The seventh annual New York Korean Film Festival kicked off yesterday with its biggest program yet (check out the promo trailer below). Running through Sept. 2, the Korea Society has curated a diverse fest with screenings throughout the city and special panel discussions with filmmakers.
If Wong Kar-Wai is the beginning and end of your Asian film education, start...
Even though he was the first artist to have a whole album commercially licensed (not to mention that grating Gwen Stefani duet), Moby has made a move that will likely increase his presence in film. Over on his personal Web site, the electronic music impresario has a section titled “moby gratis” where indie and student filmmakers can find that perfect piece of ambient sound...
I love finding what-if and could-have-been movie lists on the internet. They’re the perfect antidote to sitting in the office and waiting for the clock to run out. Incidentally, I just found a couple gems over at Twitch and Cracked that examine five unfilmable novels and who should direct them and the 10 best films Hollywood put the kibosh on, respectively. C’mon, it’s almost 6...
Attention all documentarians: IFP Documentary Rough Cut Lab is accepting entries for its 2007 program, running from Nov. 6 to Nov. 9 in NYC. Now in its second year, the program teams 10 docs and their novice creators with experienced professionals to explore post-production possibilities and prepare the piece for festival submission. The submission deadline is Sept....
Tim Kinsella, of influential indy bands Cap 'n' Jazz and Joan of Arc, has taken time off from the volatile music industry to explore the just-as-precarious film industry. His feature film debut, Orchard Vale (see trailer below), an experimental examination of a band of outsiders after the breakdown of civilization, opened the 14th Chicago Underground Film Festival (and...
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How to make a fake hand
by Jerry Rizzo & Erik Beck
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Wikipedia defines Mumblecore as “an independent filmmaking movement characterized by ultra-low budget production, focus on personal relationships between twenty-somethings, improvised scripts, and non-professional actors.” With lengthy articles appearing in both the New York Times and the Village Voice (as well as countless blogs), I describe it as the...
Over at Renew Media’s invaluable new blog, RE:Sources, film advisor Rachel Gordon discusses the pros and cons of self distribution in two articles. An important decision that needs to be made by any filmmaker wishing to move beyond YouTube, Gordon shares her experiences working in the “non-theatrical world” and what it entails.
On one hand, independent filmmakers are...
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