There are a lot of people who ask about where to submit their films once they’ve done a JUMP Society show so I asked Warren Etheredge which film festivals he thought were prestigious for shorts and he sent me the following response:
Clermont-Ferrand is the best.
All the rest should be ranked in accordance with their feature
programming status, thus…Toronto
Sundance
Cannes
Tribeca
SXSW
etc
Of course it can be difficult getting accepted to major festivals so here are some smaller steps towards eternal glory where JUMP Society Filmmakers Joel Bennett and Greg Cheney have already blazed a trail:
Have some suggestions of your own? Add to the discussion thread here.