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Original Post from Jenny Lee
Pay What You Can at the I Will Tell International Film Festival

Hi All I think this is the right place to post this. Please forgive me if not.

We have implemented a Pay What You Can Initiative for the upcoming I Will Tell International Film F…

4 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Moira Rowan
Vote for our film

Our film 'If you can walk you can dance' has been selected for the Lift OFF Film Festival there is now a public vote via vimeo there is a charge to see all the films, ours is no 8…

5 years ago
Original Post from Giulia Gandini
Most recent response from Toby University of Bedfordshire
Oscar longlisted short film MY TIME released online (let me know your thoughts!)

Hi everyone, today I've released on Vimeo my latest short film My Time (a 5 minute drama about a girl who has her first period in class) in collaboration with UN Women UK. My Time…

2 responses, most recent 5 years, 2 months ago.

Great film with great performances. Some nice touches in the script as well ('study in scarlet', etc.) Well done, Giulia! I'd be interested to know how the various charities were …

Original Post from Adolfo Vico
Confessions of a self'isolation

The script I submitted to the BBC Writersroom Interconnected contest wasn't selected but I decided to make a short anyway.
I'm sure some of you also tried, that's why I thought to…

5 years, 2 months ago
Original Post from Amanda Fleming
Most recent response from Claudette FLINT
Cannes

Hello anyone going to Cannes this year, I have a 25 mins short which we are also condensing for the 15 min slot of the short film comp, any advice and meet ups that I need to know…

7 responses, most recent 5 years, 3 months ago.

No you won't, unless you disguise yourself in homeless.

Original Post from simon Matthews
If you want comedy that isn’t on Netflix? I made some short films.

They have won and lost at many film festivals. All self funded and made with a talented punch of film folk.
Let me know what you think, GOOD and BAD as currently looking to make …

5 years, 4 months ago
Original Post from simon Matthews
Comedy for Free

If you want comedy that isn’t on Netflix? I made some short films. They have won and lost at many film festivals. Please share, comment, critique.
Any feedback is always apprecia…

5 years, 4 months ago
Original Post from Sue Carpenter
New - GlobalGirl Film Festival - submissions open

Hi all
I'm the trustee of GlobalGirl Media UK, the UK charity that empowers young women through digital media training, and we're hosting our first-ever film festival. We're open …

5 years, 5 months ago
Original Post from Moira Rowan
Voting for Poster in Film Festival

My short film 'Helen's Birthday' has been selected for the Sunny Side Up Film Festival in the States, there is a competition to vote for our poster, these are the details if anyon…

5 years, 5 months ago
Original Post from Ryan Cleary
Edinburgh Fringe - Producers looking for a script?

Are there any comedy, theatre producers looking for a script to take up to Edinburgh Fringe festival? I have a dark, satircal comedy script about veganism that I would love to col…

5 years, 6 months ago
Original Post from Caroline Bottomley
SHINY's next London event is Tues 14th January at one of the world's biggest & best creative ad…

SHINY's next London event is Tues 14th January at one of the world's biggest & best creative ad agencies, AMV BBDO.
It's the LAST CHANCE to get your videos showcased ahead o…

5 years, 6 months ago
Original Post from George Brian Glennon
Most recent response from Alwyne Kennedy
Technical Deliverables for Film Festivals going into 2020

First, Happy Holidays to All,

Technology continues to rapidly change. I'm preparing to get my short film ready to send out to festivals. I'm told the best way to submit is to u…

1 response, most recent 5 years, 7 months ago.

All the festivals I looked at last year required films to be submitted in 1080p. In case you don't know, that's HD rather than 2K or 4K. When converted to a 1080p mp4, my 28 minut…

Original Post from Michael Lebor
Most recent response from Ray Brady
Anyone attending London Film Week?

Hey all,

I have a film at London Film Week and wanted to know if anyone else is going. I'll be at the opening night 2nd Dec and then at my screening on 3rd Dec.

If you'd like to…

10 responses, most recent 5 years, 8 months ago.

