Notes is a new offering from Calligram Pictures that provides relevant, actionable feedback on short films. We want to help your chances on the festival circuit.
If you’ve ever been rejected by a film festival and wished they would tell you why, you’re in the right place.
Introducing Notes
We think there’s a gap between making short films and working as a professional filmmaker. You want to keep developing, but there’s no one giving you feedback. It’s an in-between phase, and it can be hard to break through.
To help, we’re offering tailored feedback on short films. You’ll get a written page of Notes, around 300 words, with our ideas on how to tighten, polish and generally enhance your film.
Our Notes focus on the technical aspects of filmmaking – the kinds of things festival judges tend to critcise. Areas we may give you feedback on include, but are not limited to:
Cinematography, editing, sound design, sound mixing, production design, costume design, practical effects, visual effects, continuity, and copyright.
Now Open
We want to give each submission due time and attention, so Notes will remain open while we’re able to complete the critiques.
Limited Time offer
$75
Short films, featured socially
If we're particularly into your film, we’d love to promote it on our site, podcast, and social channels. This is mostly us just wanting to champion great work when we see it, but also our way of saying thanks for submitting.
We won’t feature every film we see, so if we get in touch about yours, you can be sure we’re pretty impressed. Keep an eye on your emails once you send it in — that’s how you can expect to hear from us if we’re keen to give your film a spot on our feed.
FAQ
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When you add Notes to the cart, you’ll be provided a form to fill out. This is how you send us your private Vimeo or YouTube link, as well as password.
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Yes, of course. But they’ll need to be added to the cart separately, so you can fill out the requisite form for each.
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We’ll send it back to you directly, via the email account you provide us at checkout.
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All Season 1 documents of Calligram Notes will be supplied by July 31, 2022.
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Calligram reserves the right to prioritise the criteria of its Notes service, in an order chosen by Calligram, to the amount of 300 words minimum.
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The maximum allowed length for a short film submitted for evaluation is 25 minutes, including credits. There is no minimum length for your film.
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Calligram Notes accepts any and all genres of film.
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No. Calligram will not share, download, duplicate, imitate, or advertise any submitted short films with any third parties without first contacting and obtaining approval in writing from the film submitter.
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Yes. Calligram will accept short films (that are completed or in post-production), from copyright owners or from licensees who have acquired distribution rights from copyright owners. Proof of copyright ownership or control of distribution rights may be required from anyone submitting a film for any of Calligram’s services.
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Yes. Calligram will accept short films (that are completed or in post-production), from copyright owners or from licensees who have acquired distribution rights from copyright owners. Proof of copyright ownership or control of distribution rights may be required from anyone submitting a film for any of Calligram’s services.
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Only if you own or control distribution of the film. Calligram will accept short films (that are completed or in post-production), from copyright owners or from licensees who have acquired distribution rights from copyright owners. Proof of copyright ownership or control of distribution rights may be required from anyone submitting a film for any of Calligram’s services.
Don’t see the question you want answered?
Check out our Terms and Conditions page or reach out to us at contact@calligram.pictures and we’ll get back to you directly.