Filmfreeway

I often find links on FilmFreeway via dedicated art video sites that are trustworthy. It is reliable 98% of the time. And it is often indispensable.

However, FilmFreeway can unintentionally rarely list scams, so beware. IMDb recently wrote this year that they were forced to "de-listed 42 international festivals in the past few years"..."'Scammers' are believed to set up fake festivals, upload them to portals such as FilmFreeway and take small submission fees for filmmakers to submit their work. But the 'scammers' allegedly never watch the films and there is no proof the festivals even exist."

One might think this business would pre-edit suspicious sites or ones that have already been exposed, but there so far appear to be no consequences in collecting money by endorsing malfeasance. The definition of a "film festival" is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues".

I was recently accepted to a film festival, ECRÃ advertised as live, but they showed the selected work "online" only (with no excuse...it was well after COVID).

Another "festival" that I was accepted into this year was the BuenosAires Indie Film Festival - buenosairesindiefilmfestival.com. They don't show the work to an audience - neither online nor live. They take money for a supposed prize without any sort of public viewing. They have a website with no mention of judges or past winners. There is zero evidence that this festival exists and no Goggle presence other than an inadequate web page with very little information.

Edit: FilmFreeway removed their listing after being alerted to the site.