[Frameworks] Film Festival Blues

[Jon Behrens]

Engauge Experimental Film Festival has no entry fee . and if you get accepted you will receive $200 honorarium
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Jon

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On May 1, 2019, at 11:02 AM, Dominic Angerame <dominic.angerame at gmail.com<mailto:dominic.angerame at gmail.com>> wrote:

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I once entered a festival that only accepted a certain amount of entries and cut off all entries sent after a specific deadline. This may be a way towards a solution. I would like to know how many films I am competing with. If a festival allows 2700 entries, such as Ann Arbor, I never would have submitted my work.

I would have taken the $40 entry and bought lottery tickets were I stand a better chance of winning.

D

On May 1, 2019, at 10:25 AM, Dante Fresse <daf029 at bucknell.edu<mailto:daf029 at bucknell.edu>> 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 <dominic.angerame at gmail.com<mailto:dominic.angerame at gmail.com>> 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.

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