A newsletter focusing on the evolving film festival circuit, new trends in distribution and keys to maximizing success. Create the ideal strategy for your film, and advance your career.
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The Current: A Labor of Love
Independent filmmaking has always required work beyond making the film. And on Labor Day, it feels worth celebrating an industry where business and craftsmanship intersect, where the work can be demanding and uncertain, but also deeply sati...
The Current: Filling the Seats
For years, independent filmmakers have heard that theatrical distribution is becoming harder to access. It was. But the landscape may not simply be shrinking, it’s changing.
This week’s stories explore that shift from three perspectives: t...
NonDē Film Part III: The Next 10 Questions
Once production wraps, it can feel like the hard part is over. In many ways, though, this is where the movie truly becomes the movie, and where the decisions you make can determine not only its creative quality, but its ability to reach an...
The Current: Staying in the Game
Finishing an independent feature is an accomplishment, but increasingly, it may only be the beginning of the work. This week’s three pieces look at what separates a completed film from one that actually creates momentum—whether that means g...
The Current: Doing the Work
Independent filmmakers have more tools, information, and ways to reach audiences than ever before, but more options don’t necessarily make the choices easier. This week’s three pieces approach that reality from very different directions: th...
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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.
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". \ud83d\udc7e
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.
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