From: Seth Fragomen (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Feb 16 2011 - 10:41:26 PST
It seems that subtle films could get lost in this process.
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:11 PM, D Dawson <email suppressed> wrote:
> I agree with Dominic, I have heard horror stories about festivals
> sending home 150 tapes each to 5 individual undergrads telling them to
> choose 20 that “he/she likes” no mention of the criteria of evaluation or
> the fact that a single person’s judgment might throw off the whole process.
> I mean realistically how else are you going to get through 1000-2000
> films right?
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> On 2/16/11 10:38 AM, "DOMINIC ANGERAME" <email suppressed>
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> I am noticing an alarming trend these days with experimental film festivals
> throughout the world. I received a notice from the Images Festival in Canada
> that they received more than 1,000 entries for exhibition. I am sure that
> Ann Arbor Film Festival received far more entries than the 150 films they
> are viewing. Since is seems that almost everyone is a filmmaker these days
> that the structure and procedures of the major experimental film festivals
> should be changed in major ways. Virtually all festivals charge an fee for
> entry. 1000 entries can mean $25,000 going to the festivals for
> admin/pre-screening, etc. This does not include the donations, governmental
> grants, and other sources of income. I used to run a couple of festivals
> and understand the purpose of entry fees to help defray costs. However,
> since the number of entries for many festivals has risen more than 3 or 4
> times the amount the festivals need to consider extending their exhibitions
> to accomodate the amount of entries. Most filmmakers are now facing a 1 to
> 20 odds of having their films shown in major festivals. This is less than
> playing the lottery.
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> It is distressing for me, having been making films for more than 40 years
> to see the festival situation become so debased. The volume of work being
> entered is drowning these festivals in both admin, and creative decisions. I
> have served on juries in many festivals and noticed when I looked at the
> list of the films rejected by pre screeners that many great films had been
> rejected. As a judge I requested to view those rejected and found most of
> the films selected by me were shown at these particular festivals. Since the
> volume of entered work in most well known festivals far exceeds the
> festivals ability to manage this volume, that a new structure needs to be
> put in place. This would be a great service to the filmmakers entering their
> works into these festivals.
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> Dominic Angerame
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