FEATURE: Looking to hire someone to submit my film to sundance.

linkdafourf

linkdafourf

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Hi!
I finished my first interdependent feature and am looking to get it on the festival circuit, however, the submission process is a bit overwhelming. I am looking to hire someone who knows how to do this, preferably someone who has submitted something in the past, to get my film up on without a box and out to the festivals. I will cover all submission costs (obviously) and also compensate who ever gets this done for me. Let me know if you are interested. Here is a trailer for the movie. Thanks!

https://vimeo.com/30417422
 
Just in the trailer I saw like 6 different logos. You better have E&O insurrance otherwise Sundance won't take you.
 
Rdwomack2 said:
Just in the trailer I saw like 6 different logos. You better have E&O insurrance otherwise Sundance won't take you.
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this is false, sundance does not require E&O to screen a film, nor will it require proof that you licensed music. Festivals generally stay out of those issues and may work on the assumption that you have cleared your film but they do not require proof.
 
The music in the trailer isnt licensed no, but none of the songs used in the actual movie infringe any copyrights so that will be fine. I talked to a bunch of people and the logos shouldnt be an issue.
 
Yeah, just do it yourself. It's best to learn the ropes now already. Either way, don't expect to get into Sundance. 12,000 films this year were submitted...
 
garbage in, garbage out. the number of submissions does not mean anything. if tim and eric's billion dollar movie made it, imagine what competition it had.

i think the number of movies averages: (can someone double check these numbers)

p.s.: some numbers and assumptions up ahead.

~15 us dramatic competing, but at least 3-4 of those go to the box office and the rest are forgotten
~15 international dramatic

~15 us non competing, but at least 80-90% have name actors, higher production values than indies, have a lot of buzz before the festival begins, and most attendees would plan to see those movies.
edit:
~10 non competing documentary
~10 films in spotlight (~30% limited theatrical releases)
~10 films in next (~2 films created some buzz)
~10 films in at midnight (mostly horror films)


~50 short films(5 programs)

~15 us documentaries
~15 international documentaries

while you could potentially watch 5 screenings a day except for the first day and last day,

does the average audience member attend more than 15 screenings? i would not think potential buyers attend more than 2 screenings a day.
some of the audience are there for either the first or second half of the festival so 5-15 screenings at best.

i would assume most attendees would watch more dramatic than non dramatic content, and more us than international, and more non competing than competing movies

revised:
at least 1-2 international dramatic and 2-3 us documentaries depending on the buzz and word of mouth and maybe 1 intl doc.
i would also assume 7-10 of the non competing movies. 1+3+8, that's ~12.

word of mouth and the movie synopsis would let the attendees choose 3-5 out of 15 us dramatic of witch 3-4 get theatrical releases, that's not bad odds to me.
 
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without the need to mention the complete lack of cinematography(lighting, camera work, color correction, color grading, editing), the subject matter is too fluffy for sundance.

most of sundance movies deal with divorce, shared custody, people going to, in, or fresh out of prison, coming of age stories with dead or divorced and/or alcoholic parents that are probably fresh out of prison, artist frustration, prostitution, in closet gay men, mid life crisis, problems fitting in, social problems. along side the main plot line of just dating or meeting a woman. and all that was just from last years dramatic competition.

last year there was one movie with white people problem / hipster problems, and a drama/sci fi(the gem of year)

sundance is not the fluffy romantic comedy mumble core festival.
 
i edited the earlier post (#8), i missed a couple of programs in the non competing category. about 30% theatrical releases, mostly limited releases.
 
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