Documentary magazine editor Tom White pointed me to a great article by filmmaker Paul Devlin over at The Independent. Devlin has a new film, BLAST!, that he launched at this year’s HotDocs. He shares his experiences navigating the festival experience with valuable insight:
Festival programmers want virgins. So choose wisely where your film is going to [...]
I saw this jaw-dropping commercial on TV that I wanted to show you. I go to my computer and type in “High School Musical 3″ and “Sara Lee” into Google. I kid you not. It was a commercial of kids dancing and signing their hearts out to sell bread… PB and J to be specific. [...]
An interesting article by John Jurgensen about the recent online-only film releases:
Independent filmmakers are known for taking risks with their art, but many are wary of digital distribution. Now, as perceptions shift, they’re going online in growing numbers. Thursday, “Haze,” a film making its debut at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York, also [...]
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley delivered a speech at MIPCOM aimed at alleviating distributors’ fears over online distribution. It’s mostly not very interesting, however, the rights management portion caught my attention:
Hundreds of millions of people around the world were able to engage and experience the Olympics online, many of whom never had never had the opportunity [...]
The Motion Picture Association of America filed suit against RealNetworks to stop the sale of software that allowed copying of DVDs. Wired is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that the software likely violates the Digital Millemnium Copyright Act and has barred RealNetworks from further sales. From Judge Renews Decision Barring Sale of DVD-Copying [...]
Apologies for getting this to you a bit late, as the tribute screenings showing the work of the late St. Clair Bourne began yesterday. However, there is still plenty more to come so if you are in NYC, here are the details, straight from the press release:
Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee and Melvin Van Peebles honored [...]
If you watched the debate last night, perhaps you, like me, feel frustrated with the canned language of the candidates. We’ve heard the talking points before and at least my expectation is that the debate is a chance to elaborate and show some of their thinking, but I’d also like to know that they are [...]
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