Festival Circuit: Dark Side, Rejections and Lessons Learned

My very good buddy Director / Filmmaker Owen Mulligan gave me a warning when I told him I was about to send my movie to film festivals. He recommended me these 2 wonderful and very insightful articles:

The Dark Side of Film Festivals

What I learned from the festival circuit

Which I highly recommend you guys to read. In his article, Todd Miro recommends some resources that worked for him. Owen also recommends a few interesting ones as well. I summed up my favorites from their articles, but please read them both to have a better understanding on why those resources can make a big difference for yourself and your movie:

Short Film Central: http://www.shortfilmcentral.com/

Maverick Movie Awards: http://www.maverickmovieawards.com/

Tromdance: http://www.tromadance.com/

Dragon Con Independent Film Festival: http://filmfest.dragoncon.org/

Official Rejection (Documentary): http://www.officialrejectiondocumentary.com/
Official Rejection - Full Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuPO5xm_Iws
Official Rejection at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Rejection-Collection-Edition/dp/B002Q0WYPG/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1333432308&sr=1-2

That is all for now folks, and I will keep moving forward discovering this new (to me) world of 'Festival Circuit'.

Cheers!!