Profiles

Reasons for the Cutting Room Floor

erin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600

It’s not every day that you get an opportunity to speak with one of Hollywood’s premiere film editors. If you ever have the means, I would highly recommend it. For those in the Boston area, the means may be closer than you think.

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cristina — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:53:18 -0500

Editor's Note: This collaborative reporting effort was led by Nikki Chase, Maddy Kadish and Beth Brosnan.

Struggle and Triumph for Haiti's Ciné Institute

cristina — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

On January 12th, Haiti’s only professional film school, Ciné Institute, lost its main building in the massive earthquake that devastated the Port-au-Prince region.

Three Approaches to Marketing an Independent Film

Nikki — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:22:48 -0500

Independent filmmakers don’t have the luxury of the publicity divisions employed by studios. Yet smart filmmaker know that a film’s marketing is crucial to its success or failure—and doing it well requires an enormous amount of time and effort.

Digging In: An Interview with Eugene Rosow and Bill Benenson of "Dirt! The Movie"

Nikki — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:50:23 -0500

Independent filmmakers aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.

At least, Eugene Rosow isn’t. Rosow recently teamed up with fellow filmmaker Bill Benenson to create Dirt! The Movie, a funny, socially relevant, award-winning documentary about dirt.

Distributor FAQ: Udy Epstein of Seventh Art Releasing

Nikki — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:11:35 -0500

Seventh Art Releasing is a distributor and sales company founded in 1994 by Jonathan Cordish and Udy Epstein. The company is known for distributing award-winning documentaries and fiction films, many dealing with Jewish culture, lesbian and gay issues, human rights, music, and popular culture.

Feverish Ambitions: Northern Ireland's First Independent Film Festival

Nikki — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:55:25 -0500

Kung fu zombies are rarely catalysts for film festivals. Rather, they’re the stuff of cult canons and film student fever dreams. Rarely seen together, the two B-movie genre standards are a mother lode of midnight movie possibility and it’s amazing more filmmakers haven’t mined it.

Funder FAQ: Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grants

Nikki — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:26:30 -0500

Carole Dean, founder of the the Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grants and From the Heart Productions, talks with The Independent about her foundation.

What are the Roy Dean Film & Video grants?

These grants are designed to support documentary and independent filmmakers by giving them the goods and services to get their films off the ground.

A Little Money, a Long Way: An Interview with Joseph Cashiola

Nikki — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:08:49 -0500

Joseph Cashiola says that there has to be “exploration” in his life, or he’s not happy. This is the result of traveling around in an Army family as a kid. Fittingly, Cashiola, 27, continues on a self-taught, road-tested, and successful spiral into independent filmmaking and is not short on ideas.

Distributor FAQ: Vanessa Domico of Outcast Films

Nikki — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:01:31 -0600

Vanessa Domico was tired of seeing too few LGBT films, so she drew on her expertise as a film distributor and founded Outcast Films.