Filmmaker Paul Devlin has been spending time sharing his experiences with his most recent project BLAST!. I mentioned his article on festival strategy and I had a chance to also catch up with his article on ArtistShare, an alternative funding model that he experimented with on the project.
The concept behind ArtistShare actually started with musicians. […]

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As you might have read in my Permissions Culture in the UK post, I was bowled over by the lack of flexibility in fair dealing in the UK. Patricia Aufderheide of The Center for Social Media at American University reports from the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam that there actually has been a bit of progress:
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I get into an unfortunate self-perpetuating cycle where a lot of great material comes at me all at once. I want to share it but I want to look it over and digest it first as well. If you haven’t already heard about it, Scott Kirsner of CinemaTech, had produced a series of case studies […]

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Documentary magazine editor Tom White pointed me to a great article by filmmaker Paul Devlin over at The Independent. Devlin has a new film, BLAST!, that he launched at this year’s HotDocs. He shares his experiences navigating the festival experience with valuable insight:
Festival programmers want virgins. So choose wisely where your film is going to […]

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An interesting article by John Jurgensen about the recent online-only film releases:
Independent filmmakers are known for taking risks with their art, but many are wary of digital distribution. Now, as perceptions shift, they’re going online in growing numbers. Thursday, “Haze,” a film making its debut at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York, also […]

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