u/FilmIsGod

Obviously if they're scamming and doing something illegall, y'all, yes I'm gon' get mad. But I've been volunteering as a screener for a respectable fest and the sheer, utter volume of films you have to watch to meet the quota is insurmountable.

Even with 100 volunteer screeners, you're looking at weeks of work.

And the submissions keep coming. And coming. And coming.

And most of them are bad. Sorry. They are just bad.

And I've only watched about 17 hours, mostly shorts.

So to the festivals who operate with creative and ethical integrity, who watch each submission 2-3 times, I do salute you for truly trying to dig through the rip-offs and half-baked concepts to find the gold nuggets.

I will never complain about you again.

That's all.