It's nice to see that some festivals really make an effort of showing they care. We've been in festivals that never sent us any of the info they've said they were going to and been rejected from tons that all have rejection letters that looked like they were copied from each other. "Dear filmmaker, we have the difficult task of informing you, blah blah blah".
We understand that putting on a festival must be hard work but even Microcinema Int'l that has had hundred and hundreds of films screened sent us a nice package of programs and newspaper clipping from where our film had been screened and they only charge $5 for an entry! (so this is another good festival/showcase)
But we're giving good word to the Beared Child Underground Film Fest. Bad news is we got rejected BUT they did offer to send us back our fee (well ours was their famous alternate payment fee). And the best part was that the letter was personal and mentioned in detail the likes and dislikes of the movies. We've heard that some fests don't even watch all the entries and they charge $50 a film! But they took the time to watch them, think about them, write us about them AND offer to send back our stuff.
Sure, we were pissed to ad to our rejections but it felt good for once. Well, maybe not good but you get the point.
Alter Ego Cinema
www.alteregocinema.com
We understand that putting on a festival must be hard work but even Microcinema Int'l that has had hundred and hundreds of films screened sent us a nice package of programs and newspaper clipping from where our film had been screened and they only charge $5 for an entry! (so this is another good festival/showcase)
But we're giving good word to the Beared Child Underground Film Fest. Bad news is we got rejected BUT they did offer to send us back our fee (well ours was their famous alternate payment fee). And the best part was that the letter was personal and mentioned in detail the likes and dislikes of the movies. We've heard that some fests don't even watch all the entries and they charge $50 a film! But they took the time to watch them, think about them, write us about them AND offer to send back our stuff.
Sure, we were pissed to ad to our rejections but it felt good for once. Well, maybe not good but you get the point.
Alter Ego Cinema
www.alteregocinema.com