February 17, 2011 Avoid the Mumbo Jumbo: Legal Advice for Filmmakers A review of 'The American Bar Association Legal Guide to Independent Filmmaking' Read more
January 1, 2011 Locating the Sweet Spot: What Will TV Channels Pay for Your Doc? You are about to pitch your concept or completed documentary to a channel. But what do they pay? If your "ask" is off the map, you look Read more
December 8, 2010 Dispatches from Europe: East European Forum and Sheffield Doc/Fest Fall is always a busy festival time for those of us in the business of buying, selling, making and funding documentary films. Choosing where to go Read more
September 29, 2010 In My Own Defense: How Documentary Filmmaking Drove Me Insane, Part One The making of 'The Girl Next Door' Read more
June 15, 2010 Dollars for Docs: Foundations, Fiscal Sponsors and Government Agencies Money's been called the lifeblood of politics, and it's clearly a vital ingredient that also brings documentaries to life. No matter how brilliant Read more
June 1, 2010 Conceptual Reality: It Doesn't Take Vulcan Logic to Fund Concept-Based Documentaries Roger Nygard's 'The Nature of Existence' opens June 18 at The Quad Cinema in New York City. Read more
May 2, 2010 Enlisting Your Audience as Soldiers of PR: A Film Festival Primer Publicists and consultants advise on the festival circuit. Read more
April 6, 2010 The Alternative Theatrical Circuit, With Film Festivals as a Launching Pad Conventional wisdom leads most filmmakers to tour the festival circuit for a year and then, once they secure distribution, open commercially, with Read more
March 1, 2010 Festival Express: Can the Fest Circuit Empower Your Film's Distribution Strategy? Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Toronto--the high mantra of any filmmaker thinking about his or her film's festival run. Where to world premiere? Read more
February 9, 2010 Small Screen Confab: Realscreen Draws Top TV and Cable Brass The most popular words spoken at the 12th annual Realscreen Summit in Washington, DC, last week were not "snowstorm," " The Cove ," or even "the Read more