Dear Brad Hutchinson

Thank you for your submission of The Hot Dog Cycle to the 35th Seattle International Film Festival. Regretfully, I must inform you that The Hot Dog Cycle has not been selected for participation in this year’s festival.

Over three thousand films were submitted to us this year, a clear indication that the ability of filmmakers to get their vision to the screen is still growing. In our quest to bring our filmgoers a diverse and compelling line-up we do view and seriously consider every submission.

The volume of entries received does not permit us to comment at length specifically about your film. Once again, the quality of NW filmmaking has been exceptional, and because of this we are very excited for the future of Seattle filmmaking. With the talent pool of talented cast and crew growing, and fiscal support for films increasing, Seattle is a great place to make a film. I recognize that your efforts help make Seattle the fine film town that it is, we just simply are not able to screen all the films submitted to us.

Best of luck with The Hot Dog Cycle, and we hope you keep us in mind with your next project.

Kind regards

Beth Barrett
Programming Manager

Dear Brad Hutchinson,

 

Thank you for submitting The Hot Dog Cycle to the 2009 CFC Worldwide Short Film

Festival. This year we received a record number of over 3900 submissions.

With a limited number of slots available, our programming decisions were exceptionally challenging and we were only able to select a fraction of the number of marvelous films sent to us for consideration. Unfortunately we were unable to programme your work; however we are pleased to say that the WSFF is committed to the promotion of every film submitted to us through our Digital Marketplace.

 

Every short film submitted will be available in the Festival Marketplace through our Digital Marketplace Library, accessible to industry delegates including buyers, distributors, and festival programmers looking for all manner of films. Your contact information will be published in our Marketplace Catalogue, provided to all festival delegates. Last year over 400 shorts were picked up for broadcast or distribution as a result of being included in the Marketplace, and the Festival responds to inquiries year-round by festival programmers, buyers and distributors about Marketplace films.

 

We invite all filmmakers to attend the festival and participate in the Marketplace, if you wish to apply to attend as a Marketplace Delegate please visit our website:

http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com/guest_info/ .

 

This year the festival will run from June 16-21 2009 in Toronto and will feature 12 programmes of competitive screenings, and special screenings including the perennially popular Midnight Mania, Sci-Fi Shorts, Slap ‘n’ Tickle and Celebrity Shorts.  The festival also hosts a Symposium on the art and commerce of short filmmaking, and the Festival Business Centre.

 

We thank you for your interest in the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival and encourage you to continue sending us your work in the future.

 

 Best regards,

 

 

 Eileen Arandiga

 Festival Director

 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival

 www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com