Category Archives: self-referential

Exercise for the new year

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

My friend Regina Gelfo sent this to me in the first few days of 2010 as an exercise to help me establish and put clarity into the year that had passed. She found it somewhere on the internet, not sure … Continue reading →

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‘Purpose of Film Festivals’ on WorkBook Project’s New Breed

Posted on April 22, 2010 by

Just a heads up that my Purpose of Film Festivals essays have been published on the WorkBook Project’s New Breed- which I am unduly geeked out about. Go check out #1 here and #2 here. If you’re unfamiliar with New … Continue reading →

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Me explaining crowd-sourced funding on too much coffee

Posted on April 3, 2010 by

Courtesy of the folks at Film Courage, I bring you my hyper-caffeinated explanation of crowd-sourced funding for filmmakers.

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THIS IS NOT A MANIFESTO… It’s a survival mechanism.

Posted on January 20, 2010 by

Published in the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival catalog for the WorkBook Project, Open Video Alliance and Slamdance Filmmaker Summit. Of the 3661 feature films submitted to the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, about 120 made it into the festival. Of those, … Continue reading →

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UFBD on Youtube

Posted on December 28, 2009 by
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Announcing: Cinema Speakeasy

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

Announcing a new, invite-only, monthly film series – initially in Los Angeles – which aims to: showcase newer independent films that are doing the DIY Distribution rounds support the filmmakers by aligning them with new audiences outside the industry give … Continue reading →

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Breakfast of champions

Posted on June 13, 2009 by
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There’s a narrative here

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My future husband is a euro-trash looking drug baron’s son

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

Hilarious description of what Mexican mafia lords are MEANT to look like (peasants with money), as opposed to what some of them DO look like (eastern european nouveau rich cheese meets sensitive intellectual meets HOT, as above): “They’re harder to … Continue reading →

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