I know this thread has been done a million times before, buttt:
I finished my best short film to date late last year, with the intention of getting into tropfest. I was quietly confident, having seen the quality of the previous years finalists. In brief, things didn't transpire as I'd hoped and the quality of entries this year was much higher - we got shortlisted but didn't make the finals.
A little disillusioned and suffering post-film syndrome (where you can only see your thousands of mistakes), I've not really done much with the film. I haven't released it online, because there were a couple more national festivals I wanted to submit to.
I've come to terms with my work, and I am quite proud of it. I'm currently entering for those festivals, but is it really worth submitting to other international film festivals (besides the small chance of winning some prize money - living in NZ it's hard to travel to many fests, and we only have 1-2 ones with any real weight)? Is it just a self gratifying, pocket emptying move? Would it just be better to try and share it online to as many places as possible?
And as someone who doesn't know many fests besides the big name ones (which i know I'm not ready for), how do you figure out which are worth actually entering - what you're good enough for, and what would actually be better than a generic no-name-festival badge at the start of my film? Is there somewhere I can go to get an assessment of my film and see where it's worth submitting to (I realise the answer here is probably not)?
I finished my best short film to date late last year, with the intention of getting into tropfest. I was quietly confident, having seen the quality of the previous years finalists. In brief, things didn't transpire as I'd hoped and the quality of entries this year was much higher - we got shortlisted but didn't make the finals.
A little disillusioned and suffering post-film syndrome (where you can only see your thousands of mistakes), I've not really done much with the film. I haven't released it online, because there were a couple more national festivals I wanted to submit to.
I've come to terms with my work, and I am quite proud of it. I'm currently entering for those festivals, but is it really worth submitting to other international film festivals (besides the small chance of winning some prize money - living in NZ it's hard to travel to many fests, and we only have 1-2 ones with any real weight)? Is it just a self gratifying, pocket emptying move? Would it just be better to try and share it online to as many places as possible?
And as someone who doesn't know many fests besides the big name ones (which i know I'm not ready for), how do you figure out which are worth actually entering - what you're good enough for, and what would actually be better than a generic no-name-festival badge at the start of my film? Is there somewhere I can go to get an assessment of my film and see where it's worth submitting to (I realise the answer here is probably not)?
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