Thank  Michael for the invite and kind words. When you eventually get your film on to Netflix or Amazon or Vimeo (or all three), let me know and I repost my review for you there t…

Original Post from imran naushad
Feature film screening

Delighted to announce our Black Comedy "Ask the Cheat" has been nominated for Best Feature Film at Birmingham Film Festival, as some of our crew were recruited through Shooting Pe…

5 years, 9 months ago
Original Post from Max Goldbart
Most recent response from Brendan O'Neill
Illegitimate film festivals: Becoming more of an issue?

Hi all,

I'm a reporter for Broadcast Mag, the business publication that serves the TV sector.

I have recently had it pointed out to me that there are growing frustrations with t…

13 responses, most recent 5 years, 9 months ago.

Sorry Max!

Original Post from Grace Alwyn Ashworth
SCAD Savannah Film Festival ACCOMMODATION

Howdy folks!
I'm heading out to SCAD Savannah Film Festival in a few weeks with my short film 'A Dunder Plunder'.
I am booking an apartment right in the centre of downtown where…

5 years, 10 months ago
Original Post from davina brown
Edinburgh Int. Film Festival 2020

I'm thinking about submitting a feature film to EIFF and wondering if any Shooters have been to the festival and whether the festival has a habit of showcasing ultra-low budget fe…

2 responses, most recent 5 years, 10 months ago.

@johnnie thanks. I was thinking of sending in a viewing copy with a stereo dub as we're still short of funds for 5.1.

Original Post from Johnny Maya
Feature Film Test Screening : Want to RSVP?

Hello Shooting People Family,

My FIRST feature film got it´s trailer released!!!!
Currently trying to sort distrubution.

We will be doing a test screening soon and in Octobe…

5 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Ray Brady
International Film Festival of Cameramen "Golden Eye" 90% Off submission fee

Oh and while I think of it...

International Festival of Cameramen "Golden Eye" 90% Off . Code: Golden90
https://filmfreeway.com/InternationalFestivalofCameramenGoldenEye

The In…

5 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Ray Brady
Submit your film to Collateral 102 with -55% only for a limited time!

Hi,
Since time limited I'm posting here

COLLATERAL 102 festival comes from the support of different associations that love art with no boundaries or inhibitions.

COLLATERAL 102 …

5 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from David Knight
Promoting your films at film festivals?

Is getting selected by a film festival enough? Or is it merely the beginning of the promotional journey?

1 response, most recent 5 years, 11 months ago.

Hi Everyone

I returned to filmmaking two and half years ago and was lucky to have my first short 'Suicide Blonde' selected by festivals and in two cases win awards. Where possibl…

Original Post from Nick Hilton
What do you want from a film festival?

Hi all –

So, I've been thinking for a while about organising a small British film festival. For context, I'm not really doing any film work these days but run a podcast productio…

6 responses, most recent 5 years, 12 months ago.

Hi Angela – yes, a coffee would be great. I'll try and email you now as find the DMing on SP impossible...

Original Post from Al Carretta
Nightpiece Film Festival 2019 - Early Selections Trailer

Hello Shooters,

The 2019 Nightpiece Film Festival Early Selections trailer arrived mid-week as the Edinburgh Fringe programme launched. You can check it out here:

https://www.yo…

6 years, 1 month ago
Original Post from Zbigniew Siwek
Partial funding for short film

Hi all, this summer at the Cine Circle Filmmaking Festival we will be holding a screenplay pitching competition. The winner will win the following:
£1000 worth of VMI film equipme…

6 years, 2 months ago
Original Post from Mark Oxtoby
BEEN AFFECTED BY CANCER? HELP US MAKE THIS MULTI-AWARD-WINNING 'BEAUTIFUL COMEDY' SCRIPT INTO A SHO…

Hi, I'm Mark... a Multi-Award-Winning Indie Filmmaker and my script 'My Week with Maisy' a 'beautiful comedy' about cancer has to date won 9x Best Screenplay/Best Dialogue Awards.…

6 years, 3 months ago
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