[Frameworks] Film Festival Blues

[Dimitrije Martinovic]

I agree with you, DIY-start your own screenings,  I would love to
collaborator with anyone interested in trying this one.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 8:06 PM Tim Halloran <televisual at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Marcin, why did you assume I was being sarcastic? I was quite serious.
> Just saying we should stop crying about it and reimagine the whole festival
> paradigm. DIY.
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> Tim
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Apr 30, 2019, at 4:37 PM, Marcin Gizycki <mgizycki at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Tim, sarcasm is not necessary here. I started such a festival long time
> ago: Animator in Poznan, Poland. We do not charge any fee and the Grad Prix
> equals $1500 thousand dollars.
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> Yours,
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> Marcin
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> *From:* FrameWorks <frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com> *On Behalf Of
> *Chris Lange
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 30, 2019 7:27 PM
> *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] Film Festival Blues
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> Maybe they should provide more money to the festival film viewers / jury
> to do a fully honest and cognizant job of selecting.  That’s important
> work, which for some festivals sometimes seems like a bit of a bs
> configuration.  Though, it is the festival viewer / critic that spends the
> sometimes difficult and time-consuming work of assessing all of these
> films.
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> If they’re making more money and not expanding their festivals, why not
> pay some of the artists?
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> It also seems like this is a case-by-case.
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> On Apr 30, 2019, at 5:29 PM, Tim Halloran <televisual at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Start your own filmmaker-friendly festivals.
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> Tim
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Apr 30, 2019, at 3:20 PM, Marcin Gizycki <mgizycki at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I am bothered more by the fact that festivals charge a lot of money not
> giving much in exchange. Most of them simply exploits filmmakers.
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> Marcin
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> *From:* FrameWorks <frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com> *On Behalf
> Of *owen at thenowcorporation.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 30, 2019 5:52 PM
> *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] Film Festival Blues
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> festival scams.
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> Owen
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> On Apr 30, 2019, at 5:31 PM, Mark Street <mstreet430 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> There's not good way to hear "we didn't take your film".  But the
> breathless intro  "We got 5 million entries!......." has always irritated
> me.
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> Mark Street
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> www.markstreetfilms.com
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> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:11 PM Dominic Angerame <
> dominic.angerame at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> A question to the community
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