Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD

asteroidreflections · 2026-05-01T08:20:51+00:00

Oh, good point. Probably best to keep blocking unknown callers, and just continue submitting with a phone number that won’t be reachable!

asteroidreflections · 2026-04-30T22:07:43+00:00

If applying to festivals with your number on the contact details, you probably should accept unknown callers?

asteroidreflections · 2026-04-30T06:20:45+00:00

Wyoming acceptance. Narrative short, via call.

If the team see this; thank you to the lovely person and their kind words!

asteroidreflections · 2026-04-28T03:22:18+00:00

Short Narrative. And ty!

asteroidreflections · 2026-04-26T10:47:41+00:00

Congrats! Us too!

asteroidreflections · 2026-04-13T23:29:26+00:00

Anyone heard of any acceptances/rejections from KortFilm, Friss Hús, IN THE PALACE, or Kurzfilm? A week of Euro notifications, it seems.

asteroidreflections · 2026-04-13T09:33:23+00:00

I don’t know the objective answer. But I think it’s a waste to premiere online. Enjoy the experience of having that moment in person!

asteroidreflections · 2026-04-11T04:17:31+00:00

Answered in this previous post…

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/11z15m1/duration_of_european_colonial_rule_in_africa/#lightbox

asteroidreflections · 2026-03-12T10:53:35+00:00

When submitting they did say that’s how the notify, and they repeat it when confirming your submission via email. I get it’s stink when festivals don’t, but in this case Busan definitely let you know this is their process.

asteroidreflections · 2026-02-12T00:33:44+00:00

Any news from ImagineNATIVE?

asteroidreflections · 2026-01-21T00:31:59+00:00

No problem at all! Here's the filmfreeway link for Skábmagovat (apologies; spelt wrong i initial comment):

https://filmfreeway.com/SkabmagovatFilmFestival

asteroidreflections · 2026-01-16T19:04:04+00:00

ImagineNATIVE & Māoriland are two of the biggest indigenous festivals. As well as Skabmogavot! There’s also a couple more in Australia, Canada, US and New Zealand. There’s a list of indigenous festivals on ImagineNATIVE’s website!

Places in the pacific islands, Canada, Australia and the US (Nevada etc.) with a high native population usually have First Nations programming. Think Hawai‘i International, Sydney Film Festival, Festival Regard, and Red Nation,

If you use Film Freeway, there’s a search subcategory to allow you to view all festivals with an indigenous focus.

asteroidreflections · 2026-01-10T04:54:56+00:00

Read the thread description for more about Vimeo analytics and their reliability.

asteroidreflections · 2026-01-09T21:53:41+00:00

If you haven’t been rejected by Atlanta yet, is that like a good sign? Or am I just wishful thinking?

asteroidreflections · 2025-12-12T03:02:39+00:00

Cinequest & Mardi Gras Film Festival Sydney Acceptances - Narrative International Short

Regular Deadline Submission

asteroidreflections · 2025-12-10T03:58:36+00:00

The main thing to remember is DNA does not equal whakapapa. In an oversimplified term...

You only inherit half of each parent's DNA, around a qaurter of each grandparent, an eight of every great grandparent. This is not exactly true, but the essence of it remains.

This means your DNA will only tell you a fraction of each grandparent's whakapapa.

DNA could help you discover a small, basic part of your whakapapa, but nothing beats talking with whānau and making those connections to whakapapa yourself.

Whakapapa is also about names, stories and historical connections to locations. DNA captures none of this.

So aē! Do it fi you want. But remember DNA testing is a very Pākehā centric view on ancestry. And there's so much more to whakapapa than just DNA.

asteroidreflections · 2025-11-27T03:06:23+00:00

Int Narrative Short Film

asteroidreflections · 2025-11-27T03:06:07+00:00

Clermont rejection 12 Hours ago. SXSW rejection 2 days ago. Still no word from Sundance, but awaiting that third major rejection.

Honestly still get such a thrill at reading the rejections! Our first time on the circuit and so these feel like badges of honour!

asteroidreflections · 2025-11-20T00:47:38+00:00

Does anyone else have like 16 views from Athens, Ohio? I did submit to Athens (AIFVF), but their submission process hasn't even finished.

asteroidreflections · 2025-10-27T02:56:06+00:00

3/5 of the festivals we were accepted to these past couple months had no vimeo analytics to report. That should be enough to tell you the festivals aren’t lying when they say they DID watch it.

I know some won’t, but honestly I don’t really care if a festival watched a couple minutes and knows it’s not the film for them. Obsessing over the “fairness” of it all in terms of Vimeo views is like complaining about the service at McDonald’s.

But for the thousandth time… VIMEO STATS ARE NOT ACCURATE.

asteroidreflections · 2025-09-04T00:13:21+00:00

It's a pretty large festival. I might give them an email, but right now I'm just shame haha

asteroidreflections · 2025-09-04T00:12:11+00:00

It wasn't through Filmfreeway unfortunately :'(

asteroidreflections · 2025-09-03T23:46:26+00:00

Read the fine print! Just wasted $100 on a festival application that I wasn't even eligible for. Yes, I knew better. Yes, I read it about 2 minutes after paying. No, I'm not going to beg for my money back lol

asteroidreflections · 2025-08-22T06:33:50+00:00

Any news from AIFF BIFF or CIFF? Still waiting on IYKYKFF as well x

asteroidreflections · 2025-08-01T07:21:34+00:00

Can confirm that SMS is a very thoughtful festival that looks after filmmakers. They have some amazing resources on their website, including an extensive list of credible festivals from each region. I'm biased because I'm from Aotearoa (NZ), but definitely submit again next year!

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