Earlier this year, I submitted my one-minute film, Friend Machine, to 15 festivals as an experiment. To be honest I think the film wasn’t concluded well as a story and I am not that hopeful about getting to any of them, so I am super chill about it. There were three deadlines that passed, and luckily the film was selected for one festival! Which is the Bali International Film Festival. I actually didn’t expect to get in because I thought that Film Festivals in Indonesia are more focused on live-action films. So this made me more hopeful about the future of Animation Industry in Indonesia! And I am grateful for it.
For my graduation film, intermezzo, I am also planning to submit it to as many festivals as I can (as long as it’s free or cheap lol) because I spent lots of time just to finish it so it better be out there 🙂