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People Who Need People

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

One Story, Two Movies

Always looking around for New England documentaries, even if we have to go inside other movies that aren’t New England documentaries, like <em>The Fighter</em>…

Perk Up Your Ears

It’s time to start thinking about applying for LEF’s upcoming deadline: production and post-production LOIs are due on <strong>Friday, 28 January at 5pm.</strong>

People Who Need People

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!

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 &amp; Egg Pictures is on my
mind today.

MARCH SCREENINGS

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

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

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

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.

One Story, Two Movies

Always looking around for New England documentaries, even if we have to go inside other movies that aren’t New England documentaries, like <em>The Fighter</em>…

Perk Up Your Ears

It’s time to start thinking about applying for LEF’s upcoming deadline: production and post-production LOIs are due on <strong>Friday, 28 January at 5pm.</strong>