How do you help me improve the management of my festival?
We save you time by making the process more efficient to collect the digital assets, automatically create the film and screening block pages, provide easier communication with creators and judges and more. We also provide an exceptional viewer experience as we have successfully delivered 10+ years of streaming for clients including Acorn TV and Seek...
How does SparqFest support in-person festivals?
SparqFest was originally written to support the operations of Minnesota WebFest well before COVID-19 forced them to look into holding an online event. Even if you are a purely in-person event, you certainly have the following challenges: Gathering exhibition copies from your filmmakers and other creators Collecting marketing information to help you ...
How does SparqFest support virtual/online festivals?
SparqFest includes a streaming platform that enables you to configure online screening events and live streams. If you are a purely virtual festival, we have site themes that can present your festival as if it were a streaming channel. You can also configure your SparqFest environment to enable your audience to view individual titles on-demand. Onli...
Do you collect assets from filmmakers?
SparqFest will import data about your Official Selections from a FilmFreeway export, contact the filmmakers, and request assets that will meet the needs for both cinema and online screenings. We go beyond just gathering up exhibition copies. We make sure you have all of the basic information, posters, and other assets to promote and program your sel...
What assets and information can you help me gather?
Out of the box, we collect: Exhibition copies of the selections Trailers Landscape and portrait posters Complete meta-data, including everything in FilmFreeway In addition, you can define custom assets and meta-data that you want to gather from filmmakers based on what category they submitted under....
Can you support my jury process?
Yes, SparqFest has a judging module capable of supporting a number of different judging processes for both juried and audience choice awards. Configure awards in our judging module, define rules for calculating winners, and then invite in a jury to judge those awards. We also have an advanced laurel management system that makes nominee and winner la...