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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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 […]
SXSW has posted a panel discussion recording that you might be interested in - our favorite, Scott Kirsner (CinemaTech) moderates Lance Weiler (Head Trauma, Workbook Project), Jim Miller (Brave New Films Foundation), David Straus (WithoutaBox), Ian Schafer (Deep Focus) and Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs) as they discuss how filmmakers can, do, and should […]
Moderated by Renew’s ED Brian Newman, he writes a nice wrap-up of his SXSW panel on his blog: The panel I moderated went pretty well – The Future of Nonprofits and Film. I was surprised that people even showed up for this one, especially on the first day after a great opening party. Before we […]