We locked the Reparando edit this week. We still have work to complete before we are completely finished, but decided to move forward with Film Festival entries so we could make some of the 2010 season. Film festivals are a great way to present a film to a broad audience, network in the film community, and possibly gain distribution. A few of the festivals are Oscar qualifying … it doesn’t hurt to dream. We are hopeful that Reparando will not only get accepted into festivals, but that it will win a few to gain some exposure for our film and help raise capital for Micro-Finance in Guatemala.
Through an amazing website called withoutabox.com we were able to enter into 17 film festivals scheduled from August 2010 through March 2011 with relative ease. We will notify you as soon as we know if our film is accepted into each festival. We look forward to sharing this amazing story with the public.
The table below details the film festivals we have entered so far and are listed in order of festival dates.
| Festival | Information | Festival Dates | Notify Date |
| Grand Rapids Film Festival | PO Box 1772 Grand Rapids MI 49501 U S A Phone: 616-451-2700 Fax: 616-301-1500 info@grfilmfestival.com http://www.grfilmfestival.com |
08/25/10 – 08/29/10 | 08/06/10 |
| San Diego Film Festival | 10981 San Diego Mission Rd. Suite 112 San Diego CA 92108 U S A Phone: (619) 582-2368 Fax: (619) 286-8324 programming@sdff.org http://www.sdff.org |
09/29/10 – 10/03/10 | 09/01/10 |
| Kansas International Film Festival | c/o Leawood Theatare 3859 W. 95th St Overland Park KS 66206 U S A Phone: 913-642-4404 info@kansasfilm.com http://www.kansasfilm.com |
10/01/10 – 10/07/10 | 08/15/10 |
| Heartland Film Festival | 200 South Meridian Street Suite 220 Indianapolis IN 46225 U S A Phone: 317-464-9405 Fax: 317-464-9409 info@heartlandfilmfestival.org http://www.heartlandfilmfestival.org |
10/14/10 – 10/23/10 | 09/04/10 |
| Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival | 819 Central Avenue Hot Springs National Park AR 71901 U S A Phone: 501-321-4747 Fax: 501-321-0211 hsdfi@hsdfi.org http://www.hsdfi.org |
10/15/10 – 10/24/10 | 09/10/10 |
| Arpa International Film Festival | 2919 Maxwell Street Los Angeles CA 90027 U S A Phone: 323-663-1882 Fax: 323-663-1882 arpafilmfestival@gmail.com http://arpafilmfestival.wordpress.com |
10/15/10 – 10/17/10 | 09/01/10 |
| Jacksonville Film Festival | c/o TigerLily Media 2011 Belote Pl Jacksonville FL 32207 U S A Phone: 904-858-9889 Fax: 904-858-9887 info@jacksonvillefilmfestival.com http://filmfestival.jacksonville.com |
10/13/10 – 10/17/10 | 09/13/10 |
| Philadelphia Film Festival | 600 Chestnut Street Suite 705 Philadelphia PA 19106 U S A Phone: 215-253-3599 Fax: 215-754-4969 submissions@filmadelphia.org http://www.filmadelphia.org |
10/14/10 – 10/24/10 | 08/20/10 |
| Santa Fe Film Festival | 60 W San Francisco Street Suite 307 Santa Fe NM 87504 U S A Phone: 505.988.7414 Fax: 505.988.7648 info@santafefilmfestival.com http://www.santafefilmfestival.com |
10/20/10 – 10/24/10 | 09/30/10 |
| Austin Film Festival | 1801 Salina St. Austin TX 78702 U S A Phone: 800-310-3378 Fax: 512-478-6205 programming@austinfilmfestival.com http://www.austinfilmfestival.com |
10/21/10 – 10/28/10 | 09/22/10 |
| Savannah Film Festival | c/o Savannah College of Art and Design PO Box 3146 Savannah GA 31402-3146 U S A Phone: 912-525-5051 Fax: 912-525-5052 filmfest@scad.edu http://filmfest.scad.edu |
10/30/10 – 11/06/10 | 08/31/10 |
| AFI Fest | 2021 North Western Avenue Los Angeles CA 90027 U S A Phone: 866 234 3378 Fax: 323 462 4049 programming@afi.com http://www.afi.com/AFIFEST |
11/04/10 – 11/11/10 | 10/08/10 |
| St. Louis International Film Festival | Centene Center for Arts and Education 3547 Olive Street St. Louis MO 63103-1014 U S A Phone: 314-289-4150 Fax: 314-289-4159 mailroom@cinemastlouis.org http://www.cinemastlouis.org |
11/11/10 – 11/21/10 | 09/15/10 |
| Big Sky Documentary Film Festival | 131 South Higgins Avenue, Suite 3-6 Missoula MT 59802 U S A Phone: (406) 541-3456 programming@bigskyfilmfest.org http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org |
02/11/11 – 02/20/10 | 01/01/11 |
| Cinequest Film Festival | Attn: Programming PO BOX 720040 San Jose CA 95172-0040 U S A Phone: 408-995-5033 Fax: 408-995-5713 programming@cinequest.org http://www.cinequest.org |
02/22/11 – 03/06/11 | 01/15/11 |
| San Diego Latino Film Festival | c/o Media Arts Center San Diego 921 25th Street San Diego CA 92102 U S A Phone: 619-230-1938 Fax: 619-230-1937 entries@sdlatinofilm.com http://www.sdlatinofilm.com |
02/10/11 – 02/20/11 | 02/15/11 |
| Omaha Film Festival | PO Box 540730 Omaha NE 68154 U S A Phone: 402-415-6272 omahafilmfestival@gmail.com http://www.omahafilmfestival.org |
03/03/11 – 03/06/11 | 01/30/11 |