'Aetas' - an Epic Medieval Tale

Mark Johnson said:
Penguin... As a writer, you better start using a spellchecker or I'm going to come up there...
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Mark, you know you're welcome up here anytime. I am sorry, I am using an unfamiliar laptop and the keys are different than those at home so it is easier to make errors. On the home computer I have a spell checker but I am still trying to get into the habbit of using it. :D I type it out really fast and then just hit submit.
 
Oh, you're not alone, Shawn. BERLIN was just rejected from them as well. They'd better have some INCREDIBLE films there. I'm tempted to travel there for the fest with a buddy of mine anyway, just to see the quality of shorts, but not sure.
 
Wtf? Berlin too?? Sheesh, I can be dang sure that Aetas and Berlin are better than at least half what they will screen. What's up with that? On top of that, no love for Oregon films I guess.
 
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shawneous said:
Got our second film fest rejection, from the NW FIlm and Video fest, I f1cking hate them.
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Aetas (and Berlin) are solid shorts, you just have to retain confidence, know how good your product is, and shrug it off.

I can't tell you how many times i have composed music or painted something that got rejected by one critic only to be praised by another. It's impossible to forsee so just... don't take it personal.
 
i managed to get into Bend with IFHY. in fact, we screened tonight which explains why i'm searching the boards for this festival. anyway, the cool thing about getting in is you get all the contact info for the people who run the fests. next year, i'll definitely be trying to circumvent the typical submission route. shawn, if you want to give it a second go next year, i can pass that info along. it definitely helps to make a personal connection with someone on the inside.
 
if it makes you feel better, I was at Cannes this past year, and while there were some killer films, there was A TON of really really really crappy films.... really crappy.
 
NOMADIC said:
if it makes you feel better, I was at Cannes this past year, and while there were some killer films, there was A TON of really really really crappy films.... really crappy.
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I'm becoming VERY disillusioned with the whole film festival thing. Can you explain how they were crappy?
 
also know that its so competitive out there that even the films that do well, the ones you read and hear about, are getting rejected from more than half the fests they submit to.
 
I'm a little late coming in with this. I only just saw the film. Watched it through a few times. Very well shot, wow! Great locations, I loved the foreign (latin?) dialogue. Great. The masked guy gave a "Pans labyrinth" vibe - which was cool, I loved that film. The acting was great, this was a very well put together short. Great score, very very nice work.

Please let me know how this goes with other film festivals...I can't believe it didn't get into the festivals you mentioned, this is a really quality short, makes me wonder what would possibly get in! Ahh!

Chris
 
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I second Zak's statement. Don't sweat it. Most films go through a lot of rejections. I just got a rejection this week.

My friend colin is a short story writer. He's up to rejection #50. In fact, he's planning a rejection party to celebrate hitting 50. :)

Also, I'm sure this is not always the case, but from what Ive seen a lot of times at festivals is that production value often means nothing to them. So I don't think it's ever worth wondering what was so much better produced than yours.
 
Mark Harris said:
Also, I'm sure this is not always the case, but from what Ive seen a lot of times at festivals is that production value often means nothing to them.
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Does that mean I have a shot!? :grin:
I've yet to enter any of my films into Festivals, not counting DVXuser. I should probably give it a try.


I wouldn't sweat it though, keep trying! You'll get into a few for sure. :thumbup:

Cheers,

Mike
 
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