Winter 2017

  • Winter 2017

How to Do the Hustle: Use Craigslist, IMDbPro and Other Job Boards to Jumpstart Your Film Career

The daunting task of moving to a new city alone and attempting to break into the notoriously nepotistic community that…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

A Friendly Ear: Audio Network Adds a Human Touch to Music Licensing

Audio Network is working hard to be your music licensing guide. Launched in 2001 as an online music library for…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

Directors Without Borders: The Producers of Lion give the Lowdown on International Co-Production

by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder When international co-productions work well, one plus one can equal three. They’re…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

Penetrating Images: I Am Not Your Negro Remixes James Baldwin with America’s Tradition of On-Screen Racism

When Raoul Peck was eight, his family fled Haiti for the Congo to escape the tyranny of then-dictator François Duvalier.…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Creative Convergence: Finding Your Movement at the Tacoma Film Festival 2016

I am of the belief that great filmmaking can only occur when there is a sense of community intertwined with…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

All Gravy: Lone Star Film Festival 2016 Gets Straight A’s from this Moviemaker

Making movies can be a grind. Locking down a good script, enticing investors, landing the right cast, negotiating with agents,…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Austin Film Festival and Writer’s Conference for Virgins: Get the Most Out of Your Experience

The four-day Writer's Conference at the Austin Film Festival, held every October since 1993, is for many the social, networking,…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Well Worth the Wait: Southern City Film Festival Wows in its First Year

I collapse down into the driver’s seat, my neck heavy with a lanyard full of movie flyers and business cards.…

7 years ago
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No Plain Jane Festival Here: Citizen Jane Film Festival 2016 Raised the Bar and Then Catapulted Over It

Wanna be a rock-star for the weekend? Make a film and get it into the Citizen Jane Film Festival. From…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Tennessee Waltz: A Visit to Indie Memphis 2016 is a Beautiful Dream

My first job out of school was as office assistant at the San Francisco International Film Festival. I made badges,…

7 years ago