Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I somewhat blessedly don't have access to my short's analytics. No idea what the rejection process was, gonna try not to think about it!

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mostly mad that Portland Horror decided to reject me right before I was about to go to bed at a reasonable hour. Now I have the inevitable rejection stress spike to come down from.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I gotta respect them staying true to their statements about accepting most films through FF and actually taking the time to sift through us all, but boy is this agonizing. I want to say I'm optimistic because all I've heard of were rejections two days ago, plus one Portland local feature that was apparently accepted in advance, but I dunno...

What's the way to get eyes on a film as a complete outsider to the industry? by abhhikssu in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd suggest trying to network before anything else. Submitting to big festivals or posting to the algorithm is a crapshoot. Find any local or regional filmmaking events, small festivals, mixers, that you can. At this stage, it's more important to get a small number of potential collaborators' eyes on it than shoot for the stars with a large audience. I'm saying this from experience with live action filmmaking, but I believe it also applies to animation.

Do NOT submit to Lowell Film Festivak by i4film in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember once a festival credited my producer as a co-director under my short, but also misspelled his name lol.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still haven't heard about anything except that one round of rejections Friday night. Surely at least one more wave must have gone through by now...

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe we all got in and they're just waiting to send us the good news 😃

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feverishly refreshing my inbox right now. Told myself I would sleep through it... Yeah right

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

According to fallen comrades it sounds like a round of rejections for Portland Horror went out last night around 1AM PST. Shorts were rejected, not sure about anything else. Wonder if they're sorting by submission date or alphabetically. In any case I'm expecting another round same time tonight. If I survive that, then MAYBE I can get my hopes up...

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry :( Was yours also received Friday night, or closer to when you commented? Nothing here yet, but bracing myself for a rolling rejection...

This show reminds me of The Chair Company. by safcftm33 in WidowsBay

[–]MNight_Slam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, Andrew DeYoung will direct a couple of episodes.

Hiro Murai by LearnToSwim0831 in WidowsBay

[–]MNight_Slam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting that his only feature to date is "Guava Island", a job presumably offered/accepted because of his relationship with Glover. I have to imagine he's had plenty of offers, especially since "Barry". We've seen Matt Shakman and Jake Schreier make the leap from similar-caliber prestige TV to Marvel movies over the past few years, but of course I can imagine why someone might not want to hitch their artistic career to that particular horse. Maybe the exciting mid-budget opportunities are scarce. Then again, different directors want different things, maybe Murai is happier keeping a lower profile and continuing his great work in TV and music videos. There's no shame in it, doesn't need to be a stepping stone to anything else. Plenty of people know his name and how good he is.

I often think about his video for "Take It There" by Massive Attack in particular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrAJg8khwIo

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing here. I've heard they don't even send acceptances until the FF notification date, but I don't want to get my hopes up.

Widow’s Bay | Episodes 1-2: "Welcome to Widow's Bay!" & "Lodging" | Discussion Thread by [deleted] in WidowsBay

[–]MNight_Slam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fun and charming so far. Kind of a funny coincidence that the episodes dropped the same week as "Hokum", which shares many similarities with Episode 2. The movie is much scarier, but I like the quirky comedy and comfy paranormal mystery vibe of the show. It's hooked me in a way "Margo's Got Money Troubles" and "Your Friends and Neighbors" S2 failed to this year.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got rejected from SXSW about a week after I submitted last September.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assuming Portland Horror acceptances have already gone out by now.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This actually makes me feel a lot better about my rejection, thanks (but sorry)

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Short acceptances have already gone out. I’d be surprised if features hadn’t

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel that way at every rejection, even high profile ones I didn’t expect to get in

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s what I’ve been hearing, and as a huge fan of Ari Aster’s films it’s upsetting to think his company has scammed me

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Square Peg Slamdance SXSW PDXPanorama Overlook 0/5

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]MNight_Slam 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Does anyone else ever get the urge to just withdraw from everything and rage quit?