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Dear Collaborators,
The summer is fast winding down, but there’s still plenty of TFC member news to share this month. And speaking of TFC membership, those of you interested in attending WEST DOC in September can use the coupon code below to receive a discount on admission. Lastly, we have our usual blog post updates and news that you may have missed.
All best,
— The Film Collaborative
New Blog Posts
We hope you enjoyed this month’s blog posts about the importance of festival awards and the two-part series on building and
maintaining and email list.
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Rodney Evans’ THE HAPPY SAD opened this past weekend at the IFC Center in NY and the Sundance Sunset Cinema in LA. Read the nice review in the Los Angeles Times. Nice!
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Alain Ereira’s environmental clarion-call ALUNA is finally having its world premiere in late September at Raindance! A pop-up screening campaign for hosted viewings is in the works now. To follow its progress, visit their website and sign up to get more details on how to host a screening. |
10% discount on admission to West Doc, Sept. 15 - 18
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Hailed as the “go-to” conference for the Documentary and Reality communities, WESTDOC offers unparalleled access to Senior Network Executives, Program Buyers and top Production Companies. Back for its fourth year, this three-day event brings together preeminent producers, directors, writers, network executives, agents and distributors for insightful and unique seminars, a Master Class, as well as networking opportunities.
WESTDOC offers a wide array of panels, speakers and topics, providing a wealth of information and experience for delegates at every professional level. No matter whether you’re interested in traditional documentary filmmaking, reality TV development and production, or the brave new world of digital content creation and online distribution (or some combination of all three), WESTDOC has something for everybody in the non-fiction arena.
The third day of the conference is entirely devoted to PitchFest, a rousing live presentation for Documentary and Reality producers to pitch new concepts to network and development executives for potential acquisition in front of a live audience. The deadline is August 15th for submissions!
Our speaker list includes: Keynotes: Ondi Timoner, Kelly Day, Blip TV; Rory Kennedy, Mark Samels, PBS/American Experience; Greg Barker, HBO film “Manhunt”, Rick Allen, Snag Films; Andy Green, Distrify; and many more.
For more information, please see our panel and speakers list for a complete listing at thewestdoc.com.
Film Collaborative members get a 10% discount on admission. Please use code: TFCWD
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Two of TFC’s documentaries, THE NEW BLACK and BORN THIS WAY have been chosen for The Human Rights Watch Film Festivals’ prestigious Traveling Festival. Composed of only ten top shelf human rights themed documentaries from all over the world, this festival travels to venues and cities large and small all over the country and is an exciting way to get human rights films into a theatre near you.
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Darren Stein’s festival hit G.B.F. has been sold to Vertical Entertainment and will be on Direct TV’s Ultra VOD platform late Fall and released theatrically a couple months later in early 2014. Yes…you read that right…that’s ultra-VOD several months before theatrical release! Read the announcement here in Indiewire.
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Marta Cunningham’s magnificent VALENTINE ROAD is now slated for HBO broadcast in October…pushed up several months from its original broadcast date. If you haven't seen it at a film festival near you…you don’t want to miss this one!
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Last month, Kalyanee Mam, Director of A RIVER CHANGES COURSE, returned to Cambodia to document the nation’s fifth national elections and to follow Khieu Mok, the garment factory worker in the film, back to her village and as she placed her vote in the ballot. They had an incredible screening in Khieu’s dormitory, with factory workers seated on the floor and peering from their balcony. Khieu was so happy to finally share the story of her struggles with her peers, a story she said, all factory workers share. This month Kalyanee and her Outreach Team are launching a grassroots campaign to bring the film to audiences across Cambodia and the US, and engage them in a global dialogue about globalization, sustainable development and environmental conservation. You can help make these village and university screenings in Cambodia possible by donating to their campaign at Rally.org today. Or organize a grassroots screening in your community by contacting Alexandra Pearson at alexandra@picturemotion.com.
See photos from her visit here.
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And BREAKING NEWS! TFC’s Travis Mathews/James Franco co-directed festival hit INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR. has sold to Strand Releasing today. You can read about it here.
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News You May Have Missed
- Two pieces (1 • 2) on Film Threat emphasize why attention to cast matters in how successful a project will be at getting off of the ground.
- Film School Fridays with Kevin Smith has resumed for season 2. Check out what Kev has to say about character development, what film school was like for him and getting started in the age of digital filmmaking. *Due to strong language, listener discretion is advised.
- Scriptnotes is a great weekly podcast for screenwriters hosted by John August and Craig Mazin available on iTunes. This week the two talked about why screenwriters get notes to “spell things out,” and the situations in which it’s okay or troubling to have characters speak story points.
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