I agree about the prescreening process, even if there aren't thousands of 
entries . I spoke with the organizer of a show a few years ago who asked why I 
hadn't submitted--and he was surprised to learn that I had, but the 
prescreeners had simply rejected my work. I get the feeling thiis happens a 
lot, especially since my work is digital and incorporates errors. Its 
disheartening to say the least.

Michael

Sent from my phone so appologies for any typos!

> On May 1, 2019, at 1:59 PM, Dominic Angerame <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I do not think the competitive nature of festivals in the problem. It is 
> definitely with the PRE SCREENING process. I have sat as a judge for the 
> Experimental Category (New Visions) at the SF Int’l Film Festival. After 
> viewing all of the work approved by the prescreens I request a list of all of 
> the entries and filmmakers. I found four important and well known filmmaker’s 
> work on this rejected list.
> 
> I requested that the judges see these works and all of them were shown at the 
> Festival and won achieved an award.
> 
> Prescreens are often not qualified to watch experimental work often they have 
> no idea what that genre is. Pre screening has been a problem with festivals 
> for decades and this process should be re evaluated by Festival Directors and 
> Organizations.
> 
> D
> 
>> On May 1, 2019, at 10:25 AM, Dante Fresse <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Film festival proliferation is a good thing for me, but focusing on the next 
>> time increase in my opinion isn’t the right thing to do. As a young 
>> filmmaker I find competitive process of selecting to be an opportunity for 
>> growth and scarcity in this industry and that is an excellent way to learn 
>> how to use opportunities where you can get a chance to talk to succeeding 
>> artists.
>> 
>> What do y’all think about this?
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:11 PM Dominic Angerame 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Every film festival is telling me that they have received record number of 
>>> entries from hundreds to thousands. If entries are increasing should not 
>>> the scope and duration of the festivals increase to accommodate the record 
>>> numbers. Increased entries also mean increased income to the festivals. 
>>> 
>>> A question to the community
>>> 
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