[Frameworks] All hail Bart Weiss

[Bryan Konefsky]

All hail Bart Weiss - Bart and his festival have been an 
inspiration to me and my wee-festival for some time!  And, 
like Bart I also watch all submissions and do not have a 
pre-screening committee.  I don't know if this is good as 
I no longer have a life... But, I like to watch.

Also, many of you probably are familiar with the Dekalog 
series... See Dekalog 3: On Film Festivals - it's a great 
read.

I encourage all to make the pilgrimage to Dallas and 
Videofest!
Bryan Konefsky
artistic director, Experiments in Cinema
president, Basement Films



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> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:10:24 -0600
>From: Bart Weiss <bart at videofest.org>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Current situation with Film 
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> well on one hand the current situation on festivals is 
>...
> that lots of people have very strong opinions about film 
>festivals.
> There have been lots of really great points, 
> Thanks to David for mentioning that yes indeed I do 
>watch all the entries 
> some 2 or 3 times. (why did I like or not like that) 
> I just have been on too many preselection committees 
>where people had no biz being there, I know if I had a 
>preselection process i would take the work home anyway.
> 
> I actually prefer to watch work on line
> 	it's a pain to check in and keep track of discs and 
>they take up lots of space (but much less than the vhs or 
>3/4 inch tapes of yesteryear) 
> 	and I get lots of bad dvds which means I don;t get to 
>see it until later.
> 	if the work is compressed well it can look great and on 
>vimoe you can have a password protected files to download 
> 
> as for rejections there have been many times when a 
>title is not right for me but I suggest it to other 
>programmers.
> 
> remember that all of us who run festivals do it because 
>we love the work and want to bring it to as many people 
>as possible.
> we are often stressed because we are underfunded and 
>have high expectations.
> and by the way our festival will be in sept 
> hope to see you all in dallas 
> bart
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