Let the confusion reign! I think maybe I was validated by one festival and then I was definitely validated by a festival I'm not in.
I sent a letter off to Burbank FF to say that the notification day had come and gone without the aforementioned validation. I didn't receive a response to that letter but late in the day Tuesday I received a letter from the Burbank FF that seemed to indicate that I had been accepted and this letter was the follow-up to that letter and I shouldn't use the link in the previous letter to send in my film but I would get another letter with the proper link. The only letter I had received prior to that one was the one that said I had been accepted by mistake to the Burbank Festival and that was back in May.
The way I'm looking at this is the letter I received yesterday was the follow up to the letter accepting me into the festival I received back in May, the one that was subsequently rejected.
I have another letter out to Burbank asking them to clarify the situation.
All that being said, it seems like their won't be a physical festival but it will all be done online, which is kind of a bummer. But I think that's to be expected with all the US Festivals at this point.
Meanwhile, I received an acceptance letter from the Lift-Off festival in London which also told me where I can upload my film for their online festival. The only problem, I withdrew from this festival when I learned it would conflict with the premiere status of Warsaw. And it became an online festival as well.
The problem with an online Festival as opposed to a physical Festival is scope. If you have a physical festival only people in the local area of the festival can see it. Which is a good thing. It makes it special. Whereas the online festival can be seen by anybody that can access the URL. You can't limit it to one city or state. Sure, once I get passed my premiere status releases, I'm not going to care as much. Until then, it's a problem.
Plus, the online Festival is kind of a money grab. The Online festivals can program a lot more films because they aren't limited by venues and times. Anyone can watch the film at any time and the festival gets paid. The more films, the more potential for profit. Which is why I've been accepted into some of these festivals.
I sent a letter off to Burbank FF to say that the notification day had come and gone without the aforementioned validation. I didn't receive a response to that letter but late in the day Tuesday I received a letter from the Burbank FF that seemed to indicate that I had been accepted and this letter was the follow-up to that letter and I shouldn't use the link in the previous letter to send in my film but I would get another letter with the proper link. The only letter I had received prior to that one was the one that said I had been accepted by mistake to the Burbank Festival and that was back in May.
The way I'm looking at this is the letter I received yesterday was the follow up to the letter accepting me into the festival I received back in May, the one that was subsequently rejected.
I have another letter out to Burbank asking them to clarify the situation.
All that being said, it seems like their won't be a physical festival but it will all be done online, which is kind of a bummer. But I think that's to be expected with all the US Festivals at this point.
Meanwhile, I received an acceptance letter from the Lift-Off festival in London which also told me where I can upload my film for their online festival. The only problem, I withdrew from this festival when I learned it would conflict with the premiere status of Warsaw. And it became an online festival as well.
The problem with an online Festival as opposed to a physical Festival is scope. If you have a physical festival only people in the local area of the festival can see it. Which is a good thing. It makes it special. Whereas the online festival can be seen by anybody that can access the URL. You can't limit it to one city or state. Sure, once I get passed my premiere status releases, I'm not going to care as much. Until then, it's a problem.
Plus, the online Festival is kind of a money grab. The Online festivals can program a lot more films because they aren't limited by venues and times. Anyone can watch the film at any time and the festival gets paid. The more films, the more potential for profit. Which is why I've been accepted into some of these festivals.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm