Filmmaking

NEW YORKER FILMS SHUTS DOWN

Via Indiewire the very sad news that New Yorker Films, the storied art-film distribution company that released the films of Godard, Tarkovsky, Bertolucci, Resnais, Wenders, among others, shut its doors today. From an email sent by New Yorker’s Jose Lopez to filmmakers that was then forwarded to Indiewire: I have sad news.The parent company of New Yorker Films has defaulted on a loan. The assets of New Yorker were used as security on the loan. The lender has informed us that it intends to foreclose on these assets. New Yorker stopped doing business yesterday…We are in total shock that after […]

By Scott Macaulay on Feb 23, 2009 Filmmaking
IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT, MICKEY ROURKE AT THE SPIRITS

By Scott Macaulay on Feb 22, 2009 Filmmaking
THE WRESTLER WINS BIG WITH THREE SPIRIT AWARDS INCLUDING BEST FEATURE

Film Independent‘s Spirit Awards just concluded in Santa Monica with Darren Aronofsky‘s The Wrestler walking away with Best Feature, Cinematography and Best Male Lead for Mickey Rourke, who did not disappoint when accepting the award (hopefully he kept some material for tomorrow night). Milk won Best Supporting Male (James Franco) and Best First Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black), Frozen River took home the Producer Award (Heather Rae) and Female Lead (Melissa Leo), Vicky Cristina Barcelona also took home two awards (Best Supporting Female for Penélope Cruz and Best Screenplay for Woody Allen) while Tom McCarthy received Best Director for The Visitor. […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Feb 21, 2009 Filmmaking
ALBERT MAYSLES ON A LIFE IN THE MOVIES

Our friends at Vice alerted us to this five-part series on Vice’s VBS.tv about the great doc filmmaker Albert Maysles. Check it out at the link, and the first episode is embedded below.

By Scott Macaulay on Feb 18, 2009 Filmmaking
HELP US TWITTER

Taking note of the increasing number of our friends and fans on Twitter as well as the recent (and, I’m sure, orchestrated) barrage of mainstream coverage of the service, I set up a Filmmaker mag Twitter account (the Twitter ID is FilmmakerMag). Initially I thought I’d simply import the blog stream into the Twitter feed so followers would get a tweet with the URL every time the blog was updated. But then I started reading around and it seems that this kind of usage is a faux pas in the Twitter world. I’m of course well aware that numerous companies […]

By Scott Macaulay on Feb 18, 2009 Filmmaking
GONDRY AND FORD ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF FIRST BABELGUM MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS

Director Michel Gondry and singer-songrwiter David Ford have announced the winners of of the first ever Babelgum Music Video Awards. Babelgum viewers from over 100 countries participated, for the first time simultaneously from the Web and from Mobile phones. The 10 finalists rated highest by the public online were then viewed by Gondry and Ford, for their final selection of the overall winner. From the release: The Babelgum Music Video “Grand Prize” (a record development deal with Universal Music UK) went to Quio (Germany) for her “So Dazed”, produced by Christine Lang (Director) and Maria Schöpe (Production design). “I liked […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Feb 18, 2009 Filmmaking
A NEW MEDIA ATTORNEY DISCUSSES FACEBOOK’S TOS

I posted below about the change in Facebook’s Terms of Service and the uproar it has caused online. From reading the various articles and postings, it seems like there are two groups of people discussing this. First, there are the regular Facebook users who employ the service to keep up with the friends, swap links, and occasionally post personal photos that are never intended to have a commercial use. Some of these people are disturbed by Facebook’s policies because they don’t want their daughter to grow up and become the next Angelina Jolie and then find all of her high-school […]

By Scott Macaulay on Feb 17, 2009 Filmmaking
EKANAYAKE PREMIERES INDIE FILM BLOGGER ROAD TRIP

If you are in New York tonight and are interested in the independent film blogosphere, you might want to attend the world premiere of Sujewa Ekanayake’s Indie Film Blogger Road Trip. It screens at the Anthology at 8:00pm, and it features interviews with a whole host of online film journalists, including Filmmaker contributors Anthony Kaufman and Brandon Harris. Ekanayake and several of the bloggers from the film will be present for a Q&A after the screening.

By Scott Macaulay on Feb 17, 2009 Filmmaking
SUNDANCE’S GEOFF GILMORE HEADS TO TRIBECA

Via Eugene Hernandez and Brian Brooks at Indiewire and Dade Hayes at Variety comes the huge news that Geoff Gilmore is leaving Sundance to join Tribeca Enterprises as its Chief Creative Officer. From Indiewire: According to today’s press release, Gilmore will be responsible for “Tribeca’s global content strategy and lead creative development initiatives and expansion of the brand.” He will also join the board of directors of Tribeca Enterprises. “I believe that Tribeca Enterprises is well positioned to develop a film organization that can create a new paradigm for the future,” Gilmore said, in a statement today. “The vision of […]

By Scott Macaulay on Feb 17, 2009 Filmmaking
IFP RELAUNCHES "SCRIPT TO SCREEN"

IFP announced today that after a five year sabbatical they are bringing back their spring conference, “Script to Screen.” Taking place March 7 & 8 at the New York Film Academy, the conference returns to address the new landscape and opportunities facing content creators working across platforms in film, television and new technologies. The conference opens with a conversation between James Schamus, Focus Features CEO, and Scott Macaulay, Editor of Filmmaker Magazine. The conference closes with a conversation with filmmaker Lee Daniels, director of the recent Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire. Other featured […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Feb 17, 2009 Filmmaking

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