The Film Panel Notetaker

Last night, I attended a press screening of Jennifer Venditti’s documentary Billy the Kid, which opens to the public on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at the IFC Center in New York. I really enjoyed the film a lot, and plan to attend one of the screenings next week where Jennifer is scheduled to attend for a [...]

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More news out of Park City today. Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films screening at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in the out-of-competition sections of Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, and Park City at Midnight. Read the list here.

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…and the accolades continue. Tuesday night, the IFP’s 17th Annual Gotham Awards were handed out in New York. A couple of Gotham winners are mirrored in Film Independent’s Spirit Award nominations such as Great World of Sound, so double congrats and good luck to Craig Zobel!
And the Gothan Award winners were…
* Best Feature presented by [...]

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A day after Film Independent’s Spirit Award Nominations were announced, yet another high-profile event, the Sundance Film Festival, has announced the films in contention for the Competition sections at its 2008 bru ha ha in Park City, Utah. A complete list of films in competition are here. Films selected for the out of competition sections [...]

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Congratulations to all of the nominees for this year’s Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, as announced on IFC this morning. Many of the films nominated have been covered here at The Film Panel Notetaker this past year including I’m Not There, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Great World of Sound, Quiet City, 2 Days in [...]

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On Saturday night, contributing notetaker Liz Nord invited me to a screening of John Dilley’s short film “How to Be Popular” at the Avignon/New York Film Festival, which was held at Hunter College. Liz is a former colleague of John’s at Film Arts Foundation in San Francisco. FYI, in 2001, a short film I worked [...]

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4th Annual Big Apple Film FestivalDistribution in the New AgeNovember 17, 2007

Video from Brian Chirls.

Panelists:(ED) Erik Davis (Managing Editor, Cinematical.com)(PG) Peter Goldwyn (Vice President Acquisitions Samuel Goldwyn Films)(BC) Brian Chirls (Four Eyed Monsters)(CT) Clémence Taillandier (Head of Theatrical Sales, Zeitgeist Films)
Moderator:(AL) Aaron Levine, Gen Art Film Division Coordinator
Summary:“Distribution in the New Age” is [...]

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The Buffalo Movie-Video Makers has been around for nearly three quarters of a century. It may be the oldest movie making club in the country. I was a member of this club back in 2000 when I was living in the Buffalo area. Since moving to New York City, I have kept in touch with [...]

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Screening of Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution with Q &ASponsored by BAFTA and NYWIFTAMC Loews Kips Bay 15, New York, NYNovember 6, 2007
Panelists:(AL) Ang Lee – Academy Award-winning director of “Brokeback Mountain” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” among many others(JS) James Schamus – Lee’s writer and producing partner in over 10 films(TW) – Tang Wei, lead [...]

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Check out Four Eyed Monsters co-director Arin Crumley’s blog on Myspace. He posted a ton of videos from recent film panel discussions. Topics range from self-distribution to YouTube to Filmmaking in Africa, etc.

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