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New titles keep getting rejected

I am finally adding several projects from the past few years to IMDb. However several of them keep getting rejected due to lack of evidence and IMDb not being able to verify. I have included links to the full films or a rough cut of them with the credits, some press materials and call sheets to some of them, yet they keep getting rejected. I am also trying to submit one that's in Pre Production now and therefor I don't have any links or press for it, just a pdf from all the films that got funded by our countries Film Fund for this year, and our title is included. However even that is not enough evidence to actually get these titles up on IMDb

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Hrvoje: Please post your last full data submission here on this message board. You can copy it out of the receipt you would have received from IMDb by e-mail immediately after sending it in. Some of the regulars on the board may review it and, if they can, they may provide suggestions as to how to improve the submission to get it included in the database. (Also, please include the submission reference number -- it's an 18-digit number that will look something like 230123-123456-789000.) 

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I just resubmitted them again, but here's a list of titles that keep getting rejected:

230904-230342-018000

230904-230436-517000

230904-230453-430000

230904-230509-534000

230904-230537-431000

230904-230554-635000

One of them is a new film that is in development currently and it also keeps getting rejected. I purchased IMDb Pro so that I could have these Development and Pre-Production titles on my page, yet they keep getting rejected due to lack of evidence when I don't have any press or articles about them yet as they haven't even gone into production yet.

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@hrvoje_bazina​ Hi!

To add new titles we usually need evidence like trailers, still frames, behind the scenes, etc. 

I can see the submissions you referenced above were mostly accepted.

230904-230436-517000 was not accepted since title on video you are sending does not match title you are uploading so editors can't verify the title.

230904-230453-430000- No evidence like the one I mentioned above was sent in, reason why it was not accepted.

Hopes this helps!

Cheers!

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Hi Bethany,

I have clearly sent a Vimeo link to the full film for submission 230904-230436-517000. The title can be seen in the name of the video, as well as at 0:19 of the film. The year of release is also included in the video name. So I do not understand how this is not enough evidence to verify the title, as I have sent the full length film.

As far as 230904-230453-430000 goes. This is a film that just recently got funding and is still in the development phase. I have sent a document from the Film Foundation in Sarajevo where it states that the film got funding. This is currently the only publicly available piece of evidence of this title's existence, as it is still in Development and hasn't been filmed yet. Hence why I am unable to provide evidence like trailers, still frames or behind the scenes footage. 

Thank you.

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Hi @hrvoje_bazina​ -

For the first submission (#230904-230436-517000), I can confirm that this title has now been approved and is listed on the site.

For the second submission (#230904-230453-430000), please resubmit this new title, being sure to include a link to the funding document within the "Explanation for missing information" box at the top of the new title contribution form and our editors will take another look.

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@Michelle​ I have already added the link for the funding document in the explanation for the Production / Development status, as well as the Miscellaneous Link, but it still keeps getting rejected. I don't even see the option for "Explanation for missing information". Here's the link to it: https://fondacijakinematografija.ba/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ODLUKA-O-IZBORU-KORISNIKA-NA-JAVNI-POZIV-pozicije-sufinansiranja-filmskih-projekata-za-2023.-godinu.pdf

I have just resubmitted the title again #230911-144443-618000

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@hrvoje_bazina​ Hi!

We were unable to verify the eligibility of the title with the evidence provided. To avoid listing hundreds of comatose or dead projects that may never actually be released and that would end up undermining the accuracy and usefulness of our database, we need proof that any new proposed entry complies with our eligibility requirements.
Please resubmit once you have any of the evidence suggested above available.

Thanks for understanding.