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I'm headed to Cannes today to promote my documentary about the refugee crisis, we will be wearing life jackets to hopefully draw attention to those men, women and childr…

As promotional stunts go, you'll blend right in - I've seen teams of cheerleaders pushing a short in the SFC before!

I've just published an investigation which Shooters may find interesting.

In the past two years, more has changed in the film festival world than in the previous fifteen. It’s a…

Between Stephen's well-written article, and all the responses, I feel I've had a real education in current film fesival submission advice. Thank you all.

Anyone going?

Thanks Jane for the link, hopefully see all people registered there. Does anyone know of any sites that have similar links to what Jane has posted? As i'd like to attend more even…

Hello everyone,

Just stopping by to tell you all about a new short film and music video festival called Exit 6, by filmmakers for filmmakers.

The festival is a day long event t…

Hey guys,

I'm a film maker based in Scotland and i'm just looking for some like minded people to work on a short film with. I've been making shorts for years and have had some mi…

Currently working with another filmmaker in Scotland on a couple of shorts but we have more scripts to choose from - check our loglines at https://richteasers.wordpress.com/loglin…

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Did anyone else enter the Nikon European Film Festival?

The brief was to 'make an everyday moment memorable' - short film under 140 seconds.

Here's my entry: vimeo.co…

Hi Bob - thanks for leaving your thoughts. That's a very interesting take! I did wonder if the language would be a barrier for the EU Festival. I ended up choosing a very simple v…

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My name is Edward, 33 from London. I am a director, writer, actor. I am very passionate about films, great films and film-making. I am completely determined to brea…

Great, thanks for the advice, really appreciate it.
Best regards

Edward

Hello Everyone ! I'm new here so let me introduce myself... :)
I'm a guitarist playing mostly gypsy jazz :) and making music in a lot of style in his studio...
I'm now building a…

This November we are hosting a premiere to show our four short films this year for our actors, family and friends. This event is to express our gratitude to the local talent that …

Last year's was rather exciting, with some real gems. I wrote a glowing review here. This year there's been a couple of days I haven't even bothered going to the delegates' screen…

Dear Film Makers

As part of the Hillingdon Arts and Literature Cultural Festival, our local community Film Group is having an OPEN DAY on 11th of October, from 10am till 12 noon,…

We're investing in emerging filmmakers by giving the best short film idea a budget of £25k, with full production support to make it happen. When the winner of our contest complete…

@Luke Walton £25k is a lot of money, but not nearly as much as it sounds, so stretching it artificially will affect quality. I'd be very inclined to let a story run for its natur…

Hi everyone,
while browsing for festivals on FilmFreeway I came across a few festivals who strangely have a big picture in their descriptions that sort of encourages filmmakers to…

I have some personal experience of the people running these festivals though it was some time ago. They are not bad people but personally just looking at the sites, the sites they…

Why do some festivals treat filmmaker so bad?

This year, I submitted a short to Raindance, arguably the biggest (and most important?) Independent festival. The short got rejected…

Interesting to read these comments. Quite shocking that so many people still use Withoutabox; to be polite, it's a relic.

I run the Nightpiece Film Festival in the Edinburgh Fe…

Are some festivals in it just for the money?

I've noticed some filmmakers describe themselves as "Award Winning Film Director" simply for winning an award at a local, unknown pseudo festival. So the PR angle must be a motiva…

I have a problem that doesn't seem like it would be unique to me.

Every now and then I need to transfer a large file, often a DCP, to a fest, so I often use a file transfer servi…

Well, I've settled on MegaUpload. I have several DCPs on there now, the largest being 7GB. They've been up for a month, and I believe will stay up for another 5, at which point I'…

Withoutabox are driving up festival entry fees. For instance they charge 20% on every film entered to a fest.

Find out more here: http://withoutaboxsucks.com/learn-more/

@Karel Bata Here's the LFF rates http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/bfi-london-film-festival-2015-submissions

Hello all,

Quick but possibly stupid question. My short was rejected from the Palm Springs Short Film Festival but accepted into the film market. Is this just something that hap…

Hey Dan. No I won't be going from the UK, the travel expense would swamp the film's budget! Anyway - if anyone's at Palm Springs it's called Turn Of The Screw - go see it at the m…

The Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition have been lucky enough to add screenwriting guru Lucy V Hay to our already awesome panel of Judges. She asked us if there was a particu…

Interesting point about period scripts having characters that all sound the same. I've been guilty of that. You have a bunch of people in 'Ye olden times' and it's surprisingly ha…

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I have wrote a script which involves some fantastic actors. But the technical aspects are missing. i.e. film maker, sound, lighting etc.

I can offer my directing skills and maybe editing and vfx if necessary, I'm based in Lambeth near Kennington and Vauxhall station. :)

Hello fellow filmmakers - quick question to anyone who's ever been through the Sheffield Meetmarket process. My film has been selected to take part in the Meetmarket in a few week…

Hi Lucas!

Thank you indeed for taking the time out to answer my questions. It's my first time going to the Meetmarket so there's lots of questions I have!

All of the info sounds…

WE run Shortfilm48 (http://shortfilm48.com/) which is in its third year. This year we have opened it up to a potential global audience, with a Vimeo submission process. we have so…

Ignore the typos, please ... it's early ;)

Hi there,

Great apartment-share in Cannes in case you are still looking - it's a private rental from an old friend and works out at €500 per person or €800 per room.

Here's an…

I'm a Cannes newbie this year, attending 15-17 May. Looking to hook up with any fellow Shooters, but especially fellow writers, given that it's not really a writers' event.
www.s…