“You don’t have to get paid to be a filmmaker...
To look like one
”
Wear your failure like a crown with the Sundance Reject hat — the perfect accessory for filmmakers who’ve bravely faced rejection emails longer than their actual scripts. These pigment-dyed beauties say, “I’m still in the game,” without having to explain to your aunt why your movie isn’t on Netflix yet. Ideal for softening Thanksgiving interrogations, deflecting industry small talk, and achieving the rare aesthetic of looking exactly how you feel: tragically optimistic with a touch of delusion.
After compiling hundreds of painful rejection letters, we’ve crafted one final letter to summarize all the feelings they offer in a fashionable T-Shirt. The front “Filmmaker” text offers a confidence boost to your walk to your local coffee shop, and the “Rejection Letter” gives those waiting behind you a chance to know what it means to be a true filmmaker.
After getting rejected from Tribeca ten times, a band of filmmakers adorned a WHITE VAN with a red carpet, semi-cold beverages, a 4k (1080p) projector, and they brought their film to the streets of New York City — directly across from Tribeca Film Festival. The efforts were met with strange looks, threatening fist-clenches, and the occasional New York Slang Word that we won’t repeat. If you’ve ever dreamed of fitting in with the bad-boy/girl bikers at your local dive, this SHIRT is for YOU!
