I recently had the opportunity to purchase the beautiful book pictured above. From the introduction: We asked the artistic directors of ten prestigious film festivals to nominate ten of the best emerging film directors working today. The participants are: Cameron Bailey and Piers Handling, Toronto I[...]
Posts Tagged ‘sundance film festival’
How Not To Make A Short Film by Roberta Munroe
Buy it on Amazon. The Sundance shorts program began as a box of VHS tapes in 1989. In 2010 there were more than 6,000 short films submitted. For her five years as a shorts programmer Roberta Munroe was responsible for wading through them, deciding which ones would make it to Sundance. I recently att[...]
August 25th, 2010 - 2:44 pm § in Contemporary Short Films
5 Shorts that Launched Features
Sikumi Director Andrew Okpeaha MacLean won the 2008 Sundance US Short Film Jury Prize with Sikumi “On The Ice.” He then participated in the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Directors Lab to develop his feature of the same name. There’s a great video of him discussing it in this episo[...]
Sundance Shortslab Part 1: Development
On the last weekend in July the Sundance Institute hosted its first annual Shortslab, a day dedicated entirely to short filmmaking. I was lucky enough (for $150) to attend, and it was an amazing experience. This is the first part of a five-part section on the labs. Part 1: Development Miguel Arteta,[...]
April 18th, 2010 - 4:28 pm § in Contemporary Short Films, Reviews
Hello, Thanks
Hello, Thanks is a wonderful little short film by Andy Blubaugh, which premiered at the 2006 Sundance film festival. Andy was recently written up in Indiewire’s recently revived Futures Column, which looks at up and coming independent filmmakers. Blubaugh is based in Portland Oregon. Hello Tha[...]
July 29th, 2009 - 11:20 pm § in Screenwriting
Sundance Screenwriters Lab
My screenplay “Old Money” hast made it into the second round! I now have until August 15th to rewrite it. I had originally set it aside to work on another project, but now rereading it I am pleasantly surprised by what I found. There are the usual typos and small events that do not pay [[...]