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My name: Lisa VandeverMy festival: CineKink - “The kinky film festival.”My title: Co-Founder/DirectorOther fests I've worked for: Before co-founding CineKink in 2003, I organized and programmed the New York S/M Film Festival (2000-02). I...
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Film Festival Secrets indieWIRE compares box office to jury performance among Sundance films

indieWIRE compares the list of Sundance jury winners to the list of top grossing Sundance films. Proof (in case you needed it) that opinions of festival juries often differ from that of the audience. ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/CFTp
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Film Festival Secrets Festival directors - 50 ways to trim your budget

Shrinking budgets are a fact of life for meeting professionals. In fact, they expect their meeting budgets to shrink by an average of 10 percent for 2010 vs. 2008, according to a May 2009 survey of 51 ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/ByZh
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Film Festival Secrets Sundance Fest Going Nationwide, For One Night Only - indieWIRE

For one night during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the event will expand beyond Park City, UT to theaters in eight American cities. On January 28, 2010, eight Sundance ‘10 filmmakers will take thei ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/BmcZ
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Film Festival Secrets Three film festivals liven Austin theaters

Just when you thought the local film festival season was over, three more movie bashes, each with a unique flavor, unspool tonight through next week. With the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/BmDF
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Film Festival Secrets Cinema Eye Announces Nonfiction Feature Nominees for 2010

Sheffield, UK – Nominations were announced tonight in the United Kingdom for the 2010 Cinema Eye Honors, recognizing excellence in artistic achievements in nonfiction filmmaking. Louie Psihoyos’ THE ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/Bm5T
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Film Festival Secrets Do you care about Movie Theaters?

Ongoing conversation in Silicon Valley and the Entertainment Biz is the "Disruption Tsunami" now sweeping the Filmed Entertainment business with accelerating force. The large studios are slashing the ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/BdMl
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Film Festival Secrets Redbox's business model a nightmare for movie studios

For Hollywood, the march of the Redboxes is like a horror flick. “If movies are devalued in this way, those who work in the movie industry will be directly harmed,” the CEO of Hastings Entertainment a ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/BT9F
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Film Festival Secrets Take the Survey: 50 States, 50 Filmmakers

I’d like to undertake a concrete project specifically dedicated to spotlighting filmmakers that live around the country. To do that I need your help. Not a lot of help, mind you — just a few minutes. ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/BRkn
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Film Festival Secrets CineKinkster: Best of NYC!

If you're wary of catching an Xtube virus and are looking for cleaner digs than whatever's left of Times Square's naughty picture joints, CineKink NYC is there for you. Each February, this festival pr ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/BKeT
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Film Festival Secrets Chicago Outdoor Film Festival killed

es, the city’s budget problems are severe. We reported last week that the Outdoor Film Festival was not on the city’s 2010 calendar of special events due to budget cuts and therefore likely to be nixe ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/BJ1d
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Film Festival Secrets Whip It whips up audience attention at Toronto

via flickr.com Proving that even high-profile films believe in the benefit of on-the-ground promotion, the distributors of Whip It employed teams of young women to dress up as "Hurl Scouts" and ro ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/B1Qz
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Film Festival Secrets The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon by Richard Gale

via youtube.com A festival classic. If you want to see the kind of film that festival programmers love, watch this. Click image to play video ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/AzQl
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The subject of your film's world premiere can be a tricky one, particularly if it's a feature. Don't be too coy about your plans with the festivals to which you submit, however –the festival directors have a better grasp on premiere politics than you do. ...
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Film Festival Secrets Hulu to Charge in 2010

News Corp. Deputy Chairman Chase Carey opened the B&C OnScreen summit to discuss where he sees the business going. “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online,” he said. Carey said t ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/Asrl
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Film Festival Secrets Pete Docter: Pixar Movies Are Lousy … at First

The thing that was a revelation for me on "Toy Story" was just how much work goes into something that eventually seems as though it sprang fully-formed from somebody’s brain. It's a completely messy, ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/Aj9L
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Film Festival Secrets HOW TO: Measure Social Media ROI

Companies and executives are finally beginning to really jump on the social media bandwagon, and that’s fantastic. However, for social media to fully work (for everyone), businesses and brands need to ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/AfwX
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Film Festival Secrets One day left to become a founding member of OpenIndie

