What an awesome job in exhibition! Application deadline is August 15. Get on it:
Northwest Film Forum in Seattle seeks an Executive Director to pilot the thriving, growing non-profit film arts organization. The Executive Director takes the lead in shaping the vision of the organization, oversees all of Northwest Film Forum’s operations, spearheads development and fundraising […]
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.
 I […]
29 Jan
Posted by Pamela Cohn as Creative Process, Distribution, Outreach, Technology
I was just sent some information from a member of a MeetUp group I belong to here in New York dedicated to documentary, specifically nonfiction works without distribution. Based on the CurrentTV model, GroundReport TV is a news media outlet where people can file their stories, and make a bit of dough. Recently […]
21 Jan
Posted by Pamela Cohn as Creative Process, Education, Outreach
UnionDocs, a documentary arts collaborative based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has two open slots for new residents. The collective was just awarded an NYSCA exhibition grant to support their Documentary Bodega series where they show works-in-progress by local filmmakers.
The residencies start March 1 and they’re taking applications now. It’s a communal living/workspace situation with […]
24 Nov
Posted by Agnes Varnum as Blog-Project, Outreach, Technology
Via TechCrunch, The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos, is a very interesting look into the techniques some folks are using to create hurricanes around online videos. You might read this and think it is kind of smarmy and way more underhanded than you want to be, but it strikes a cord as I think […]