Filmmaking

25 NEW FACES ALUMNI

With the summer issue going live on the site tomorrow, which includes our 10th year doing “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” we thought it would be fun as a lead up to list “The 25” alumni. Click on the year below to read up on your favorite 25s of years past (sorry, ’98 – ’00 aren’t online). And keep your eyes peeled to the blog in the coming weeks as we’ll be catching up with some of these names to see what they’re currently up to. (If you were a 25 New Face, it’s not too late to let […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Jul 22, 2008 Filmmaking
FROM HERE TO AWESOME ANNOUNCES LINE UP

Along with their DIY DAYS, FHTA will also use the event in L.A. this week to unveil the films that will be showcased in their traveling distribution film festival around the country in the next six months. They are… FEATURES Abel Raises Cain – directed by Jenny Able and Jeff Hockett An unprecedented glimpse into the life and bizarre career of infamous media prankster, Alan Abel, told from the viewpoint of his daughter, Jenny. An offbeat portrait of an eccentric father, the film takes the audience on an unusual ride through the myriad of outlandish stunts and satirical campaigns that […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Jul 21, 2008 Filmmaking
SANS THUMBS?

In a post earlier today on his website, Roger Ebert says he will no longer be involved with the show that has made him a film icon. “After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program named “Siskel & Ebert” and then “Ebert & Roeper” in a new direction,” he writes. Time.com is also reporting that Ebert’s co-host, Richard Roeper, will also be leaving the show (his last appearance will take place in mid August). Ebert has been off the air since 2006 due to medical problems and a dispute […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Jul 21, 2008 Filmmaking
DGA’S DIGITAL DAY

Over at Scott Kirsner‘s CinemaTech blog, he highlights the agenda for next week’s Directors Guild of America‘s annual “Digital Day.” An excerpt: Digital Day takes place in LA next Saturday, August 2nd, and the agenda looks interesting: sessions on motion capture, 3D television, virtual worlds, and developing content for the Internet and mobile phones. The theme this year is “Size Matters: Creating Content for Big and Small Screens.” Speakers include 3D cinematography gurus Vince Pace and Steve Schklair and directors Eric Brevig (Journey to the Center of the Earth), Penelope Spheeris, Marshall Herskovitz and Demian Lichtenstein. Click here to learn […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Jul 20, 2008 Filmmaking
INDIEWIRE SOLD TO SNAGFILMS

While we were all sleeping last night the folks at indieWIRE were preparing the announcement of a deal with the site SnagFilms. What is SnagFilms? (I had to look it up myself) Variety describes it as “Hulu-style free streaming with social networking in that films stream for free but can also be shared or posted to Facebook pages or blogs.” The doc distrib site was created by former AOLers Ted Leonsis and backed by Steve Case and Miles Gilburne. Its Beta version launched today with 250 titles supplied by PBS, National Geographic, IndiePix, Arts Alliance America and Koch Lorber with […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Jul 17, 2008 Filmmaking
THE CLASS TO OPEN 46TH NYFF

In an announcement sent out today, the Film Society of Lincoln Center has chosen Laurent Cantet‘s Palme d’Or winner The Class as the opening film of the 2008 New York Film Festival, marking the film’s American debut (the film will be released later in the year through Sony Pictures Classics). Two showcases at the Walter Reade Theater have also been announced. “In the Realm of Oshima” will celebrate the work of Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Oshima and runs thoughout the festival while the annual “Views from the Avant-Garde” will feature a 30th anniversary of Guy Debord‘s In girum imus nocte et […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Jul 15, 2008 Filmmaking
WERE YOU ONE OF OUR 25 NEW FACES?

This coming issue marks the tenth anniversary of our “25 New Faces” feature and as part of several activities we’re compiling a list of the accomplishments of people who have been on the list. If you’ve been profiled as part of this feature, please let us know what you are up to — what projects you’ve made since appearing on the list and what projects you are in the midst of making. You can email me at editor.filmmmakermagazine AT gmail.com.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 10, 2008 Filmmaking
ACTA ACTION

Charles Arthur in The Guardian writes about Acta, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement about to be ratified at the G8. Is it an inevitable government response to piracy and filesharing, or a belated rear guard action doomed to failure? He explores both possibilities. Here’s his lede: The heads of the G8 governments, meeting this week, are about to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), which – it’s claimed – could let customs agents search your laptop or music player for illegally obtained content. The European Parliament is considering a law that would lead to people who illicitly download copyrighted music or […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 10, 2008 Filmmaking
INTERVIEWING SYD MEAD

At Boing Boing, Joel Johnson interviews designer Syd Mead, whose work includes Aliens, Tron and Blade Runner.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 9, 2008 Filmmaking
A MEETING OF THE DIY MINDS

Here’s something to mark down on your calander complements of the folks at From Here To Awesome. DIY DAYS | fund :: create :: distribute :: sustainJuly 26th 9:30am to 7:30pm Under Spring, 1745 North Spring #4, Los Angeles, CA 90012 What’s an independent filmmaker to do in these times of a failing industry, piracy and so much damn competition? The industry pioneers behind Head Trauma, Four Eyed Monsters, and We are the Strange created From Here to Awesome to help artists find their way. And from the awesomeness was born DIY DAYS, a day to bring a bunch of […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Jul 9, 2008 Filmmaking

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