FESTIVALS One

Congratulations for your registration but it is not yet complete : post at least one blog post to appear as active member. And follow the 3 easy steps described bellow to take full advantage of the site.

CHECK YOUR INBOX (OR SPAMBOX) for the password that we have just emailed toyou.  

Hopefuly you registered a valid email, else you will not be able to create an account with us.

Log back using your ID (the name of your blog) use the password we sent you and change IT for a more convenient one if you prefer.

To make the most of filmfestivals.com, the leading Pro Film Festivals community linking 6.500 festivals to the filmmakers worldwide, follow the three easy steps described below to:
- complete your profile,
- add content
- promote your videoblog.

Please note that you need to publish one post for your account to be visible to others. 

Step 1: Complete your profile - be sure to ADD YOUR FILM OR YOUR FESTIVAL in the directory, see below how to...
It is very important to complete your profile, so other professionals will find you, know who you are, what you do...

Once loggued in, on the left column, click on Profile Update, and fill the fields under both tabs: Account Settings and User Info and use the button Submit at the bottom of each page to save your changes.

Account Settings:
In account settings, please enter your location, choose your domain name (similar to your screen name, without ".com"...,
Your profile url is http://yourdomain.fest21.com or http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/yourusername, personalize your videoblog's description, change your mail address and password if necessary, add a picture to your profile, etc.

Pictures and presentation text make your videoblog more attractive. By example take a look at the editor's videoblog.

User Info:
Here please add your name, company, official website, things about you, your film or your festival... Information will appear on the right column of your videoblog.

Step 2: Add Content ADD YOUR FILM OR YOUR FESTIVAL
Click on the Create Content link top left.
You can add different type of content on your videoblog: Text, Video, Pictures, Audio and links to your other sites.
If you are looking for visibility you must also register your festival or your film in the database, which will be automatically listed to our Festival Directory or to our Film Library.
Your registration is linked to your blog, both can be accessible and edited with your login details.

All options to add content are also on the left column and you can consult the help pages if you have problems adding your content.

For a festival blog for instance, add:

- Your Mission Statement
- Past award winners
- Some pictures with ambiance, the festival poster,
- The Festival trailer, a few videos...  
- The call for entry (select the call for entry channel when publishing) You can also add the submission form as a separate file to your festival registration.

For a film blog for instance, add:

Text blogs: synopsis, directors, bio, productions, notes, festival circuit
Video video trailer, excerpts
Images: the poster, (select film poster channel)

Recent  and prolific and interesting contributors are promoted on the home page, and may be republished on filmfestivals.com.

Steps 3: Promote your Videoblog
A few tips to improve your visibility on Fest21 and Google:

- Publish original content. Add regularly new content; for example, update your blog once a week

- Use title that describes your content well, choose category for your content and add tags (ie words describing the content).

- For Video, Pictures and Audio files that you upload, it's better to name them video_cannes_festival than video090998980 for example. It also helps search engines.

- Use our special promotion offers and make sure to promote your Festival (Bulletin Board), your Film(Showcase) , your Online Platform (Exposure) and more.

- Share your content on Digg, Delicious, or other social network like Facebook, Netvibes, Myspace, Twitter... Use your RSS to republish automatically in your other blogs.

- Create your own widget to promote your content or general festival content on various websites...

- Add a link to your blog on your other websites, on cinema or blog's directories, on the websites of your partners...

- Add your Videoblog on your press releases

If you have questions, consult the help pages, contact us or contact the editor at editor at filmfestivals.com.