The Film Panel Notetaker

Girls Revealed @ SXSW
Tuesday, March 13th at 12:30 p.m. at The Austin Convention Center
Notes by Erin Scherer

Moderator:
Alex Karpovsky, “Ray”
Panelists:
Lena Dunham, creator, “Hannah”
Jenni Konner, Producer
Ilene Landress, Executive Producer
Judd Apatow, Executive Producer
Jody Lee Lipes, Director (2 Episodes)/Cinematographer
Paul Zucker, Editor
Shawn Paper, Editor

I always thought Lena Dunham would cross over, it was just a matter of time.
I [...]

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Tribeca Talks: Knife Fight
Film and panel give insight into our political process
April 25, 2012 at the BMCC, Manhattan
Posted by Liz Nord | Twitter @lizfilm

The cast of Knife Fight, including Rob Lowe and Richard Schiff, introduce the film’s world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Moderator:
Mark Halperin, MSNBC senior political analyst
Panelists:
Bill Guttentag, director
Chris Lehane, co-writer and Democratic [...]

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Shooting & Editing the Non-Scripted FeatureMarch 11, 2012 at 5:00 p.m., Austin Convention Center

Moderator:Barry Jenkins, Director, Medicine for Melancholy

Panelists:Amy Seimetz, Director, Sun Don’t Shine; Producer, Silver BulletsBen Kasulke, Director of Photography, Humpday, The Catechism CataclysmNat Sanders, Editor, Humpday, Medicine for Melancholy
A couple of years ago, Michael Tully posted The Take-Back Manifesto to his then-blog, “Boredom [...]

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Bringing Sexy Back: Where’s The Line Today?

March 13, 2012 at the Austin Convention Center, 3:30 p.m.
Moderator:
Lisa Vandever, founder, CineKink Festival
Panelists:
Sean Baker, director, Starlet
Jessica King, King Is A Fink Productions
Julie Keck, King Is A Fink Productions
Sophia Takal, director, Green

Five years ago, on a trip down to New York City to put on a show, I came [...]

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Hard to believe 2011 is almost over already. It’s been another great year of notes from film panels and filmmaker Q&As, but I have to give most of the credit to my contributing notetakers Erin Scherer, Liz Nord, Erin Essenmacher, and Rebecca Banach, all of whom have an incredible knack for transforming source discussion into compelling summations and analysis. We also had the great privilege to be chosen by The Christian Science Monitor as a blog partners in its Culture Cafe.

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By Liz Nord | Twitter @lizfilm

Telling Global Stories at DOC NYC
November 5, 2011
New York, NY
PANELISTS:
Andrew Berends (Director: The Blood of My Brother. Upcoming film: Delta Boys)
Ross Kauffman (Director: Born Into Brothels. Upcoming film: The E-Team)
Pamela Yates (Director: Granito, When the Mountains Tremble)
Elizabeth Cantrell & Mara Tshibaka (NYU Master’s students, co-directors of a yet-unnamed film [...]

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The Crowdstarter Revolution: How to Build an Audience
Master class presentation at IFP’s Independent Film Week on 9/21/11
Notes by Erin Essenmacher

“Get Over Yourself.”
That’s how Paola Freccero from Crowdstarter opened her Master Class presentation on how to build an audience at this year’s IFP Independent Film Week filmmaker conference.

“I’m going to be coming back to that [...]

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Notes from The Master Class on Directing with Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing
AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs
Silver Spring, Maryland
June 25, 2011
Notes by Erin Essenmacher
*Read also on Christian Science Monitor’s Culture Cafe.
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady are fierce. As Loki Films they have produced countless works for television and four feature length documentaries, with a fifth currently in production.  [...]

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Notes from A Crude Awakening Panel
AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs
Silver Spring, Maryland
June 21, 2011
Notes by Erin Essenmacher
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger spent three years travelling between the US and Ecuador following a lawsuit between Chevron and a group of 30,000 indigenous and colonial rainforest dwellers that claim the oil giant poisoned their land and ruined their way of life.  The [...]

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DocPoint Encounters in NYC
Scandinavia House
New York, NY
June 9, 2011
Notes by Brian Geldin
(June 14 Update) – You can also now read this post on The Christian Science Monitor’s Culture Cafe.
As part of its 10th anniversary, the Helsinki-based DocPoint festival celebrates Finnish documentaries with DocPoint NYC – a program of 47 films hosted by its New York [...]

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