Love is in the small details. These days I received the DVD that the Cannes Cinéfondation organization usually sends around this time each year. It is the complete collection of short films that have participated in the Cannes Film Festival, both in the international competition and in the Cinéfondation itself, a section … Read more
Since I published the list of Fiction and Animation festivals ordered by deadline during the first week of this month, I have been meaning to do the same for the Documentary Academy Awards. Over the past few weeks, I have finished completing this list, with the same characteristics as the previous one, … Read more
This January, the projects selected for Euro Connection, the co-production forum of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, which I already mentioned in August, have been published on the market’s website. This selection concludes the coordination work we have carried out from Spain, which began in September. Among the selected projects is the … Read more
I have discussed festival submission fees several times, a trend that continues to grow. In Europe, each year there are new festivals that use fees with different pricing strategies, both to control the number of submissions and to have an alternative funding source. Whether we like it or not, it is an … Read more
This week, the Berlinale short film selection was announced, featuring 24 short films, both international and world premieres. Each time a competition of this importance is announced, I usually check the percentage of world premieres. The minimum requirement for Berlin is an international premiere, but a world premiere is highly valued, as … Read more
A few weeks ago I received the new call for entries for the Tel-Aviv Student Film Festival, one of the most important festivals for film schools. I believe this is one of the least known festival circuits in our country, and one I have been working with since the beginning. You must … Read more
The time has come to prepare the classic annual distribution report. As every year since 2014, I dedicate one of the first posts to analyzing the distribution results achieved the previous year. In these figures, I take into account all festival selections for all the distribution projects I am managing. Both in … Read more
To get 2017 off to a good start, this first post comes with a gift included. The lists of Oscar-qualifying festivals available on the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences website are organized alphabetically, including the website and the qualifying awards for each festival. This information is essential, but in … Read more
It has been four years since I launched this blog; April 2012 now feels a long way off. In the first post I shared the talk on digital screenings for festivals, which took place in December 2011 as part of the Festival Meeting of the Community of Madrid. It was the beginning … Read more
Next January brings together several deadlines for short film festivals that you should not miss in your festival strategy. All of them have in common some type of premiere requirement, whether national, international, or world premiere. I have compiled 6 of them, some are on the Oscar-qualifying list, and others are not … Read more