The four-to-five week run of New York Film Festival screenings and press conferences each fall functions as something of an annual end-of-summer camp for a certain caste of mostly local film journalists. The series of videos shot, directed, edited by and usually starring Jamie Stuart which document this ritual should be, then, something of a camp yearbook… except that over the years Stuart has only rarely seemed interested in directly documenting the festival itself. He uses the experience of the NYFF — its films, visiting filmmakers both relatively obscure (Hany Abu-Assad, Hong Sang-soo) and unquestionably famous (Warren Beatty, Nicole Kidman), […]

In Jamie Stuart’s final episode of his shorts series from the New York Film Festival, things have gotten a little out of hand for our video reporter. But he manages to get an interview with John Landis, whose documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project premiered at the fest. Approximate running time: 4:01. Download the short here by right clicking and choosing Save Target or Save Link. (26M) Please visit Jamie’s site at www.mutinycompany.com.

In the Fall ’07 issue of Filmmaker Jamie Stuart reviews the Pansonic AG-HPX500P. Here’s some footage he shot with the camera. Download the short here by right clicking and choosing Save Target or Save Link. (28M) Please visit Jamie’s site at www.mutinycompany.com.

In Jamie Stuart’s third installment of his shorts series from the New York Film Festival Todd Haynes explains his filmmaking methods and the motivations behind his latest film, I’m Not There. Approximate running time: 4:33. Download the short here by right clicking and choosing Save Target or Save Link. (58M) Please visit Jamie’s site at www.mutinycompany.com.

Filmmaker is very happy to be sponsoring gumshoe director/journalist Jamie Stuart’s annual take on the New York Film Festival this year. Here’s his first piece: Stuart… with music; Schwartzman… without mustache; Anderson… sans sous-titres. Approximate running time: 3:49. Download the short here by right clicking and choosing Save Target or Save Link. (26M) Please visit Jamie’s site at www.mutinycompany.com.