Almost a year after its festival win, my indie animation is on route to California for its most important scrutiny yet!Ī max of 40 animations get to this stage worldwide by winning Academy accredited prizes (a few more pay via some LA screening loop hole). By winning 'Best Animation’ at the Academy accredited Foyle Film Festival, 'Sausage’ joined the few dozen films each year that get judged by a panel of experts each October. Well first your film needs to qualify to be considered, and 'Sausage’ achieved that last November. THE OSCARS - my most exciting submission yet!įor anyone making a film, the distant dream is to win that statue known as ‘Oscar’. So all great news on the festival front, but a wake up call that the party is winding down! In truth, attending is a perk, a treat, an indulgence. They’re fun enough, sure, but work wise hard to justify to the bank manager. Other than not having inexhaustible funds, I’ve had to accept they’re not the unmissable events I’d hoped they be. I started with Rio and Sydney, and I guess just had to rein it in from there. I’m really sad to say it, but I’ve had to accept I won’t go to any stateside fests (apart from the Oscars of course!). So WTF!!!Īt the end of the day the festival circuit is expensive. Esp with a food themed one to excite our taste buds! We had a friends to stay at, and Jess (my wife) has been desperate to go to NY ever having never touched US soil. So what a crazy wonderful month this would be right, just hanging in autumnal NYC bopping from fest to fest. It also premeired in NY at 'Animation Block Party’ back in July. The Sept & Oct festivals are 'Williamsburg Film Fest’, 'Food Film Fest’, 'NYC Indie FF’, and 'Film Columbia’ (showing in Brooklyn). The exciting news is that after a long wait, ‘Sausage’ found friends in NYC with 4 festival screenings within just over a month. I’m approaching blogs in the lead up, and then will contact them again with a link once it’s live… SAUSAGE goes online in less than a week, 3rd Nov 2014. The easier you make it, the more likely they are to cover your film, and include more info.Īdded bonus, the page is a hugely effective tool for you and your team, keeping all marketing bumf in one place. Make it easy to expand, and you can just keep adding as you build material… People have commented on the uncommon efficiency of this process, which you want. This isn’t standard as such for shorts, which means you can immediately stand out. The more contacts you approach, the better your chances. Then armed with your Press Release, you approach your list of contacts pointing them to the highly efficient Press Page. It’s just a one-stop-shop for Bloggers and Journalist to get all they need bout your film. I’ve had advice from a PR friend, and her best suggestion has been to make a Press Page. That goes for its online release too (if you do it right that is). Every part of a short film takes longer than you think.
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