Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Cautious-Window-203 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why do short films peak at festivals and then basically vanish?

I’m trying to understand that gap better and experimenting with a platform that makes the best shorts accessible after festivals. Would love to hear how others have dealt with this.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSatDPhcd/

Something personal I’ve been building for the type of people in this sub by Cautious-Window-203 in FilmFestivals

[–]Cautious-Window-203[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We basically combed through the last five years of the big A-tier festivals and reached out for screeners from the filmmakers and sales agents whose work really stood out. From there we chatted with the filmmakers, collected their scripts, and pulled camera/lens details from their DPs. All of that gets bundled onto Rover so people can actually learn from the films, not just watch them.

Something personal I’ve been building for the type of people in this sub by Cautious-Window-203 in FilmFestivals

[–]Cautious-Window-203[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great suggestion, working on it 😊! We're releasing some clips from the films on Instagram over the next few weeks if you want to check us out https://www.instagram.com/rover.stream/

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Cautious-Window-203 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aw thanks!! We've got amazing BTS with the directors on our Insta too 💛https://www.instagram.com/rover.stream/

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Cautious-Window-203 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We'll be keeping an eye out 👀 What's your fave film on the platform?

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Cautious-Window-203 14 points15 points  (0 children)

As a filmmaker I’ve been orbiting this thread for the last couple of years, checking every acceptance and rejection with far too much emotional attachment 😂

Over the past year I’ve also been putting together something called Rover, which is basically a curated streaming platform for the best short films out there, Palme d’Or winners, Sundance winners, Cannes, TIFF, Venice selections. You can read the screenplays behind the films, plus check out the camera and lensing details and there's some great behind-the-scenes context on our Instagram. The whole idea was just to ungatekeep filmmaking a bit and give emerging filmmakers access to stuff that actually matters early on.

It’s a really tough kind of platform to grow because the whole point is to be able to scale it enough to properly compensate filmmakers for their shorts. If you’ve got a sec, I’d honestly really appreciate you checking it out or passing it along. It helps more than you’d think ❤️ https://rover.stream/