Week of 8/15 thru 8/21 and
also
Week of 8/22 thru 8/28
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD; TRUMBO; MAN ON WIRE; AMERICAN
TEEN; UP THE YANGTZE; THE NIGHT JAMES BROWN SAVED BOSTON AND MORE TERRIFIC DOCS ARE SCREENING IN THEATERS. SOME
END 8/21. SUPPORT THE FILMS AND THE THEATERS AND EXPAND YOUR MIND!
TIFF HAS AN INTERESTING DOC LINE-UP. Go to this site's FILM FESTIVALS page for more info and links.
WHAT GOES ON AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS?
- Mini-Workshops
- Screenings
- Problem Solving/Brainstorming Sessions
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ADDRESS?
- Funding/Fundraising
- Distribution
- Festivals
- Demo Reels/Trailers
- Web Sites
- Use of Archival Footage
- Problem Solving Each Others Projects
- IFP Market
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We are a group of Boston doc filmmakers who come together every month to make meaningful connections, share
news, resources and information and to exchange ideas.
A FEW OF OUR PAST PRESENTERS:
Jason Redmond, Executive Director, Independent Film Festival of Boston, http://www.iffboston.org, on entering your film into film festivals, from the festival's POV, and how to make the most of
your festival screenings.
Charles Schuerhoff, Director of Acquisitions, WGBH, International, http://www.wgbhinternational.org, on the international broadcast market--- what kind of doc films sell & who is buying them.
Steve Alves of archival footage company, Footage Farm, http://www.footagefarm.com on the use of low cost archival footage in doc films.
Jean-Phillipe Boucicaut, Editor of Citizen King, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ and American Blackout, http://www.americanblackout.com/.
Gary Roma/Henry Bass, Filmmakers, on successful self-distribution, http://www.ironfrog.com; http://merrimack-films.com
Liz Canner, Filmmaker, "Orgasm,
Inc." How helpful is the IFP Market? Thirty meetings with industry heavyweights, one year later...
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