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

Read all about it, with commentary, & follow the link to The New Yorker article at Filmmaker Magazine Blog. Article is not for Mumblecore haters, but for fans it's probably a very good read. And regardless of how you feel about Mumblecore movies & makers, it might be nice to see some ultra low budget indies getting some attention and access/a warm introduction to a whole new set of audiences - possibly. :: 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 Ma

Let me waste a few minutes & write something that might be fun, & maybe true: 1 - Things you need to get into DIY Filmmaking: A lot of work, talent, some money/ a day job, some luck, and there are really no gatekeepers in this filmmaking arena (or if there are, you can ignore them & just do your own thing - make your own movies, release them the best you can, build your own audience - it's almost impossible to stop DIY filmmaking) 2 - Things you need to get into Festwood: some talent & luck, & being friends with the festivals may help, also if the gatekeepers like you then you'll get in, also maybe money, & there is - if not hard work - at least some financial sacrifices involved in being a part of the indie fest circuit 3 - Things you need to get into Indiewood: A lot of money will get you in, some talent & luck may get you in if the gatekeepers like you, and, as in all filmmaking arenas - a lot of work will have to be done 4 - Things you ne

Check out the audio interview (with a slide show - production photos & art related to the film) with Cookies & Cream director Princeton Holt , conducted by Jon Ashby of Common Film, here .

For more on Ryan Balas & Carter, go here . The DVD of Carter is now available for purchase. And here is the trailer to the film: Carter Trailer from Ryan Balas on Vimeo . :: 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

I am glad this is happening - read about one example of filmmakers getting more seriously into distribution at this indieWIRE article about the new distribution company 7-57 Releasing . But on to the lower levels financially, to the DIY world - this same approach - creating more robust distribution operations for independent/off-Hollywood movies - can be done also by DIY filmmakers. The difference between this approach - I am calling it Distribution Crews when we apply it to DIY filmmakers & our projects - and DIY self-distribution from 2 years ago is that the former one relied exclusively or mostly on the filmmaker having to get the distribution work done. But in this new approach, the filmmaker would take the role that a DIY/indie writer/producer/director would take during production - organizing & directing several other people in order to accomplish a complex task. How would this actually manifest in the real world? Let's say I finish a movie, and I want to show it for

I believe this is the official debut of the title of my new fiction feature - previously referred to on this blog as Brooklyn Movie - and the title is Brooklyn Fantastic . The website for the film will come alive in April, but in the meantime Brooklyn Fantastic production news can be found at its production blog , launched today. From the welcome message on the Brooklyn Fantastic blog : "Welcome to the production blog for the 2009 feature comedy-drama Brooklyn Fantastic - a film about attempting to start over in a new city & searching for a valuable object. BF stars Susan Buice (Four Eyed Monsters), Amir Motlagh (Whale), and features several other talented actors from the emerging NYC DIY/new independent film community. BF is written & directed by Sujewa Ekanayake (Date Number One)." Vist the BF blog here . - Sujewa :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino  - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! -  http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/

I won't be at SXSW so I'll have to catch this very interesting looking movie some other time, but, for folks who are gonna be in Austin next week, here are the screening times (as of today) for Ry Russo-Young's new movie: " Narrative Feature :: screening in: Special Screenings Screening Times 9:30 PM, Friday March 13th - Alamo Lamar 2 Add this to my SXSW Calendar 7:30 PM, Tuesday March 17th - Alamo Ritz 2 Add this to my SXSW Calendar 7:30 PM, Friday March 20th - Alamo Lamar 3 Add this to my SXSW Calendar everything subject to change" From this page at the SXSW '09 site . :: 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-maior

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