By Christine Stoddard * A film festival acceptance is a blessing. But what if you can’t make it to your screening? While a credit is nice, facetime probably counts for more. Some of the main reasons to hit “Submit” include strutting down the red carpet, meeting people, and exchanging contact info. If you miss the[…]
by filmmaker Cameron Kit* * Cameron Kit is an award-winning filmmaker and entrepreneur with over 13 years of experience in film and storytelling. She has directed over 30 films, and has won numerous awards including “Best Editing”, “Best Special Effects” and “Best Cinematography”. Her work has been featured in more than 15 festivals internationally, including the Richmond[…]
How much it costs for a short film to enter festivals In this article, we decided to leave speculation aside and prepared a calculator to estimate how much it will cost to promote a short film at festivals in 2024. Let’s imagine that we are captured by an ambitious goal and submit a movie with[…]
The best websites for short films and filmmakers in 2021 Obviously, we should not undervalue the importance of the website in the press kit to promote the film. This year, like the previous year, we decided to mark out the most interesting promotional websites that are dedicated to a short film, a production company, or[…]
How many films do film festivals accept out of the total number of movies submitted? To answer this question, we sampled 150 Academy Qualified/FIAPF/ BAFTA and 300 other festivals on the Filmfreeway. We found film festivals that shared information about the number of films submitted and the number of selected films. Then we summarized this[…]
The best websites for short films submitted to our festival in 2019 We hope that this experience of creating short film websites will be useful not only for beginners but also for those who are interested in film promotion. The website is not only a business card for a film or a film company, but[…]
What film festivals should I submit to? The festivals landscape is not the same as it was five or ten years ago. There are thousands of festivals you can find on the Filmfreeway. Their number reaches 10.000 almost. Majority of the festivals demands entry fee. Thus a festival circuit can be not cheap for a[…]