The Film Panel Notetaker

Bradley Glenn, director/producer of the feature documentary The Seminar with Robert McKee, informed me that there will be a launch party for the Producer’s Guild of America Sundance Producers Lab Screening series on Wednesday, January 23 at the Stella Artois House in Park City, Utah. I have viewed the trailer myself and it looks like [...]

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Volunteer Notetakers sought to cover Sundance/Slamdance panels
If you will be in Park City at all for either the Sundance or the Slamdance film festivals, and plan to attend any of the panel discussions there and would like to volunteer as a notetaker, please let me know, and I will add you as a Contributing Notetaker [...]

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Gonzo Music Diaries, NYC
Anthology Film Archives
January 10, 2008

(Gonzo Music Diaries, NYC director Roy Szuper)
Last night at Anthology Film Archives, Indiepix presented a free screening of Roy Szuper’s documentary Gonzo Music Diaries, NYC, about the organizing of the First Annual Williamsburg Music Festival that took place a few days before the 2004 Republican National Convention in [...]

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IFP Industry ConnectHow and When To Get An Entertainment LawyerJanuary 8, 2008Soho House New York
I found this discussion on transactional entertainment law to be quite interesting, yet a little overwhelming with information, as did other audience members who stated this during the Q&A. Both Fernando Ramirez and *Innes Smolansky illustrated the legal concepts quite well, [...]

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The folks at IndiePix sent me the following news today:
A new nonfiction filmmaking award, recognizing the wide breadth of the genre and also specific crafts such as cinematography and editing is being created from within the documentary community. The inaugural event, honoring films from 2007, will be held on March 18, 2008 at the IFC [...]

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