So that you made a brief movie, and now you don’t have any thought what to do with it. You in all probability need it to be seen in theatres, with an viewers, in any other case you will have a very costly youtube hyperlink to ship to grandma, who will prefer it it doesn’t matter what.
When 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 way in which as much as essentially the most well-known, most acknowledged, enormous movie pageant markets (Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, and so on.). 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 am 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 (wonderful smaller pageant that’s all about treating the filmmakers like royalty-hotels, breakfasts, swag luggage, 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 may be simply round $100). I submitted solely to festivals I had heard of with out doing any analysis or understanding something about what they program, what they deal with, and what they’ve proven up to now. I simply thought “hey, I like my film, so everybody else is gonna prefer it too” as a right for style, operating time, pageant location, and so on. Lesson discovered. It acquired into some festivals, acquired nominated for some awards, and was a enjoyable expertise. However I went about all of it incorrect.
I’ve additionally been to movie festivals the place there are like 4 individuals within the viewers, and people 4 individuals are the opposite administrators of the shorts in your block. Good occasions!
