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Getting Ready for Sundance

by Richard Sheehan on January 19, 2012

Well, my Delta app just reminded me to check in for tomorrow morning’s flight to Salt Lake City. My Sundance app is supposedly going to assist me in making sure all of my events and films are on my schedule, but I am sure once we get settled in Park …

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In Conversation With… With Geoffrey Gilmore, Rose Kuo and Keri Putnam

by Dan Schoenbrun on January 11, 2012

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I Feel Lucky: Some Lessons Learned from Shooting “Welcome to Pine Hill”

by Keith Miller on January 11, 2012

(with titles from Pat Benatar)

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After we wrapped WELCOME TO PINE HILL I was pretty shell-shocked. When people asked me about it I held back a tic and smiled. “It was great.” I’d met other directors who were battered by a tough shoot. I just never thought I would …

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Your To Do List: Regional Festival Strategy

by hollyherrick on December 13, 2011

The Sundance announcement rollout is always a charged and emotional time.  This year, I was so excited to see some of my favorite names in American narrative filmmaking listed in the lineup: Ira Sachs! So Yong Kim! Craig Zobel! Ry Russo-Young! There will be an abundance of tasty treats in …

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Jump On It: Outreach During Your Festival Launch

by filmpresence on December 2, 2011

by Merrill Sterritt

When we started Film Presence, most outreach efforts were being applied to community and grassroots screenings, but not at the theatrical level.  It became clear there was a need for similar engagement around the theatrical openings of films that had tight budgets and clear audiences.  This has become …

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Journaling Autumn: The Hamptons International Film Festival

by hollyherrick on November 15, 2011

October was a month unlike any other I have had or will have again.  On October 22nd, I got married at home on my family’s farm.  In the weeks prior to my wedding, from October 13-17th, I helped to throw another party: the 19th edition of the Hamptons International Film …

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Webumentary: Online Releasing and Transmedia Extensions

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 14, 2011

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