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Gut Renovation: Gentrification in Williamsburg

by Hannah Bae on April 19, 2013

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Gut Renovation premieres at the reRun Gastropub Theater in DUMBO Brooklyn Friday April 19th- Thursday April 25th. For information on tickets, click here.

Su Friedrich’s Gut Renovation focuses on something all New Yorkers can relate to one way or another: gentrification. After living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for two decades, Su Friedrich …

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My Sky is Falling: Envision 2013 Recap

by Lance Weiler on April 18, 2013

 In collaboration with storyteller Lance Weiler and Reboot Stories, HI is working to develop a framework for creating and evaluating data-driven stories. Our most recent project, a work of participatory theater entitled My Sky is Falling, premiered at Envision 2013 on April 11 in New York City. My Sky …

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Can we please stop calling it “self distribution?”

by Marc Schiller on April 17, 2013

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One of the most misleading labels associated with independent cinema today is the phrase “self distribution.”

As digital technologies provide filmmakers with a growing number of options for how they can bring their films to audiences, the phrase “self distribution” has quickly become a …

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Grow your online community by thinking outside of Facebook.

by Reid Rosefelt on April 15, 2013

As recently as last summer I thought that a filmmaker could do a good job with social media only using Facebook.

Back then, the crux of my argument came from my supposition that most independent filmmakers’ time was very limited.  If they had time to do Twitter, Instagram , Tumblr, etc., …

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Want to be a successful filmmaker? Then, start acting like a rock star.

by Marc Schiller on April 12, 2013

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As new digital technologies continue to evolve and disrupt the landscape for independent cinema, I continually get asked by filmmakers for my thoughts on how they should adapt.

My answer lately has been…

“Stop acting like a filmmaker, and start acting like a rock star”

And I don’t mean this figuratively. I mean it …

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My Sky is Falling Immersive Experience at Envision

by Atley Loughridge on April 8, 2013

My Sky is Falling (MSiF) is an experience design that harnesses technology and story to create empathy for the challenges faced by foster care children. MSiF will be presented at Envision this Thursday, April 11. Envision is a program of IFP in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Public …

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Envision 2013: Opening night film Blood Brother highlighted by Filmmaker Magazine

by Justin Ferrato on April 4, 2013

As this year’s Envision Conference approaches, the IFP is excited to screen Steve Hoover’s Sundance-winning documentary Blood Brothers at the DGA on opening night on April 10th. The film follows Rocky Braat, a former graphic designer who moved to India after meeting a group of HIV/AIDS orphans. Not only are …

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Festival Diary: Bringing “Hide Your Smiling Faces” to Berlin

by Daniel Carbone on April 4, 2013

My first feature, Hide You Smiling Faces, went into production in July of 2011 after over a year of script drafts. It’s been three years of work on a constantly evolving idea – a comfortable daily ritual – molding and chipping away at it in hopes it would one day …

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