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The Hidden Advantage of Submitting Early

If you’re submitting your film to film festivals, screenwriting competitions, grants, labs, residencies or pitch competitions, does submitting early actually improve your chances of getting accepted? In this episode, I break down my theory that while most organizations officially evaluate every submission equally, there may still be small advantages to submitting before the final deadline.We’ll talk about film festival programmers, evaluator fatigue, early-bird deadlines, submission timing, internal shortlists, programming decisions, anchoring, reader workload and why giving someone more time…

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