The Film Panel Notetaker

Filmmaker Conference – Creating Content for New Platforms -September 17, 2007
Moderator:(IK) Ingrid Kopp, Shooting People
Panelists:(AC) Austin Chang, MTV New Media(AL) Al Cattabiani, iThentic(JC) Jan Crittenden, Panasonic
PANEL SUMMARY: This panel focused mainly on using new platforms as marketing tools rather than its promised topic of creating content for these platforms, but the main message was that [...]

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Over at DIY Filmmaker Sujewa’s blog, you can find plenty of news & links on the current violent opposition to peaceful protesters taking place in Burma.

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Arin Crumley, co-director of Four Eyed Monsters, sent me this video for a panel he spoke on at the Filmmaker Conference that I was unable to attend. Enjoy!

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Moderator:
(AB) Arianna Bocco, VP, Acquisitions & Productions, IFC Panelists:
(LC) Lenny Crooks, Head of New Cinema Fund, UK Film Council
(ME) Marit Van Den Elshout, CineMart Manager, Int’l Film Fest Rotterdam
(CS) Clare Stewart, Exec Director, Sydney Film Fest
(AB)What advice would you have for N. American filmmakers with a good co-pro opportunity and how do [...]

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The State of Independents – September 19, 2007
Moderator:(EH) Eugene Hernandez, indieWIRE
Panelists:(BT) Bill Thompson, Head of Distribution, Picturehouse(MK) Michael Kang, West 32nd(PG) Peter Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn Films(CB) Charles Burnett, Director, Killer of Sheep(TQ) Tom Quinn, Head of Acquisitions, Magnolia Pictures
Synopsis:How has independent film changed in the last five years? Where are we headed and how can [...]

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Filmmaker Conference – The State of Film Festivals/ Christian Bruno’s “Strand”– September 17, 2007Moderator:(SS) Sharon Swart, Variety
Panelists:(MD) Matt Dentler, SXSW (DK) David Kwok, Tribeca(DW) David Wilson, True/False(SD) Sarah Diamond, Slamdance(DC) David Courier, Sundance
PANEL SUMMARY: This panel, which included three men named David, purported to be about the “state of film festivals” but really [...]

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Filmmaker Conference – Turning Your Viewers “On” – September 17, 2007
Moderator:(SK) Scott Kirsner, CinemaTech
Panelists:(LR) Laurie Racine, Eyespot(SR) Slava Rubin, Indiegogo.com(MS) M Dot Strange, Director We are the Strange(SG) Sindy Gordon, REELot
(Note: These notes start about 10 minutes into the panel, as I was busy wrangling my badge at the beginning.)
PANEL SUMMARY: There are lots [...]

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Filmmaker Conference – Collaboration and Co-Financing – Sept. 18, 2007
Moderator:
Panelists:Sarah Green, Sarah Green Film CorpLydia Dean Pilcher, CinemosaicKacy Andrews, Bigfoot EntertainmentNoah Harlan, 2.1 Films
I attended the filmmaker conference panel on international collaboration on film projects. What drew me into this panel was that, quite frankly, I have some documentary treatments and feature scripts that [...]

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John Sayles’ new film Honeydripper made its New York City & U.S. premiere last night at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13, as part of IFP’s Independent Film Week. Ira Deutchman of Emerging Pictures (distributor of Honeydripper) and also on IFP’s Board of Directors introduced the film as well as Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi in [...]

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Filmmaker Conference – 21st Century Journalism – September 17, 2007
Moderator:(JG) Jason Guerrasio, Filmmaker Magazine
Panelists:(DL) Dennis Lim, CinemaScope(JI) James Israel, indieWIRE(JM) Jonathan Marlow, GreenCine(JA) Jody Arlington, Weber Merritt (PR for Silverdocs)(JG) How has Web 2.0 changed the way you either promote or cover films?
(DL) As a critic, I don’t depend on press releases anymore. A lot [...]

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