Re: [Frameworks] Current situation with Film Festivals

From: D Dawson (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2011 - 10:08:14 PST


Sounds like a career to me!

On 2/18/11 12:05 PM, "Matt Helme" <email suppressed> wrote:

> Cause you want a sweet paycheck and benefits?
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff-94PXtixo
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> From: D Dawson <email suppressed>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <email suppressed>
> Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 12:55:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Current situation with Film Festivals
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> Re: [Frameworks] Current situation with Film Festivals I think the
> conversation of online dissemination versus festival exhibition could be
> viewed as the following:
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> Why run for office if you can state your platform on your webpage? And its
> free!
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> One seeks a vocal, public response to onešs views and has to work tirelessly
> at expressing themselves if they hope for their ideas to move people and be a
> cause for change, while the other feels they have completed their job once
> someone has visited their site.
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> I think the idea of festivals runs deeper than simply viewing the work.
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> It would be interesting to find out if in the future politicians too will
> migrate towards sole representation via the web.
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> Deco
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> On 2/18/11 11:44 AM, "Matt Helme" <email suppressed> wrote:
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>> http://www.myspace.com/slpff . They have no entry fee.
>> Matt
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff-94PXtixo
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>> From: DOMINIC ANGERAME <email suppressed>
>> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <email suppressed>
>> Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 12:39:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Current situation with Film Festivals
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>> I have just received your guidelines and you are on the right track. You have
>> no restrictions in regards to completion dates like 90% of the festivals
>> here, and no penalty entry fee and it sounds like a real FESTival. I will be
>> sending in some work.
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>> Thnaks
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>> Dominic
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>> From: Matt Helme <email suppressed>
>> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <email suppressed>
>> Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 12:04:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Current situation with Film Festivals
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>> Sound's good to me.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff-94PXtixo
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>> From: Isabel Fondevila <email suppressed>
>> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <email suppressed>
>> Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 2:05:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Current situation with Film Festivals
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>> This is indeed a big conversation. Thank you for sharing.
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>> At ATA we have film screenings, including many experimental ones, year round.
>> The ATA Film & Video Festival was founded to celebrate and promote a
>> different type of film and video experience. We hope that inspires people to
>> get out there and discover more unconventional, un-dependent film. If they do
>> this at home in front of their computer, or at ATA or their local Microcinema
>> (recommended), that is another story.
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>> Like Experiments in Cinema and Basement Films the whole grassroots operation
>> is run by volunteers. We already pay rent for the venue so our costs are low
>> but still, our budget depends on the submission fees. We luckily don't
>> receive 1000 submissions and so far we are able to manage it. The Festival
>> staff watches everything, and preselects around 60 pieces that will be shown
>> to a selection panel. From the panel we put together two programs of shorts,
>> and that seems to be just about right for us and our audience.
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>> Now, when Dominic says a new structure needs to be put in place.. what if a
>> "Frameworks" film festival or an exhibition network was organized? With all
>> the venues and filmmakers in this list alone..who knows what could happen?
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>> Isabel
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>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:38 AM, DOMINIC ANGERAME
>> <email suppressed> wrote:
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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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