Impact Film Festival Slate

25 Jul

Posted by Agnes Varnum as Distribution

There are some really exciting film events being planned around the national political conventions! Yesterday the Impact Film Festival announced their line-up of films. About the festival (from the website):
Impact Film Festival is a four-day event held during the 2008 Democratic and Republican Conventions in Denver and Minneapolis. IFF will showcase two to three socially-themed […]

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Gaines’ Withoutabox

15 Jul

Posted by Agnes Varnum as Big Picture, Distribution

It still surprises me that there are filmmakers unfamiliar with Withoutabox.com, the film festival submission site. You enter all of the information about your project and it allows you to select the festival you wish to submit to, you pay your entry fee and the festival gets access to all of that information you entered. […]

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8th Annual Media That Matters Film Festival

30 May

Posted by Pamela Cohn as Creative Process, Distribution, Education

Before it tours the world, I caught the Thursday night sold-out world premiere screening of the 8th Annual Media That Matters Film Festival presented by Arts Engine at the IFC Center. Tonight’s screening at the Tribeca Cinemas is nearly sold-out, too, but I’m told there are some tickets left for a lucky few. […]

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Festival Submission 101

06 Dec

Posted by Agnes Varnum as Miscellaneous

Although it is almost too late to submit to SXSW (last deadline is tomorrow, Dec. 7, but hey, it’s a postmarked deadline), festival producer Matt Dentler shares some helpful tips about what to do and what not to do when submitting to his, or really any, film festival. For all you non-Sundancers, after a healthy […]