Chris Marker: Links and Thoughts
August 1, 2012
Plenty has been written online about French filmmaker Chris Marker, who died this past Sunday.
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
July 5, 2012
One of my favorite scenes in The 40 Year Old Virgin (yes, I have a favorite scene from The 40 Year Old Virgin) is when Steve Carell, after having a fight with his girlfriend, flees her apartment and rides his bike home at night with traffic backed up behind him.
Flaherty Updates: #1 Garth Donovan
June 28, 2012
Not attempting to earn brownie points here, but I actually did enter this year’s Flaherty Seminar with little or no preconceptions, especially about what I would be seeing up on the big screen.
In Short
June 1, 2012
Sometimes they seem like the overlooked little siblings of the movie family, but short films need nurturing just like their feature-length counterparts. Fortunately, there are some exciting opportunities out there right now for shorts; if you’re in the process of making one, these avenues might help shepherd it towards a successful future.
All things interactive…
May 8, 2012
Transmedia is the word of the day! A lot of energy has been going to the newest generation of multi-platform, interactive, crowd-sourced nonfiction work.
Creative Capital is On Our Radar
April 13, 2012
The fantastic folks at Creative Capital have created yet another way to support the artists in their universe.
Fair and Square
April 3, 2012
At the end of last month I went to a Copyright and Fair Use Workshop with Attorney Karen Shatzkin, sponsored by Emerson College’s department of Visual and Media Arts.
10 Years of the Moving Image Fund
April 2, 2012
Earlier this year, we decided a party was in order as part of celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the LEF Moving Image Fund.
The New Art of Documentary Summit at MIT
March 27, 2012
I had the privilege last week to be among a small group gathered for the New Arts of Documentary summit, a project of the Open Doc Lab at MIT.
Big Sky Film Festival
March 9, 2012
The LEF staff has been out and about! Following up Sara’s post about True/False, I’m reporting back on my time at the Big Sky Film Festival in Missoula, Montana where the Big Sky team headed by Mike Steinberg put together some really wonderful programming.
Love Letter to the True/False Film Fest
March 7, 2012
After an amazing weekend in Columbia, Missouri at the True/False Film Fest, I was prepared to write a full-on public Love Letter (capitals intended) to the festival praising its spirit, its vision and its whimsy.
Workshop for Grant Seekers
January 23, 2012
Last week LEF took part in a workshop for media grant seekers at New England Foundation for the Arts in downtown Boston.
