How Do Film Festivals Get Started With FestiVote?

Getting started with FestiVote follows a three-step onboarding path: schedule an intro call with FestiVote's founder, curate a plan that suits your festival's needs, and demo your personalized virtual ballot. Before any of that, you can fill in your information on the site to request access to a FestiVote demo. The process is designed for festival organizers and exhibitors who want to replace paper ballots with web-based digital voting — no download required.

Who This Getting-Started Path Is For

FestiVote is built for film festivals that currently run audience voting on paper and want trackable, real-time results instead. The site frames its audience as festival organizers and exhibitors, and its pricing page describes coverage "from mom & pop to major" festivals, so the onboarding path is meant to scale across festival sizes.

If you are a filmmaker or attendee rather than an organizer, this path is not aimed at you — the demo request form asks whether you are an organizer, exhibitor, or other, and asks organizers which festival they represent.

The Three-Step Onboarding Process

Step 1: Schedule an Intro Call With FestiVote's Founder

The first step listed on the site is to schedule an intro call with FestiVote's founder. The site also offers a "Book an Intro Call" action alongside the demo request.

• Input: your festival details and availability.
• Action: book the call through the site's intro call option.
• Expected result: a direct conversation about your festival's voting setup before any plan is proposed.

This step matters because the plan in step 2 is curated rather than picked from a fixed menu, so the call is where your festival's requirements get surfaced.

Step 2: Curate a Plan to Suit Your Festival's Needs

The second step is to curate a plan matched to your festival. The site describes "customizable pricing modules" that "fit your unique festival DNA," and a "Festival Pricing Plan" that covers festivals from small to major.

• Input: what the intro call surfaced about your festival — size, voting needs, and how you want results delivered.
• Action: work with FestiVote to shape a plan.
• Expected result: a plan configured to your festival rather than a one-size-fits-all package.

Note that the site does not publish specific price figures or tiers in the material available here. Pricing is described as customizable, so any concrete number would come out of the plan-curation conversation, not from a public price list.

Step 3: Demo Your Personalized Virtual Ballot

The third step is to demo your personalized virtual ballot. Separately, the site's demo request form lets you "Try FestiVote" by filling in your information to get access to a FestiVote demo.

• Input: your information via the demo request form (including whether you are an organizer, exhibitor, or other, and which festival you represent if you are an organizer).
• Action: submit the form to get demo access, then walk through your personalized ballot.
• Expected result: you see how your own festival's ballot would look and work before committing.

What You Get Once You're Running

The features listed alongside the pricing plan describe what a festival ends up with after onboarding:

The site also states the platform is web-based with no download necessary, which removes an install step for both organizers and attendees.

Why Festivals Make the Switch

The site's pitch centers on what paper voting cannot do: paper ballots "don't get you the trackable data you and your filmmakers deserve." Digital voting is positioned as a way to get real-time results, increase audience engagement, reach more diverse audiences, and give filmmakers insights that increase opportunities.

The site also acknowledges that "change can be difficult" and offers to guide festivals through the transition — which is effectively what the three-step onboarding is for.

Common Questions Before You Start

Do I need to download anything? No — the platform is web-based with no download necessary.

Is there a published price? Not in the material available here. Pricing is described as customizable modules, so it is set during plan curation.

Can I see it before committing? Yes — the demo request form gives access to a FestiVote demo, and step 3 is demoing your personalized virtual ballot.

What if my festival is small? The pricing plan is described as covering festivals "from mom & pop to major," so small festivals are explicitly in scope.

The Short Version

Request demo access or book an intro call, curate a plan around your festival's needs, then demo your personalized ballot. Everything after that — real-time results, the festival dashboard, authenticated voting, and attendee-facing tools — runs on a web-based platform with no download required.