31 Oct
Posted by Agnes Varnum as Big Picture, Policy
Via Art Brodsky, communications director of PK, “At about the same time this morning that Gigi [Sohn, president of PK] was giving a major speech on copyright reform at Boston University, she was also part of a Good Morning America story on copyright reform.
The GMA story was about the woman who got a take-down notice [...]
For those of you who don’t know, I recently moved to Austin, and I very much wanted to attend the recent NAMAC conference. But, just starting a new job and getting settled in my new place made that a tall order. The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture is a service organization for media [...]
15 Oct
Posted by Pamela Cohn as Big Picture, Creative Process, Distribution, Reframe
During IFP’s Independent Film Week last month, I saw Brent Hoff, executive producer of Wholphin, pop in and out of my line of vision almost everywhere I went. Sitting on the “Finding Your Audience†panel with Karina Longworth, Todd Rohal, Mark Elijah Rosenberg and John Vanco, watching works-in-progress in the filmmaker library, attending screenings, [...]
I went to the Austin Film Festival’s French Legation BBQ on Friday and ran into Christen McArdle, the executive director of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, who reminded me about their battle for state funding without censorship of the films that they show. I am hoping to meet up with Christen and get some more [...]
I went to the Austin Film Festival’s French Legation BBQ on Friday and ran into Christen McArdle, the executive director of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, who reminded me about their battle for state funding without censorship of the films that they show. I am hoping to meet up with Christen and get some more [...]
I went to the Austin Film Festival’s French Legation BBQ on Friday and ran into Christen McArdle, the executive director of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, who reminded me about their battle for state funding without censorship of the films that they show. I am hoping to meet up with Christen and get some more [...]
This weekend brings more film fest madness to our fair city. The East Village hosts the 3rd Annual Evil City Film Festival. With a jam-packed schedule of stellar independent shorts, animation, music videos and features–and, of course, plenty of parties–you can dive in and see what’s been raging on the international festival scene [...]
01 Oct
Posted by Pamela Cohn as Big Picture, Creative Process, Distribution, Education, Reframe, Technology
As a featured component of Los Angeles’ International AFI Film Festival, AFI DigiFest is presenting two interactive media showcases highlighting the latest innovations in digital media and their real-world applications. Presented at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ beautiful Linwood-Dunn Theater, the two days of presentations and seminars will be filled with [...]
30 Sep
Posted by Pamela Cohn as Big Picture, Creative Process, Distribution, Reframe
Indiepix chairman, Barnet Louis Liberman, saw the potential for “breaking down the barriers between filmmakers and their audiences.†When the company was started in 2003, the creators saw a chance to be involved not only in the marketing and distribution of independent film, but to be an integral component in filmmakers’ careers, shepherding long-term [...]
30 Sep
Posted by Pamela Cohn as Big Picture, Creative Process, Distribution, Reframe
Indiepix chairman, Barnet Louis Liberman, saw the potential for “breaking down the barriers between filmmakers and their audiences.†When the company was started in 2003, the creators saw a chance to be involved not only in the marketing and distribution of independent film, but to be an integral component in filmmakers’ careers, shepherding long-term [...]