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10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: Dawn Porter

The odds may be long, but it is possible to see your first film be accepted by Sundance, win a Sundance award, and be bought by HBO. All you need is talent, passion, drive, determination, discipline,...

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10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: Lucy Mulloy

Lucy Mulloy originally intended to shoot Una Noche, as a short film for her thesis project at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts graduate film program. But it became her debut feature film...

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10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: Tom Bean and Luke Poling

There’s a short clip from The Simpsons in the new documentary Plimpton!read more

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10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: Lu Lu

Lu Lu is no stranger to a language gap. Even her name is a constant source of confusion in America. “They ask me my first name. I say ‘Lu.’ Then they ask me for my last name, and I say ‘Lu.’ They think...

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10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: John Alan Thompson

John Alan Thompson is a man who promulgates the world of the bizarre, the supernatural, and the surreal. Moving from place to place when he was a child exposed Thompson to a variety of environments....

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10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: Jason DaSilva

“It was kind of like an art project”, says writer/director Jason DaSilva as he recollects the beginnings of his feature documentary, When I Walk.read more

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10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro

A reality TV dating show might be the last place you would think to explore the societal pressures women face, much less mine the depths of genuine emotional pathos. But then, you aren't filmmaker...

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10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: Errol Webber

Errol Webber caught our attention at Sundance in January 2013 when he attended as one of the cinematographers on American Promise, which won the US documentary special jury award for achievement in...

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Artifacts from Cinematic Heaven and Hell: The Kubrick Cult Lives at LACMA!

Cinephiles and art lovers alike who will make the trek to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to see the popular Stanley Kubrick retrospective should be prepared to have their minds blown in...

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All Indie Family

In the land of Hollywood hyphens, the Trost family shares more than titles and a familiar last name. Together, they have enough skills to staff their own projects.read more

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An Affair of the Rock Doc

Directed and produced by filmmaker Sylvia Caminer, the rockumentary An Affair of the Heart revolves around Australian-born Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Rick Springfield and his devoted fans....

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TFI Transmedia Case Study: "Hollow"

The film industry, like the rest of the media world, is trending towards digital, mobile, and online. Change is coming in the form of interactive storytelling and transmedia and Tribeca Film Institute...

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TIFF 2013: When Movies Bring On- and Off-Screen Families Together

This may well be a cautionary tale of having good email etiquette. After wrapping Terry Miles'A Night for Dying Tigers (2010) actress Lauren Lee Smith sent Miles a note thanking him for the experience...

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TIFF 2013: Report from the Second Annual Asian Film Summit

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) first presented the Asian Film Summit in 2012 and it was proclaimed a success.read more

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TIFF 2013: President of the Club of Romantics

A Promise is a romantic drama filled with silent glances, small gestures, and hidden emotions. It is set in Germany, just before WWI, and revolves around a married woman (Rebecca Hall) who falls in...

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IDFA 2013: The Endless Frontier of Interactive Reality

The Interactive Reality Conference on November 24th was organized by IDFA Doclab’s Caspar Sonnen and Veerle Devreese of The Flemish Culture House (de Brakke Grond) and hosted by Ove Rishoj Jensen.read...

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An Indie Film Odyssey: Making (and Screening) “Homer and Penelope”

Partway through Homer’s The Odyssey, the hero Odysseus is advised, in the midst of epic challenges, “Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.” The...

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Do You Know Where Your Film and Video Masters Are?

Editor's Note: We are posting this email message from Sandra Schulberg at her request as a courtesy to our readers who share concerns over preserving and archiving independent films. We plan to follow...

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Cinematic Lessons From a Cold War Era

Red Hollywood (Thom Andersen, Noël Burch. 1995. USA. 119 min.)read more

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Tribeca 2014: Interactive's Audience Now Has an Audience

Part of the mission of Tribeca Film Festival is to “redefine the film festival experience.” Nothing does this more than the ever expanding Innovation Week at Tribeca.read more

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