It was very disappoiting winning there. All we got was our movie implemented on their webside and a digital laural to download. Thats it!
Then they forgot our movie to put on their webside. After telling them, they did it the next day.
But first of all we got a writing with congratulations from last year with event dates from last year.
Then Carolina was congratulating us. She answers questions very quickly, but not all questions. We did not get answered who is the jury. Who has chosen the movies?So we guess Carolina did it by herself. Also not answered was who are the sponsors. So we guess there are no sponsors as we cant find any sponsors on the webside. You cant make a real festival with no sponsors.
Moreover it seems like a lame excuse that the main stuff member in geneva got covid an died (my condolences, if so) and after that they tried to replace it, but the theater let them down and did not organise the physical event due to covid. But wait, covid, wasnt that in 2020? Is Carolina writing me something that happened in 2020 and is telling me why they dont make a physical event in 2022? Look, what she wrote to me:
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Unfortunately, our main member of staff who is based in Geneva who had the responsibility of actually hosting the festival etc fell ill with Covid and unfortunately passed away because of this. We did then try to find a replacement for them after this unfortunate event but the theatre which we paid a fee of $1000 to - let us down and did not follow through with the organisation of the physical screening event for the festival. We can give you the name of this theatre in Geneva if needed. As they haven't answered our email for more than 1.5 years.
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After the dead of this member they were looking for a replacement but the theatre (Frank Martin Hall) let them down. So when was the thing with the theatre? It was in 2020 as Carolina was writing in an other mail:
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The screening was due to take place there (Frank Martin Hall) in 2020 but due to Covid we had to cancel. We had already paid them 1000 euros in 2019 but after contacting them numerous times we never received a response or refund from them.
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So why is Carolina telling me what happened in 2020 when I was asking why they dont make a physical event in 2022?
Then they have a contact adress. Its Frank Martin Hall in geneva. That theatre who is not responding to them for 1.5 years is the contact adress for Euro Filmfestival Geneva? Thats strange. The Frank Martin Hall belongs the city of Geneva. You cant contact the festival by this adress.
On worldfilmpresentation.com, the side where our movies are presented, is written:
We can confirm that all the festivals on this aggregator are real. No online screening is ever made.
Well, we had an online screening and the year before it was also an online screening and I guess in 2020, too.
So when they say they do only real festivals with no online screening but they do online screenings anyway then they are not real.
You can call it fake festival.
