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Let’s Talk About Trust: Festival Strategy

by Victoria Mahoney on November 30, 2010

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 …

The Parallel Career

by David Soll on November 23, 2010

I should have written this post six weeks ago.

By that, I don’t just mean I overshot my deadline.  What I mean is, if I was to choose the ideal starting point for a year of monthly dispatches on the release of my first documentary feature – Puppet – six weeks …

Los Angeles plays Matt Porterfield

by Matt Porterfield on November 15, 2010

Just returned from a super-productive trip to LA!

I went to screen Putty Hill at AFI Fest and UCLA, where they also screened my first film, Hamilton (2006), on 16mm. Both screenings were fantastic. If you’re wondering about AFI, hospitality was outstanding and the program was strong. For the second year …

Directors Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie speak onstage at the "Dad

The Future of Film

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 29, 2010

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Refreshing the dialogue on the direction independent film is taking, top emerging filmmakers, up-and-coming distributors, and rising stars of new media discuss the state of the industry in the wake of seismic changes in the art and business of filmmaking.

Moderator:
Scott Foundas, Film Society of …

Janet Pierson on South By Southwest

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 27, 2010

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Janet Pierson, Senior Programmer, South By Southwest, on the collaborative and creative culture at SXSW.

From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Heather Croall on Networking

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 27, 2010

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Heather Croall, Director of the Sheffield International Doc Fest, discusses the different layers of networking that are possible in a festival environment.

From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Josh Mond on Staging Successful Relationships

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 26, 2010

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Producer Josh Mond (Afterschool) discusses how to make and maintain relationships within the film industry.

From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

Debra Zimmerman on the Roles of Filmmakers

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 26, 2010

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Debra Zimmerman, Women Make Movies, on the different roles that filmmakers must play to get their projects made.

From the 2010 Independent Filmmaker Conference.

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