So thrilled with the film series this season, up until now....

we screened a night of amazing political films - all which were submitted at our 'political film party'

then Michelle Coe (Program Administrator) and Cindy Kridle (Marketing Manager) of Women Make Movies joined us and screened Girl Wrestler which premieres tonight on the PBS Series Independent Lens. Both Michelle and Cindy spoke to the Roundtable audience about projects which they are currently working on, how WMM chooses which films to help and their role in the indepdent film industry.

the following week Greg Allen joined the series and screened Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life. Greg of greg.org spoke about his weblog and how he first viewed blogs as a vehicle to assist him in moving forward with his film career. Greg is a pioneer in the blogging world and is now writing for the NY Times, other well known publications, as well as producing video blogs which are compiled from films, videos, and works of art. They can be seen on greg.org.

This past Monday, Megan O'Neil - Director of Acquisitions for Atom Films, was kind enough to take time and hang out with The Roundtable. Megan, being a veteran of the short film industry had so much knowledge to share. Over the years, I've watched Megan persevere from starting out with her own short film company, Four Front Films, started by she and her husband which was later bought by Atom Films, then Megan was asked to work for Atom and was the nucleus of the short film-dot com explosion. Megan has stayed true to her strong belief in short films, still with www.atomshockwave.com she continues to buy shorts and is doing better than ever.