[Frameworks] another festival issue

[mallary abel]

Thank you, Bernie. :)

Mallary

On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Bernard Roddy <roddybp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> You go, Mallary!  Sounds like a fantastic show.
>
> Bernie
>
> ________________________________
> From: mallary abel <mallaryabel at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 4:55:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] another festival issue
>
> Jason and other frameworkers -
>
> Upon receiving your e-mail, I unloaded all of our submissions - dvds,
> all packages, envelopes, all statements, etc, to make sure we did
> receive your submission. We did.
>
> This issue is something that struck me a few weeks back when everyone
> was discussing the Tie Festival. I wondered if  I missed
> correspondence with one of the filmmakers who submitted to us, and my
> wonder was just answered by you.
> Your complaint is well received, and is something that we will try to
> not let happen again. I apologize for this - and know that your
> complaint is very much acknowledged.
>
> This is Cut and Run's second year running, everything has been either
> self funded or donated, and is run by two individuals, across
> distances. We have no headquarters yet. This year has had a much
> larger impact than last, and we are still developing who we are, what
> our roles are, how to run this  and keep everyone happy and treated
> fairly. Cut and Run has a history of being improvisational, but we
> stick to being professional. For example we may get submissions that
> we know won't work with the program we're curating at the moment, but
> is put aside to perhaps be included in a future idea or program. This
> is why we never set "deadlines" for submissions. But still, you should
> have been contacted as soon as it was received.
>
> Inevitably I know there will be issues to resolve in running a film
> festival, and this is one of them. Everyone who submits to us will
> hear back whether or not we are interested in working with their films
> from here on out. Eventually we will have a more organized method of
> submitting.
>
> Hope you accept our apology Jason, and anyone else who was left out of
> the loop. Jason, you just initiated a more serious effort for us to
> keep the correspondence up to speed.
>
> all best,
> Mallary
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 2:09 PM, jason livingston
> <jasonlivingston71 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> hello frameworkers
>> does anyone know anything about the cut and run festival?
>> i have to file a complaint: sent them my work; never heard back one way or
>> the other.  poor form.
>> jason
>> ithaca, ny
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