I've mistakenly submitted 3 festival screenings of my film as a "release date" and requested them to be deleted. Request #190319-231320-043000
on March 19th, 2019. One was resolved, however, two are still pending even though the resolution date given to me was 3/20/2019. It is vital for us to get it resolved as an important festival acceptance depends on it. The movie wasn't released until December 2018 and only played at festivals. I'd so appreciate your kind assistance. Thank you. Julia
Posted 1 year ago
Col Needham, Official Rep
Hi Col, thank you so much for your response. I was told by several filmmakers and distributors that screenings at festivals were not considered to be a commercial release. My movie was not released really until late 2018. How should i deal with it as it's hurting my distribution tremendously?
Joel, Official Rep
Hi Julia,
Thanks for your response.
As mentioned by Col, we do consider festival releases to be valid at IMDb and therefore this can't be changed per your request.
Thanks for understanding our position.
Joel
Thanks for your response.
As mentioned by Col, we do consider festival releases to be valid at IMDb and therefore this can't be changed per your request.
Thanks for understanding our position.
Joel
In other words, if I may:
For "several filmmakers and distributors, screenings at festivals are not considered to be a commercial release". They are certainly right.
But IMDb does not go by "commercial release" date, only the first public showing is taken into consideration.
For "several filmmakers and distributors, screenings at festivals are not considered to be a commercial release". They are certainly right.
But IMDb does not go by "commercial release" date, only the first public showing is taken into consideration.
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Col Needham, Official Rep
You have an award winning film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4624204/awards) which has been well received by the audience (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4624204/ratings) and critics alike (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4624204/externalreviews).
If any distributor questions IMDb's festival release dates policy, you can always refer them to this thread. For a good example of festivals building momentum, please see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/releaseinfo and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/awards
If any distributor questions IMDb's festival release dates policy, you can always refer them to this thread. For a good example of festivals building momentum, please see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/releaseinfo and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/awards
Thank you all!
casperr
Can you give a link to the film so someone can have a look and advise further.
Julia Butler
casperr
Julia Butler
Thank you!
MAthePA
Please accept my sympathy to your achievements in production, and also my condolence on the interrupting circumstances. In view of the latter, the distributors are unfair when considering Slipaway (2017) to be "old". It's a cold comfort, but I hope this makes sense for you as a former impresario. I wish you to live everything.
I think it would be not ethical to call the people who visit the limited releases (all festivals used to be the limited ones) as not "public". Since a movie has been watched by public, no matter how great is the amount of people, then a movie database should distinguish the movie as a released one and let the public to share experience, e.g. in ratings. Slipaway (2017) has a very good rating, in my opinion.