FEMALE FEEDBACK Festival Testimonial – July 1, 2018

Emily Pietro
Emily Pietro

This was one of the most beneficial and rewarding film festivals I’ve ever been lucky enough to be a part of! While I unfortunately wasn’t able to attend because I was living so far away, I was still able to view my feedback, which is seriously amazing and felt incredible. Everyone submitting to festivals sometimes feels like a tiny invisible fish in a vast ocean of talented filmmakers, but this festival reminded me that while competition is fierce, people always have genuine reactions to your art! (And that’s the whole point of filmmaking isn’t it?)
I recommend this festival to any and all women making films. Getting feedback on your work is more valuable than any statue or reward.

Thanks for an amazing experience and to all who commented on my work!

5 Star Review

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By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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