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Someone Created a Page for my Short Film Without My Consent and I Would Like To Take It Down

Hello -- I directed a short film which finished post production in August. Someone made an IMDb page for the film without my knowledge or consent which has completely incorrect information on it. For example, it says the film was released in June at a private screening (which is impossible since it wasn't even finished until August and we won't have a private screening until January). It also contains photos taken by our BTS photographer which were uploaded without her consent -- so it must have been someone involved in the production, but I haven't been able to find out who. The crew members' names are spelled incorrectly, and it says the budget is $21 (????).  I would also like the thumbnail image to be our poster -- but instead it's some random BTS image. 

We are currently submitting submitting to festivals and I am terrified because this page makes us look incredibly unprofessional. I've tried so many times to edit the information on it and flag the photos but I am continually ignored by whoever is reviewing my requests. The project being listed as already released also makes us look bad because it directly contradicts the information on our FilmFreeway page (which of course states that the project was finished in August -- with additional tweaks in October -- and hasn't been released anywhere yet). 

I'm at the end of my rope and becoming increasingly desperate. I don't know what to do.

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From what I know of IMDB, they won't remove the page because they don't remove factual information (it's against their policy).

But you can update the page with the correct information and desired images.

But since you mentioned that the changes were rejected, I recommend posting the code of the rejected changes so they can evaluate it and inform you of the reasons for the rejection (or correct it if it was a mistake to reject them).

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Thank you so much for your reply -- where would I post the code of the rejected changes? Also, would one solution be to create a new page with correct information and merge the two pages?

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https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/history/

There is an 18-digit code for each change (xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx). Copy each of them and post them here; this will allow them to evaluate the changes you tried to make and inform you if the rejection was a mistake or if it was rejected for a specific reason.

Creating another page and merging the two doesn't seem like a good option to me. Even if they accept the request to merge the pages, it will only result in the page having both the correct information and the false information from the other page.

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Thank you so much! That's super helpful -- this is my first post on sprinklr so I really appreciate the advice!

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Hello! Someone made an IMDb page for my film without telling me. I am currently editing it but my changes to the release date information keep getting rejected. The problem is that on the page it says the film was released in June 2025, which is impossible because post production wasn't even completed until October 2025. We did turn in a rough draft to our school so they could provide suggestions for further edits so maybe whoever made the page basing the information on that?  Either way, the film hasn't been released anywhere, and I'm worried that this incorrect information online may affect our chances with festivals to which we are currently submitting it. I don't know how to prove that the film hasn't been released or how I would even provide that proof to IMDb.  Could you please help us correct the page's status to Completed October 2025 or to "upcoming"? This is the page in question: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36187965/ Here is the receipt for our request that the wrong information be deleted: #251215-014619-318000 Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/rejected-release-date-update/6942e4b1d1d7fd7bbbca25cc Title : Rejected Release Date Update

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@owellisz- Thank you for posting the reference! After further reviewing, this has now been corrected and the the changes are still in-progress but will be live once it has completed. 

You can submit the Production Status updates through the online update form on the title page. 

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