This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary.
Glossary
This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary.
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account email
An account email is a non-marketing email sent from SparqFest in the name of your account representative with information about your SparqFest account.
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alert email
An alert email is an email sent by SparqFest to festival directors indicating that something requires immediate attention.
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audience choice award
An award whose winner is determined by the voting of your audience (both in-person and online).
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award category
The category under which selections are competing for a specific award (e.g. Best Director).
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edition
A single running of the festival over a specific period of dates. A given edition may have different dates for online and in-person content.
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external category
The category under which a creator submitted their project in your submission platform (FilmFreeway category).
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festival email
A festival email is a non-marketing email sent by SparqFest on your behalf and branding with your festival branding to creators, judges, and audience members to notify them of something needing their attention.
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juried award
An award whose winner is determined by the deliberations of a jury (as opposed to an audience choice award).
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report email
A report email is an email sent by SparqFest to festival directors with reports on festival status.
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selection
A submission that has been selected by the festival and promoted within SparqFest for programming during an edition of the festival.
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streaming platform
a server on the internet that accepts a stream from your streaming tool and makes it available to an audience
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streaming tool
dedicated hardware or software running on your computer that accepts multiple inputs like cameras and pre-recorded video and allows you to switch between the inputs to send out to a streaming platform via the internet
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submission
A project that has been submitted into a submissions platform like FilmFreeway and imported into SparqFest.
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submission category
The SparqFest category that governs what kind of media asset (video, audio, PDF) we request from a creator as well as any category-specific custom questions and requirements.