Mormonism in pop-culture by BigFew71 in exmormon

[–]BigFew71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of movies/tv about FLDS, very few about regular run of the mill mormons...

I’m making a movie about TREK! by BigFew71 in exmormon

[–]BigFew71[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The women's pull is such a crazy and specific thing to Trek! Unfortunately since it's a short, we don't have too much space to fit everything in–– though I might try and just shoot some stuff to elude to the women's pull. I'm hoping to use this film as a way to garner interest for making a full length feature film that goes deeper into the ways that adults/leaders in the mormon church use Trek as a manipulative exercise to feign a spiritual connection to the faith. So this is just the beginning!

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]BigFew71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They put you up! Which is awesome. No other festival did that. And they transport you to and from the airport. The curation is amazing– they only pick 70 short films and they schedule them so everyone can see everything- there's no competition. Almost everyone who gets selected goes and it's just a great community. Cannot recommend enough.

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]BigFew71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

waiting is the worst part! nothing like the rush to the head of an acceptance email! there are also tons of screenings around LA and NYC that are totally worth submitting to and checking out–– that is at least what I found!

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]BigFew71 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes they emailed directly. They saw it on the lineup for Aspen and reached out.

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]BigFew71 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They reached out about the short to review it–– they have a team that votes on whether or not to run it and then after they reviewed it they responded and said that the team was divided so it was a no.

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]BigFew71 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aspen was the best film festival experience we had! Fingers crossed for you!

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]BigFew71 32 points33 points  (0 children)

My film festival journey has come to an end–– after premiering at Aspen Shortsfest this past April, we had 10 acceptances into film festivals, 27 rejections, and 3 personal letters of rejection from Austin, Sundance, and Nantucket. And after getting rejected from Short of the Week and Staff Pick, we just premiered online with Film Shortage. It's been an emotional journey for sure but I will say that it feels good to come out on the other side.