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AI agent for filmmakers

Festival Submission Agent

A festival run that respects premiere rules and meets every deadline

PlanningDecisionsCreatives
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Festival Submission Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

Festival strategy can fall apart when an early screening breaks a bigger festival's premiere rules. This agent builds a festival plan from the film's length, genre and premiere status. It lists matching festivals with deadlines, fees, premiere requirements and format needs. It checks the plan does not break premiere rules, such as a smaller festival screening before one that needs a world premiere. Conflicts are flagged and the plan is reordered. For each submission it prepares the materials: screener link, synopsis versions, stills and credits. It tracks results and updates the plan as acceptances and rejections come in. The filmmaker approves each submission and fee. Edge case: an online screening can break premiere status, so the agent checks every public screening.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedNo 1 STARTS WHEN Film near completion 2 USES A TOOL Find matching festivals with deadlines and rules 3 DOES Order by priority and premiere needs 4 CHECKS THE RESULT Does the plan respect every premiere rule and thefee budget? If not: reorder or drop festivals. Back to step 3. 5 USES A TOOL Prepare submission materials 6 YOU APPROVE Filmmaker approves each submission and fee 7 DOES Track results and update the plan 8 RESULT Festival run log
Read the steps as a list
  1. Film near completion
  2. Find matching festivals with deadlines and rules
  3. Order by priority and premiere needs
  4. Does the plan respect every premiere rule and the fee budget?If not: reorder or drop festivals. Back to step 3.
  5. Prepare submission materials
  6. Filmmaker approves each submission and feeThe agent waits here for your OK.
  7. Track results and update the plan
  8. Festival run log

How it decides

It orders festivals by priority and premiere requirements and blocks submissions that would break a higher priority premiere.

  • Top festivals first when they require premieres
  • Count online screenings as public
  • Stay within the fee budget

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Fee budget
  • Festival priorities
  • Premiere strategy
  • Materials list

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Submissions
  • Fees

Hard limits

  • Never pays fees without approval
  • Never shares screener links publicly

It stops when

  • Done: festival run complete
  • Stop: film acquired with distribution rules

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

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5 AIsChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok
  • One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensThe plan included a regional festival in March and a major festival requiring a national premiere in May. The premiere check failed. The agent flagged the conflict and showed both options. The filmmaker chose the major festival, and the agent moved the regional one to the autumn, rechecked the plan and prepared the May submission for approval.

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