The Film Panel Notetaker

DIY Filmmaker Sujewa came to town this past weekend. Saturday night, I went with Sujewa and Tambay Obenson of The Obenson Report to see a sneak preview screening of Princeton Holt’s DIY feature Cookies & Cream, which was playing at the Sexy International Film Festival. While I thought the concept of the film was quite [...]

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‘Mumblecore’ Erin’s ‘Are You From Bingo?’ DocumentaryNow Open For Fundraising on IndieGoGo

ITHACA, NEW YORK, November 17, 2008 – Erin Scherer, the ‘Mumblecore Saved My Life’ and HOWL (For Lindsay Lohan) YouTube sensation, is preparing to release on DVD her first feature-length documentary Are You From Bingo?, a look inside the history of Binghamton, New York, [...]

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Intimidad: A Home MovieQ&A with Directors Ashley Sabin & David Redmon, Carnivalesque FilmsMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA)New York, NYNovember 14, 2008
Intimidad is a love story about Cecy, Camilo and their little girl Loida, a family in Mexico who are slowly earning money from their low-wage factory jobs to afford a parcel of land [...]

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Just received word on the winners of the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival where I attended a panel on Shooting in India this past Saturday. Below is the list of winners. Congratulations to all.
· Best Short Film Award: Noise directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK. Cash [...]

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Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film FestivalNotes from the Shooting in India Panel DiscussionJazz at Lincoln CenterNew York, NYSaturday, November 8, 2008
(L to R: Parvez Sharma, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Apoorva Lakhia & Tracey Jackson.) Photo by Brian Geldin.
Moderator:* Parvez Sharma, producer-director of A Jihad for Love
Panelists:* Aanand Mahendroo, producer of Colours of Passion and [...]

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