internet and festivals

[wheatgrinder]

Hi all,
My little 48 is going to get a small face lift and Im going to submit it to some festivals. Id like to put it on line too, but wonder if these two paths are mutually exclusive.

What the general approach here? Festivals first THEN on line, or what?

Thanks

 

[Dreadylocks]

I'd like to know the answer to this as well.

But there couldn't be any harm in putting a password protected version on vimeo to share with us peers

 

[TheOpusFuller]

when I submitted Germanity to Film Festivals I had it online. Unless it's stated in the submission rules I think you're okay to put it online.

 

[learnfilmonline]

Always go online. The point is to show and brand yourself as a filmmaker. Just check up on fest rules.

 

[Uranium City]

Do you mean is it allowable to have a version of your film online as well as in consideration for festivals?

I think it depends on the festival. I just submitted a film to a few dozen and one in particular asked that our film be removed from the general internet IF it is accepted.

I know brother Sonnyboo recently said his short Accidental Art completed its festival run and is now online, so he probably knows the current customs and mores of this better than most.

 

[sonnyboo]

Only the top 5-10 film festivals care if the movie is already online. Some people take a very serious road about not putting their movie online while it is at festivals, but it's usually to no detriment. With ACCIDENTAL ART, I withheld it from the Internet while I submitted to 2-3 bigger festivals that actually state in their submission that they do not accept movies that are available online.

For a 48 Hour Film Project, I'd say put it online and simultaneously send to festivals.

 

[Papertwinproductions]

Sonny's got it.

 

[learnfilmonline]

What Boo said.