The first Festivids Buddies assignments will go out next week! Sign up here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... if you want to be assigned to a Festivids Buddy. (Signups stay open through the whole exchange, so you can always sign up later if something changes.)

Festivids Buddies is an optional part of Festivids; there are a lot of options for what you can request or offer, including: finding music or source, cheerleading (it's a long three months until vids are due), betaing, and providing technical assistance.

Assignments have been sent out! You should receive your assignment via email; you can also see your assignment in the "my assignments" tab of your AO3 profile.

Signups close in just under an hour! Please ping us if you have technical issues at the last minute.

A little less than five hours to sign up! Please come sign up for Festivids - it's such a great exchange and the community is very encouraging and welcoming. If you want to learn DaVinci Resolve and make your first vid, I will personally teach you. :)

Do it! It's so much fun!! 🥰

Festivids signups close in about ten hours! Sign up at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/collections/... Countdown: www.timeanddate.com/countdown/la...

Just under two days left to sign up for Festivids! Sign up at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Festivids signups close in four days! Sign up at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/collections/... If you're thinking of signing up, you might also be interested in Festivids Buddies, an optional way to find and offer support to other vidders during the exchange.

Happy Reducing a List of 649 Things to a List of at Least 4 Things week!

There are so many excellent sources nominated I have no idea how I'm going to narrow it down to just ten requests...!(Especially since all my 10 were approved. Help.)

come do Festivids! it's a lovely vidding exchange for small fandoms. If you've never made a vid before, this is a great way to start, or to get back to it if you've been away. there's lots of help and support and community around it!

Signups are still open for Festivids! Sign up at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/collections/... However, the AO3 is going to be down for about 20 hours starting soon, so we're going to extend signups: they will now close on Friday, October 3rd.

Festivids signups are now open! Sign up at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/collections/... To see what you can offer or request, you can check the official tagset on the AO3 archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/24966 or on google docs docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Festivids nominations are complete! You can see the full set of nominated fandoms in a google sheet here, where you can also add helpful information about your nominations: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... If you see any errors, please let us know.

Please let us know if you can disambiguate any of these nominations! If we don't get feedback on a nomination by the end of the day today, we'll make our best guesses tomorrow so that we can open signups on time.

(Hopefully) our last post of nomination clarifications! On dreamwidth: festivids.dreamwidth.org/158960.html On tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/79... On discord: discord.gg/AddKr9U9dt in the mod-questions channel

Thanks everyone for getting your nominations in! We have a 20% increase in total nominations over last year (wow) so don't worry if your nominations are still mostly showing up as unreviewed.

About 45 minutes left!

Nominations close in about 10 hours! Nominate at: archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/24966

Did you nominate: Anastasia (1997) Industry (TV) IT Crowd Nautilus (TV) R Is for Rocket - Ray Bradbury The Guest (2014) The Middleman (TV) Venom [UMBRELLA]? If so, we have a question for you! Help us out: on dw: festivids.dreamwidth.org/157968.html or on tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/79...

Reminder: Festivids nominations close in about 47 hours (Friday, September 12th, at 11:59 PM UTC). Nominate at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/24966 How to nominate: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 2025 disqualifications: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

We still have clarifying questions about some nominations. On dw: festivids.dreamwidth.org/157355.html or on tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/79... Please follow the link if you nominated: Akame ga Kill, Fate/Grand Order, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead - Stoppard, or 悪魔のリドル | Akuma no Riddle.

Reminder: Festivids nominations close this Friday at 11:59 PM UTC! Nominate at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/24966 How to nominate your fandom: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Festivids 2025 disqualifications: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Our first nomination questions post is up! On dreamwidth (festivids.dreamwidth.org/157355.html) on tumblr (www.tumblr.com/festivids/79...) on discord (discord.gg/AddKr9U9dt)

Nominations are open! archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/24966 And we have a new discord! discord.gg/AddKr9U9dt Thanks so much to a team of volunteers for getting the discord going so quickly this year, including Januarium, distant_fox, marahsarie, thingswithwings, and hartknyx.

