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Festival screener
Prepare a video screener for festivals with the correct film and cut, runtime, language and captions, premiere and availability context, rights holder, synopsis, credits, contact, password or expiry, and any submission-platform requirements. This guide covers version clarity, review structure, rights-aware access, page content, asset packaging, and follow-up so fast-turnaround delivery stays controlled.
Create a stronger festival screener
Treat the festival screener as a versioned media handoff: clearly labelled, rights-aware, easy to review remotely, connected to approved assets, and structured to support festival consideration.
Make the festival screener impossible to misidentify
Name the project, title or episode, cut and version, runtime, capture or export date, audience, review purpose, deadline, and decision required. A festival screener should never leave recipients guessing whether they watched the current file.
Protect unfinished work, rights, and embargoes
Confirm viewing and distribution authority, label temporary or uncleared elements, remove unintended metadata, and use passwords, audience controls, expiry, watermark context, download settings, or revocation appropriate to the project.
Put the review or publicity context beside the video
Publish the cut or screener with its brief, chapters, approved scripts, decks, captions, artwork, stills, credits, technical files, contacts, and one feedback, approval, download, or enquiry action.
Support festival consideration with a durable decision trail
Keep version history, consolidated notes, rights and legal clearances, delivery manifests, and formal approvals in their required systems. Treat views as follow-up signals, not evidence of approval or acceptance.
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Festival screener questions
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Instant playback of the correct cut, accurate runtime, subtitles where the language requires them, premiere status, and a password that works. Anything that slows a programmer down competes with hundreds of other films in the queue.
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Submit the strongest cut you have and label it honestly—many festivals accept near-final cuts with temp elements noted. If the film finishes after submission, update the same link and tell the programmer what changed.
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Put the project, episode or campaign, cut name, version, date, and runtime in every page title and file name, keep one current link per deliverable, and archive or replace superseded cuts as soon as a new version goes out.
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No. Playback and comments are follow-up signals, not sign-off. Formal approval, rights clearance, delivery acceptance, and contractual acknowledgement need the agreed decision owner and a durable record kept outside the viewing page.
Publish your festival screener
Upload the cut or screener, add the version context and approved media assets, then share one controlled link recipients can open without an account.