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Rotterdam and Alexandria Festival Programmers on What Gets a Movie Accepted and Why Rejection Isn’t a Verdict on Quality
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A film festival selection or rejection is not necessarily a verdict on a film’s quality. For programmers sorting through hundreds or even thousands of submissions, the decision can depend on everything from the balance of a lineup to the audience for which they are programming. T
A film festival selection or rejection is not necessarily a verdict on a film’s quality. For programmers sorting through hundreds or even thousands of submissions, the decision can depend on everything from the balance of a lineup to the audience for which they are programming. That issue was at the center of “Film Festivals Decoded: […]
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