Just a quick note from the Sundance Film Festival, currently underway in Park City, Utah, that the festival is making 10 shorts from the fest available for free on iTunes. From the home page of the festival (here), click on the banner on the right and you will be transported to their iTunes home. I’m [...]

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Infinicine has a comprehensive list of companys that will sell your film online and pay you. The list includes some obvious ones like iTunes, Amazon, Netflix and Jaman, but there are a few on there that were news to me, like BitTorrent and CinemaNow, which apparently has a deal with Blockbuster. They also mention TFI’s [...]

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Via The Chutry Experiment. Is it confusing?

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It’s a sad story behind the Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant – a filmmaker’s life was cut short by a heart attack. “His friends, family and colleagues established this development grant to help other emerging filmmakers reach their potential.” The grant funds travel and accomodation to attend the Full Frame Documentary Festival. Applications are due [...]

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In 2005, Congress mandated television move from analog to digital transmission. The conversion required huge expenditures for stations, which has been a huge problem for public broadccasters, and now, according to the NY Times, consumers are confused and can’t get government subsized converter boxes for their TVs, so Obama wants to delay the switch-over.
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