Robert Redford and Bill Gates at the Sundance Director's Brunch, 2010 Sundance Film Festival
Dear Filmmakers:
This is the second of three posts addressing what you can and should do to make the most of your film festival premiere for your film and for your career. My last post covered essential …
From Day one, there are elements of production requiring “the hush”; Looks like we got financing, but don’t say anything. Looks like we locked actor, but don’t say anything. Looks like one of the financiers is bouncing checks, but don’t say anything. Looks like the entire Public School system banned …
Dear Filmmakers:
Previous posts have covered submitting to film festivals, offering advice on what (not) to do as you go through the process of navigating submission forms, promotional materials, and handling rejection or acceptance. This post (and the next) moves beyond the submission phase to focus on the next step – …
Actor Zoe Kravitz & Director V. Mahoney on set. Photo by Kirsten Johnson
Nutter season is officially upon us.
We’ve entered the stretch of announcement time for top tier festivals in the first quarter of 2011.
I know fourteen narrative filmmakers and five Doc filmmakers, who applied to the January festival.
I know …
Dear Filmmakers:
In my first blog post for IFP, I briefly addressed the issue of using a specific festival’s deadline as your own film’s production deadline. In this post, I’m going to expand a bit on this topic.
You have to plan out your production schedule anyway, so what’s the problem with …
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Join programmers and directors of top domestic and international festivals for a debate on their roles in the film world. Who does a festival serve – the local audience, the filmmakers or the industry – and how can festivals juggle and prioritize their duties …
Debra Granik (Writer/Director, Winter’s Bone) discusses some of the stresses that filmmakers deal with when attending the Sundance Film Festival.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
Janet Pierson, Senior Programmer, South By Southwest, on the collaborative and creative culture at SXSW.
From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.
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