ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

at one point all of these links were current, not certain if they are anymore.  so here they are for you & I to explore, to see if all of these fests are still happening in NYC.  if there are some fests that I missed, or some that have started since i made this list a year or more ago, post links to those in comments.  thanks! - S Acefest African African Diaspora Anarchist Asian American International BAMcinemaFEST Bicycle Blackout Bosnian-Herzegovinian Brooklyn International CineKink CMJ Music Marathon & Film Coney Island First Run Food Gen Art Gotham Screen Harlem International Havana HBO Bryant Park Summer Human Rights Watch Imagine Science Films Jewish Margaret Mead Migrating Forms Native American Film & Video New Directors/New Films New York New York City Middle School New York International Children's NewFest NY Asian NY International Latino NY Minute NY United NYC Horror PictureStart Awards Short Soccer South Asian Int

Filmmaker Amir Motlagh has been blogging pretty regularly lately.  Read some of his thoughts here . - S :: :: IndieGoGo - Breakthrough Weekend ::

Forbes list of billionaires for 2013 .  Are you on it?  If so, let's hang out.  I got some awesome movie ideas that could use some of those billions :) - S :: :: IndieGoGo - Breakthrough Weekend :: ADVERTISEMENT Recent Farzad Rostami links Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 2 blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco2.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 3 blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco3.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 4 blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco4.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 5 blog http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco5.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami – Delaware Small Business Grants page http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com/2013/02/delaware-small-business-grants-page.html Farzad Rostami – Delaware Small Business Chamber http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco

Check it out at The Madlab Post Blog . - S :: :: IndieGoGo - Breakthrough Weekend ::

Interview here : http://movieline.com/2013/03/14/spring-breakers-harmony-korine-interview-video/ :: Spring Breakers trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUJOailS7ms :: :: IndieGoGo - Breakthrough Weekend ::

Had some free time while waiting for a long video to upload, so I looked at some of the past stories from Filmmaker .  Found some good ones.  Here they are, in particular order: - Ed Burns, New Era Distribution Pioneer - Shake-ups in Online Video - Larry Clark's Marfa Girl Gets Exclusive Streaming Release - This Is Different:  Cristian Mungiu on Beyond the Hills - FCP X and the Future of Editing And now, go explore all of the sites offerings at Filmmaker , lots of good stuff there. - S :: :: IndieGoGo - Breakthrough Weekend ::

About how he went from being a doctor to actor/filmmaker & made a couple of profitable indie films - check it out at Filmmaker . - S :: :: IndieGoGo - Breakthrough Weekend ::

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Get the info at this IndieWIRE article . From the article: "Who are your competitors in the space? YouTube has an offering [YouTube Rentals, which is still in beta]. What's different from YouTube is that ours is completely open, so anyone with a Vimeo PRO account can create a VOD page, sell their work, choose their price, choose the regions they want to offer and the time that it will be available, make it look beautiful, then push a button that says "publish"... and it's open to the world. That totally open flexible platform is what makes Vimeo unique. Vimeo PRO is an offering for creators for all part of the workflow, so if we close the circle for their video needs, then we're doing a good job -- this is another step in that direction." Read the rest here . - S :: :: IndieGoGo - Breakthrough Weekend ::

Check out The New Yorker's Richard Brody penned article The State of the "Art Film" .  From the article: "The sanguine forecasts delivered to Gaydos by Tom Bernard, of Sony Classics, have proven right: “The audiences has actually expanded. It’s bigger now, and the circuits have expanded…. There’s a new audience that has learned about art films at the video store.” Corman added that “there is currently the possibility of a rebirth…. We’re seeing more American  films  that qualify for that loose term,  art film .”" Read more:  http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2013/01/the-state-of-the-art-film.html#ixzz2N88hX57f - S :: :: IndieGoGo - Breakthrough Weekend :: ADVERTISEMENT At Farzad Rostami's blog:   http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco3.blogspot.com WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013 Netflix Social Shares article At  Wired  - check it out, new development. - Farzad Rostami Project :: Posted by  Sujewa Ekanayake   at

Pretty good.  About film.   Check it out . - S ::

This month I should be able to complete editing Breakthrough Weekend.  While that gets done, here are links to 6 important BW items out on the web thus far: - Facebook page for Breakthrough Weekend - Blog for Breakthrough Weekend - Teaser trailer for Breakthrough Weekend - A clip/scene from Breakthrough Weekend - "Knife Fight Over Mumblecore, Wizard Attack" - Interview - on Angelo Bell's blog - about Breakthrough Weekend - Interview - on Film Career blog - about Breakthrough Weekend - S ::

At this document .  Scroll all the way to the bottom of the doc to see info on all 11 films. - S :: :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino  - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! -  http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog  -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino -  Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com/2012/04/al-maiorino-linkedin.html New Projects COMING SOON at: Alfonse Maiorino blog 2 http://alfonsemaiorino2.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 3 http://alfonsemaiorino3.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 4 http://alfonsemaiorino4.blogspot.com/2012/04/alfonse-maiorino-blogger-profile.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 5 http://alfonsemaiorino5.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfon