Dominic Angerame <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I do not think the competitive nature of festivals in the problem. It is > definitely with the PRE SCREENING process. I have sat as a judge for the > Experimental Category (New Visions) at the SF Int’l Film Festival. After > viewing all of the work approved by the prescreens I request a list of all > of the entries and filmmakers. I found four important and well known > filmmaker’s work on this rejected list. > > I requested that the judges see these works and all of them were shown at > the Festival and won achieved an award. > > Prescreens are often not qualified to watch experimental work often they > have no idea what that genre is. Pre screening has been a problem with > festivals for decades and this process should be re evaluated by Festival > Directors and Organizations. > > D > > On May 1, 2019, at 10:25 AM, Dante Fresse <[email protected]> wrote: > > Film festival proliferation is a good thing for me, but focusing on the > next time increase in my opinion isn’t the right thing to do. As a young > filmmaker I find competitive process of selecting to be an opportunity for > growth and scarcity in this industry and that is an excellent way to learn > how to use opportunities where you can get a chance to talk to succeeding > artists. > > What do y’all think about this? > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:11 PM Dominic Angerame < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Every film festival is telling me that they have received record number >> of entries from hundreds to thousands. If entries are increasing should not >> the scope and duration of the festivals increase to accommodate the record >> numbers. Increased entries also mean increased income to the festivals. >> >> A question to the community >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- Salise Hughes Artist, Filmmaker, Armchair Anthropologist http://salisehughes.blogspot.com https://vimeo.com/user1421998
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