Film festival ticketing platforms compared

If the hard part is submissions and selection, that is FilmChief's core, and a ticketing platform alone will not help. If the hard part is an online edition, you need secure streaming — Eventive, Shift72 or CineSend. If the hard part is the public edition itself — a large programme, many venues, passes redeemed later, and industry and public audiences with different access — you need ticketing and a website built around sections and passes, which is where Eventive, Elevent and Filmgrail compete.

Many festivals combine two: a submissions tool for selection and a separate platform for the public edition.

Filmgrail's festival platform is built for the public edition: sections, strands, passes, accreditation and a branded app, on the same platform a year-round cinema can use. Festivals running on it include the Bergen International Film Festival and the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. It does not do submissions or streaming, and if either is central, one of the platforms above should be on your list.

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