Money Issues: Funding an Independent Film
Long before filmmakers begin production, they face the daunting task of scraping together enough money to get their film off…
Features
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “Soy Andina”
About this column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long to…
Download This: The Future of Distribution is Just a Click Away
Video blogs, vodcasts, YouTube — in many ways it seems that independent filmmakers have taken the internet by force. But…
Watch Clips from the Oscar-winning Docs, Shorts, and Animated Shorts
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE No End in Sight (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production Filmmakers: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs The…
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sundance
Sundance is growing. More submissions than ever–8,000 for 2008. More screenings. More countries of origin represented in both the feature…
Distributor Q&A: Wolfe Releasing
A lot has changed since 1985, when Kathy Wolfe started Wolfe Releasing in order to distribute lesbian films on video. …
A Q&A with our readers
After sending out our email blast to over 10,500 former AIVF members andIndependent subscribers, I was pleased to receive an…
The Independent is Back!
As you may have heard, Independent Media Publications has come forward to take over the online and print publication of…
Blurring the Lines
Ohio-based filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s 3-hour and 45-minute documentary A Lion in the House follows five families with…