FirstGlance Film Festival Conquers New Frontiers

By Douglas Polisin
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/festivals/article/firstglance_film_festival_bill_ostroff_20081006/
What began 12 years ago in the basement of a little movie theater in Center City Philadelphia with a group of indie moviemakers scrounging up every big screen TV and movie projector they could find has become one of the most revolutionary film festivals in the country. With more than 400 projects shown to date, an audience of more than 10,000 and two separate bi-coastal events (one in Philadelphia and the other in California) being held annually since then, the FirstGlance Film Festival has come a long way from its humble basement beginnings.