Here's another scam email to add to the list.
Of course, the ACTUAL festival site is tribecafilm.com... NOT TribecaFilmFestival.org.
The biggest clue for me was the fact that Tribeca would NOT directly email some country boy about his bizarre, southern sci-fi mockumentary. Heh.
I simply disregarded the email but if I had to guess, I bet the process would go something like this:
You send 'em your movie -> They say "not a fit for this festival, but we may know a distributor" -> You end up dealing with an unscrupulous entity as mentioned in a previous thread: someone who basically wants a couple thousand bucks to "promote" your work. Of course the originator of the email and the "distributor" are all the same person.
from: (someone)@tribecafilmefestivalDOTorg
Dear Frank Ladner,
I'm writing on behalf of the Tribeca Film Festival regarding your film HICKORY NEVER
BLEEDS. I read about the film online, and would be very interested in seeing it in
consideration for our upcoming festival. I gather that the film is currently in
post-production, so I'm hoping the timing might be right. Would you be interested
in submitting something for consideration this year? Looking forward to hearing
from you and to learning more about the project.
Kind regards,
Tribeca Film Festival
375 Greenwich St
New York, NY 10013
Of course, the ACTUAL festival site is tribecafilm.com... NOT TribecaFilmFestival.org.
The biggest clue for me was the fact that Tribeca would NOT directly email some country boy about his bizarre, southern sci-fi mockumentary. Heh.
I simply disregarded the email but if I had to guess, I bet the process would go something like this:
You send 'em your movie -> They say "not a fit for this festival, but we may know a distributor" -> You end up dealing with an unscrupulous entity as mentioned in a previous thread: someone who basically wants a couple thousand bucks to "promote" your work. Of course the originator of the email and the "distributor" are all the same person.
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