Who feels like this twosday is going to be a WONDERFUL day?

Posted July 1st, 2008 by acallis

Hello Everybody!!

I hope everyone's Monday went well :)  I just have a couple of things to say today and then I'm going to get to "work"!  Ok... In case you didn't read the last blog ;) there has been an extension on the submission deadline.  The new deadline is August 1st.  So if you've been putting it off, and putting it off you now have a little bit more time!  Just keep in mind that the later you submit your film the less time it has on the site.  Which, worse case scenario, means that your film has less time to get votes (insert sad face here).   Alright, enough of that... 

Secondly, we will be spamming you like crazy this week :)!  We have paired with the Flordia Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs AND CineWomen NY, so not only will we be sending out emails to everyone we know, but we now have other people spamming on our behalf!!!  I would like to send out a BIG thanks to these guys for helping us out and being interested in our festival :D.  Both of these organizations will have links up on our page (within the next couple of days), under the "about us" section, so if you would like more information about either of their programs, you can find it there!

Lastly, and this is an important one... GET PEOPLE YOU KNOW TO VOTE!!!!  This is especially important for all the new submissions.  Tell your friends, tell your family, tell people on the street.  We will be promoting as well (of course), but nothing works better than word of mouth!  So if you want to spam some people too (hint, hint, wink, wink) but are not sure what to say, shoot me an email, I'll help you come up with something, acallis@cinemocracy.org.  Remember that Cinemocracy has a facebook, youtube, myspace, ode magazine, OvationTV, and Twitter account.  If you belong to any of those communities add us as a friend and that might make it easier for the people you know to track us down.  Keep in mind that we also have a withoutabox.com listing!  So if you know someone that wants to submit a film, you can always send them there too :)

Ok all, I am out of stuff to say for the moment (just wait, these "silent" spells never last long :), so I am going to get.  Keep an eye out for my spam!

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