A while back I was working on an article about documentary shorts, and wanted to include Current TV, as that is an outlet for shorts that is currently paying filmmakers for their work. I could not reach anyone at Current for comment, and that didn’t surprise me. Staff seems to turn over a lot and […]

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Are you from Texas and making a film? If so, you might be eligble to apply to Austin Film Society’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund for a project grant! The postmark deadline is June 2 so check out the guidelines now, and AFS’s Director of Artistic Services Bryan Poyser will be hitting cities around the state […]

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Jonathan Miller, president of First Run/Icarus Films (which will change its name to Icarus Films by the fall), sends news via Facebook that three of the first four Icarus Films’ DVDs by the legendary photographer/ filmmaker/poet/journalist/designer, Chris Marker (born Christian Francois Bouche-Villeneuve) will be released to the home market this year. They are also […]

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From the International Documentary Association, “Last week Congress held a hearing on Orphan Works. Orphan Works are works where you can’t find the owner of the copyright even after a substantial search. This bill would let you go ahead and use the material and pay the owner a reasonable license fee, if the owner ever […]

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In what seems like a movie within a movie, filmmaker Benjamin Zeitlin was on his way to his premiere screening at last week’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX when he was rear-ended and suffered severe injuries in a car accident. His film, Glory at Sea, took home the SXSW Wholphin Award, though he wasn’t able to attend.
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