More Venting about Film Synopses

Yesterday, I tweeted my frustration about the synopses I’ve been finding in the web for indie films. I decided to use more than the 160 characters of Twitter to vent a little further. The context is that we play a lot of independent films at Emerging Cinemas, and once a month we collect info on [...]

Columbia University announces expanded MFA in Producing

In my capacity as  Professor in the Film Division of the School of the Arts at Columbia, I’m very proud of the announcement below. As independent producers the world over continue to fret about how new technologies and the internet are affecting their ability to create sustainable careers, it becomes paramount (excuse the unintentional pun) [...]

A Public Option for Filmmakers

After my last post about the “Indie Summit,” I began an email correspondence with indie filmmaker Tyler Davidson. I found his thoughts provocative and encouraged him to write them up so I could share them with the rest of the indie community. The following is from Tyler:
A PUBLIC OPTION FOR FILMMAKERS 
Just as a few U.S. [...]