June 1999

Distributor FAQ: Seventh Art Releasing

vanessa — Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0500

What is Seventh Art?
A filmmaker-friendly specialized theatrical distributor with a video label and a full-time world sales unit. We mostly do docs.

Who is Seventh Art?

War Stories

marla — Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0500

When the year was young, the hot topic was Monica, not Kosovo. So at the Sundance Film Festival in January, war was the furthest thing from most people's minds -- unless they happened to catch Regret to Inform,Rabbit in the Moon, or Return with Honor,three documentaries dealing with war and its aftermath.

What is DVD?

marla — Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0500

DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a format not unlike CD, only it holds more data and stores it in a format that allows it to playback "cinema quality" video. It can also store data in addition to audio and video tracks.

Funder FAQ: Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund

vanessa — Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0500

When and how did the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF) emerge?

DVD Unbound: Blowing Up the Small Screen

marla — Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0500

We're trying to get rid of the film print as a distribution format," explains James Boyd, the man responsible for No Dance, one of a number of micro-fests that screened in the shadow of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival--but the only one presenting films on DVD. "DVD is a finishing format, like a print, only better and less expensive," Boyd claims.

Distributor FAQ: Seventh Art Releasing

khards — Sat, 01 May 1999 00:00:00 -0500

What is Seventh Art?
A filmmaker-friendly specialized theatrical distributor with a video label and a full-time world sales unit. We mostly do docs.

Who is Seventh Art?