"The movie is quite an accomplishment. I was writer, director, editor,
producer, and everything else you can imagine. It was quite challenging working
with schedules and scouting locations on top of a full time job", says Steve
Moon, the film's producer. "I have written everything from music video
treatments to screenplays, and after having been burned in Hollywood when a
major film was produced and released based on my work, well I decided to go into
indies. I worked with "Boys Don't Cry" director Kimberly Pierce as I began
production of Sidewalk Moon."
The Tuscaloosa premiere is one of many screenings throughout
the Southeast, including Franklin, TN; Atlanta, GA; and Chattanooga,
TN. Sidewalk Moon Films is currently in pre-production for another
feature film being shot in the Birmingham area.
Film
Festivals
Central Standard Film
Festival
I am writing to tell you about a new film festival in
Minneapolis-St. Paul
that we think will be of interest to the members of your
AIVF Regional
Salons.
The Central Standard Film Festival is presented by IFP
Minneapolis-St.
Paul--a national non-profit which supports independent
filmmakers--and was
founded to support and encourages regional American
filmmakers.
We are the first festival to exclusively champion the
stories and cinematic
visions coming from the vast interior of our
country. We believe that these
stories and visions are vitally
important, and that they reach the screen
too infrequently. At Central
Standard we support the advancement of
filmmaking that reflects the wide
breadth of life in all the regions of
America.
The industry¹s current distribution system--and a growing
number of major
film festivals--predominantly advance the stories, thematic
concerns and
production styles established by the film cultures of New York
City and Los
Angeles. We believe filmmakers should be able to live and work
in whatever
place inspires and informs their stories and cinematic
visions.
There is an audience for regional work, and given the
chance, this audience
will support filmmakers to stay and work where they
live. Towards this end,
Central Standard aspires to establish regional
film exhibition spaces,
regional film television programs and regional
distribution systems so that
more, and different, cinematic visions can reach
US audiences.
Central Standard is working towards a nation-wide film
industry which
includes a chorus of filmmaking voices, providing authentic
insight into
life in the rest of the United States.
Director of Programming Todd Hansen was six years at the
Los Angeles
Independent Film Festival Associate Programming under Thomas
Harris before
taking on Central Standard.
Looking forward to hearing from your members and checking
in with new
production in the other 48 states!
Wyatt McDill
Festival Coordinator
The Central
Standard Film Festival
401 N. 3rd St. #450
Minneapolis, MN
55401
612.338.0871 x19
wmcdill@ifpmsp.org
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CALL FOR STUDENTS FOR FREE FILM PRODUCTION TRAINING
PROGRAM
Independent Pictures' 7th Annual Film Production Training
Program
For Immediate Release: May 16, 2003
Contact: Annetta Marion or Bernadette Gillota, Co-Artistic
and
Executive Directors, (216) 651-7315
Cleveland, Ohio-Independent Pictures and Cleveland State
University
present PICTURE THIS: The CSU Independent Film School 2003, free
apprenticeship-style film and Digital Video Production
training.
WHO: Cleveland State University's Department of
Communication,
Independent Pictures, plus local and national professionals
and YOU.
You must be 16 years of age or older and have the desire to
learn
16mm film production or Digital video production.
WHAT: The CSU President's Initiative Award has provided
funding for
the start-up of this unique opportunity to learn from
professionals
and educators to create a short film from script to screen.
Film
production selected applicants (15 participants) will receive 3 weeks
training that culminates in shooting a fully crewed 16mm film. The
Digital video production selected applicants (10 participants) will
digitally document the whole process and will edit the film
and "author"
(create) the film's DVD. PICTURE THIS made possible by
funds from the
President's Initiative-a partnership of the Cleveland
Foundation, the George
Gund Foundation and Cleveland State University.
WHERE: Cleveland State University's Department of
Communication state-
of-the-art DVCOMM center located in the Music and
Communication
Building, 2001 Euclid Ave., Downtown Cleveland. (More
information
about the facility may be found at www.csuohio.edu/com.)
WHEN: All applications are due by June 11th.
Selected interviews
will be conducted during the week of June 16th. Winners
will be
announced during the week of June 23rd. Training starts July 8th and
classes will be conducted between the hours of 10 am – 8pm. Daily
classes will be approximately 3 hours in length. The actual film
shoot will be conducted the week of July 21st and will require
selected
applicants to work the complete 12-hour shooting days. Three
shooting days
are projected with one backup day. The Digital Video
production track will
continue to work on the film in the
postproduction phase during the month of
August. DVD production will
occur after the completion of the film, which is
slated for release
in the spring of 2004. Digital video students will be
scheduled
loosely throughout the year as the process dictates.
HOW: To be considered you must meet the application
deadline and show
a strong dedication to the program. You must be able to
attend most
classes and are required to work the 12-hour days during the
film-
shooting schedule. You complete our application form, which can be
found at the Independent Pictures website, at www.ohiofilms.com.
Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
established
in 1993. IP is the proud sponsor of the Ohio Independent Film
Festival, Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, Film Production
Training
Program, regional AIVF Salons, Fiscal Agent Sponsorship
Program, Speakers
Bureau, annual Director of Photography Workshop,
and a variety of curatorial
programs.
INDEPENDENT PICTURES' SPONSORS: The George Gund
Foundation, The
Cleveland Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, Association of
Independent
Video & Filmmakers, Media Design Imaging, Cleveland Public
Theatre,
www.WritersScriptNetwork.com
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