Have you gone to a film festival of any kind? How was it, Yea Forums?

Have you gone to a film festival of any kind? How was it, Yea Forums?

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Not the elite ones likes Cannes, those are invite-only. A film festival is a film festival, you watch the latest films before they receive a wide release (if they even do).

i've been. i'm a reporter for a local newspaper in my country. basically watching shitload of movies nobody cares about but you have to do this and pretend they are deep and original. it's like watching low-budget equivalent of capeshit.

I went to one once and saw Quentin Tarantino on the red carpet. I only really saw the film I care about in a huge theater. It's worth it as long as the films you see are good.

How do I get a Cannes invitation?

It's cool. I've been several times to the Sofia International Film Fest, which is middle-tier Euro festival.
I got to meet some filmmakers and go to their Q&As (I've been to David Lynch and Hugh Hudson). Saw some cool movies on a big screen that wouldn't be released in cinemas.
The annoying thing is the majority of the audiences are either journalists or faggots who got invites through some channel or another, so there isn't really a movie-buff community feel to the whole thing. My favorite experience was going to The Turin Horse and seeing a packed theatre and just knowing those people don't know what they came to watch. Then when the movie was over there were only several people left.

You should write a story about me

I looked at OP's pic for 5 minutes before I realized it said 60th.

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it was fun and you should do it, just scout the films ahead of time

I hear your bowel movements are never the same afterwards

Most invites are for reporters, it seems. Big or small, doesn't seem to make a difference, as long as you have some credentials.

It's pronounced "can."
Rekt

Had two of my shorts show at a few festivals around the world. Also been to some just as a pass holder.

Good:
>see films way ahead of their wide release
>see special screenings of classics (35mm, live score, stuff like that (Buster Keaton's The General with live music was one of the most fun cinema experiences I've ever had))
>if they have panels/Q&As you get to see filmmakers you admire talk about their craft, sometimes get to talk to them too
>after parties in fancy venues, VIP treatment

Bad:
>if you've paid for a pass you end up going to as many screenings as possible to justify the price, and if you're unlucky you might sit through a lot of shitty movies asking yourself why you bothered
>industry is full of fake people and coattail riders so you can find yourself in a lot of lame conversations, but there are cool people there usually too

I went to Rotterdam (IFFR) this year. Pic related is part of the team I went with. We screened a movie. Ask me whatever if anyone gives a shit

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I snuck into to SXSW this year to see Tread

How difficult is it to really do a movie?

If you prepare everything meticulously beforehand it's easier. If you leave things to the last minute/wait for the day of the shoot, it makes the process a lot more complicated. There are a lot of moving parts.

Funnily, the easiest way to get to a festival is to make a movie. Start with a strong script. Everything should fall into place after you have a script and a team.

Feature or short?

I live near Venice so every year i go to see a couple of movies. It's pretty nice...

Feature. 2 hours. 2 hours is LONG. Stick with a simple, tight, 1.5 hour movie and honestly you're solid. Fuck CGI (unless it is ironic) and fuck "epics." Keep it narrow-scoped. Otherwise you'll be overwhelmed and you'll be over budget.

We made this movie on 100k and told everyone it was 1M.

>We made this movie on 100k and told everyone it was 1M.
lmao the absolute madman

Where'd you get the 100k bro

I went to Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and most of the movies were trash. The only one's I enjoyed were Pandora's Promise (a pro-nuclear energy documentary) and VHS 2.

I went to a local short film festival. More than one “short film” was a stolen Funny or Die sketch.

lost

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