voting and commenting on the films/shorts is great, but need to get the word out...

First, I want to say that I very much enjoyed the festival this year!

I visited the website often before the festival, and I would have created an account earlier if I had know that I would be able to vote and comment on the films and shorts. I only found out because the director mentioned it before one of the films on Saturday.

I think if you make the benefits of an account more obvious on the home page of the site, you will get more members and then more feedback, which I assume is the main goal.