IFP Announces National Distribution Lab For Independent Filmmakers
This was posted today on shootonline.com. NEW YORK, March 30, 2010 | SHOOT Publicity Wire | — IFP announces the expansion of its prestigious Independent Filmmaker Labs, introducing the addition of its 2010 Distribution Lab in collaboration with Ted Hope & Jon Reiss. While many programs are well geared toward teaching filmmakers how to write, […]
TOTBO Review by Chris’ MMM
This was published yesterday on moviemarketingmadness.com. Book Review: Think Outside the Box Office By CHRIS THILK I’m a big fan of books – or conference sessions or whatever – that manage to be educational to all levels of experience and existing knowledge without being condescending to those who are already in the know or have […]
Great Dialogue at Springboard Media about Festival Launches
There is a great dialogue going on at Brian Newman’s Springboard Media about when is the best time to release a film. While I don’t always agree with Brian his posts are always thought provoking – he is def someone to follow! Here is my comment on the stream – but go check out the […]
Interview With Cassidy At SXSW
This was published today on Living Proof Magazine. SXSW INTERVIEW | FILMMAKER JON REISS By CASSIDY Jon Reiss has spent the last 30 years making badass documentary films about punk rock, the rave scene, and graffiti. You have almost certainly seen his film Bomb It, a feature length documentary about global graffiti culture. The film […]
Think Outside the Box Office: One of King is a Fink’s Recommended Reads
This was posted in the King is a Fink blog. One Nightstand: What we read before we go to sleep By JESSICA & JULIE Even though Jess and I get a lot of info from the internet, we’re also still fans of books: you know, those things with the pages and the chapters and that […]
Jon and Sheri Candler to Join ‘Gone Fishing’ Chris Jones in Workshop in London
Distribution In 2010 For You And Your Film – We are flying in Jon Reiss and Sheri Candler from LA! By CHRIS JONES ‘Revealing the new distribution and marketing realities is of critical importance to film makers and our community. Media content creators of all types need to understand that the days in which you […]
An Interesting Art v Commerce Discussion on The Auteurs in response to my TOTBO Copenhagen Manifesto
There have been a number of comments in reply to my Copenhagen Manifesto which just got posted to The Auteurs. I love how people are picking up on the need for an “organic” integration of all aspects of filmmaking – including distribution and marketing. I have been using this term quite alot lately in my […]
Age of Stupid Director Franny Armstrong’s New Distribution Channel for Social Justice Docs
This was published on guardian.co.uk yesterday. Social justice films get into the fast lane By ALISON BENJAMIN Bideford Sustainability Group in Devon was formed last week following a screening at the local Baptist church of the climate change film, The Age of Stupid. The organisers of Good Screenings, a new distribution channel for social action […]
Copenhagen Documentary Festival Forum Keynote Speech Opens Debate on The Auteurs Website
Posted by T on The Auteurs Website. PRODUCTION JOURNALS #1: JON REISS | THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX OFFICE In this exclusive video for The Garage’s Production Journals Jon Reiss, director, filmmaker and author of ‘Think Outside The Box Office’, delivers the keynote speech at the 2009 Copenhagen Documentary Festival Forum, talking about the future of […]
Bomb It Upcoming Screening in Wiesbaden, Germany
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