The Sundance announcement rollout is always a charged and emotional time. This year, I was so excited to see some of my favorite names in American narrative filmmaking listed in the lineup: Ira Sachs! So Yong Kim! Craig Zobel! Ry Russo-Young! There will be an abundance of tasty treats in …
by Merrill Sterritt
When we started Film Presence, most outreach efforts were being applied to community and grassroots screenings, but not at the theatrical level. It became clear there was a need for similar engagement around the theatrical openings of films that had tight budgets and clear audiences. This has become …
October was a month unlike any other I have had or will have again. On October 22nd, I got married at home on my family’s farm. In the weeks prior to my wedding, from October 13-17th, I helped to throw another party: the 19th edition of the Hamptons International Film …