Easy guide to production
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) The Toronto Smartphone Film Festival is one of the fastest-growing independent film festivals in Toronto. It celebrates innovation and creativity within the filmmaking community, by the use of smartphones as a medium. Launched in 2012, the festival is entering its … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Film festivals tend to be a marathon to attend — so many films and so little time. Sundance is even a bit trickier, since compounding the sheer amount of films, most of these indie flicks don't even have trailers to judge them by. Still, like every other … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Kickstarter is having a national wide film festival. For one night only, producers of over 30 different films which were successful in raising money through Kickstarter will have their those screened at movie theaters all around the country. And the best part is, it's … [Read more...]
By Kimberly Gadette (doddleNEWS) Stretching out over 11 days, from January 22 through February 1, the 31st year of the Sundance Film Festival will be known as the year of the comedian. The joke? Actually, there isn't one. This is the year that the comedians get serious. Nearly half (OK, 7) … [Read more...]
By Patricia Reaney - NEW YORK (Reuters) Cannes has its coveted prizes and Sundance its lucrative deals, but the New York Film Festival, unencumbered by awards or marketing, says its mission is simple: to present the year's best in world cinema. The 52nd annual event, which opens Friday, is for … [Read more...]
By Maja Zuvela - SARAJEVO (Reuters) Sarajevo's film festival, founded as an act of defiance while the city was besieged during the 1992-95 Bosnian war, marks its 20th anniversary on Friday with its biggest line-up of movies. Nine films are competing for the top Heart of Sarajevo Award, among … [Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) The Sundance festival will be heading back to London in April 2014 as the popular independent film and music event ventures outside Utah to its only European venue for a third consecutive year, organisers said on Monday. The London branch of the festival held annually in Park … [Read more...]
By Julie Gordon - TORONTO (Reuters) A few years ago, a successful run on the festival circuit might have propelled a small independent film into a limited art-house run and then onto the shelves of the local video store, where for the most part, it would be forgotten. The rise of streaming and … [Read more...]
By Brent Lang - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) He's waded into crowds of screaming tweens to capture Justin Bieber in action, orchestrated daring mountainside battles between Cobra and G.I. Joe, and showed the world how well Channing Tatum could hoof it with "Step Up." Now Jon. M. Chu is taking on the … [Read more...]
By Christina Kotlar (doddleNEWS) While the closing weekend is upon the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, additional screenings for films that are being talked about filled the venues and worth the buzz that elevate media attention. The Crash Reel by director Lucy Walker is a … [Read more...]
By Jeremiah Hall (doddleNEWS) One tool that movie producers have used since movies started is still with us - the poster. Festivals need them for promotional material. Actors like to be able to point at them with pride and say, "I worked on that." Movie-goers pass by them, look at them and … [Read more...]
By Christina Kotlar (doddleNEWS) The 10th annual AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival is set for June 18-24 in and around downtown Silver Spring, Maryland at the AFI Silver Theater, one of the last surviving art deco theaters in the country and a top art house cinema in the … [Read more...]
By Nancy Johnston (doddleNEWS) That’s a great script, we should try to get involved. In 2005, New York director Craig Macneill went to Sundance with his short film, Late Bloomer. Coincidentally, it was around that time that my business partner, Phil Foster, met Macneill while he was also … [Read more...]
