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Hello Shooters,Fellow Filmmakers and Fans,
3 likeminded souls and myself have launched a new podcast called 'GeekSweat' - bringing you news (#HotTopic), reviews (#TrailerTrashTal…

We are just finishing post on our last short film. The plan is to then take it to film festivals, in order to network and hopefully find some investors for a feature (already writ…

I've had a pretty disillusioning festival attempt this year with my film Buddy Goes To Nollywood. Here's the trailer (link found on the website), which I'm not especially happy wi…

Hi SP Hive mind

I made a comedy surreal short film last year and after an unsuccessful
festival campaign have recently whacked it online.

Any feedback you have bad and good wou…

Hi Simon,

A very we'll put together film, nicely shot (a little over-saturated at times as Zsani pointed out) but definitely the right sort of grading for this comedy. I think ov…

Dear filmmakers, we would be thrilled if you would consider making and submitting a one-minute film to this year’s 13th edition of Filminute, the international one-minute film fes…

'London Short Documentaries' is a screening programme of short documentaries old and new, all about London and Londoners, curated by award winning documentary filmmaker Tal Amiran…

Hi Shooters,

We noticed that a few of you have posted in about sharing apartments or meeting up in Cannes during the festival (8-19 May).

If it's helpful, you can use this threa…

Hi Lloyd,

Ref your YouTube positing: https://youtu.be/5xG1CHXGVD8

I promise that I will share that link to Shooting People in the UK (Approx 20K plus), I also will post my supp…

I noticed recently there were several film festivals based in Manchester, in particular, Manchester Film Festival and Kinofilm Manchester Internation Film Festival. I have no know…

Hi Richard,
I attended Manchester International Film Festival http://www.maniff.com/ and thought it was very good. I felt well looked after and appreciated as a filmmaker and the …

I have rented a great studio with extra sofa bed, including a kitchen, £75 per night for up to 5 nights. 15 mins walk to the Palais de Festivals so a great late find. Please email…

Hi Sina,

You may also like to post in this thread that I started incase you're still looking for someone?

https://shootingpeople.org/discuss/view/6493e080323c12a703104a04

Enjoy…

Just wanted to let you know that the portmanteau psychological horror film Psychomanteum (which includes the following six of my short films: It's in the Trees, Afraid of the Dark…

Sorry I just received a link where tickets can be purchased for £5 plus a 30p booking fee:
http://romford.premierecinemas.co.uk/PremiereCinemaRomford.dll/WhatsOn?Film=5227312

Kin…

Myself and my producing partner Anne will be attending Cannes this year from Tuesday the 8th for a week till Tuesday the 15th. Shooters are all over the UK should take the opportu…

Hi Don, We booked our accommodation for this years festival last year before we left. Anywhere central or even near will be long booked up by now, suggest Airbnb for rooms in Cann…

I am pleased to announce that our feature film "Ask The Cheat" starring Nick Moran will have a market screening in Cannes 2018 on May 8th 2018 at 6pm in Palais C. If you are atten…

Going or thinking about going and not sure?
Looking for accommodation? Advice? Networking?
Please contact filmpartners@andbut.co.uk

The Cannes line-up is announced next week.
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St Albans Film Festival are looking for entries. We have 6 categories - Short Film, Documentary, Animation, Music Video, Student, Young Student 5-15.
Max. length 20mins.
Enter at…

Hi Susie,

Thanks for sharing festival details.

I suggest you post your call out in the bulletins instead of here, as both the Ask and Discuss forums are for members to ask ques…

Would love to meet up with any members attending.
My short Little Shit will be playing on Friday at 10am.
http://www.dinglefilmfestival.com/?film=shorts-programme-2
https://littl…

Just finished cutting the first trailer for our documentary "Articulate" which I co-directed with my daughter Athen, produced by my partner/love Anne Jackson, 100 mins of fabulous…

An intriguing trailer Ray. A view of human existence from the perspective of 'inbetweeners'. That special phase of maturing where the clarity of fresh minds are unencumbered by w…

Hey Guys,
What are your Expectations from a Film Festival.
We are really interested in knowing about this and we'd much appreciate it if you shared your experiences with film fes…

Hey John. Thanks for taking the time to look into our question. Useful info. While it's true not every festival will afford that I can see where you're coming from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhJpzp69tv4

mY CheROnnA!!!!!!

Hola,
Just completed a new narrative feature and also a feature length doco. Am in the process of submitting them to festivals and would love to hear any recommendations from shoo…

Hi, I'm speaking as a festival / awards organiser. We charge submission fees of £35 for music video/ shorts/ documentary - anything under 5 minutes.

We've taken a new approach t…

Hi everyone,

As some of you may know, the 2018 Belinale Talents programme (as part of Berlin Film Festival) is coming up next month. It attracts filmmakers from all over the glob…

Hi Chiara - thanks for posting in. Well done on your selection for Berlinale Talents.

Shooters - let Chiara know if you'll also be in town.

WARNING: Kuala Lumpur Independent Film Festival

I recently had a bad experience with a film festival for the first time, so wanted to see if anyone else had a similar experience …

Sounds dodgy as hell - I think you're wise to steer clear!

Hi everyone.

I'm a producer from Portugal and next week I'm going to MIP COM, in Cannes. I was wondering if anyone is going.

I'm looking for a co-producer for my next short-film…

We have launched a contest. Closing date 20th Oct 2017. We are seeking films that contain stories about work and workers, giving priority to their point of view of the world and …

Unchosen Modern Slavery Short Film Competition 2017. Closing date 15 Dec 2017.
We are looking for films that best reflect the reality of modern slavery in the UK and worldwide, be…

As part of our campaign to enter a recent completed documentary (largely shot in the USA) to approx 25 odd festivals we included ImpactDoc Awards in the list
http://impactdocsawar…

Hi David / Paddy - thanks for your input - luckily entry only cost $40 out of a total budget of around £800 for our festival campaign - I haven't counted them but looks like he ha…

Is it okay to post here that the deadline is fast approaching for the IMDb New Filmmaker Award offered annually as part of Bath Film Festival? Entries need to be in by 15 August t…