[Frameworks] Tie Film Festival

[melissaparson at comcast.net]

Sounds like several  people agree about this poor communication at TIE.  I think it warrants an email to TIE if you haven't already- letting them know about the poor communication regarding submissions.  They won't change if they don't know you're mad!   They absolutely should send an email confirmation one way or the other.  We're all in this together. Kindness is key. 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "adam r. levine" <adamrl at gmail.com> 
To: frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com 
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:11:53 AM 
Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Tie Film Festival 

I'm extremely grateful to Dominic for bringing this up. I had thought about mentioning this myself on Frameworks and I wondered if nobody mentioned it because of politics, etc. 

Submission fees aside, this has been my experience the last year with a number of festivals, and communication with TIE in particular has been tremendously frustrating. though they are certainly not the exception. I understand that it takes time to look at work and put together a program but at the very least it seems fair to notify a filmmaker that you have received their submission, and honestly, suddenly seeing a program published is not the best way to find out that you have not got into a festival. Even a form rejection email would suffice - I don't expect to be accepted everywhere but I do take frequent rejection letters as confirmation that I am at least trying to get my work seen. 

I'm currently in the process of putting some programs together, and I intend to notify every filmmaker considered that I have received and screened their work, and give them feedback before I make a public announcement. It's hard enough getting experimental film and video work seen as it is without the feeling that you are merely throwing screeners into the ether. 

Adam 

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