The Film Panel Notetaker

Not one, but three films will open the 2008 Woodstock Film Festival. The three lucky films opening the Upstate New York fest on Thursday, October 2 are the U.S. premiere of Pride & Glory in Woodstock, Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky in Rhinebeck, and Flash of Genius in Rosendale. The Film Panel Notetaker will make a return [...]

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Just received an email promoting the theatrical release of a film called August Evening that I recall was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award earlier this year. It’s opening in New York City next Friday, September 5!
Here’s the announcement:
August Evening opens in NYC on next Friday, September 5! Even if you won’t [...]

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Q: Where was the #1 panel discussion held in 2007 that The Film Panel Notetaker attended?A: The Hamptons International Film Festival
Will it reach the same feat this year? You’ll have to wait till the end of the year to find out, so in the mean time, here’s the festival’s announcement below on what you can [...]

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Here’s the latest news from Rooftop Films as sent to me by Mark Elijah Rosenberg, who I saw last weekend at Rooftop’s screening of Song Sung Blue (which I missed at Silverdocs) and Neil Diamond karaoke on Roosevelt Island in New York.

Here’s a picture I took from my cell phone (which didn’t come out [...]

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Jay Paramsothy’s and Catherine Torphy’s feature screenplay The Emperor Has Arrived (which I attended a reading for back in April) has won a prestigious Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) Foundation New Writers Award in the Feature Film Category. The award is being sponsored by FOX. Paramsothy and Torphy will receive a prize of [...]

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I know we still have about a month and a half of summer left, but I was reminded today when I received the press release for the 46th New York Film Festival line-up that fall will soon be upon us, and I for one cannot wait! It’s no secret that fall is The Film Panel [...]

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Laure Parsons, whom I met earlier this year at a bunch of film panel discussions, has launched a new website today (8/8/08) called Infincine, which covers the digital film distribution marketplace from the perspective of the independent, arthouse and documentary film community. This is a great resource I urge you to check out with important [...]

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I’m happy to announce that IndieGoGo has added The Film Panel Notetaker to its Resources page. Check it out here.

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