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Happy New Year Heads to NY
October 11th, 2011 – 9:36 am | No Comment
Happy New Year Heads to NY

After an incredibly successful festival tour, Happy New Year, the opening night film for AMC Theatres® Kansas City FilmFest in April 2011, heads to New York. The film was well received around the country and at the Oldenburg International Film Festival in Germany in September.
The New York premiere of the film will be at the [...]

The Economics of Indie Filmmaking
September 17th, 2011 – 1:33 pm | No Comment
The Economics of Indie Filmmaking

For filmmaker Jon Foy it began, as many mysteries do, with an unexpected twist of fate — in this case, a prank phone call in the middle of the night picked up by someone other than the intended target.

But before that, there were the tiles. Starting sometime in the 1980s, cryptic messages began to appear embedded in the roadways of cities across the U.S. and South America. Linoleum tiles, most roughly the size of a U.S. automobile license plate, were fused into the asphalt, carved with some variation of the message…

Broderick’s Distribution Bulletin # 16 Is Out
July 9th, 2011 – 3:53 pm | No Comment
Broderick’s Distribution Bulletin # 16 Is Out

2008 Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee guest Peter Broderick has just released the latest edition of his e-mail newsletter, The Distribution Bulletin. #16: SPECIAL REPORT: HOW FILMS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD is available on Peter’s website, peterbroderick.com. Subscribe to Peter’s newsletter.
This Special Report includes exclusive coverage of the studies of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH and WAITING [...]

Broderick’s Distribution Bulletin # 13 Is Out
August 11th, 2010 – 10:17 am | No Comment
Broderick’s Distribution Bulletin # 13 Is Out

2008 Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee guest Peter Broderick has just released the latest edition of his e-mail newsletter, The Distribution Bulletin, offering an analysis of the film Lioness.
#13 is available on Peter’s website, peterbroderick.com. Subscribe to Peter’s newsletter.
 
 

Doc Filmmakers Win Exemption from DMCA
August 6th, 2010 – 8:41 am | One Comment
Doc Filmmakers Win Exemption from DMCA

Documentary filmmakers have gained access to previously “locked” DVD content for fair use in their productions under an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act granted to them by the US Copyright Office.
More information, including specific recommendations for filmmakers from the US Copyright office, is on the International Documentary Association website.
More information is also available [...]

Submissions Wanted: Healing Through Films
August 5th, 2010 – 11:21 am | No Comment
Submissions Wanted: Healing Through Films

The Healing through Films Festival is searching for extraordinary films for our transformative festival. Submit Today!
Healing through Films Festival was established to utilize the power of film to bring healing, peace and joy to individuals and urban communities. Healing through Films will present films from around the world that highlights triumphs over adversities. We will [...]

Subscribe to The Independent online – Free!
August 5th, 2010 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Subscribe to The Independent online – Free!

You may remember us as The Independent Film & Video Monthly. Now we’re The Independent, an online magazine that informs independent, grassroots, and activist media-makers and creates connections to the larger independent media community, including filmmakers, exhibitors, distributors, scholars, and students.
Subscribe to The Independent, a FREE online magazine. Create a free account. Just choose a [...]

Independent Experience Film Festival
July 17th, 2010 – 6:06 pm | No Comment
Independent Experience Film Festival

[ October 8th, 2010 to October 9th, 2010. ]
The Independent Experience Film Festival is one tailored for filmmakers and film lovers, by filmmakers and film lovers. Our goals are community based and our mission is simple: strive to be the premiere mid-western outlet for indie films as well as educating the public (local and abroad) about the importance of film and the arts. [...]

Ultra Render Farm starts up in Kansas City
July 17th, 2010 – 5:56 pm | No Comment
Ultra Render Farm starts up in Kansas City

Ultra Render Farm has upgraded to 29 machines. These are 8 core (5 newest machines have 16 virtual cores) workstations at 2.66GHz or higher with 8GB of RAM or more. Rates are very competitive at $0.12/GHz-hour with a $100 minimum. If you need a lot of computation done on a tight deadline, we can do [...]

Independent Experience Film Festival
July 16th, 2010 – 6:10 pm | No Comment
Independent Experience Film Festival

The Independent Experience Film Festival is one tailored for filmmakers and film lovers, by filmmakers and film lovers. Our goals are community based and our mission is simple: strive to be the premiere mid-western outlet for indie films as well as educating the public (local and abroad) about the importance of film and the arts. [...]