[Frameworks] Film Festivals

[Μιχαλης Αγραφιωτης]

I guess that with festivals is the same as with papers. Journals collect
submission fees and young graduates present publications in their CV's.
It's a market.

Στις Δευ 1 Σεπ 2025 στις 1:53 π.μ., ο/η Fred Camper <f at fredcamper.com>
έγραψε:

> This is an interesting scandal. Entry fees are supposedly non refundable,
> but in instances such as these the festival obviously should refund them.
> Maybe there's even a law (what nation's laws would apply) about fraud here
> that would supercede the no refunds policy. As awareness of instances such
> as this grows, and fewer people enter, maybe these crooks will "get a clue."
>
> Fred Camper
> Chicago
> On 8/31/2025 5:36 PM, Dominic Angerame wrote:
>
> I just sent this note to Tramway Film Festival in Poland, encourage others
> to do same.
>
> Tramway Film Festival. I noticed from Vimeo that u did not even look at
> the film. There is no indication that anyone in Poland watched my entry. I
> will report this to the filmmaking community.
>
> Dominic Angerame
>
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM Dominic Angerame <
> dominic.angerame at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes with Vimeo its easy to track. i sent three films to Vera Cruz film
>> festival. Never watched according to vimeo. Maybe we should start reporting
>> those festivals that do not watch or only watch a small portion so other
>> filmmakers know.
>>
>> Dominic
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM Michael Betancourt <
>> hinterland.movies at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What fascinates and frustrates me is how many festivals watch no more
>>> than 2-3 seconds before rejecting. Don't they realize their behavior is
>>> tracked and we can see how much (and if) they even watched it?
>>> It seems polyannaish to say they are busy and have lots to watch--isn't
>>> that the actual job? Who can make any decision about the kinds of media we
>>> all make in just 3 seconds? To say its our responsibility to know the
>>> festival is disingenuous when festivals do this consistently, and then
>>> claim they are serious about what they're doing.
>>> There are so many other things that may or may not deserve to be called
>>> bs, but not watching the works??
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Betancourt, Ph.Dn
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