When I was a gangly tween, I used to write plays to perform for my parents with my two younger brothers. They generally involved anthropomorphism and power struggles, and, almost always, ended with the character I was playing claiming whatever throne was at stake despite the best efforts …
Well here we go again, Gang. The 3rd annual L.E.S* Film Festival is right around the corner, June 13th-23rd, here in NYC’s Lower East Side.
L.E.S* began in 2011 in an effort to support and showcase low budget filmmakers, specifically. We sold out all our screenings and were placed on New York Magazine’s …
Roxo and Leite – Knocking It Out
an interview about two rising stars and one new web series by Danielle Lurie
Alexandra Roxo and Natalia Leite are simply too fierce not to succeed. Just take a look at their company profile photo. It’s of the two of them, stylish, poised, and hidden elusively behind …
As recently as last summer I thought that a filmmaker could do a good job with social media only using Facebook.
Back then, the crux of my argument came from my supposition that most independent filmmakers’ time was very limited. If they had time to do Twitter, Instagram , Tumblr, etc., …
My Brooklyn will be opening for a 3rd week run at the reRun Theater in DUMBO Brooklyn. For tickets click here.
Kelly Anderson and Allison Lirish Dean’s My Brooklyn, a documentary about the forced gentrification of Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall, opened theatrically this past January as part of IFP’s new partnership …
Jon Reiss at the 2012 IFP Narrative Lab
I have had the good fortune to be involved in IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs for the past several years now and I have seen innumerable benefits to the films and filmmakers who participate. The Labs provide an opportunity for first-time filmmakers to not only …
Summit of independent creative producers hosted by MoMA, Indiewire, and Zipline Entertainment in December 2009.
I’m very fortunate to be friends with many accomplished independent film producers–people whose films have screened at the best festivals, won significant awards, gotten picked up by major distributors, earned healthy gross receipts, and …
By Sara Kiener
I’ve been in theatrical distribution for 5 years (a short time by some standards), and have already seen the playing field shift dramatically. 5 years ago, I interned at a reputable distribution company that no longer exists. 3 years ago, I placed trailers in art house theaters that …
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