The Berlinale Talent Campus is an excellent program that takes place every year during the Berlin Film Festival. The application is open from July 15th to October 6th. The talent campus is a six-day creative summit for up-and-coming filmmakers. The next edition is from February 12-17, 2011. Filmmake[...]
June 18th, 2010 - 8:42 am § in Opportunities for Filmmakers, UCLA Film School
Summer Jobs
Forgive me for my absence in the last few days. The combined efforts of finding a job and an apartment have been taking up all of my time. Which brings me to an interesting question; What do UCLA Directing Students do in the summer? What should they do? There are a number of options. 1. [...][...]
June 6th, 2010 - 5:07 pm § in Contemporary Short Films
Blue Tongue Films
Blue Tongue Films is a loose Australian film collective responsible for such films as Sundance World Jury Prize Winner “Animal Kingdom,” Oscar-Nominated Short Film “Miracle Fish,” and the feature “The Square.” This article chronicles their rise to fame in the last[...]
May 30th, 2010 - 5:36 pm § in Filmmaking
Some Quotes from Alexander Mackendrick
Mackendrick was the legendary director of The Sweet Smell of Success and a long-time professor at Calarts Film School. On filmmaking, his collected lectures, is one of the best books I have ever read on the subject, and is especially useful for student filmmakers. Some quotes: Student films come in [...]
May 27th, 2010 - 11:43 am § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
The Hollywood Temp Diaries
A great source for entertainment jobs, ranging from executive to intern positions: http://www.tempdiaries.com/p/job-list.html[...]