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Hot Button: What is the Producer’s Role?

by Website Update on October 19, 2011

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With DIY approaches to production and distribution on the rise, at what point does a producer need to collaborate?

 

Mike Ryan, President/Producer, Greyshack Films

 

Jon Reiss, President, Hybrid Cinema
Jon Reiss is a filmmaker, author and consultant whose most recent book is “Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul”. He works …

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In Conversation with Josh Braun

by Website Update on October 18, 2011

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Join top sales agent Josh Braun, responsible for the deals behind such documentary breakouts as Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Page One: Inside the New York Times, and Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, for a discussion on today’s market for non-fiction.
Sponsored by Kodak

 

Josh Braun, Co-President, Submarine Entertainment
Josh Braun …

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New Venues for Documentary

by Website Update on October 17, 2011

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Top producers reps and sales agents provide insight to the current trends, successes and deals happening in today’s documentary marketplace for feature and episodic content.

Lesli Klainberg, Producer, Director, and Co-founder, Orchard Films
Lesli Klainberg is an award-winning producer and director whose documentaries have screened at the Berlin, Sundance and …

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Webumentary: Online Releasing and Transmedia Extensions

by Website Update on October 14, 2011

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When you have a film with a message or call to action, theatrical distribution may not be the best strategic tool. Hear from film and media makers who eschewed traditional theatrical documentary to connect with audiences

Ryan Davis, Social Media Director, Blue State Digital
Ryan Davis is Social Media Director …

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Every Day This Month: Full Panels from the 2011 Filmmaker Conference

by Website Update on October 14, 2011

Starting today, IFP will be posting streaming videos of full panels from the 2011 Filmmaker Conference.  One new panel will be posted every weekday for the next month on www.ifp.org.

The first video – a case study of Sundance Audience Award winning documentary Buck can be found here.  The panel features …

Ted Hope on Quality vs. Quantity

by Website Update on October 13, 2011

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“I’m not being asked to deliver quality – I’m asked to deliver quantity.”

Hear from Ted Hope (Producer, Super, Adventureland, The Savages; Executive Producer, Martha Marcy May Marlene) on some of the issues plaguing today’s indie film market. 

From the 2011 Filmmaker Conference.

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Case Study: Buck

by Website Update on October 13, 2011

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Full Panel.  Hear from the team behind one of the year’s top grossing documentaries, Sundance Audience Award winning Buck as they discuss the challenges of their filmmaking process from inception to release.

Julie Goldman, Producer, Motto Pictures
Julie has produced a wide range of award-winning documentaries that have been distributed …

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Case Study: Valemont

by Website Update on May 11, 2011

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Valemont’s transmedia experience was created to support the series produced by MTV and Electric Farm Entertainment, and sponsored by Verizon. It included a hub site (ValemontU.com), nine character Twitter accounts, three blogs, a Facebook page and SMS messaging. Transmedia Producer Nina Bargiel will take you through the process …

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