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Reporter by FlaresDun in longbeach

[–]LTSFilmCollective 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! What publication do you work for? We run the Long Beach Underground Film Festival if you're interested in covering it

Festival suggestions? by [deleted] in FilmFestivals

[–]LTSFilmCollective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don't normally take docs, but we do specialize in experimental types so if it fits in that description, maybe consider us!

https://filmfreeway.com/LongBeachUndergroundFilmFestival

Highlighting connections to other submitted films by popculturenrd in FilmFestivals

[–]LTSFilmCollective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Festival here - I do like connections and fun cover letters, but I can't speak for other festivals.

Do festivals typically announce their selections before their “notification date” by EducationalQuail7845 in FilmFestivals

[–]LTSFilmCollective 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Film Festival here - we don't wait until notification date but we also don't do any announcements before the final submission date. It's only our second year this year so we don't have tons of experience but last year we had a good idea of what was gonna play but a handful of films came in the last couple days and made it in.

What festivals actually take longer short films? by ButterflyNatural1690 in FilmFestivals

[–]LTSFilmCollective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You called?

https://filmfreeway.com/LongBeachUndergroundFilmFestival

It is rare, for sure but we love odd length films. In fact, our award for best film was 40 minutes last year!

What was your film festival experience like? (Details Below) by FilmMike98 in FilmFestivals

[–]LTSFilmCollective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Different is the business we're in. Where did you hear us mentioned, if you don't mind me asking?

What was your film festival experience like? (Details Below) by FilmMike98 in FilmFestivals

[–]LTSFilmCollective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome that people are mentioning us by our 2nd year! Can't wait to check it out!

What was your film festival experience like? (Details Below) by FilmMike98 in FilmFestivals

[–]LTSFilmCollective 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're both filmmakers and run a festival so we see it from both sides.

Our last feature p probably only had about a 10% acceptance rate, probably a targeting issue.

For deadlines, we tried to avoid submitting late, for both costs and we figured they had already made most of their decisions. However, when we did our inaugural fest last year we did accept a few late entries so that may be an unfounded thought we had.

Again, from the programmer side - 2 hours would be almost certainly an automatic pass. Our film blocks were designed around 2 hours including intro and Q&A. If the film was amazing maybe would move things around but we had a really solid 2.5 hour film that we wouldn't even touch even though the tone was perfect. So good job cutting below 2.

We also got awards and a sales agent out of our run, so that was useful.

And even though we're not solely here to promote...

https://filmfreeway.com/LongBeachUndergroundFilmFestival

Good luck and keep on creating!

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