If your film is already on Vimeo or YouTube you can simply link your video to your FilmFreeway project. Festivals you submit to will be able to watch your Vimeo video in FilmFreeway. However, if a festival needs to download your video for screening at the festival, you will need to enable downloading within Vimeo and communicate this information to the festival.
Vimeo:
If you are linking your video via Vimeo, make sure to update your Vimeo settings to allow embedding. This will ensure that your video player appears directly within the FilmFreeway interface while still remaining password protected.
To enable embedding:
- Go to your video in your Vimeo account.
- Click Share > Embed > Embed Privacy.
- Under "Where Can This Video be Embedded?", select "Anywhere".
- Copy the 'Share' link from Vimeo, which should contain only numerical characters.
You’ll know the settings have been updated correctly when the “Sorry” notice disappears from the video player, and the play button is clickable.
Please note: Trailers linked via Vimeo in the Trailer section of your Project must be set to "Public" and have embedding enabled to ensure the video displays correctly on your project page.
YouTube:
If you're linking a YouTube video, make sure your privacy settings are set to "Public" or "Unlisted". Videos marked as "Private" cannot be viewed or embedded on FilmFreeway.
To update your settings:
- Go to your video in YouTube Studio > Details > Show More > Allow Embedding.