ABSTRACT
In the digital age, the festival landscape is ever changing, and with each iteration, the process of film submission gets increasingly simpler and more streamlined. The site serves as a festival directory for filmmakers to browse events in order of name, event dates, submission deadlines, territories, and entry fees. Some festivals have recognized that online hosting is indeed the best means of generating buzz for a film in this present climate of audience engagement and word of mouth via social media. Festivals that focus on films with a certain tone, or have a clear idea of what they want to evoke when compiling a program of multigenre films, are ultimately stronger and more memorable for their conviction. “Although animators can submit their animated film to most festivals,” Aaron reasons. After weeks, months, perhaps even years of blood, sweat, tears, and whatever other bodily fluids animators may have sacrificed along the way, it finally happens.
