What's this about?

[[SD] Bob Plisskin]

I got an e-mail the other day and I reckon it's spam because I doubt I ever signed up for such a thing, but incase it was real I thought I'd pass it on. Has anybody else recieved something like this:

Filmmakers & Screenwriters (please forward to interested parties):

The Long Beach Film Festival is now accepting screenplays and films (short,
documentary & feature) in all formats. The winners' work will be reviewed by a
committee of established production companies. This is a great way to get
exposure and even discovered in Hollywood.

The festival is being held onboard the renowned Queen Mary in Long Beach,
California (30 miles from Hollywood). The dates of the festival are September
13 - 22, 2002.

You can view an 8 x 10 flyer here:
http://www.longbeachfilmfestival.com/poster.html

A 20% discount has been set up for students and independent filmmakers. The
discounted submission prices are as follows:

ORIGINAL PRICE DISCOUNTED PRICE
Short Film $45 $36
Feature Film $60 $48
Screenplay $50 $40

To take advantage of these discounted prices, simply include a printout of this
email with the submission form and legibly write 'email discount' on the payment
check.

The submission forms can be found here:
http://www.longbeachfilmfestival.com/entry.htm

All submissions must be received by August 15th, 2002.

We look forward to receiving your work.

Robin Duarte
http://www.longbeachfilmfestival.com

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very weird, I mean it just came out of the blue! At first glance it seems to be real. Can anybody shed some light?

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[James Logan]

I just got the same and wondered if it was real too, or just a phony. Looks to me like the Long Beach Film Festival doesn't have enough participants so their people are surfing around the Internet Discussion Boards and sending these to all seemingly interested parties (here on JoBlo's, that would be us Schmoes). Sounds interesting...might open a door to Hollywood for a couple of us.

[[SD] Bob Plisskin]

except long beach is 1000's of miles away from you and me James http://www.joblo.com/ubb/frown.gif

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[RaiderMan]

Rumour has it that to make it in Hollywood you have to live in L.A.

So to me it sounds like a possiblity. Out!