Many of you may know I have been working as an “Associate Producer” on a short film, “Tender as Hellfire” that is being made by USC Film School grad student Jason Stone in Porterville, CA. Well, now all of you do Principal photography was back in April and lasted about a week. This past weekend [...]

World-class presenters + networking. *** Visit http://sfb.filmfinancing.org/092508l for details; learn about Workshop at http://sfb.filmfinancing.org/092708l *** The Institute for Int’l Film Financing (IIFF) continues its successful series of education & networking events at the nexus of FILMMAKING & FINANCE with a high-impact Film Financing Townhall in San Francisco.  Join us on September 25 for an exciting [...]

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES FALL EVENTS Women Make Movies launches its Fall season with a series of four stellar workshops you won’t want to miss!!! WMM 2008 FALL SERIES INCLUDES: Websites and Social Networking: Building Audience and Buzz for Your Film Wednesday, September 24, 6:30 – 9:00 $50/40

I agree in principle with the lead to this story from Variety last week: People use different words to describe the turmoil in the indie and specialty world depending on how hard they’ve been hit. Whether this is a correction, a shakeout or a cyclical downturn, everybody agrees it is time to rethink many of [...]

Interesting review in today’s LA times of Cox’s memoir, “X Films”: Cox recounts his sales pitch and still cringes, observing the tensions between indie filmmakers and their investors: “People with spare money to invest in film are liable to have issues about their wealth, their parents; whereas independent filmmakers are apt to be political, angry, [...]