01-29-2021, 04:16 PM
So.....about that ImpactDocs award. You might have noticed that it was HK that did the post about the "win" on FB. That was all on him. I didn't think much of this honor. When The Last Captain was doing the festival circuit, ImpactDocs was the only festival that acknowledged us. They gave us the Award of Merit. Since we didn't win anything else or get selected by any other festival (bar one), it was kind of the highlight for the festival run. But I knew that festival had a very low bar giving out awards, since so many films were on the list for Award of Merit. They basically have five levels of awards and Award of Merit was second to the bottom. We weren't even Award of Merit Special Mention. Just Award of Merit. The level below Award of Merit is I believe "thank you for sending us money in exchange for laurels" level.
Well, why did I enter again if it's such lamentable festival? Easy, I hoped to do better. I wanted to show that Stro was an improvement on The Last Captain and subsequently we would leap up to a more prestigious level with Stro. Plus, I could enter into another category for free, which I did. That was the objective. Did I reach that objective? No. Stro was the exact same award level as The Last Captain. And yes I also did receive the Award of Merit in editing.
When they send out the Laurels for Award of Merit, I will probably post them. But it's not a big victory.
Well, why did I enter again if it's such lamentable festival? Easy, I hoped to do better. I wanted to show that Stro was an improvement on The Last Captain and subsequently we would leap up to a more prestigious level with Stro. Plus, I could enter into another category for free, which I did. That was the objective. Did I reach that objective? No. Stro was the exact same award level as The Last Captain. And yes I also did receive the Award of Merit in editing.
When they send out the Laurels for Award of Merit, I will probably post them. But it's not a big victory.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm