Desperately Seeking Makers of Tough Cinema
Anyone in these FilmFestival Thread streets who currently or formerly has a submitted work you'd deem "controversial"?
What is/was your experience navigating acceptances/rejections?
Anyone make something you suspected would be divisive that found universal love or vice versa? Something you thought was pretty accessible that found zero love anywhere?
I've attended a few fests and am about to hit up another in a few weeks and I gotta say I've seen next to nothing that has challenged let alone offended my sensibilities in either subject or execution. This is by no means a prerequisite for film, but I certainly enjoy leaving a flick with thoughts or questions or anything on my mind other than "What's for dinner?"
I guess I'm wondering if the independent firebrand filmmakers still exist in the film festival ecosystem or if they've all be sucked into online platforms or tubi or whatever.
