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 > So when you say on your LinkedIn that you are "an award-winning writer & producer" and your awards are from competitions no one has heard of, for projects no one has heard of, you are deluding yourself.(({{:alec_awards.jpg?linkonly|Alec Peters post on his personal Facebook page}}, 1/1/18.)) > So when you say on your LinkedIn that you are "an award-winning writer & producer" and your awards are from competitions no one has heard of, for projects no one has heard of, you are deluding yourself.(({{:alec_awards.jpg?linkonly|Alec Peters post on his personal Facebook page}}, 1/1/18.))
  
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 <wrap lo>**How Many Awards Did //Prelude// Actually Win?** <wrap lo>**How Many Awards Did //Prelude// Actually Win?**
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 Of //Prelude//'s 45 awards, which came from festivals "everyone recognizes"?(({{:alec_awards.jpg?linkonly|Alec Peters post on his personal Facebook page}}, 1/1/18.)) Arguably, none. More importantly, however, some of the awards came from festivals that aren't even really film festivals as most people think of them (i.e., an event where films are screened in theaters before audiences and juries, both of which vote to grant awards to a small number of the participating movies). Of //Prelude//'s 45 awards, which came from festivals "everyone recognizes"?(({{:alec_awards.jpg?linkonly|Alec Peters post on his personal Facebook page}}, 1/1/18.)) Arguably, none. More importantly, however, some of the awards came from festivals that aren't even really film festivals as most people think of them (i.e., an event where films are screened in theaters before audiences and juries, both of which vote to grant awards to a small number of the participating movies).
  
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 <wrap lo>**DISCLOSURE** Though Alec Peters named no particular filmmaker in his anti-awards rant on Facebook, it is possible he was referring to **AxaMonitor** editor and independent filmmaker Carlos Pedraza, whose LinkedIn profile summary describes him as an "award-winning writer [and] producer."</wrap>(([[https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlospedraza/|Carlos Pedraza LinkedIn profile]], retrieved 2/4/18.)) <wrap lo>**DISCLOSURE** Though Alec Peters named no particular filmmaker in his anti-awards rant on Facebook, it is possible he was referring to **AxaMonitor** editor and independent filmmaker Carlos Pedraza, whose LinkedIn profile summary describes him as an "award-winning writer [and] producer."</wrap>(([[https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlospedraza/|Carlos Pedraza LinkedIn profile]], retrieved 2/4/18.))
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 > The number of filmmakers I’ve met that have blindly spent hundreds of dollars on film festivals that bore no fruit is astounding. You can Google “scam film festivals” and find a ton of horror stories. There are no showings that I can see for this first batch, though many claim to have "on-line" showings. One promises to have your film screened for distribution execs and sent out a press release on your win … for a small additional fee."((Henry Wong, [[https://inkspire.org/post/scam-festivals-signs-of-a-fake-film-festival/-KqebuOXEPf-0fTG6vRd|"Scam Festivals: Signs of a Fake Film Festival"]], Inkspire website, 1/10/18.)) > The number of filmmakers I’ve met that have blindly spent hundreds of dollars on film festivals that bore no fruit is astounding. You can Google “scam film festivals” and find a ton of horror stories. There are no showings that I can see for this first batch, though many claim to have "on-line" showings. One promises to have your film screened for distribution execs and sent out a press release on your win … for a small additional fee."((Henry Wong, [[https://inkspire.org/post/scam-festivals-signs-of-a-fake-film-festival/-KqebuOXEPf-0fTG6vRd|"Scam Festivals: Signs of a Fake Film Festival"]], Inkspire website, 1/10/18.))
  
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 <wrap lo>**HOW AWARD FACTORIES WORK** \\ <wrap lo>**HOW AWARD FACTORIES WORK** \\