Oh no, not another doc festival! Just because you're reeling (no pun intended) from attending Sundance, IDFA, Hot Springs, Full Frame, Real Screen and one or two other markets or fests doesn't mean you shouldn't book a comfy Jet Blue flight and take in the AFI Silverdocs Documentary Festival, running June 14-19 in Silver Spring, Maryland. It takes place in a recently renovated classic theater just down the street from Discovery Channel's new headquarters. The third annual installment of this alliance between the American Film Institute and Discovery Channel is impressive; they are supported in
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Twenty-eight films screening in theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles from August 3rd to 30th.
Every once in a while we'll be highlighting one of the good questions we get here in the fiscal sponsorship department that we think might be useful for our project directors. If you've got one you would like to see addressed in a future newsletter, let us know. Recently, one filmmaker asked: How do I know how much to ask for when applying for a grant? Our standard advice on all things grant related is to go right to the source whenever possible. The person in charge of answering questions and managing submissions for grants at a foundation will usually have a title like "program officer" or
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Join us on Monday, July 16 for a discussion on the benefits and challenges in researching, procuring, and licensing archival footage for your film.
Remembered Earth is the eighth film that former TV news reporter/cinematographer John Grabowska has produced, written and directed for the National Park Service, where he works at its media design center in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. The under-30-minute film explores the high deserts, mountains, red rock canyons and plateaus of New Mexico. There are birds and animals whose ancient ancestors inhabited the land, and a few scars left on the landscape by excavators. Grabowska produced Remembered Earth for the visitors center at El Malpais National Park in New Mexico. The film is also slated to air
Submit online by July 6 to be considered for this year's batch of high-quality shorts!
Back in the good old days, productions were like families. People joined together with a common goal--to make a film--and they worked hard to make that goal into a finished film. As pressure on costs has increased, and the fees that freelancers earn in reality TV have risen, however, documentary production has become a more complex economic arrangement. But technology and passion have helped to relight the content-driven world of doc production. Now, thanks to the ubiquity of tools, there is a future just around the corner, in which the key word is "collaboration." This future is exciting and
Filmmakers and film commissioners spoke to the AFCI Locations Show about shooting on foreign soil.
Jan Krawitz shares her experience on the Southern Circuit Independent Film Tour.