As a Gucci Fund recipient, the Tribeca family is watching especially closely the continuing and unfortunate story of filmmaker and friend Andrew Berends who has been detained in Nigeria. Word on Friday was that he had been released, but he was taken back into custody today and further action is still needed to close the […]

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Via The Poverty Jet Set, “On February 8, 2008, Polaroid Corporation announced that it will discontinue production of all instant film. This site will document the aftermath of this announcement and will serve as a home-base for the effort to convince another company to begin producing the cherished technology that Polaroid has so carelessly abandoned.” […]

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I’ve heard about and seen first-hand a few projects over the years that employ a concensus approach, whether it be soliciting advice from the film’s subjects, a group of filmmakers, or in this case, the public. Via Filmmaker magazine’s blog, “Two filmmakers, Eric Byler and Annabel Park, are making a film about the politics of […]

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Back in December, Parul Desai of Media Access Project, wrote a great primer on the concept of net neutrality and why independent media artists should want to support a “free” internet. I’ve posted some news items here over the past year, though as companies like AT&T and Google face off, it feels a bit like […]

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With stenciled Bolex camera protest signs and no permit to assemble, some 400 people demonstrated at a downtown Manhattan rally on Friday to protest New York’s moves to alter rules that govern filming and photography on the city’s streets. On that same day, members of NYC’s independent film community met with the Mayors Office of […]

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