Authors — Jason Guerrasio

TRAKOVSKY ON TARKOVSKY

Jamie Stuart interviews documentary filmmaker Dmitry Trakovsky on his film Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky, which looks at the late auteur through his collaborators and friends. The film is currently playing at the Lincoln Center in New York as part of their Tarkovsky retrospective. See interview here. Running time: 4:20 Learn more about Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky here.
by Jason Guerrasio on Jul 10, 2009
A Beacon of Democracy?: Distributing Lovely By Surprise

As I settle back in from a wonderful July 4th get-away, I am reminded of a mantra we used to chant at InDigEnt all the time (we were a spiritual bunch). It was about how the digital revolution in filmmaking truly is a democratizing factor in production and distribution. I believed it then and I believe it now. While that phrase has been thrown around to mean all kinds of things, what it really means to me is that technology is reducing the barriers to entry for the making of films and subsequently for the dissemination of those films to […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Jul 6, 2009
BIGELOW TALKS ABOUT HURT LOCKER @ APPLE STORE

Tonight our first Filmmaker/Apple “Meet The Filmmaker” event takes place at the Apple Store in SoHo at 8pm (103 Prince St.). Nick Dawson will be interviewing our Spring cover director Kathryn Bigelow about her new film, The Hurt Locker, which opens this weekend. The event is open to the public. Following the first 38 days of army bomb expert Sgt. Will James (Jeremy Renner) in Iraq, The Hurt Locker (pictured) is a trademark Kathryn Bigelow film. Like Near Dark, Point Break or Strange Days the action is non-stop and includes a breakout performance by Renner. Check out what we mean […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Jun 22, 2009
“LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD”

If you’re not familiar with David Kaplan’s work this is a good CliffsNotes on his talents, which caught our eye back in 1999 when we made him one of our 25 New Faces of Independent Film. With the main focus put on his 1997 Sundance short, Little Red Riding Hood, a black and white-shot adaptation of The Story of Grandmother folk tale, the disc also includes two other shorts, Little Suck-a-Thumb (1992) and The Frog King (1994). Kaplan’s Riding Hood telling is a mix between Tim Burton and Guy Maddin with a little toilet humor sprinkled in with narration voiced […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Jun 15, 2009
A GLIMPSE AT CINEVEGAS ’09

Head over to Festival Ambassador to see Mike Jones‘s coverage of the festival (part 1, part 2 & part 3), which wrapped over the weekend with Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s Easier With Practice winning the Grand Prize of $10,000. Other winners include:Best Documentary: Douglas Tirola’s All In: The Poker MovieBest Short: Destin Daniel’s Short Term 12Special Grand Jury Prize for Directing: Justin Nowell’s Acting for the CameraSpecial Documentary Jury Prize for Artistic Vision: Jessica Oreck’s Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo Robert Saitzyk (director) and Cory Knauf and Joseph McKelheer (screenwriters) Exceptional Artistic Achievement Award for GodspeedFilmmaker to Watch Award: Jeff Mizushima’s Etienne!
by Jason Guerrasio on Jun 15, 2009
MOORE TALK

Michael Moore‘s upcoming untitled film will look at the global financial crisis. Below is the teaser that began running in theaters this weekend. The film opens in early Oct.
by Jason Guerrasio on Jun 13, 2009
"I’VE NEVER BEEN TO THAT TOWN, BUT I’VE BEEN THROUGH IT."

You may recall Scott’s post in late March where he showed the trailer for a bizarre film called After Last Season which included an MRI machine that looked like it was made out of cardboard (pictured) and perplexing lines like “They’ve got printers in the basement you can use.” Since then the debate has raged if this is a real movie. Well, the time has come. After Last Season opens today in Lancaster, CA, North Aurora, IL, Rochester, NY, and Austin, TX. Michael Tully earlier this week on Hammer to Nail said he may take a drive from the Newport […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Jun 5, 2009
BYRD STEPPING DOWN AS IFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The IFP has announced today that executive director Michelle Byrd will be stepping down when her contract expires on Dec. 31. Byrd has been with the organization since 1992 when she was in charge of a number of membership and programming responsibilities before being promoted to deputy director in February 1996 and then executive director in April 1997. The IFP is the publisher of Filmmaker Magazine. From the release: In her role as Executive Director she has overseen the strategic direction and growth of all of IFP’s activities, including:– re-positioning the founding program (now called Independent Film Week™) and its […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Jun 5, 2009
DAVID CARRADINE FOUND DEAD

Very sad news is sweeping through the blogshpere of actor David Carradine‘s suicide in a Bangkok hotel room either late last night or early this morning. He was 72-years-old. Variety reports here. UPDATE: The Associated Press reports the Thai police are now saying Carradine’s suicide may have been accidental.
by Jason Guerrasio on Jun 4, 2009
IFP ANNOUNCES 10 PROJECTS FOR NARRATIVE LAB

Today IFP announced the projects selected for this year’s Independent Filmmaker Lab, taking place next week. In it’s 5th year, the Lab is a highly immersive, free mentorship program for low-budget ($1 million) first feature films that have shot all or a substantial amount of footage but have not completed post-production. The goal of the program is to connect mentors with projects before they are submitted to film festivals. Past participants include The New Year Parade (2008 Slamdance Grand Jury Narrative Prize winner) and Half-Life (2008 Sundance Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival). The 2009 Narrative Lab leaders are […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Jun 1, 2009

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