From Indiewire – Geoff Gilmore: Evolution v. Revolution, The State of Independent Film & Festivals Everyone speaks today of this being a moment for change. And yet the truth is for independent film, change has been constant. As the Director of the Sundance Film Festival over (nearly) the last two decades, I’ve witnessed an ongoing [...]
Linda Martinez To Head Missouri Department of Economic Development
January 8, 2009 By
In what will hopefully be good news for the Missouri Film Industry, Incoming Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon named Bryan Cave lawyer and tax credit guru Linda Martinez his economic development director on January 6th. She’s the first woman ever named to the position, but more important is her expertise: Martinez’s practice focuses on tax credits, [...]
An Update From the Missouri Film Commission
November 12, 2008 By
Missouri Film Industry Members: As many of you know, our operations at the Missouri Film Office have been scaled back significantly over the past few years. With greatly reduced manpower and funding, our focus has been, at minimum, to continue providing the basic services that will attract and support motion picture and video production in [...]
IndieVest Offering Independent Movie Investment Model
October 14, 2008 By
From the Wall Street Journal: High-Risk Glamour: A Piece of an Indie Flick IndieVest Members Pay Fee, Get Right to Buy Into a Film IndieVest Inc. is bringing the concept of fractional ownership to people who want to invest in movies, hoping that its financial model will prove profitable in a trying era for independent [...]
Qualified Production Activities Income – Film Makers and Taxes
October 13, 2008 By
I picked this one up from the Dallas Producers Association mailing list, some good advice it would appear on managing your taxes. ================= Whether you are shooting commercials, industrial videos, television series or feature films, now would be a good time to sit down with your tax professional and review how changes in federal tax [...]
No Room In The Multiplex
September 3, 2008 By
The Wall Street Journal looks at the impact the amount of cash Hollywood has made in recent years has had on film distribution Last year, more than 600 feature films — mostly independent movies not produced at a major studio — were released theatrically in the U.S., up from 466 in 2002, according to the [...]
Movie Videos By The Numbers
August 23, 2008 By
Sci-Fi Serial “Gemini Division” Premieres Today
August 18, 2008 By
From the Wall Street Journal Shot entirely in front of a green screen, “Division” stars actress Rosario Dawson (“Sin City”) as a vice cop who becomes involved with the mysterious titular organization after she discovers her perfect boyfriend is actually an artificial life form known as a SIM. Consisting of 50 “webisodes,” which average around [...]
“Metropolitan” Debuts On Hulu
August 16, 2008 By
I’m a kid of the 70′s so when I read about indie films from the 80′s that I’m not familiar with, I have to pay attention. That’s what happened when I read this Alongside “Slacker,” “Roger & Me,” “Poison,” “Sex Lies and Videotape,” and “Paris Is Burning,” nearly twenty years ago Whit Stillman’s “Metropolitan” marked [...]
Hollywood Seems to Show Vulnerability to Recession
August 8, 2008 By
The Wall Street Journal checks in with an update on the state of the industry: Hollywood Seems to Show Vulnerability to Recession By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER August 7, 2008; Page B8 The film industry may not be as recession-proof as Hollywood likes to boast, according to a new study by Interpret LLC, a global media- [...]
The Moxie Is Moving
August 4, 2008 By
From the weekly Moxie email newsletter: In other news, we have dates set for our move! Our last day at our current location will be September 2nd, and we anticipate reopening at our new place on Friday, September 19th, which is the weekend of our third anniversary. For more information about our move, check out [...]
SnagFilms.com
July 17, 2008 By
Lot’s of news to share with you on SnagFilms, a new company founded by Ted Leonsis and backed by Steve Case and Miles Gilburne. Let’s start here: SnagFilms Offers Free Instant Streaming And Viral Sharing Of Hundreds Of Documentary Films. Ad Revenue Shared With Filmmakers, Viewers Connected To Causes Washington, D.C., July 17, 2008 – [...]
Christian Gaines Joins Withoutabox
July 15, 2008 By
Gaines Bolsters Withoutabox as B-Side Prepares Rival Online Fest Submission Site by Eric Kohn (July 14, 2008) Last week, Christian Gaines officially left his post at the American Film Institute, paving the way for his new job as Director of Festivals for Withoutabox, marking the latest example of the digitally-oriented film community reaching into the [...]
Hollywood Update
July 10, 2008 By
A pair of stories from the Wall Street Journal Actors Union Approves Pact With Producers By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER, July 9, 2008; Page B8 Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved their new contract with a 62.4% majority. In recent weeks, the Aftra vote became something of a referendum on the [...]
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