Welcome & 2021 Schedule

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 Welcome to Limited Theatrical Release, a fanworks exchange for small- and medium-sized film fandoms! 

 

LINKS

Rules/FAQ 
 

2021 AO3 collection 
2021 tagset

2021 eligibility post
2021 fandom promo post

CONTACT

limitedtheatricalreleasemod@gmail.com 

 

SCHEDULE

Nominations open: Monday, June 14

Nominations close: Monday, June 21 (Countdown)

Signups open: Tuesday, June 22

Signups close: Thursday, July 1 (01:59 AM UTC)

Assignments out by: Sunday, July 4

Assignments due: Wednesday, August 18 (01:59 AM UTC)

Works reveals: Saturday, August 28 (01:59 AM UTC)

 

Please keep in mind that this is using the UTC timezone - the deadlines are probably earlier than midnight in your timezone! Countdowns will be posted for all major deadlines.

2021 Fandom Promo Post

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As this exchange is centered around smaller film fandoms, it provides a fantastic opportunity to share the rare movies, music videos, and short films you know and love with others!

If you plan to nominate a small film fandom for the 2021 round that you think others may not be familiar with, or that you're just really excited about, you are encouraged to comment on this post in order to introduce and promote your fandom! There is no required format, but here if you need some suggestions to get you started:

<b>Title</b>: Title (Year Released)<br /><b>Genre</b>: Genre/tone and medium (live-action movie, animated movie, music video, short film)<br /><b>Now Showing<b>: Specific information on how/where to view the film, such as direct links to places the film can be purchased or legally viewed (if you happen to have other suggestions for obtaining a rare film you are welcome to ask that interested parties PM or email you to discuss those options in more detail, but please avoid linking or discussing legally shady resources on this comm) <br /><p><b>Synonsis</b>: Brief synopsis of the film. Use the official one or go ahead and write your own.<br /><p>And then most importantly: why you love it and are reccomending it!

Feel free to elaborate beyond what we suggest and even go as far as to create/link a fandom primer!

2021 Eligibility Post

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Limited Theatrical Release is an exchange for small- to medium-sized film fandoms. For the purposes of the 2021 round, a small- to medium-sized film fandom is defined as any film with fewer than 1000 works on AO3. 

This post is provided in order to clarify fandom eligibility for the 2021 round of this exchange. 

Blanket Eligibility:

• Standalone short films with fewer than 1000 works on AO3 are considered eligible for the 2021 round. 
• Animated films with fewer than 1000 works on AO3 are considered eligible for the 2021 round. 
• Music videos with fewer than 1000 works on AO3 are considered eligible for the 2021 round.
• Trailers for films yet to be released with fewer than 1000 works on AO3 are considered eligible for the 2021 round only if the film is not connected to an ineligible franchise, subject further to the the mods discretion.
• Films based on or inspired by non-film source material (e.g. a book) are considered eligible for the 2021 round only if the film has its own fandom category on AO3 separate from the source material, and that category contains fewer than 1000 works. 
• Standalone episodes of TV shows such as Black Mirror and tie-in film shorts from multimedia franchises such as Overwatch are not considered eligible for the 2021 round. 

If any of the statements below applies to a fandom or character tag you wish to nominate, please comment on this post before submitting the nomination or it will be rejected:

If you wish to nominate a movie with over 1000 works listed on AO3, but you feel the movie should still be eligible for a special reason, please comment on this post to explain why you feel the movie should be eligible before submitting the nomination or it will be automatically rejected. 

If you wish to nominate a movie that is only listed under a Series or All Media Types category on AO3 and the AO3 “Series”/"All Media Types" category contains over 1000 works, please comment on this post to clarify before submitting the nomination or it will be rejected. 

If you wish to nominate a rare film based on or inspired by other source material (e.g. a book) but the film has not yet been given a fandom category, please comment on this post to clarify before submitting the nomination or it will be rejected. 

Generic OCs are considered eligible nominations for the 2021 round as part of & or / relationships with canon characters! If you wish to nominate a specific OC tag (e.g. "Deckard/Original Replicant Character(s)", "Saoirse & Original Daoine Sidhe Character(s)", etc.), please comment on this post to explain why you wish to nominate a specific OC tag, or your nomination may be rejected. Specific OC tags must relate in an immediately obvious way to the fandom you wish to nominate them for (e.g. "Koda & Original Bear Character(s)" for Brother Bear (2003)), and may not be so specific that they could be considered railroading.