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What to expect when your expecting to get into a film festival

by Kat Candler on March 8, 2013

In the spirit of SXSW starting this weekend, I’ve put together a list of things you can expect when taking your short film out into the world.

But let’s start with … Making movies is hard. And you’re gonna get rejected. A lot. And getting rejected repeatedly can kill your soul. …

My Brooklyn

My Brooklyn: A Case Study in Viable Theatrical Self-Distribution

by Dan Schoenbrun on March 4, 2013

My Brooklyn will be opening for a 3rd week run at the reRun Theater in DUMBO Brooklyn. For tickets click here.

Kelly Anderson and Allison Lirish Dean’s My Brooklyn, a documentary about the forced gentrification of Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall, opened theatrically this past January as part of IFP’s new partnership …

Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond In 'Blue Caprice' 2013

Producer Kim Jackson on preparing for a festival like Sundance

by Kim Jackson on February 20, 2013

I’ll be honest with you.  It wasn’t until a week ago that I could see straight.

When I stumbled off of the red eye at JFK and headed to my apartment in Manhattan after attending The 29th Annual Sundance Film Festival, all I could do was run to my …

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Indie film distribution in a digital world: A master class w/Dylan Marcetti & Josh Braun

by Justin Ferrato on February 14, 2013

Short interviews with the heads of some of the most exciting new companies such as Dylan Marchetti (Variance Films) and Josh Braun (Submarine Entertainment) working in independent film & media today. Hear about their work, and the ways they are working to make change for independent media makers. The panel …

Spurlock

Spurlock Sisters at Biennale College Cinema: Week Two

by Kim Spurlock on February 4, 2013

For the Spurlock Sisters’ first blog entry, visit: http://filmmakermagazine.com/64191-spurlock-sisters-at-biennale-college-cinema-part-one/

They say that creative works are never really finished, we just let them go at some point.  I guess that’s what deadlines are for.  The new versions of step outline, budget and schedule for A Case of the Dismals were due a …

View from the Island

Spurlock Sisters at Biennale College Cinema: Week One

by Kim Spurlock on January 30, 2013

So I was thinking Don’t Look Now, but my sis had Scooby Doo on her mind as we drifted through the eerie fog on Venice’s Grand Canal. We were headed towards San Zaccaria, where we would catch a boat for the last leg of our journey to San Servolo island.

Mai …

Untitled, Maurizio Cattelan

In Praise of Doubt

by Amy Dotson on January 29, 2013

It turned out to be incredibly prophetic that my first day in Venice, Italy as one of the leaders for the Biennale College-Cinema was spent at collector François Pinault‘s incredible Punta della Dogana. This beautiful museum opened in 2009, with its closest neighbor – the Santa Maria della Salute Church- …

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IFP Sends First Partner Project to DIFF

by Peter Bussian on December 18, 2012

As the first IFP representative partner project to the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), SCARLET POPPY – a cross cultural love story set in Afghanistan between an American and a conservative Pashtun woman who is also being pursued by a local Talib – was in the company of other partner …

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