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Envision 2013: The Longevity Dividend

by S. Jay Olshansky on April 2, 2013

This year’s Envision topic is  Stories of the Global Health Challenge. You can watch the livestream TODAY April 11th from 9:00am – 6:00pm at www.envisionfilm.org

Dr. S. Jay Olshansky will be speaking at Envision 2013 and joins our blog network to address the global issue …

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Who Wrote It Better? Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan on the Lena Dunham Phenomenon

by Desiree Akhavan on March 21, 2013

Lena Dunham has been coming up a lot lately in my therapy sessions.

I don’t feel safe in the world now that she’s out and about.  Let me clarify: my work is not safe- my potential career is in jeopardy.  We’re too damn similar and she beat me to …

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A call for collaboration in the indie VFX community

by Cassandra Del Viscio on March 20, 2013

VFX work for “Ain’t Them Body Saints” Directed by David Lowery

Watching the Rhythm and Hues bankruptcy and the rightful backlash from the Oscars unfold, I have taken an odd comfort that the problems we face in the VFX industry are consistent, regardless of scale and budget.

As a small …

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Top 10 lessons I’ve learned as a SXSW newbie

by Dara Bratt on March 19, 2013

I was super excited when I learnt that my short documentary “Flutter” was accepted to SXSW.  After weeks of prepping postcards, business cards and posters, it was time to go.

My buildup to departure was full of anxiety. With full east coast snowstorm alerts, it wasn’t a sure bet I’d make …

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Beyond The Green Squares: Why Are Visual Effects Workers So Unhappy?

by Greg Gilpatrick on March 14, 2013

                Did you know today is Pi Day?  Don’t get excited for free pie or a day devoted to Darren Aronofsky’s sci-fi indie classic.  March 14 (3/14 – a sly reference to Ang Lee’s VFX-heavy “Life of Pi”) is the day that VFX workers around the world hold …

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by Ibrahim Mahdi on March 14, 2013

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Why you should steal our film

by Kenton Bartlett on March 13, 2013

Missing Pieces is available 100% free online. It was not pirated illegally, and it’s not something we threw together overnight to give away.

Our team spent five years on it with the help of 600 volunteers and a work load of over 137,000 man-hours. It cost $100,000 and stars Mark Boone …

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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Public Domain

by Mark Litwak on March 12, 2013

In a suit filed recently in federal court in Chicago[1], a top Sherlock Holmes scholar alleged that many licensing fees paid to the Arthur Conan Doyle estate have been unnecessary, since the main characters and elements of their story derive from materials in the public domain. The suit was brought …

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