So that you made a brief movie, and now you haven’t any concept what to do with it. You in all probability need it to be seen in theatres, with an viewers, in any other case you’ve gotten a very costly youtube hyperlink to ship to grandma, who will prefer it it doesn’t matter what.
In the event you do a fast search on Withoutabox and Fillmfreeway (the one two movie submission web sites), you will note hundreds of movie festivals, from the smallest movie pageant within the tiniest city, all the best way as much as probably the most well-known, most acknowledged, enormous movie pageant markets (Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, and so forth.). The place do you begin? What pageant is best for you? How a lot cash am I going to spend on submitting, and is it price it? Which festivals ought to I’m going to if I get in?
I’ve two movies making their New York premieres at festivals this week. The primary one is “Trip Rental,” which is premiering at Newfest in New York Metropolis (high tier LGBT pageant), and the second is “Sins of the Son,” which is premiering tomorrow on the Adirondack Movie Competition in Glens Falls, New York (superb smaller pageant that’s all about treating the filmmakers like royalty-hotels, breakfasts, swag baggage, the entire deal).
For my first movie “Cover/Search,” I spent about $1000 on pageant submissions, at round $50 common a pop (some festivals are $20 to submit a brief movie, some will be simply round $100). I submitted solely to festivals I had heard of with out doing any analysis or realizing something about what they program, what they concentrate on, and what they’ve proven previously. I simply thought “hey, I like my film, so everybody else is gonna prefer it too” with no consideration for style, working time, pageant location, and so forth. Lesson discovered. It obtained into some festivals, obtained nominated for some awards, and was a enjoyable expertise. However I went about all of it unsuitable.
I’ve additionally been to movie festivals the place there are like 4 folks within the viewers, and people 4 persons are the opposite administrators of the shorts in your block. Good instances!