We've made some rulings on the Festivids rules questions regarding "Adaptations of" fandoms and Actual Play fandoms. Check out the details if you're planning on nominating these types of fandoms: On dw: festivids.dreamwidth.org/156704.html On tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/79...

The full Festivids schedule this year is up at: Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/79... Dreamwidth: festivids.dreamwidth.org/156491.html Nominations start midday tomorrow, September 1st, and will run through Friday, September 12th. WILD. How is it September already?

Before we post this year's rules, some questions for you! How should we handle "Adaptations of" umbrellas without wikipedia pages? Actual Play campaigns & series? Fandoms disqualified only by animatics? Read more at dw: festivids.dreamwidth.org/tag/%21admin or tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/79...

We're approaching Festivids season! Our annual tradition of trying to avoid overlapping too many of the September and October holidays means we have an early schedule again: nominations will start Monday, September 1st.

Vidders are revealed! Thank you all for another wonderful year of festividding <3 archiveofourown.org/collections/...

It's aliiiive! This year's Festivids collection is now open, featuring 131 vids across 92 fandoms. archiveofourown.org/collections/...

It's Festivids Eve! We'll go live after 8 AM UTC tomorrow. (Time zone converter: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...) If you're close to the deadline and you have a treat that's still uploading or that hit a technical difficulty in posting, please email us at [email protected] to let us know!

We're also still looking for a pinch hitter for this request! New deadline: January 29th. Can you help us out with this one?

We’re looking for a pinch hitter! Claim pinch hit #4 on tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/77... or dw festivids.dreamwidth.org/154343.html Fandoms: Challengers (Movie 2024) [SAFETY] Kajillionaire (2020) [SAFETY] The People's Joker (2022) [SAFETY] Problemista (2023) [SAFETY] (1/2)

Reminder: the Festivids submission deadline is tomorrow, January 12th, at 11:59 PM UTC. Do you need an extension? Read more on dw festivids.dreamwidth.org/154027.html or tumblr www.tumblr.com/festivids/77...

Still looking!

We're still looking for a pinch hitter for this request! This pinch hit is now due January 19th.

We're looking for a pinch hitter! Claim pinch hit #3 on dw: festivids.dreamwidth.org/153732.html or tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/77... Fandoms: The Brothers Sun, Mad Men, Willow (TV 2022), M3GAN (2023) [SAFETY], The Secret of NIMH (1982) [SAFETY], The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) [SAFETY]

We're still looking for a pinch hitter for this request!

We're looking for a pinch hitter! Claim pinch hit #2 on dw festivids.dreamwidth.org/153482.html or tumblr www.tumblr.com/festivids/77... Fandoms: Threesome (1994) [SAFETY] Ode to Joy (2019) [SAFETY] Avenue 5 (TV) Robert Sean Leonard RPF Sherlock & Co. (Podcast) Watson and Holmes (Comics)

We're looking for a pinch hitter! Claim pinch hit #1 on dreamwidth festivids.dreamwidth.org/152899.html or tumblr www.tumblr.com/festivids/77... Fandoms: Backspot (2023) [SAFETY] Fancy Dance (2023) [SAFETY] Night Raiders (2021) [SAFETY] This Place (2022) [SAFETY] >

Are you participating in festivids? Please check in via dreamwidth: festivids.dreamwidth.org/152649.html or tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/76... Finished your vid already? The AO3 collection is open for posting: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Want to find a beta, a cheerleader, a troubleshooter, or an expert source finder? Want to help out a Festividder? Sign up for Festivids Buddies! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Who knows, maybe you'll meet your new bestividder in the process!

Have you written a dear festividder letter? You can post a link to it at dreamwidth festivids.dreamwidth.org/152190.html or tumblr www.tumblr.com/festivids/76... If you're looking for more information on what your recipient might want, check these posts to see if they've written a letter!

We're extending signups for a couple more days - signups will now close tomorrow Tuesday Oct 1st at 23:59 UTC. archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Last day to sign

Signups for this year's Festivids are now open! Head straight to the ao3 page, or check out dreamwidth for more information. archiveofourown.org/collections/... festivids.dreamwidth.org/151581.html

Bumping these last questions!

We have questions about a few outstanding nominations. Help us out: on dw festivids.dreamwidth.org/151449.html or on tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/76...