[Frameworks] Open For Submission: Mimesis Documentary Festival 2021

[jjmartinod]

Hey Eric,
Good to be in touch with you once more.
I have a film I finished as part of my MFA but for some reason Filmfreeway is refusing to let me submit in that category(even though I have it catalogued as a "student" film) Do y'all have an alternate way of submitting?
I am considering submitting even though I am one of them who believes it should be[artists getting paid](https://invertedpyramid.org/)(which leads to an inquiry: do y'all pay artist fees if selected?)
I know y'alls work(remember we spoke when i was considered for the PhD at CU & we also met at the Mexico film lab gathering|2018) so might make the exception even with the current difficulties surrounding it all. Y'all are up to good labor, but many of us are struggling. Any type of submission fee will inevitably slice some out from submitting. I know many people who don't. I can tell you for a fact I very rarely pay submission fees. This last film of mine has struggled because of it i believe.
This in no way should be taken as a questioning of the good work you & your team & everyone involved is undertaking. Clearly it's amazing work. Just an acknowledgement of the fucked up preconceptions placed upon artists/filmmakers within the screening/festival/distribution world.

salud & best wishes,
jean-jacques

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On Monday, January 4, 2021 2:06 PM, Eric Coombs Esmail <coombs.eric at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Comrades,
>
> I'm writing to inform you of [open early bird submissions](https://filmfreeway.com/MimesisDocFest) for the 2021 iteration of the [Mimesis Documentary Festival](https://www.mimesisfestival.org/), administered by the University of Colorado's [Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media](https://www.colorado.edu/center/cdem/).
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> In light of the strong showing by emerging artists at last year's event, and in an effort to make submissions affordable for first-time documentarians and students, we are offering a limited-time discount for the Student and Emerging Artist category. Using the code MDF2021Emerging01 will give artists 50% off one submission in that category through January 15, 2021. Submissions are open to all other categories at standard rates.
>
> While we are working hard to keep submission prices as low as possible, we unfortunately rely on them to offer our programming. Please note that the fee also provides full access to the festival's virtual programs even if the project is not selected.
>
> We would greatly appreciate if you would consider forwarding this announcement to your students and/or networks, and we hope you'll join us at this year's festival.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Eric Coombs Esmail (h/h/h)
> Director // Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media
> Instructor // Critical Media Practices
> College of Media, Communication, and Information
> University of Colorado Boulder
> eric.coombsesmail at colorado.edu
> 303-735-6470
>
> Mimesis is artist-focused, community oriented, and committed to providing a platform for the infinite potential of nonfiction media.
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