Cinecibo Festival

Unfortunately my experience has been negative. I was called on early December and was invited to the final ceremony in Rome with my short, because it was in the final shortlist. All good, I buy my train tickets and give the good news to everyone involved in the film. However, one day before the event they call me to tell me that there has been a mistake: the jury didn't receive my film on time and they already decided the winner, hence, there was no point for me to even go to the ceremony. They try to blame me for sending the file too late after the closure of the subscription (which was two weeks earlier), but I try to explain to them that I have been contacted by them already after the closure of the entry (which I normally did here on filmfreeway some months before). In the end it turns out that they wrote me some days earlier but at the wrong email (because of a typo they send it to someone else). So here I am, sadly writing this, having also lost my train tickets without refund. I wish it went differently.

Thanks this festival. Good communication.

A wonderful festival! Thanks for the award. I am thrilled.

Surely an exciting experience, despite of our impossibility to follow all festival days. Me and Elena we are proud to have been finalists with our simple short movie. Thanks a lot to the jury.

Excellent festival, an honor to be part of. Thank you 😊