Most applications for film festivals solve just one problem: a film submission form, a film database, a mailinglist, a task management app…
Resulting in festivals using a whole bunch of separate tools and trying wildly to string them all together.
Very few all-in-one solutions exist — and those are insanely expensive.
Sounds familiar?
Access your festival data any time, anywhere. All your contacts, films, events, and every single aspect of your festival production at your fingertips.
Do more than you can imagine.
Every film festival is unique. Filmchief is designed to be customizable to meet all your requirements.
Create user groups, share lists, delegate tasks. Filmchief provides many ways for your team to collaborate.
We offer an unlimited number of user accounts. At no extra cost.
All your data is encrypted and continuously backed up. And you have full control on every user's authorizations.
With easy filter settings and table controls, you can organize the contents of any table, save it for future reference, and share it with your colleagues.
You can build a list of hand-picked items, and share the list with your colleagues.
Filmchief offers the unique possibility to manage labels for any type of data.
For example, your festival might rate films for their suitability for kids with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’. But now you have a Kids special coming up, and you’d like to be a bit more specific. So you define a couple of age categories, create a filtered list of kid-friendly films and start tagging. It’s that simple.
You can delegate tasks to members of your team and receive an automatic notification when the job is done.
Attach notes to any object in the database and notify the right people.
Use the in-app messaging service to communicate quickly with your team members and other colleagues. Keeps internal communication centralized.
Assign lists of films to reviewers, who can easily watch and rate films. When in doubt, reviewers can pass films on to other reviewers. And Filmchief keeps track of each reviewer’s progress, so you always know what’s going on.
Filmchief employs a data safety and security model that protects your data in 3 ways:
Filmchief keeps a complete history of every piece of data. Any modification to the database can be traced, found and recovered. Nothing is ever lost.
Additionally, the entire database is backed up twice a day, and a full system back-up is created on a daily basis. Back-ups are automatically transferred to a remote location over 100 kilometres away from the data center.
A fine-grained permission model allows administrators to control access (reading or writing) at role level (a role is a group of users who share a common function) or even specific users.
All communication with our servers is encrypted using SSL/TLS, preventing wiretapping and keeping out intruders.
Filmchief constantly runs in-depth database scans for inconsistencies, duplicates, or empty records. Many tasks are performed fully automatic, while some tasks require human assistance. Reports and possible courses of action are presented in a friendly way.
Wherever you are, Filmchief is always there for you.
Desktops, tablets, smartphones, Filmchief always looks great.
New employees will be working with Filmchief in no time.
If you need any help, just call or use the super handy feedback system.
Every film festival is unique. Filmchief is designed to be customizable to meet all your requirements.
Create user groups, share lists, delegate tasks. Filmchief provides many ways for your team to collaborate.
With easy filter settings and table controls, you can organize the contents of any table, save it for future reference, and share it with your colleagues.
You can build a list of hand-picked items, and share the list with your colleagues.
Filmchief offers the unique possibility to manage labels for any type of data.
For example, your festival might rate films for their suitability for kids with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’. But now you have a Kids special coming up, and you’d like to be a bit more specific. So you define a couple of age categories, create a filtered list of kid-friendly films and start tagging. It’s that simple.
You can delegate tasks to members of your team and receive an automatic notification when the job is done.
Attach notes to any object in the database and notify the right people.
Use the in-app messaging service to communicate quickly with your team members and other colleagues. Keeps internal communication centralized.
Assign lists of films to reviewers, who can easily watch and rate films. When in doubt, reviewers can pass films on to other reviewers. And Filmchief keeps track of each reviewer’s progress, so you always know what’s going on.
We offer an unlimited number of user accounts. At no extra cost.
All your data is encrypted and continuously backed up. And you have full control on every user's authorizations.
Filmchief employs a data safety and security model that protects your data in 3 ways:
Filmchief keeps a complete history of every piece of data. Any modification to the database can be traced, found and recovered. Nothing is ever lost.
Additionally, the entire database is backed up twice a day, and a full system back-up is created on a daily basis. Back-ups are automatically transferred to a remote location over 100 kilometres away from the data centers.
A fine-grained permission model allows administrators to control access (reading or writing) at role level (a role is a group of users who share a common function) or even specific users.
All communication with our servers is encrypted using SSL/TLS, preventing wiretapping and keeping out intruders.
Filmchief constantly runs in-depth database scans for inconsistencies, duplicates, or empty records. Many tasks are performed fully automatic, while some tasks require human assistance. Reports and possible courses of action are presented in a friendly way.
Wherever you are, Filmchief is always there for you.
Desktops, tablets, smartphones… Filmchief always looks great and works on all devices.
New employees will be working with Filmchief in no time.
If you need any help, just call or use the super handy feedback system.
This year has brought unprecendented challenges to film festivals around the world, and online streaming has become indispensable for most.
Developed in cooperation with the European Short Film Network (ESFN) and powered by Vimeo, Filmchief now offers a complete festival experience online.
All streams are protected against downloading and embedding by Vimeo, and our platform further imposes geoblocking and other viewer restrictions to protect the intellectual property of your selected films.
Our flexible ticketing services make it possible to define and sell any number of festival passes and tickets for single screenings.
Visitors can vote for audience awards, join live streams, and connect with organizations at the Industry Marketplace.
You’ll boost your productivity. In Filmchief, everything is just a few clicks away. Great navigation combined with a powerful search engine, you can’t go wrong.
Your data will always be up to date. So no more copy-pasting and finding the right version of a document. You’ll always know where to look.
Who needs paper in the cloud?
Oh, and we only use CO2 neutral servers.
Filmchief helps you out, all year through.
Below are some of the workflow processes Filmchief supports:
Event creation
Submission forms
Film handling
Invite reviewers
Watch and rate
Ratings insights
Managing shortlists
Tag and classify films
Export time schedules
High resolution stills
Edit catalogue content
Website integration (API)
Accreditation forms
Invite special guests
Compose guest lists
Guest pick-up service
Hotel and airport info
Arriving and departing guests
Film master details (technical specs)
Floor management
Export call sheets
Manage invoices
Evaluate sales
Archive
External partners
Distribution deals
Mass-mailing service
Online communications Director
“When I started working for Go Short 6 years ago my first wish was a dedicated database system for a short film festival. We looked around but it just didn't exist. Dennis Pasveer has developed a new system: Filmchief - and it is all and more we wanted. It is ridiculously awesome!”
Head of Programming at Cinedans
“I hear this 5 times a day: Can I just say how awesome this database is?”
Complex data structures can be… well, complex. ThisWayUp can help you out.
If your festival has been around for some years, you will have collected quite some data. We can help you migrate everything into Filmchief.
Start fresh, without losing anything.
Your entire festival programming, time schedules, and film catalogue can be synced with Filmchief using the Filmchief API: a programmable layer between your website and Filmchief, which enables your website’s scripts to remotely access the database.
Filmchief is a collaborative effort. The idea was initiated by two Dutch film festivals: Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen and Kaboom Animation Festival (formerly known as KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival).
Together with ThisWayUp, a young Netherlands-based web company, they transformed the idea into what it is now: an affordable all-in solution aimed at all festivals, small and large.
Filmchief comes in two flavors and an add-on license for Filmchief Hub. No matter what, you always get an unlimited number of user accounts, unlimited data traffic, and unlimited database size.
All the features most festivals need.
Advanced features, aimed at larger festivals.
Adds a complete online experience to your festival.
For more information and pricing details, please contact us any time.
ThisWayUp
Lead developer
Filmchief is a young and rapidly growing platform. New features are added regularly and will be published on this website.
Features marked with * are available soon.