“Losing Control” Melds Science and Romance
Valerie Weiss, scientist-turned-filmmaker, delivers an interring blend of science and romance in “Losing Control”.
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Film Journal: Navigating the Uncertainty of Post-Production
In my last film journal, I talked about the production of my feature independent film, Losing Control, a quirky, romantic…
Film Journal: Survival Strategies During Production
In my last installment of my film journal, I wrote about the importance of pre-production for laying the groundwork for…
Film Journal: The Importance of Pre-Production
In my first two installments of my Film Journal for The Independent, I wrote about the philosophy behind the $200,000…
Film Journal: The Making of an Independent Feature
Filmmaker Valerie Weiss will share her experiences of financing, making, and marketing her first independent feature film Losing Control in…
ITVS: Has This Key Funding Partner Lost its Way?
In 2007, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick learned that her application for funding from the Independent Television Service (ITVS) had been accepted….
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea”
About this column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long to…
Lost Angels
I could just be romanticizing it now that I’ve moved, but in New York all the filmmakers I knew seemed…
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…