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Film Festivals
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Just wanna drop a quick tip that my home people over at the Beneathearth Film Festival are offering a free panel tomorrow Weds. August 8th in New York City at the Wix Lounge. Among the team of expert panelists doling out filmmaking strategies and wisdom for free is my colleague, Chris Chan Roberso...read more
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If you didn't catch my earlier post, Spike Lee is about to drop a new self-financed movie shot on a Sony F3 Super 35mm Video Camera entitled, Red Hook Summer , which just premiered at Sundance 2012. Never one to shy away from controversy, when asked a question by audience member, Chris Rock, abou...read more
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- Tags: Red Hook Summer, Spike Lee, Sundance
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Big up this week to Terance Nance, another former student who once worked with me at the Production Center at NYU. His genre-bending film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty was just selected for the out of competition New Frontiers Sundance screenings that are described as consisting of: "work t...read more
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10 days. 101 films. 26 countries. Over 50 World and USA Premieres. June 3-12 at IndieScreen and Brooklyn Heights Cinema. www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/2011 The 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival opens TONIGHT! My man Nathan Kensinger, (an award-winning Brooklyn filmmaker in his own right) is the Di...read more
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Get FREE Tickets to see Raashad Ernesto Green's debut feature, Gun Hill Road, which just premiered at Sundance. We recently interviewed Rashad on an episode of The Double Down Film Show. Listen to the trials and tribulations of how he made the film, went to Sundance and got distribution - then go ...read more
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Hey good people, after a busy winter hiatus I am back on the blog scene. I've been spending some much neded time with the family, finishing up some projects for some of my corporate clients and getting deep into writing my next book, The Shut Up and Shoot Freelancer's Guide which I'll be sharing exc...read more
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It's that time of year again! The 11th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival starts this Tuesday, July 27. Latino films large and small will be screening at 2 venues in the city: the School of Visual Arts Theater and the Clearview Cinemas Chelsea 9.If you want to get a head-start on the...read more
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At the request of IFP, I am going to be writing a few blog entries about this years Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. As a member of the US Delegation, I am attending all events and will just be giving some insider info. I am posting the article here, but you can check out this article and future o...read more
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Often times indie filmmakers glean whatever techniques they find useful from traditional producing. Well, in times when producing and distribution have gone topsy turby, one always needs to be open to new ideas. Well I just want to share some innovative methods that have been getting some attention ...read more
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- Tags: film festival, fundraising, Producing, Rotterdam
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Ok, so indie filmmakers these days are just finding out if Sundance and Berlin and SXSW film festivals accepted or rejected their films- and for those who unfortunately get rejection letters, it is time to move down to Plan B (or C or D or X) and apply to other lower-profile film festivals in ...read more
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