The 2012 American Film Market (AFM), set for October 31-November 7 in Santa Monica  will screen more than 420 motion pictures, including 77 world premieres and 306 market premieres, for thousands of film buyers and industry professionals from more than 70 countries. Jonathan Wolf, AFM Managing Director and Executive Vice President of the Independent Film [...]

Sundance Institute announced recently the films selected to screen in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier, as well as the installations and performances to be featured in the Festival’s New Frontier venue. The Festival takes place January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and [...]

The Kickstarter creativity mill is churning once again, and we’ve been clued into a project that is definitely gaining some legs. The Shift, a multi-part film with heavy music influences, looks to explore our changing world with topical subjects and familiar characters. With change the North Star of this changing society, this film comes at [...]

The nominees for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards were recently announced, released yesterday on YouTube! Nominations of note including Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, The Hangover 2) and Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) and Beasts of the Southern Wild. Check out the video!

If you haven’t come across the viral digital media colossus that is Machinima (and all it’s entities), just know that it is a corporation that has in a great capacity uplifted the YouTube Star community in a way that I’m sure a multitude of companies wish they had considered. Machinima represents many content creators, helping [...]

A recent announcement from the Nantucket Film Festival, whose 2013 Screenplay Competitions have opened for entry.   Submissions to the 2013 Film Festival and the Showtime’s Tony Cox Screenplay Competitions are open! Each year, NFF awards over $12,000 in cash plus in-kind services to film and screenplay prize winners, so don’t miss your chance to [...]

From Monday, November 26th to Thursday, November 29th Director Jonathan Lisecki will be present for Q&A during the run of his film Gayby at reRun, presented by IFP! Presented in partnership with FilmWax, and on the heels of a two-week run at Manhattan’s Cinema Village, Jonathan Lisecki, recently named one of Out Magazine’s 100 Most [...]

The 2013 New York International Shorts Film Festival, taking place at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema (143 East Houston), is officially open for entry!  All entries must meet the guidelines stated in the Entry Requirements section of the NY Shorts Fest website (also listed below).  The early deadline is quickly approaching on December 07, 2012 – click [...]

Shirin Neshat, writer/director of the award-winning artistic commentary on Iranian gender culture Women Without Men, recently spoke with Artinfo.com about her role as an Iranian artist and leader in the art society. About ARTINFO: ARTINFO.com is the online destination of Louise Blouin Media, the world’s leading cultural media group. Our mission is to provide unparalleled access [...]

Things have returned more or less to normal here in NYC after the events of superstorm Sandy, and the indie film events have followed suit.  Despite the unexpected lack of final stretch prep time the Imagine Science Film Festival kicked off without a hitch last Thursday and continues its jam packed film slate through the [...]