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Burns Family Studios won the "2009 Indie Best of Show" award at the Indie Fest for its recent release
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The Chickasaw Nation has won a prestigious "Best of Show" award from The Indie Fest for the feature film Pearl. This true story of a Chickasaw girl from Oklahoma
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Audience response to “Pearl” screenings at AFI Dallas International Film Festival was “extremely positive,” said producer Dave Rennke.
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Pearl, the true story of a Chickasaw girl from Oklahoma who became the youngest licensed pilot in the U.S. in 1928, will be screened 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at the International Cherokee Film Festival
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After decades storyboarding commercials coast to coast, Frank Kasy is segueing into storyboarding films and painting film posters
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Sacramento, CA — Everyone wonders how to find love and once you have found it, how to make love last. The “Secrets To Love” documentary, featuring Actress...
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‘Bronx Paradise’ Writer Wayne Gurman tells an honest Bronx tale, warts and all
“’It’s my life,’ said Gurman, 43, bald and athletically-built. “I was a cocaine
dealer, and a bookie.” ...
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Industry News & Press Releases |
Movieset.com- the movie marketing digital media platform that integrates
with your production process to build a core audience from development
through distribution- and it’s free. .....
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With a lot of competitions appearing for filmmakers, we want to tell you about the best ones…
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(La Jolla, CA, 12/08/09) - The Indie Fest is proud to announce the latest
winners. The awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout ...
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Distributor House of Film is making its debut at AFM under the leadership of noted independent film exec Ava B ...
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Michael O‘Rourke‘s first short film ― Refuge of Dragonflies - received two Awards ...
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(La Jolla, CA, 09/12/09) - The Indie Fest is proud to announce the latest
winners. The awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout ...
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The People‘s Choice Awards (PCA) and American Film Market (AFM) have teamed to
create an unprecedented Favorite Film Pitch contest....
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(New York, NY) "The Mattress Hustle," a short film Directed by Susan Watson Turner, will be screened at the 2009
Imagenation Film Festival at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, Monday, August 10...
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“Amazónico soy” premiado en Indie Fest de Estados Unidos...
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July 12, 2009 Award-winning Writer, Actor, and Director, Peter Wick has
completed photography of his third feature, titled Rock Paper Scissors. Rock
Paper Scissors has received four grants...
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(La Jolla, CA, 06/10/09) - The Indie Fest is proud to announce the latest
winners. The awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout ...
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THE MATTRESS HUSTLE
The Mattress Hustle," a short film Directed by Susan Watson Turner, will be
screened at the 2009 Reel Women Festival in Los Angeles, Saturday, March 28 at 8p.m....
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Award-winning filmmaker Peter Wick has received...
four grants from Seattle's Northwest Film Forum to shoot his next feature - his third - Rock Paper Scissors, in June of this year...
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Independent’s Fight Back
IFTA’s Members are virtually unable to license their films and programs to
television in the United States since the studios, broadcast and cable networks
have combined into a few large conglomerates. These same forces threaten the
opportunities for independent programs on the Internet.
We have raised our concerns about the negative effect of media consolidation on
the public’s access to independent and diverse programs to Congress and the
Federal Communications Commission. That message now will be renewed to the Obama
Administration.
Here you will find information, videos and a petition to the new FCC. Please
take a look, sign the petition, and pass it along to others who care about
independent media!
To raise awareness of this vital issue, we have launched a new website:
www.FightForIndependents.org
And please check back often for news.
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The magic fades away at Sundance film fest – The Boston Globe
Lukewarm Sundance festival prompts yet another reexamination of the general state of the tradition of independent film, which seems, at the moment, to be in peril ...
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Streetology 1 Network
NEW YORK, NY – Streetology Production’s Inc., a company that provides a wide range of concept and production services to clients in the entertainment industry, is announcing .....
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 Cannes Film Market: Marché du
Film
May 12-23, 2010
(The following information is quoted from the Marché du Film website:
ww.marchedufilm.com)
Jérôme Paillard, Executive Director, Marché du Film
“The Marché du Film represents an essential event for all the film industry’s
players. Once more, producers, sales companies, distributors, film professionals
as a whole, will benefit from an event specifically designed for them. A unique
opportunity to meet, to exchange ideas, in a word for projects to progress; an
invaluable resource to face the world’s current changes in technology and
economy.”
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 NATPE heads to Miami Beach in 2011
NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) is taking its 2011
television market next January to the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. Over
the years NATPE has evolved toward increasing involvement by Latin American
television professionals. With the Latin American’s in mind, NATPE’s transition
to Miami seems logical as many such potential participants have offices and
homes in Miami which will save travel and lodging expenses. Recently the 1,500
room Fontainebleau Hotel underwent a reported $1 billion renovation.
