Paola Freccero on Publicity
by Cait Carvalho on February 13, 2012Paola Freccero stresses the importance of waiting for the opportune moment to promote a project.
From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
Sundance Diary: 2012 is a Wrap!
by Richard Sheehan on January 30, 2012i
Well, another year has gone by and Sundance 2012 is over. The festival itself was very quiet the second weekend, and, for the most part, screenings that had shown up as “sold out” earlier in the week suddenly had seats available for audiences to catch up on films. Some films …
Sundance Diary: Thursday
by Richard Sheehan on January 27, 2012i
It was a day that alternated between beautiful snowfall that excited all the visitors and rain that made getting around just plain annoying. Main Street was much quieter, with many of the vendors and sponsors of the festival having packed up already.
Indoors, though, it was a good day for …
Sundance Diary: Wednesday
by Richard Sheehan on January 26, 2012It always amazes me how quickly Main Street in Park City starts shutting down in the middle of the festival. All of the big parties take place around the first weekend, and by today many of the storefronts that have been reimagined as festival party rooms, interview rooms/swag stops for …
Sundance Diary: Tuesday
by Richard Sheehan on January 25, 2012Another successful panel was held in the New York Lounge this morning, hosted by Post Factory founder Alex Halpern, on the change by filmmakers using digital as opposed to film. Director Ira Sachs, whose film ” Keep the Lights On” is in dramatic competition here at the festival, moderated the …
Sundance Diary: Monday
by Richard Sheehan on January 24, 2012HSBC & Three Point Capital hosted a meet and greet breakfast at the NY Lounge this morning, followed by a panel discussion titled “The Tax Check Cometh – The Ins &Outs of Financing the New York State Tax Credit”.
The panel was moderated by John Hadity, Chairman of the PGA East. …
Sundance Diary: The First Weekend
by Richard Sheehan on January 24, 2012"Keep the Lights On" star Zachary Booth & producer Lucas Joaquin.
On Friday night, we attended the worldwide premier of Ira Sachs’s film “Keep The Lights On”, which left me still thinking about it 24 hours later. It is a powerful autobiographical drama based on Sachs’s on a 10 year …
Sundance Diary: The First 24 Hours
by Richard Sheehan on January 24, 2012Thursday’s opening night film “Hello I Must Be Going” is a complete delight. Produced by Mary Jane Skalski, and directed with much attention to the material world of a dysfunctional wealthy Connecticut family. Lead Melanie Lynskey gives a terrific performance, as does Blythe Danner in one of the bigger roles …
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