The Variety Guide to Film Festivals

The Variety Guide to Film Festivals

Author: Steven Gaydos

Publisher: Perigee Trade

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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The essential festival guide for filmmakers, producers, journalists, festival pros, and fans--from "Variety", the preeminent trade journal for the movie business.


The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide

The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide

Author: Chris Gore

Publisher: Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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Chris Gore reveals how to get a film accepted and what to do after acceptance, from putting together a press kit to putting on a great party.


Think Outside the Box Office

Think Outside the Box Office

Author: Jon Reiss

Publisher: Hybrid Cinema

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780982576205

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As the digital revolution has democratised film production, a new hybrid model of distribution is the way independent filmmakers can take control of their own distribution. This approach is not just DIY or Web-based - it combines the best techniques from each distribution arena, old and new. In Think Outside the Box Office, Reiss explains audience identification and targeting, negotiating split-rights agreements, the new role of film festivals and more.


Film Festivals

Film Festivals

Author: Cindy H. Wong

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0813551218

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Movies, stars, auteurs, and critics come together in film festivals as quintessential constellations of art, business, and glamour. Yet, how well do we understand the forces and meanings that these events embody? This work offers an overview of the history, people, films, and functions of the festival world.


Screened Encounters

Screened Encounters

Author: Caroline Moine

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2018-09-21

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1785339109

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Established in 1955, the Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival became a central arena for staging the cultural politics of the German Democratic Republic, both domestically and in relation to West Germany and the rest of the world. Screened Encounters represents the definitive history of this key event, recounting the political and artistic exchanges it enabled from its founding until German unification, and tracing the outsize influence it exerted on international cultural relations during the Cold War.


IFP/Los Angeles Independent Filmmaker's Manual

IFP/Los Angeles Independent Filmmaker's Manual

Author: Eden H. Wurmfeld

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-09-10

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1136051058

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Backed by the resources of Independent Feature Project/West, co-authors Nicole Shay LaLoggia and Eden H. Wurmfeld have written the definitive low-budget production manual. Using examples from the Swingers and Kissing Jessica Stein, this comprehensive manual offers the independent filmmaker a single volume reference covering every aspect of making a film: script rights and rewrites, financing, breakdown, scheduling and budgeting, pre-production, production, postproduction, and distribution. A resource guide listing useful references and organizations, as well as a glossary, complete this guide. The downloadable resources feature interviews with important figures in the independent film industry, including Billy Bob Thornton and Ang Lee. Forms that are illuminated in the text are also included on the downloadable resources for ease of use. The new edition is updated with thorough coverage of digital and HD-how to decide which to shoot on, what the financial impact is, and the effect on preproduction. There is also a new chapter on distribution and expanded material on postproduction.


Behind the Screens

Behind the Screens

Author: Jon Gann

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781477692516

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Have you ever wondered...What's the deal with film festival programmers? What do they really think about your film? How do they make their decisions? And how can you improve your own film's odds of being picked? Why your film gets picked depends on a complex set of reasons, And it comes down to a single fact: film festivals, and programmers, aren't necessarily what you think! Jon Gann, founder of the DC Shorts Film Festival, questions his peers about their selection process, reactions to filmmaker behavior, industry concerns, and ultimately, how they create a festival experience that enriches both filmmakers and the audience. Insights by programmers from some of the world's leading festivals: - Ashland Independent Film Festival - Byron Bay International Film Festival - CineSlam/Pride of the Ocean - DC Shorts Film Festival - LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival - Napa Valley Film Festival - New York Film Festival - Prescott Film Festival - Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival - Scottsdale Film Festival - Seattle International Film Festival - SILVERDOCS - Sonoma International Film Festival - Sundance Film Festival - Tallgrass Film Festival - Washington Jewish Film Festival


European Cinema

European Cinema

Author: Thomas Elsaesser

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 9053565949

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'European Cinema in Crisis' examines the conflicting terminologies that have dominated the discussion of the future of European film-making. It takes a fresh look at the ideological agendas, from 'avante-garde cinema' to the high/low culture debate and the fate of popular European cinema.


Sundance to Sarajevo

Sundance to Sarajevo

Author: Kenneth Turan

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2003-11

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780520240728

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Almost every day of the year a film festival takes place somewhere in the world. This book is a tour of the world's film festivals by an insider familiar with the personalities, places, and culture surrounding the cinema.


The Queer Film Festival

The Queer Film Festival

Author: Stuart James Richards

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-05

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1137584386

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This book examines the queer film festival and opens the discussion on social enterprises and sustainable lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) organisations. With over 220 events worldwide and some of the bigger budgets exceeding $1 million, the queer film festival has grown to become a staple event in all cosmopolitan cities’ arts calendars. While activism was instrumental in establishing these festivals, the pink dollar has been a deciding factor in its financial sustainability. Pretty gay boys with chiselled abs are a staple feature, rather than underground experimental faire. Community arts events, such as these, are now a creative industry. While clearly having a social purpose, they must also concern themselves with the bottom line. For all the contradictory elements of its organisational growth, this conflict makes the queer film festival an integral site for analysis. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach in examining the queer film festival as a representative snapshot of the current state of queer cinema and community based film festivals. The book looks at queer film festivals in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Melbourne to argue for the importance of these institutions remaining as community events.