For more information about NATPE 2011 go to:
http://www.natpe.org/natpe/
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 NATPE: New media platforms bring
big opportunities for filmmakers and television producers
As Bill Clinton’s campaign staff said in the ‘90s, “It's the economy, stupid”.
The elephant in the room at this year’s NATPE (National Association of
Television Program Executives) television market was the estimated 2,000
participants as compared to the 6,500 record in 2008. Needless to say the
surviving distributors were selling to fewer rights buyers from around the
world. That was the bad news.
The good news is...
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NATPE Announces Final Line-Up of
Speakers for
2010 Market and Conference: Begins January 25th
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has announced
the final line-up of speakers and activities scheduled for its annual Market &
Conference at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas January 25-27. Click to
www.natpemarket.com.
More than 250 global industry leaders and innovators in content creation, cross
platform production and distribution, advertising, marketing...
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 Filmmaker Robin Peters at AFM
by Yayoi Lena Winfrey
Dreams are a way of life for filmmaker Robin Peters. The owner of Dreamscape
Cinema knows how important it is to have a dream and the hard work it takes to
make it come true. At the age of 12, Peters was just dreaming about becoming a
filmmaker. But by the time he was 30, his dream came true when he made his first
film. Peters has been making movies ever since. With six feature films in
distribution, and many more in various stages of development and production, the
busy filmmaker vows to never stop dreaming about making more films.
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 Filmmaker Bryan Hall’s take on AFM 2009
Here's my take on AFM this year. I went with a finished film in hand, Paper
Boys, a hip, irreverent teenage boy's coming-of-age film with a serious main
story and a series comic ensemble relief. Forty-five screeners were distributed
about a month before the market and a little bit of validation of the film's
merit from a few festivals and awards. Our film had no known actors and was for
the most part, a drama, but could be marketed for its comic relief much like
Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dead Poets Society.
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 After the Market
2009 American Film Market
by Yayoi Lena Winfrey
Even as the American Film Market (AFM) celebrated its 30th anniversary, an
economic pall seemed to spoil the party. In spite of 8,000 attendees from over
70 countries participating in the ten-day buying and selling frenzy, it appeared
that festive excesses of the past were no more.
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 Filmmaker Chris Abell’s Talks About AFM 2009
by Chris Abell
In 2005 I attended the AFM as an attendee with no film, no finished script and quite frankly no idea what I was doing there. It seemed I had been hurled into a bizarre world of film I had not prepared for. Only upon my return to the 2009 AFM with a finished feature film did I truly understand the complexities of the business surrounding film and my role in it. I felt more like a business man than a film maker.
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 The American Film Market (AFM)
November 4-11 Santa Monica
by Yayoi Lena Winfrey
This November marks the 30th year for the American Film Market. That fact alone
proves just how much it’s needed--even during these economically trying times
and, perhaps, even more now because of it.
When I first moved to Santa Monica in 1996, I became intrigued by the banners
dotting the city announcing that AFM was in town. Back then, the Market was held
in February, and signs in retail outlets and restaurants that welcomed it back
were omnipresent...
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To Survive, Independents Must Create Unique Films
In his address at the IFTA Production Conference held recently in Santa Monica,
keynote speaker Bill Mechanic, President/CEO of Pandemonium LLC and former
Chairman/CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, said that independent producers are
being blocked by too many insignificant movies clogging the distribution
channels. Tightening economic conditions have sent sharp pains through the
industry with vibrant markets such as DVD and TV having “evaporated in front of
our eyes”. Mechanic said the question is whether the condition is fatal.
Mechanic said the reason he was pushed out the door of Fox was because
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11th Annual Production Conference
The Independent Film and Television Alliance is hosting a half-day program on
Tuesday, September 29th.
In addition to a keynote speaker, there will be two
important seminars...
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Cannes Film Festival Market will be held May 13-22
What is the difference between the Festival de Cannes and the Cannes Film
Festival Market (Marché de Film)? The Festival de Cannes is one of the world’s
major film festivals. It brings together the artistic and commercial dimensions
of cinema by promoting cinematographic and professional exchanges. The Marché du
Film takes place in parallel to the Festival and is the most important meeting
of professionals of the film industry from all over the world where they buy and
sell film rights, find co-producers and network.
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 European Film Market Comes to a Successful Close
Officials from the European Film Market 2009 (EFM) reported that business was
good despite the difficult global economic situation. Beki Probst, Market
Director, said the event "was an EFM of mixed emotions, yet market activity
remained stable".
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