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o be honest, when Actuality Media first started taking crews abroad to make short documentaries we didn’t think festivals were the right way to go for distribution. Many festivals didn’t want to take films that had already been screened elsewhere, and we stand by our decision to release the films online as soon as they are complete. It is important to allow our changemakers full distribution of the film so they can begin to leverage them for their own benefit, and so that others can recognize the good work these people do.
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etting the word out about our films and changemakers out to the world has always been our main goal, so we didn’t refrain from sending films to festivals entirely. In 2011 “Rhythm en los Barrios” netted our first festival showing. We continued making festival appearances each year after, and our 2013 film “Box Girl” kickstarted a big festival trend that we decided to expand on in 2014 with the Festivall 500. Our first selections from that year have racked up the accolades and our 2015 selections are beginning to pull in festival selections as well.
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e can’t wait to see what films you will make on a Documentary Outreach with us.
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