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We redesigned the calendar! A refresher, for anyone who needs it:
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We redesigned the calendar! A refresher, for those who might’ve missed last week’s calendar:
FilmStack Daily Digest’s calendar fills your life with options, choices, and all you need to mak...
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FilmStack Daily Digest’s calendar fills your life with options, choices, and all you need to make the most of this magnificence. Or at least might come close. 100% of funds received from pai...
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The Calendar is officially 1 year old! We have brought you “Calendar Updates” for 53 weeks straight (!). We think it’s time for a little refresh, so to that end, we have redesigned the cale...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
A producer on over 70 films, studio exec on over 60, Ted launched Amazon’s foray into feature film production. His memoir/handbook "HopeForFilm" is available for your reading pleasure.
Award-winning screenwriter of low-budget and TV movies here to share how I got here and how I keep going. Newly minted director of SWATHE.
Filmmaker, Aaron Strand. Currently roadshowing my debut feature film 'Withdrawal'.
Proprietor of ROUGH CUTS: a home for the ambitious cinephile. | Author of NO ONE'S COMING TO SAVE YOU, coming 8 December from Infinite Books.
Cinema-maker. Former Co-Executive Director of Filmmakers Alliance.
Anthony Kaufman is a film programmer, film journalist, and film teacher.
Writer & Producer of This World Alone, Guacamole Yesterdays, and Gargantuan. Founder of Mirror Box Films.
Working studio screenwriter (Netflix, Searchlight). Black List alum. Hollyweird covers what nobody tells you about a real screenwriting career — craft, business, and the gap between.
film critic, culture writer, amateur scuba diver
I am an educator and filmmaker from Lafayette, Louisiana. I write about micro-budget filmmaking and the independent film industry.
I'm a film industry analyst, passionate about understanding how the industry works and sharing insights to help filmmakers get their projects funded, made, and seen. I consult for Guinness World Records on film-related records.
Filmmaker, author, entrepreneur and educator. Founder Raindance and British Independent Film Awards
Artisanal rants. Film, TV, storytelling, writing, Non-Dē, learning to cook, magic and the way these are all, in my head, one thing. | First feature - WHERE DOES DAISY GO WHEN SHE'S NOT WITH US? - shooting 2027.
The official Substack of the Slamdance Film Festival reporting on the future of filmmaking
Writer & Director. NonDē 50 Films Project, FilmStack Daily Digest, & other secret exploits. Deeply game to explore the meaning of life whenever. Making my feature debut with what's been called a "strange, tender" script with a "fresh comic charge". 👾
Expect lots of FilmStack and then random thoughts on tv, movies, theater, books, and life
Founder and CEO Seed&Spark. Producer, Good&Yum.
i’m a producer, writer, and curator working across fiction and non-fiction. i teach sundance’s monthly film club. also, a mum :)
Entertainment Marketing, Transmedia Storytelling, and making sense of both for you!
I'm Kelli McNeil-Yellen. Working screenwriter/producer & 20+year marketing/PR pro who made the leap to filmmaking with my award-winning film DARUMA now on platforms. Founder Marketing & PR for Indie Film. DM to work w/me on your film's PR & marketing
I write worlds, and film them too. Founder @ NonDē Shorts Festival. Award-winning filmmaker exploring high production value solo filmmaking. Currently writing a horror TV pilot, shooting a feature documentary and a Sci-fi drama short.
Most entertainment reporters don’t understand the business. You want someone who’s been in the room many times. I’m a producer and past C-suite studio exec w/30 years experience. This newsletter is what I wish I’d had.
Founder and curator of Black Women Directors, a digital library. Words and thoughts my own.
I’m Shawna Carroll, a Film and TV Post Producer. I help independent filmmakers avoid the post-production disasters that kill 97% of indie films—before they shoot AND after.
Keeping the Film Industry Informed! Get the 5-minute newsletter and stay up to date with the industry news.
Slamdance co-founder Jon Fitzgerald is the author of Filmmaking for Change: Make Films That Transform the World. And Founder of Cause Cinema & Cause Pictures.
Showrunner. Writer. Indie Producer. Educator.
Juilliard grad turned producer and founder of Noble Gas Media. Brooklyn boy, born and raised.
Filmmaker / Writer & Director of The Big Break / thebigbreakfilm.com / @thebigbreakfilm
Writing about film, and how it makes me feel. Sometimes serious, sometimes not.
If you want to tell stories that matter, I want to help you tell them. I'm an imperfect human who writes imperfect words. A creative career coach with a creative community. A podcaster with ADHD. And a dad who loves dad jokes.
A film about memory, family, and desert magic. 🌵 Join our journey and celebrate the magic of life. ✨
Commercial Producer | Film Nerd | No Gatekeeping
Haikus on my favourite films
They had no money and no connections. But James had a house. "Sell Your House" is a comedy about how two friends made a successful million dollar movie called “The Last Stop in Yuma County” and the lessons we learned along the way.
🎬 Filmmaker | 📺 TV Writer| 🎙️ Co-Host: Off The Lot Indie Film Podcast | 🗞️ The Film Founder Newsletter | 🇨🇦
I write music for screens and places, and make films.
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