The Submissions Process

No matter what your process for accepting submissions, SparqFest can bring in all the data you have for your submissions and turn them into Official Selections. There are specifically two ways to get a submission into SparqFest: Import from a CSV file (like what FilmFreeway provides you) Direct creation If you are impatient and simply want to import...

Submission Categories

When you import submissions into SparqFest, we need to associate each selection with at least one submission category. We do this by mapping the categories under which the submission was submitted into your submissions platform to SparqFest submission categories. In SparqFest parlance, we call our categories “submission categories” and those of the ...

Custom Import Mappings

If you are using FilmFreeway, you can ignore import mappings. SparqFest pre-defines an import mapping for the standard FilmFreeway export. Create a custom import mapping if you: Run your submissions from your own spreadsheet Have an intermediate step between export from FilmFreeway and import to SparqFest and you add additional columns in that proce...

Importing/Creating Submissions

You add submissions to SparqFest either through direct creation or through an import process. The import process is the typical, preferred mechanism for entering submissions. The direct creation approach exists solely for submissions that come through irregular channels such as invites and direct selections. Before You Start You should have already ...

From Submissions to Selections

As noted in the article on Importing/Creating Submissions, SparqFest does not work with the submission data. It's simply there for getting things going. Everything in SparqFest operates on “selections” and the process of turning a submission into a selection is called “promotion”. The process of promoting a submission kicks off a number of workflows...