We took some time to ask Director Marshall Curry about his experiences with making the film If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, which was recently nominated for Best Feature Documentary in this year’s Oscar Awards. The film unravels the story of the Earth Liberation Front members as individuals, challenging their [...]

In case you missed it, here is a recap of all the jury prizes awarded at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The festival ran from January 20, 2012 – January 26, 2012 and award prizes on closing day. AUDIENCE AWARDS Audience Award for Feature Documentary: Getting Up by Caskey Ebeling Audience Award [...]

Filmmaker Magazine’s Scott Macaulay takes a look back to when he met Bingham Ray, who passed recently at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. A venerated figure in the film industry, everyone whose life he touched has deeply felt the pain of his lost and wishes his family and loved ones peace in their time of [...]

Film Independent announced the guest speakers and program for the 11th Annual Film Independent Directors Close-Up series. The series takes place every Wednesday from February 8, 2012 – March 7, 2012 at The Landmark in West Los Angeles. Guest speakers include Directors Jonathan Levine, (50/50), Mike Mills (Beginners), Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter), Writers Will Reiser [...]

A great article talking about the growing movement of collaborative filmmaking in Maine where, like so many other places, there is a concentration of talent with no real joint community to proper harness it. Read on and visit the press herald for more great stories: If you need proof that the Maine film scene is [...]

Texas is taking film festival locales and big name busting to a whole new level with the announcement of the Corpus Christi Film Festival affectionately dubbed Crash The Coast! Taking place around 200 miles from SXSW, the Crash The Coast Film Fest is the brain child of the Corpus Christi Film Society which is looking [...]

Stephanie Allain, known most notably for her role as producer to Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan, will be taking the helm as director of the LA Film Festival. She succeeds Rebecca Yeldham, who voluntarily left her position for personal reasons. Stephanie will be working closely with Festival Managing Director Gloria Campbell and Festival [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has entered into an agreement with Everyone Counts Inc. to exclusively develop an electronic voting system for the 85th Academy Awards®, to be held in 2013. Everyone Counts will work with PwC, the Academy’s accounting firm of record, whose role in tabulating Academy members’ votes will remain [...]

Edward Burns has been in the independent spotlight for the greater part of two months now with his uncanny timing of still being young enough to take advantage of new filmmaking innovation while having enough experience to provide retrospectives that help round out how the industry is taking shape in the 21st century. Newlyweds, a [...]

Box Your Shorts Film Festival (where they LITERALLY box your shorts) needs help to make sure that the festival gets off without a hitch. They have a head start but only 37 days to raise their target $5000 to cover the expenses involved with their awards night. No contribution is too small, and the festival [...]