About False Festival

What we do

• Score festivals on structural trust signals (accreditations, screenings, history)
• Surface red flags associated with award mills and scam patterns
• Aggregate industry news and filmmaker reputation signals
• Let users research, compare, report, and watchlist festivals

Reddit API use

We use the Reddit API only to read public posts and comments in film-related communities (for example r/Filmmakers, r/shortfilm, r/Screenwriting) when those discussions mention festivals in our database.

• Read-only access to public content
• Used to improve scam/legitimacy research for filmmakers
• We do not post, vote, message users, or collect private account data
• Matched discussions may appear as reputation signals or source links on festival pages

Contact

Questions about the site or API usage: use Report or email noreply@falsefestival.online.