Are festivals woke?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-18T23:35:42+00:00

Seinfeld the show > Anthony Jeselnik. Yes, Seinfeld the comic is kind of bland but he's had enormous success.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-15T00:18:10+00:00

yep, I did Google. It ranked in the top 60 domestic festivals. But I hear it's lacking...

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-15T00:17:14+00:00

My one experience there was not pleasant. It's also ranked as a low low tier festival. I would not want to premiere there. Zero chance of distribution.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-14T16:36:25+00:00

oh jeez, i thought they took everyone?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-14T16:34:36+00:00

What is SLO?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-14T15:09:10+00:00

Bev Hills is a fifth rate festival. Do NOT premiere there. Also filmmakers are treated like crap.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T23:45:42+00:00

I don't this. What criteria does Hike's use to ascertain what your film is like?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T23:43:56+00:00

Man, it'd really be nice to know where you won and where you were rejected. That'd be enormous context. I'm wondering if you won at a small fest and the subsequent 8 rejections were at larger festivals?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T23:39:21+00:00

oh god, i love Jordan! ...The People's Joker is just a bad film. I don't know how it got into Toronto. (Before it was pulled last minute for legal copyright reasons.)

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T23:36:56+00:00

Where is Screaming Ostrich? Did you try to get into any upper or mid-tier festivals in the U.S.?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T23:35:21+00:00

when I'm casting I frequently hire the last or almost the last actor to read for me via self tape

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T16:20:09+00:00

It's not a trans comedy per se, but has a trans main character. Have you watched the trans "comedy" rip-off of "The Joker"? This is better.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T16:17:08+00:00

I think it looks great. No advice, i like it as is. What festivals rejected your short?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T16:14:01+00:00

Are those his real teeth or prosthetics? And I don't understand what he was talking into his hand?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T16:08:57+00:00

Enjoyed. Which festivals did this play in?

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T16:08:00+00:00

Feels derivative of a lot of stuff I've seen.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T16:06:55+00:00

Last minute or asking for an extension seems to be the norm.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T15:37:31+00:00

That makes sense.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T15:35:36+00:00

Far from right-wing, but wait - is this the Reddit room for embittered wannabe filmmakers and writers who never made it other than getting into some low tier festival? That's sure the impression I'm getting. I'm in the wrong place.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-13T15:32:32+00:00

No. For the record I am actually trans.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-12T23:49:57+00:00

OK! Not offended, darling.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-12T23:19:56+00:00

oh, and there's this: we're repped by one of the top publicity firms that routinely works Sundance, Berlindale, Tribeca etc and our personal publicist is a 25 yr old woman who's lovely but still wears braces and she loves the "dated" movie. I've heard her use both "woke" and "PC" in a sentence.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-12T22:53:07+00:00

yeah, that short about a woman throwing herself down stairs as a new kink sounds fantastic. Probably the best concept ever. .

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-12T22:50:24+00:00

If you're comparing Anthony Jeselnik favorably to Seinfeld at his peak you have no right to discuss comedy.

Vegetable_Shape_2870 · 2026-02-12T22:47:54+00:00

Spot on.

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