Bomb It 2 on Babelgum To Watch List for Fast Company Magazine

Babelgum Actually — gasps — Pays for Users to Create Videos By PATRICK J. SAUER So far as I know, Babelgum is the only company paying Web-video creators money up front,” says chief revenue officer Douglas Dicconson. And not for low-brow stuff, but ambitious professional works such as British documentarian Daniel Edelstyn’s Vodka Empire, the […]

Screen Hub’s Lyn Norfor on Jon Reiss and Thinking Outside of the Box Office!

Jon Reiss: Thinking Outside the Box Office by: Lyn Norfor Screen Hub Thursday 15 July, 2010 Jon Reiss, independent filmmaker and proselyte, wrote Thinking Outside the Box Office, and is running a series of events around Australia, including MIFF. Lyn Norfor was reminded of the 50% rule – “50% of the time and resources to make […]

10 Solutions to Ted Hopes 38 More Ways The Film Industry Is Failing Today

On Truly Free Film today Ted Hope writes about 38 More Ways The Film Industry Is Failing Today. My response is to propose 10 Solutions that Filmmakers Can engage in to work against these failings: 1. Consider marketing and distribution of your films as part of the entire filmmaking process. If you do this it […]

Jon Reiss Interview with Nat Mundel

This was published on voyagemedia.com today. Author Jon Reiss on the Death of the Film Festival AND HIS BEST KEPT SECRETS THAT COULD MAKE YOUR NEXT INDIE FILM A SUCCESS!! In his interview with Nat Mundel, independent filmmaker, author, and educator Jon Reiss unabashedly confirms one thing: the film festival acquisition model is dead or […]

TOTBO Tip of the Day 10 Blog

Blogging helps in two ways: First, it drives traffic to your site as you link to new and interesting stories that are related to the subject of your film (For Bomb It, we post news about graffiti around the world.) And second, your blogging activity will help your site’s SEO (search engine optimization). This will […]

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 […]

Jon Reiss at IFC this Tuesday, November 17th!

Just out from an amazing weekend at DOX:FORUM in Cophenhagen, I’ll be in New York this week at the IFC Center speaking about my new book Think Outside the Box Office (released on the 16th!).  Come check it out!  Call (212) 924-7771 for tickets! Thinking Outside the Box Office Tue, Nov 17 at: 6:00 PM […]

Indieflix Comments on My Blog

In today’s changing Indie distribution markets, we must engage with strong marketing strategies from a project’s inception.  Find your audience.  Get to know them.  Understand their needs and how they will gain access to your art! Check out this great article from IndieFlix! Finding What Works in Film Marketing & Distribution Submitted by lauren on […]

Jon Reiss joins BAFTA panel at this year’s AFM Conference

I’ll be sitting on the BAFTA panel at AFM discussing changes in Indie Distribution on Sunday, November 8th from 11:00am – 12:30pm.   Come on out to hear the most cutting-edge discussion of indie distribution and marketing! Sunday November 8th 11:00am-12:30pm No Direction Home – Changing Indie Distribution Strategies Programmed by: British Academy of Film & […]