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Hello everyone, I am quite new here so bear with me :)

After many years of practicing filmmaking in the shadows, I am ready to enter the world with my first serious horror sho…

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I was wondering if anyone have recommendations as to what horror/scifi/fantasy festivals that are worthwhile submitting a horror short film? Any good resources about this?…

Horror On Sea is great, really friendly community and no entry fee. My film screened there called HALLOWEEN JACK 3D and they screened it in 3D. The festival owners were very acc…

An updated daily list of film festivals offering large discounted submitting fees or better still, accepting free submissions.

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Hello I'm Charlie Vaughan.

Im looking for fellow creatives to collaborate with. Looking to shoot shorts, commercials and all around interesting projects.

Please get in touc…

Hi Peter,

I do indeed have a reel, although it is in need of an update, another reason I'm keen to collaborate on projects. Anyway you can find it on my spotlight here: https:…

Raindance Film Festival debated the theme of their 2024 festival advert. We decided it should mirror the worldwide protests, as well as echo the Summer of Love in 1967: Give Peace…

('Censorship' in so far as festival themes outside of a festivals general genre/stated remit are strong deterrents to those whose films do not by random chance synch with the seem…

Hi All!

I was wondering if anyone had any useful tips and tricks for putting together a festival plan. I work in the industry primarily as an actor, however next year I will be…

Hi Adrianna,

Thank you! This is very helpful - I think most festivals we shall be submitting next year, as getting the Early Bird Deadlines will help us save some money. Really…

Hey y'all!

Looks like the hype around Cannes is starting to build up - I'm not going (waaaay out of my budget) but was wondering if anyone is planning to / got films screening …

Hello, everyone.

I am a filmmaker from China. I have 3 years of experience working as a director and copywriter in Shanghai, China. I will graduate from MetFilm school soon. I …

Hello people! I have a couple of completed short films which are currently on the festival circuit. Does anyone have any advice on releasing short films online? Did you wait until…

Hey CK, thank you so much for your thoughtful reply! This is really helpful. Great idea about the interviews - I've managed to secure one so far and would love some thoughts on wh…

Hiya!

I'm a member of Messy Collective and they asked if we could share this in our various communities! I thought some people here might be interested as I've seen some people…

Hey Samantha,

Welcome to Shooting People!

What sort of photography do you do?
What type of projects are you looking to work on?

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Hi Shooters,

Who’s heading to the London Short Film Festival this year?

SIXTY Shooters are screening their films at this year’s festival - that’s gotta be a record breaker.…

Does anyone know if LSFF does an online screening of any of the shorts? I would love to see some of them.

when ans where is the short film festival?

Hi Len,

If you're heading to the London Short Film Festival, you can post into this thread to connect with other Shooters at LSFF: https://shootingpeople.org/qna/q/the-london-s…

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Documentary photographer with 18 years experience now looking to develop a stills/behind the scenes film / TV portfolio...I realise i'm not going straight to Hollywood so …

Dear Shooters,

I've submitted my new short film to several festivals, including those specific to shorts, such as Go Shorts & Hamburg. The film is narrative fiction, but might …

Hi everyone,

Will anyone here be attending the London Film Festival this year?

I am new to the industry and wanted to attend, however, most events are sold out. It looks lik…

I’m a bit late as it’s over now! But a film I produced, Rice Ball, was screened on Sunday as it was part of the BFI x BMW Filmmaking Challenge :)

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Less than a week to go! Don't miss our new boutique festival for emerging women filmmakers, this Sunday, 17 Sept, at the Cinema Museum, Kennington.
Tickets and prog…

Our festival is still running online - you can see the Awards Ceremony and other content at the Livestream page, and 50 Official Selection films plus 15 GlobalGirl Media films fro…

Calling emerging young women filmmakers: our first in-person GlobalGirl Media Film Festival, run by the UK charity GlobalGirl Media UK, will be held at the Cinema Museum in London…

Preface: I've posted on here a few times before, but I've never actually followed through due to my life circumstances and also just general lack of direction until this point.

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There is a special competition for young filmmakers in the Chiswick and surrounding areas as part of this years’ second edition of Chiswick in Film Festival.

Star judges Colin…

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Are any SP members heading to Edinburgh Fringe this year? It would be fantastic to know if any members are performing ♥

Like with any festival, attending by yourself (le…

Hi Xenia!
I've never been to the Fringe since I have lived abroad all my life but have always wanted to go! I have some writer friends who are working on stuff at the moment that…

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I'm the Founder Trustee of GlobalGirl Media UK, the UK charity that empowers young women through digital media training, and we're hosting our first in person film festi…

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Walk With Walker presents to you our 1st ever Horror Film Festival.

This festival will feature some of the best horror short films submitted by amazing film…

Hello,

You have to submit your film into the festival, I put the link there but if selected you will send it to me by mp4

Hey everyone - just spreading the word about this amazing event happening next Wednesday (26th of July). It would be great to have some Shooters there.

The New Gen Film Panel …

Hello! We're just finishing our short film (12 minutes) which want to send to festivals, so we're looking for a way to create DCPs. Does anybody know of any affordable options?
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Unfortunately the Premiere does not make a fully compliant DCP, so some DCP servers will reject the DCP,s made by Premiere Pro.