Integrations
Fiona connects your festival data with the systems your team already uses, including websites, ticketing platforms, VOD services, payment providers, mailing tools and industry/meeting platforms.
Some integrations are built with specific software partners, while others use Fiona’s APIs to support the festival’s own workflow. This helps keep films, screenings, venues, guests, professionals, badges and programme information consistent across Fiona and the other tools your festival depends on.
Ticketing
Typical workflows:
- Screening and event data
- Venues, dates and times
- Ticket links
- Availability or sales-related info
- Website publication support
Fiona can connect festival programme and screening data with ticketing systems, helping teams keep ticket sales, public programme information and internal planning aligned.
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Active Tickets
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Eventive
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Smeetz
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Ticketmatic
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Vivenu
Website integration
Typical workflows:
- Publishing film catalogue information on the festival website
- Showing up-to-date programme and screening schedules
- Displaying guest, filmmaker or professional information
- Connecting appointments, guest accounts or MyFestival environments
- Keeping website content synchronised with data managed in Fiona
Festivals connect their websites to Fiona through Fiona’s well-documented APIs, giving them the flexibility to work with WordPress, Drupal or custom-built websites. This allows web developers to publish up-to-date catalogue, programme, schedule, guest and account information directly from Fiona, with technical support available when needed.
VOD & streaming
Typical workflows:
- Online assessment of submitted films
- Secure screener access for selection committees
- Streaming catalogues for professional guests
- Online industry viewing rooms
- Curated online audience screenings
Fiona connects with VOD and streaming platforms such as MediaLoc and Shift72 to support online viewing workflows for film festivals. This can include online assessment of film entries, secure streaming catalogues for professional guests during the festival, and selected online screenings for audiences.
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Shift72
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MediaLoc
Payment providers
Typical workflows:
- Sell badges and other products through your website
Fiona connects with international and local payment providers so festivals can collect payments and follow payment statuses directly in Fiona. This helps keep financial, accreditation and registration workflows connected.
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Adyen
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Mollie
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Stripe
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Braintree/Paypall
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Montonio
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Saferpay
Film submission
Typical workflows:
- Film submission import
- Selection and assessment
- Filmmaker communication
- Moving selected films into programming
Fiona connects with submission platforms such as FilmFreeway and Shortfilmdepot, allowing festivals to bring submitted film data into Fiona and manage the next steps from one central system. This helps connect submissions with selection, film data management, programming, guest communication and festival operations.
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FilmFreeway
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ShortFilmDepot
Film delivery
Typical workflows:
- Send uploading requests to film makers
- Automated process of submitting and receiving DCPs
- Uploading through the secure online platforms
- Automated file check
Fiona has an indepth integrations with film delivery platforms. As a result, the entire process of retrieving, uploading, checking and forwarding DCPs and video platform players has become automated.
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Cinesend
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FilmFetch
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Deluxe Media
Mailing
Typical workflows:
- Bulk mailing to your professionals and guests
- Build and share mailing lists
- Mailing statuses
Fiona can either send mailings itself or manage mailing lists and share them with trusted mailing platforms like Brevo and Mailchimp.
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Brevo
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Mailgun
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Mailchimp
Online meeting
Typical workflows:
- Online one-on-one meetings
- Online round-table meetings
Fiona connects with online meeting platforms such as Whereby to support one-on-one meetings, round table meetings and pitching sessions online or in hybrid settings. This helps festivals organise professional and industry meetings beyond the physical festival location.
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Whereby
Media
Typical workflows:
- Collecting film & people metadata
- Online viewing for film submission assessment
- Gathering images and texts for websites and catalogues
- Managing publishing materials for selected films & people
- Coordinating film delivery information
Fiona connects with media platforms to help festivals manage the information and materials connected to each film or film professional. This can include collecting film metadata, supporting online viewing for film submission assessment, gathering images and texts for websites and catalogues, and coordinating film logistics such as KDM-related information.
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Vimeo
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Youtube
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Dropbox
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Google Drive
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One Drive
Custom API integrations
Is your festival using tools or integrations that are not shown above? Fiona can often connect with other systems through our APIs, depending on the provider, the available API and the festival’s workflow. When a tool offers a reliable, well-structured API, many custom integration options are possible.
Our team can help assess what is needed and advise on the best setup for your festival. Get in touch with us to discuss your specific tools, workflows and integration needs.
Frequently Asked Questions about integrations
Can Fiona connect with our ticketing software?
Yes. Fiona can integrate with ticketing systems used by film festivals. The exact setup depends on the ticketing provider, available API, festival workflow and the data that needs to be exchanged.
Can Fiona integrate with our festival website?
Yes. Most Fiona clients connect their festival website to Fiona through Fiona’s APIs, allowing website content to stay aligned with the data managed in Fiona. Fiona can connect festival data such as films, screenings, events, venues, guests and programme information to a festival website through API-based or custom website integrations.
Does Fiona work with WordPress or Drupal websites?
Yes. Fiona can be used with websites built in WordPress, Drupal or other content management systems, as well as with custom-built festival websites.
Is there a standard Fiona website plugin?
No. Fiona does not rely on one standard website plugin, because festivals use many different website platforms and have different publication workflows. Website integrations are usually built by the festival’s own web developer or agency using Fiona’s APIs.
What information can be shown on the website from Fiona?
Festivals commonly use Fiona to publish film catalogue information, programme and schedule data, guest lists, appointment information and guest account-related content.
Do web developers get support when using the API?
Yes. Fiona provides API documentation, and the technical support team can assist web developers or agencies when needed.
Does Fiona support VOD or streaming platforms?
Yes. Fiona can connect festival data to VOD and streaming platforms, supporting online and hybrid festival workflows.
Can Fiona integrate with our existing tools?
In many cases, yes. Fiona supports API-based and custom integrations depending on the systems involved, the available data structure and the festival workflow.
Are integrations included by default?
Some workflows are part of Fiona’s standard setup, while custom integrations may require additional scoping, implementation and testing.