I made my pledge this morning. It looks like they're almost there but they need more people to reach their goal and actually receive their funding. Unless they receive all $10,000 of their pledge goal ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/AeQB
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There are plenty of filmmakers who rush to finish their film for Sundance, fill out the paperwork, send off the DVD, and then... stop...
Anna
Anna
BUFF (Boston Underground Film Festival is accepting submissions through the end of November (www.bostonunderground.org)
October 27 at 1:16pm
Charles Judson
Charles Judson
Atlanta Film Festival's Late Deadline is Friday, November 13 http://atlantafilmfestival.com
October 27 at 2:15pm
Christian Burgess
Christian Burgess
Toronto After Dark will be accepting submissions in early 2010. To be notified of our 2010 call, please join our update list here: http://torontoafterdark.com/2009/newsletter/
October 27 at 2:29pm
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Film Festival Secrets Study: Indies Are Better for Women -- but Not Much

It's not a pretty picture out there for women looking to break into filmmaking, a new study from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film contends.While prospects for women in the inde ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/AXZl
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Film Festival Secrets After Challenging Year, Denver Film Festival Sets 2009 Event

This year’s event comes amidst a year that included some upheavel [sic] at the Denver Film Society which produces the annual festival and other popular local events. Its executive director was replace ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/AWeD
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Film Festival Secrets Netflix movie streaming coming to PS3

NEW YORK -- PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year. Son ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/ANwj
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Film Festival Secrets DIY Days Los Angeles next month

We’re less than four weeks away from DIY DAYS LA. On Thursday November 19th, DIY DAYS returns to LA for an evening of talks and networking. Plus the night will end with a rooftop party. More details ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/AKYn
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Film Festival Secrets Who is The Audience For This Movie?

I sometimes despair of current trends in independent movie making, where business strategies are being formulated on the baseline belief that audiences can't be built through conventional business str ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/ACDb
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Film Festival Secrets I Submitted to Sundance: Where’s My Film Now?

Insider: What's the craziest excuse you've received for why a submission arrived after the final deadline? Programming: This year a filmmaker contacted us because they had been editing for five days ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/9uPV
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Film Festival Secrets So now this kickball doc, "Left Field," is on my radar... #aff09

via youtube.com I may have to go see this at the Austin Film Festival this weekend. It's funny how stuff grabs your attention once a festival begins. ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/9nwR
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Film Festival Secrets No one wants my film, should I self-distribute and quick?

I've seen a lot of lazy filmmakers get annoyed that their film didn't sell at their first festival and then just give up and decide they were going to go rogue and release it themselves. Just becau ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/9k5b
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Film Festival Secrets The Singletree Productions boys at Austin FF 2008

via slackerwood.com One of the better bits of film promotion at the festival last year, Mark Potts, Cole Seelix, and Brand Rackley carried a casket around the festival to plug their feature film T ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/9icV
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Film Festival Secrets Karina’s Last Day at SpoutBlog

I must deliver the regrettable news that, after October 31, 2009, Karina Longworth will no longer serve as SpoutBlog’s editor. Spout.com, the online community, continues as it has. As of now, we have ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/9egv
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Film Festival Secrets Why VOD is turning into a profitable avenue for indie filmmakers

While the success of genre films on VOD doesn't sound encouraging for the dozens of serious indie dramas struggling to find viable distribution opportunities, producers and sales agents still see t ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/9cST
Becky McMillen
Becky McMillen
I'm curious about the possibility of releasing documentaries for VOD. What is that market looking like in that regard? I was surprised when Nebraska Educational Television offered VOD for a small regional documentary that they want to air. Licensing is still a bit an issue for my lower budget productions but if I could break even it would be worth the exposure.
October 21 at 4:05pm
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I think the market is at least as promising for docs as narratives but docs can be a harder sell to the average home viewer. The medium is obviously less important than properly connecting to your audience but it's good to see that the audience is responding to this medium. Finally.
October 21 at 5:13pm
Becky McMillen
Becky McMillen
Thanks! I think many people read posts without responding. I've been watching your posts to see if they applied to smaller producers like me. Keep on posting! It helps to get a sense of what the trends are.
October 25 at 7:54am
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Film Festival Secrets AICN interviews the makers of STILL BILL

On your way to wonderful, you're going to have to pass through all right. And when you get to all right, take a look around and get used to it, because that may be as far as you're going to go. – Bil ... Read More on Christopher's posterous http://post.ly/9c1D