Flawed Secections, Pt. 1
Next Sunday. I'm having a screening night for the first round of submissions for the Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) It will be a sociable beer and pizza night. Most of those present will be veterans of the process, but there will be newcomers. The newcomers wil already have taken home previous entries, most accepted, but some rejected, and have reported on them, without knowing which ones were accepted or not. Their responses will give me a clue to their future responses to the films they will be previewing.
All films need to be seen by at least two people all the way through. Any film receiving a 5 or above (on a 1-10 scale) will be seen by me. Cases can be made for films that I might not necessarily respond to. Further considerations, especially with marginal flms, concern program balance, scheduling concerns, and other matters like whether the filmmakers will attend and whether they will help promote the showing of their film.
Obviously, there's more to the process than that, but it does have to start with knowing and trusting those who are screening the films, and it does start with beer and pizza.
All films need to be seen by at least two people all the way through. Any film receiving a 5 or above (on a 1-10 scale) will be seen by me. Cases can be made for films that I might not necessarily respond to. Further considerations, especially with marginal flms, concern program balance, scheduling concerns, and other matters like whether the filmmakers will attend and whether they will help promote the showing of their film.
Obviously, there's more to the process than that, but it does have to start with knowing and trusting those who are screening the films, and it does start with beer and pizza.
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