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Case Study: The Non-Traditional Festival Run of Social Justice Doc “Brothers on The Line”

by Sasha Reuther on July 2, 2012

When I set out to produce my first feature-length documentary, Brothers On The Line, I knew that a tricky funding and distribution road lay ahead. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film explores the lives of my grandfather and great-uncles, Victor, Roy, and Walter Reuther, firebrand labor organizers and social justice …

Summit of independent creative producers hosted by MoMA, Indiewire, and Zipline Entertainment in December 2009.

A Call to Producers: Innovate or Die

by Mynette Louie on June 18, 2012

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 …

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David Dinerstein on Social Networking

by Cait Carvalho on April 12, 2012

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David Dinerstein discusses how social networking can prove to be a tremendous tool.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

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Deirdre Haj on Working With Festival Programmers

by Cait Carvalho on April 5, 2012

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Deirdre Haj discusses how filmmakers should take advantage and reach out to the press.

From the 2011 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

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Writer’s Roundtable

by Cait Carvalho on March 30, 2012

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Packing For Your Spring Festival Run? Bring This With You.

by hollyherrick on March 26, 2012

(A Primer For Your Festival Tour, In Three Parts.)

Tribeca, Florida, Nashville, Atlanta, Sarasota, IFFBoston, Maryland, River Run, Ashland, HotDocs, BamCinemaFest, etc etc etc…

If you made a film that’s on the US festival circuit this year, chances are that over the next two months, you’ll be headed to one of these …

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What is Indie Today? New Trends in American Independent Filmmaking

by Dan Schoenbrun on March 23, 2012

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Keys to a Successful Film Launch Pt 1

by Jon Reiss on March 13, 2012

Written with Sheri Candler

For the past six months, my company, Hybrid Cinema, has been working on the release of Bob Hercules’s new documentary film Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance,about the history of the Joffrey ballet. This is a capsule post to explain the highlights of launching a documentary into the …

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