Empowering Your Film Festival Journey:
Expert Consulting for Seamless Success.
For over a decade, CUT-UP has helped hundreds of short films with their festival distribution. Combining our experience with our extensive database of film festivals, we develop efficient and affordable festival strategies that have a proven track record of leading to success. Boost your film's festival prospects with CUT-UP.
Consultation services
We are experts in creating comprehensive festival strategies and actionable feedback for your film. In a call with one of our co-founders, we aim to enhance your film's positioning, visibility and success on the competitive festival circuit, offering film feedback, festival submission strategies, and industry insights.
Festival Strategy
for completed films up to 30 minutes
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Assessing your film's strengths and festival potential.
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Discussing your film's objectives and budget for festival submissions.
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Identifying what makes your film special and stand out.
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Analyzing premiere options and strategizing for maximum impact.
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Analysis of prior submissions with tips for potential adjustments.
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Exploring specific genres and niche festivals for targeted submissions.
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Enhancing your FilmFreeway profile and submission materials.
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Sharing do's and don'ts for navigating the festival world.
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List of 20 festivals aligned with your film's characteristics.
Film Feedback
for rough cuts before picture lock
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Assessing your film's strengths and festival potential.
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Discussing your film's objectives and budget for festival submissions.
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Identifying what makes your film special and stand out.
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Factors festivals appreciate and how to tailor your film for maximum attractiveness.
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Analyzing premiere options and strategizing for maximum impact.
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Exploring specific genres and niche festivals for targeted submissions.
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How to create top-notch submission materials to stand out.
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Sharing do's and don'ts for navigating the festival world.
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At least 5 premiere festivals perfectly matched to your film's unique qualities.
Some successfull
films we worked with
OBON by Andre Hörmann & Anna Samoylovich
HYPERTRAIN by Etienne Kompis & Fela Bellotto
WHATEVER THE WEATHER by Remo Scherrer
THE SUITCASE by Abi Damaris Corbin
Academy Award nominated, Swiss Film Prize winner and many more
EARTHRISE by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
POKEY POKEY by Junjie Zhang
Palm Springs Shortfest, Short Shorts Film Festival and many more
Awards at Berlinale, Palm Springs Shortfest and Stockholm Film Festival
FREIBADSINFONIE von Sinje Köhler
Student Academy Award Nominee, Winner of the German Camera Prize and many more
BAFTA winner, Awards at Palm Springs Shortfest and Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and many more
HET ZAAD VAN KARBAAT by Miriam Guttmann
HOME by Daniel Mulloy
Awards at Locarno Film Festival, Palm Springs Short Fest and Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival
GREENER GRASS by Dawn Luebbe & Jocelyn DeBoer
Awards at South by Southwest (sxsw), Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and many more
REWIND FORWARD by Justin Stoneham
Tribeca Film Festival, Cleveland Film Festival, Hollyshorts, Heartland Film Festival and many more
LA FEMME ET LE TGV by Timo von Gunten
DESERT DOGS by Samuel Morris
IMFURA by Samuel Ishimwe
MAST QALANDAR by Divij Roopchand
What people say
«I can estimate the time required very well based on previous projects and thanks to CUT-UP I can concentrate on my actual work, producing, again. Previous festival submissions for other films were more a case of working to deadlines, less strategy and certainly no cost awareness. However, with the "we'll do our best and then see what happens" strategy, the whole evaluation was not given as much importance and therefore financial attention.»
Carola Kutzner, Switzerland
«CUT-UP is the best! They introduced us to a bunch of prestigious international film festivals that would have never crossed our paths.»
Dawn Luebbe & Jocelyn DeBoer, USA
«It was taking a lot of time to find appropriate festivals for my work. It's better to submit to a curated list of festivals than to have a wider selection of festivals that might not be relevant or fitting to your work.»
Ng'endo Mukii, Kenya
«They are highly efficient. More people in the world can view my movies, I can expand my audience base.»
Lei Lei, China
«Believing that I know most of the festivals where my films might be appreciated, CUT-UP continuously surprised me with new festivals around the world, I never had heard of. The feature to target festivals according your film's factors, also helps to narrow the selection of festivals down and get an overview on your submission process.»
Michaela Müller, Switzerland
Who we are
Moritz Schneider
Andrea Sponring
Background in Natural Science. Founder & CEO of the casting agency streetcasting. Worked on several award winning short films. Producer of short films, commercials and music videos.
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