Category Archives: theory

How small festivals are the future of meatspace film distribution: Thoughts 4 & 5

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

In January, I attended the Slamdance / Sundance extravaganza in Park City, Utah, helping produce the Slamdance, WorkBook Project & Open Video Alliance Filmmaker Summit.  While there, I participated in and listened to a lot of conversations about the shifting … Continue reading →

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How small festivals are the future of meatspace film distribution: Thought 3

Posted on March 10, 2010 by

In January, I attended the Slamdance / Sundance extravaganza in Park City, Utah, helping produce the Slamdance, WorkBook Project & Open Video Alliance Filmmaker Summit.  While there, I participated in and listened to a lot of conversations about the shifting … Continue reading →

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How small festivals are the future of meatspace film distribution: Thought 2

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

In January, I attended the Slamdance / Sundance extravaganza in Park City, Utah, helping produce the Slamdance, WorkBook Project & Open Video Alliance Filmmaker Summit.  While there, I participated in and listened to a lot of conversations about the shifting … Continue reading →

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How small festivals are the future of meatspace film distribution: Thought 1

Posted on February 26, 2010 by

In January, I attended the Slamdance / Sundance extravaganza in Park City, Utah, helping produce the Slamdance, WorkBook Project & Open Video Alliance Filmmaker Summit.  While there, I participated in and listened to a lot of conversations about the shifting … Continue reading →

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An Open Conversation about Film Festivals

Posted on January 25, 2010 by

“SABI Pictures presents the first of the New Breed video reports realized this year in collaboration with Filmmaker Magazine and The Workbook Project. This one’s an open discussion between Lance Weiler, Peter Baxter, Saskia Wilson-Brown, Brian Newman and Paul Rachman … Continue reading →

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100,000 eyeballs to your film, in 3 days flat.

Posted on October 17, 2009 by

An important new weapon in the arsenal for filmmakers who are bucking the system and choosing to self-distribute, VODO is incredibly subversive. Its success, after all, is predicated on human generosity, not to mention the radical (and counter-intuitive) act of … Continue reading →

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DIY Days Philly: ‘Changes in Creative Collaboration’ panel

Posted on September 3, 2009 by

The Changes in Creative Collaboration panel I sat on (with SABI PICTURES, TOM QUINN, EUGENE MARTIN, ARIN CRUMLEY, HUNTER WEEKS, ZEKE ZELKER, moderated by SCOTT MACAULAY) is now online and ready for watching on diydays.com.

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i have an idea, and it’ll solve road rage.

Posted on August 30, 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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