Film festivals must do more these days than just bring films to the public. The filmmakers need far more support than just that if they are going to be able to sustain a life of making ambitious and diverse work. Fortunately SOME festivals are doing something to help. The Lone Star International ...
Read More »I have a few things coming up in my efforts to help save Indie Film. I get tired just looking at the list.
Read More »Christine Vachon and I have toured the world, preaching the indie gospel. Well, okay, we've toured UK & Scandinavia with a stop-over in Amsterdam, but now we've succumbed to popular demand and are going to share a good deal of what we know and what we've learned in one one day session in NYC on Nov...
Read More »I don't like panels. They can never be conversations. They are usually five people pushing separate agendas that have no relation to what the audience is looking to learn.
Read More »What? You claim you can't make it to my "mogul" talk at TIFF. So, what are you doing this October? Among other things, I am going to the 27th Warsaw Film Festival. The very same international film fest where my wife's production THE IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE! last year won the 1-2 Competition...
Read More »Did you know I Executive Produced this years Best Actor & Critic Prize Winning Film at the world's oldest film festival? Martin Donovan's COLLABORATOR is that film. My guess is you did not get over to the Czech Republic last month to see it. But you know what?
Read More »A little while ago I got to participate in a great discussion at Google, centered around Frank Rose's must-read book The Art Of Immersion. Joining Frank and I were Chris Di Cesare, Director of Creative Programming at Google Creative Lab, i Paul Woolmington, Founding Partner of Naked Communications,...
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