ASK & DISCUSS INDEX

12 years, 6 months ago - Cheryl White

Hi Cindy,

My film In Which a Wife... [https://vimeo.com/48397471] was selected for Marbella last year. I had planned to attend but in the end some work came through which meant I couldn't. However one of the cast went along and had a ball. If I remember correctly there was a £75 early bird accreditation fee and the £125 was to attend the black tie dinner award ceremony - which included food and wine. There was also the added cost in producing the compulsory posters, flyers and trailer. It seemed like a lot of extra work and was expensive but we had at least two screenings, the actor was interviewed on radio and we had some interest from a sales agent. By all accounts, they really did make it into a celebration of film.

Having said that, I won't be submitting my new film this year because of all the add-ons.

They don't charge to enter in the first place so perhaps send it in, then see how full the coffers are if it's accepted. A week in southern Spain in October is not such a bad thing after all.

Hope that helps.
Cheryl.

12 years, 6 months ago - Will Jewell

I also told Marbella Film Festival where to go when they asked for money and compulsory festival attendance out of my own pocket. Couldn't help feeling like it felt like a ploy to attract people to the resort out of season...

12 years, 6 months ago - Mark Playne

Marbella accepted my film 'to advance to the next stage' and then asked for a further £125 for an accreditation pass. They insisted that I attended and promoted the film for them. It's the only festival I have refused and I wish I had not applied. However, I didn't attend and maybe it's fantastic?

12 years, 6 months ago - Julian Kemp

Reading the T&C's it seems to say that English films must be subtitled into Spanish.......
Is that true?
That has really put me off submitting mine...... A 70 min documentary!