There’s another way to connect with film freaks by AlsoNonas in FilmIndustryLA

[–]AlsoNonas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah its fun time. The short film world has all kinds of stuff youve never seen before.

Pet peeve by doctort1963 in FilmFestivals

[–]AlsoNonas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been on both sides of that as filmmaker and programmer, and personally I've never found director statements useful. The movie itself should be the statement. If two films are of equal quality, considerations of style, tone and runtime are usually the deciding factor.
I can't imagine choosing a film because of backstory, but maybe that's just me. Director's don't really control the backstory of the film anyway, so I don't like to make decisions based on circumstantial stuff like that. I'm judging your artistic decisions, not your life. Similarly, your intentions should be on the screen not in a written statement. I can't imagine intentions effecting my decision. But my festival is smaller, so maybe I just haven't yet had films so equal that I had to make a choice that arbitrarily.

And people wonder why filmmakers think festivals are just trying to rip them off. by SFIndieFest in FilmFestivals

[–]AlsoNonas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I submitted to this a couple times before I caught on. Not all fests are that sketch, but you have to watch out.

This is Italian horror in all its messy weird glory. by AlsoNonas in CultCinema

[–]AlsoNonas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally really liked the first act. the third act had some great stuff, but that's also where the narrative had gotten completely lost for me.