One of my shorts won Best Music at the Laugh or Die Comedy fest this past summer. It's not Sundance or Cannes, but I like to think it's worth a something, no matter how paltry. How much does the win count in the long run? How do I market it for the future?
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@Doug I admit I am a USA virgin...Never been, but nevertheless have been involved in boardroom tables of where their the money goes. The guy won an award for a film. Talent is talent. RB recently adde...
Expand comment@Doug I admit I am a USA virgin...Never been, but nevertheless have been involved in boardroom tables of where their the money goes. The guy won an award for a film. Talent is talent. RB recently added to a thread about "ISMS" ……..there seems to be a lot of isms about this film award. Small town ism.....First timer ism...... Some of the bigger film festivals choose films right for THEM, and earn a WAGE from people who send the films in. Analysing the whole situation..... a smaller film festival who has nothing to gain from which film choseN , may well pick the winning film.
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Debbie I agree with you 100%. Talent is talent and is certainly worthy of respect - no question. Unfortunately here in the colonies, there is a snobbery element at play that seems that an award from anything less than the top half dozen festivals is of no/little value. Sad!
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Last Sunday, for the first time ever I added that the pilot script had won two awards in festivals to the sales pitch. One was the Los Angeles Screenplay contest and the other was the California Film...
Expand commentLast Sunday, for the first time ever I added that the pilot script had won two awards in festivals to the sales pitch. One was the Los Angeles Screenplay contest and the other was the California Film Festival. Yesterday they asked for the pilot script and all other items I'd written on the series. It certainly can't hurt.
Thanks y'all for the support. I do agree that smaller film festivals have limited networking opportunities and don't have the same draw or quality as major fests.
Thanks, Pamela