From: jeanne LIOTTA (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Sep 27 2010 - 14:00:00 PDT
I'm not making excuse but how many of you know that TIE is ONE person?
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:54 PM, <email suppressed> wrote:
> Sounds like several people agree about this poor communication at TIE. I
> think it warrants an email to TIE if you haven't already- letting them know
> about the poor communication regarding submissions. They won't change if
> they don't know you're mad! They absolutely should send an email
> confirmation one way or the other. We're all in this together. Kindness is
> key.
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "adam r. levine" <email suppressed>
> To: email suppressed
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Tie Film Festival
>
> I'm extremely grateful to Dominic for bringing this up. I had thought about
> mentioning this myself on Frameworks and I wondered if nobody mentioned it
> because of politics, etc.
>
> Submission fees aside, this has been my experience the last year with a
> number of festivals, and communication with TIE in particular has been
> tremendously frustrating. though they are certainly not the exception. I
> understand that it takes time to look at work and put together a program but
> at the very least it seems fair to notify a filmmaker that you have received
> their submission, and honestly, suddenly seeing a program published is not
> the best way to find out that you have not got into a festival. Even a form
> rejection email would suffice - I don't expect to be accepted everywhere but
> I do take frequent rejection letters as confirmation that I am at least *
> trying* to get my work seen.
>
> I'm currently in the process of putting some programs together, and I
> intend to notify every filmmaker considered that I have received and
> screened their work, and give them feedback before I make a public
> announcement. It's hard enough getting experimental film and video work seen
> as it is without the feeling that you are merely throwing screeners into the
> ether.
>
> Adam
>
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