Festival strategy
A plan tailored to your film: which festivals, when, at what fee tier, within your budget. You see the full timeline and strategy in your portal. You submit on FilmFreeway or Shortfilmdepot — we track everything.
Festival strategy · Intelligence · Managed service
Your film's festival circuit, strategically planned.
FilmConnector is a strategy and intelligence platform — not a submission service. We help you decide where to submit, when, and at what cost. You submit on FilmFreeway or Shortfilmdepot. We track everything in one portal.
Strategy, intelligence, clarity
FilmConnector is not a submission platform. We are the strategic layer that sits above it.
Deadlines, month by month
The festival deadlines in your plan, month by month, with the entry fees you plan to pay.
Outcome tracking
Every submission you log, every deadline, every decision — in one place. Selected, Awarded, Finalist, Not Selected, Awaiting: each result tracked in your portal as you update it.
Historical intelligence
Selection and placement records for 26,000 films across 90 years of festival history. See which festivals selected films like yours — by genre, country, runtime, budget — and what happened next.
Your numbers
Your submissions, selections and acceptance rate, across all your films.
Funding calls
Film funds' open calls, soonest deadline first, with what each offers and the days left to apply.
Pick your tier
All plans include a 9-day trial. 12-month commitment. No per-submission fees.
Iris
The First Cycle
€29.34/mo
12-month term · excl. 21% VAT · €35.50 incl. VAT
Solo filmmakers running their first or second short.
1 film project
- Full access to 2,200-festival database
- Strategy creator
- Outcome tracker + deadline alerts
- 5 collaborator seats
Aurora
The Working Portfolio
€59.34/mo
12-month term · excl. 21% VAT · €71.80 incl. VAT
Filmmakers with multiple projects and small production companies.
5 film projects
- Everything in Iris
- Historical data — 26,000 films · 90 years
- Submission reminder queue
- Quarterly strategy review
Zenith
The Strategist's Peak
€102.34/mo
12-month term · excl. 21% VAT · €123.83 incl. VAT
Independent sales agents, festival strategists, small distributors.
10 film projects
- Everything in Aurora
- Full historical data — search & filter
- Multi-currency invoicing
- Monthly strategy check-in
Need more? See all four tiers including Eclipse
How it works
- 1
Start your trial
Pick a plan and get 9 days of full access — no card charged until day 10.
- 2
Add your film
Tell us about your film. We map it to the historical database and the 2,200-festival catalogue.
- 3
Build your strategy
Use the strategy creator to plan your festival circuit — which festivals, in what order, at what cost.
- 4
Track your run
Log submissions as you make them on FilmFreeway or Shortfilmdepot. Every outcome lands in your portal.
Ready to plan your film's festival circuit?
Tell us about your film — we'll build the strategy. You do the submitting.