Story Is As Story Does
In 1997, I had a decent career as a freelance magazine writer when at the beach one day I told…
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Funder FAQ: Sundance Institute Documentary Program
What is the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund? It’s a fund to support documentaries in the US and internationally that deal…
Film Festivals: The IFP Market’s Silver Anniversary
A painter who hijacks billboards for subversive messages against corporate advertising; a man trying to convert his car to run…
Playing Niche
Securing funds as an independent producer is often the most difficult and crucial aspect of successfully completing your vision. Money…
The Standby Program
What is Standby? It’s a nonprofit media arts service organization that has been in existence since 1983. We provide post-production…
Money Matters
Ed Pressman and I started ContentFilm two years ago, and we have produced eight films in that time with more…
Jack Cahill & David Eberhardt
First-time documentary filmmaker Jack Cahill still remembers learning hobo sign language from his third grade teacher. What seemed superfluous at…
Small State, Big Fest
Since its inception seven years ago, the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) has been known for putting the filmmaker…
Courting cash
Lots of things pile up after a shoot. For Steve Gentile, producer of Loaded Gun: Life, Death, and Dickinson, the…