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[Greg]

See? If you reject them, they love you even more and send you laurels.

[cranefly]

So.  For the Burbank festival, back when they first accepted you but then said the acceptance had been sent out by mistake, did they formally reject you?  Or was it a matter of someone jumping the gun and prematurely announcing an acceptance.  So they told you the letter of acceptance was a mistake and withdrew it.  But did they explicitly say you were being rejected?

As for the online festival that you withdrew from, which has now accepted you, it sounds like an organization whose parts don't talk very well to each other, or is too busy raking in the dough to be bothered by specifics.  I'm hoping you have enough of a paper trail (digital trail?) to show all parties you've been above-board throughout.

[Greg]

BIFF very explicitly stated in an email that I was not rejected. The acceptance email was a mistake but they were cagey about whether I had been accepted or not. But mainly they said I was not rejected. They way I'm reading that now in light of the most recent emails was that I was accepted and that somebody jumped the gun in sending out the email. Now, because I think they sent out the acceptance and the follow up, there is a glitch with my account in their notification system. This entire time on Film Freeway, the festival aggregator, I've always been listed as accepted. So, when they went down the list of who to send acceptance letters this last week, they skipped me because in their system, I was already listed as 'accepted' I'm still sending emails out to straighten this out and get actual VALIDATION

As for the Lift-Off Extravaganza, I don't know. The online festival is for people that didn't quite make the cut for the physical festival. So, maybe I had already been rejected and it went to the secondary category and they wanted me not knowing I had withdrawn.

To complicate matters, I've reached out to the big festival I'm in and asked them if appearing in an online festival voids the premiere status with them. If it doesn't, I'll see about appearing in the Lift-Off Festival, because why not.

I also have a letter out to TIFF to see if they can give me some clue about notifications because I don't want to screw that up by accepting the invitation to Burbank.

[Drunk Monk]

See? If you reject them, they love you even more and send you laurels.

You got laurels?!?

[Greg]

Jealousy doesn't become you.

[Drunk Monk]

[Greg]

Just got an email from TIFF. They aren't talking. They are still in the middle of considerations and they aren't going to say either way if I am in the running or not. I should seriously consider all offers, though.

[Drunk Monk]

[Greg]

It is, Margot Robbie, it is

[Greg]

Goddamit! I just noticed that Burbank IFF has switched their notification date to Aug 1. I was in the middle of a letter to the BIFF about their strange letter on Tuesday when I noticed the date change. I wonder now if the Tuesday note was errant as well? I still haven't received any note back from the emails I sent on Tuesday. I am concerned that I'm making the BIFF guy angry with these emails by bothering him while he is busy juggling angry cats. But I'm squarely because of the mishaps I had on The Last Captain because I did not respond quickly to the Melbourne Film Festival.

I was almost calm. Almost. I thought I had things straightened out. And now this.

[Greg]

Just got a note back from Brad at BIFF. It was indeed another errant email sent to me. No congratulations at this time. They are still deciding. My documentary is very highly rated but they can only show so many movies. Blah Blah Blah.

[Greg]

Oh, it's going to be that kind of day. I was just notified I was not selected for the Toronto International Film Festival. Not a shocker. Still disappointing.

[Drunk Monk]

[Greg]

Goddamit, BIFF. After the exchange of emails with BRAD about me still not actually being in the festival, I just got another email from them saying I need to wear semi-formal wear when doing my speech.

[Drunk Monk]