The most memorable moments at film festivals are often encounters with other filmmakers. Making non-fiction movies can be isolating, especially during the post-production phase. To emerge from that to re-discover an international community of like-minded artists can be very re-energizing.
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Blogging Hot Docs: A Few Wise Words from Richard Leacock
Filmmaker Paul Devlin wraps up the 2008 Hot Docs festival in Toronto
May 1st, 2008 | Paul DevlinPosted in
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Blogging Hot Docs: Playing the Pre-Sale, Co-Production Game
Filmmaker Paul Devlin finds that filmmakers are struggling to woo commissioning editors
May 1st, 2008 | Paul DevlinPosted in
The Toronto Documentary Forum is a high-powered, pressurized event that happens alongside the Hot Docs film festival. A couple hundred commissioning editors and broadcasters from around the world gather for two days of project pitching.
Blogging Hot Docs: Will Online Platforms Save Documentary Film?
Filmmaker Paul Devlin worries about distribution, talks about story structure, and sees some good films.
April 27th, 2008 | Paul DevlinPosted in
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Film festivals can be a rollercoaster of highs and lows.
A premiere can be an ecstatic experience, but there’s a bit of a hangover the next day. Now what? Will the movie get in more festivals or is this it? Is this movie going to sell? Will we make our money back?
Blogging Hot Docs: What Happened At My Film's World Premiere
Filmmaker Paul Devlin talks about his big night
April 26th, 2008 | Paul DevlinPosted in
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My film BLAST!, about a group of physicists who travel from the Arctic to the Antarctic to launch a massive telescope into orbit. One of our main characters is Barth Netterfield, an astrophysics professor at the University of Toronto. His department organized a lovely reception for the movie.
Blogging Hot Docs: BBC's Nick Fraser Named a "Doc Mogul"
Filmmaker Paul Devlin reports on the 2008 Hot Docs festival in Toronto
April 24th, 2008 | Paul DevlinPosted in
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Sometimes filmmaking comes down to arts and crafts.
We rushed to get our BLAST! poster done for the festival. So we wanted to make damn sure it was going to get seen as much as possible.
Blogging Hot Docs: The Director of "BLAST!" Hits Toronto
Paul Devlin blogs about the Hot Docs festival, where his new doc is having its premiere
April 24th, 2008 | Paul DevlinPosted in
Missing Hot Docs in Toronto was my one big regret when I was on the festival circuit with my last film, Power Trip. It was 2003 and the SARS scare shut down the Toronto Documentary Forum and kept a lot of filmmakers home. I was already at the San Francisco Film Festival, and decided to cancel the trip to Toronto.
