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Sundance Lab Fellows Logan Kibens and Sharon Greene Debut 'Operator' in Screenplay Reading Series

Features

Writer-director Logan Kibens and co-writer Sharon Greene debuted "Operator" Monday evening at the Ivy Substation in Culver City as part of the Sundance Institute Screenplay Reading Series. "Operator," a tech-savvy (and tech-wary) relationship comedy, was selected for the highly selective Sundance Screenwriting Labs in January.

By Beth Hanna
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May 17, 2012 10:53 AM
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Watch the Trailers for the U.S. Finalists for 2012 Student Academy Awards

Awards

The Academy selected 35 students from 20 colleges and universities in the U.S. as the finalists for the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards. The awardees are in the running to receive Gold, Silver, Bronze Medal awards as well as accompanying cash grants of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000 respectively. The four categories include Alternative, Animation, Documentary, and Narrative. Full list of finalists is here and trailers for the nineteen available films are below.

By Maggie Lange
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May 2, 2012 4:57 PM
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TFF 2012: Three Things You Should Know About Short-Form Filmmaking

Festivals

The Tribeca Talks panel “The Future is Short: Storytelling in the Digital Age” offers simple and telling information about how to get your content out there and maybe make some money back. The landscape is still fairly disjointed, with a few too many special sauces brewing in the pot.

By Valentina Valentini
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April 25, 2012 6:41 PM
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569 Films Compete for 2012 Student Academy Awards

News

2012 marks the 39th year of the Student Academy Awards. 569 films are competing this year: 518 entries are from students in the States, representing 105 colleges and universities, and 51 more entries are from 29 countries around the world.

By Maggie Lange
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April 15, 2012 6:28 AM
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WESTDOC Moves to Culver City, Early Registration Now Open for Event Sept. 9-12

Filmmaker Toolkit

Filmmakers may want to take advantage of discounted early registration now through April 30 for WESTDOC: The West Coast Documentary and Reality Conference. The third annual event, which offers access to execs involved in funding and acquiring docs, nonfiction and reality programs, moves to Culver City this year.

By Amy Dawes
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March 23, 2012 5:53 PM
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Audiosocket Brings Good Music to Student Filmmaker Community

Filmmaker Toolkit

Licensing music, particularly "good" music, can cause a frustrating holdup in the filmmaker community, especially among student filmmakers. So music, media and digital licensing company Audiosocket launched Audiosocket U, which allows student filmmakers to discover and license music for as little at $5. The roster of songs is more than 35,000, with more than 2,000 indie artists and composers. Visit Audiosocket to learn more. The Wandas, pictured above, are one of Audiosocket's supported bands.

By Maggie Lange
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March 19, 2012 8:47 AM
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SXSW: Forest Whitaker's JuntoBox Project To Crowdsource New Films (Video)

News

The Oscar-winning actor and producer, director Forest Whitaker has launched a project, JuntoBox Films, that will help you crowdsource your films. Announced at South by Southwest, JuntoBox aims to discover and incubate a new generation of talent in cinema, with an innovative model that marries new technology, filmmaking, and social media.