Lessons Learned By the Pros
May 3, 2011
It was standing room only at the LEF/DocYard sponsored panel “When Does A Story Become a Film?: From Idea to Documentary” at IFFB on Sunday.
It’s a weekend full of LEF-supported screenings at IFFB!
April 29, 2011
3 films and 1 panel not to miss at the Independent Film Festival of Boston!
The Middletown Film Project a the HFA
April 29, 2011
With all of the new documentaries in town this week for the Independent Film Festival Boston…
Create a registry for your film!
April 15, 2011
A wedding registry is a very helpful way to avoid getting terrible gifts from your family when you and your true love finally make it legal (for those of us who are allowed to make it legal). But let’s be honest, your film is really your true love, right? So why not encourage your family and friends to make a gift through your film registry?
The National Conference on Media Reform
April 15, 2011
I was privileged last week to attend the opening day of the National Conference on Media Reform.
The Nieman Storyboard
April 8, 2011
I’ve been reading some wonderful content on the Nieman Storyboard, a great resource from the Nieman Foundation
People Who Need People
March 30, 2011
In an attempt to end my own laments at the long, thoughtful and studied blog entry on women in the documentary field in New England that I lost to the four corners, I instead make this appeal to everyone to step away from the computer and go meet someone in person.
Incubating and Hatching!
March 15, 2011
Every once in awhile I like to write about one of our colleagues in the
world of funding, as so many of them are doing inspirational work
worthy of spotlights and cheering. With their next Open Call deadline
coming up on Wednesday, March 30th, Chicken & Egg Pictures is on my
mind today.
MARCH SCREENINGS
March 11, 2011
A diverse group of screenings, from LEF grantees and other filmmakers of interest, to help get from the current lion-like part of March to the lamb-like part at the other end:<br />
Salem Film Fest 2011
February 18, 2011
The Salem Film Fest, not to be confused with the Salem (Oregon) Film Festival, is happening soon – March 4 – March 10) in Salem MA.
Movie Posters
February 11, 2011
I’ve been meaning to talk about movie posters since this post at Mubi.com’s daily notebook naming the SWEETGRASS poster as one of the top 10
Stock Footage on the Brain
February 4, 2011
I was excited to learn that the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be working with Rick Prelinger from the Prelinger Archives for this year’s Thematic Program – all things archival.
