Exclusive: Film Independent has set seven filmmakers for the 2023 edition of its Producing Lab, an intensive program designed to help creative, independent producers develop their skills and further their careers. The list includes Camila Grimaldi & Farah Jabir (AmeriGirl), Rob Cristiano (Gone by Morning), Daniel Tantalean (In the Summers), Valeria Contreras (Not My Name), Annalisa Shoemaker (Obsolete), and Fiona Hardingham (Smoke Country).
Film Independent looks to bolster its Fellows by introducing them to film professionals who can advise them on both the craft and business of independent producing. Each is paired with a Creative Advisor, with whom they’ll look to develop a project over the course of the program. Rebecca Green will serve as lead creative advisor for this year’s program, which will also feature an expansive roster of guest speakers: Jason Michael Berman, Apoorva Charan, Marissa Frobes, Nate Kamiya, Kristen Konvitz, Stephen Lee, Alex Lo, Lauren Mann, Jack Pearkes,...
Film Independent looks to bolster its Fellows by introducing them to film professionals who can advise them on both the craft and business of independent producing. Each is paired with a Creative Advisor, with whom they’ll look to develop a project over the course of the program. Rebecca Green will serve as lead creative advisor for this year’s program, which will also feature an expansive roster of guest speakers: Jason Michael Berman, Apoorva Charan, Marissa Frobes, Nate Kamiya, Kristen Konvitz, Stephen Lee, Alex Lo, Lauren Mann, Jack Pearkes,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Even amid the concurrent strikes of the past year, there’s been a lot of bonus hand-wringing over the state of the independent producer. Producers, after all, have no SAG or WGA equivalent. Where then does the workaday, blue-collar movie producer find community support? Or work with peers to advance their collective interests?
Well… linking up with a good Artist Development cohort is a great place to star. Which is why we’re thrilled to announce seven new Fellows representing six new projects to kick off the 2023 edition (and 23rd overall!) of the Film Independent Producing Lab.
“We’re delighted to shepherd this group of devoted creative producers through the Lab and give them a dedicated space to further their projects and careers,” says Dea Vazquez, Film Independent’s Associate Director of Fiction Programs.
“We’re thrilled to have feature films in both development and post-production, to support producers at...
Well… linking up with a good Artist Development cohort is a great place to star. Which is why we’re thrilled to announce seven new Fellows representing six new projects to kick off the 2023 edition (and 23rd overall!) of the Film Independent Producing Lab.
“We’re delighted to shepherd this group of devoted creative producers through the Lab and give them a dedicated space to further their projects and careers,” says Dea Vazquez, Film Independent’s Associate Director of Fiction Programs.
“We’re thrilled to have feature films in both development and post-production, to support producers at...
- 10/11/2023
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Robert Lieberman, who directed films including Fire in the Sky and D3: The Mighty Ducks, episodes of The X-Files, Dexter and Criminal Minds and thousands of commercials, has died. He was 75.
Lieberman died July 1 in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, his son, Nick Lieberman, who co-directed Searchlight Pictures’ Theater Camp, which hit the big screen this weekend, announced.
Lieberman helmed TV spots for such companies as McDonald’s, Hallmark and Oreo and worked with talent ranging from President Clinton, Ray Charles and Jerry Lewis to Michael Jordan, Anne Hathaway and Kenan Thompson. He received more than two dozen Clio Awards and, in 1979, the inaugural DGA Award for commercials.
Much of his work was done through Harmony Pictures, the company he founded with Stuart Gross.
In addition to Fire in the Sky (1993), starring D.B. Sweeney and Robert Patrick, and the hockey sequel D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996), starring Emilio Estevez,...
Lieberman died July 1 in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, his son, Nick Lieberman, who co-directed Searchlight Pictures’ Theater Camp, which hit the big screen this weekend, announced.
Lieberman helmed TV spots for such companies as McDonald’s, Hallmark and Oreo and worked with talent ranging from President Clinton, Ray Charles and Jerry Lewis to Michael Jordan, Anne Hathaway and Kenan Thompson. He received more than two dozen Clio Awards and, in 1979, the inaugural DGA Award for commercials.
Much of his work was done through Harmony Pictures, the company he founded with Stuart Gross.
In addition to Fire in the Sky (1993), starring D.B. Sweeney and Robert Patrick, and the hockey sequel D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996), starring Emilio Estevez,...
- 7/17/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The director of 1993’s enduring classic Fire in the Sky, Bloody Disgusting has learned that Robert Lieberman passed away at the age of 75 earlier this month after a battle with cancer.
Many horror fans consider Fire in the Sky to be the most terrifying alien abduction movie ever made, with one scene in particular being among the scariest in the genre’s history.
Released in theaters in 1993, Fire in the Sky was based on Travis Walton’s book The Walton Experience, which itself was based on Walton’s real-life tales of alien abduction.
In the film’s most harrowing scene, Walton (played by D.B. Sweeney) is experimented on by a group of aliens, first emerging from a slimy cocoon and then being subjected to various forms of extraterrestrial torture. It’s a sequence that once seen is never unseen, frequently popping up on lists of the scariest scenes in horror...
Many horror fans consider Fire in the Sky to be the most terrifying alien abduction movie ever made, with one scene in particular being among the scariest in the genre’s history.
Released in theaters in 1993, Fire in the Sky was based on Travis Walton’s book The Walton Experience, which itself was based on Walton’s real-life tales of alien abduction.
In the film’s most harrowing scene, Walton (played by D.B. Sweeney) is experimented on by a group of aliens, first emerging from a slimy cocoon and then being subjected to various forms of extraterrestrial torture. It’s a sequence that once seen is never unseen, frequently popping up on lists of the scariest scenes in horror...
- 7/17/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Robert Lieberman, who directed the sci-fi cult classic Fire in the Sky and won the inaugural DGA Award for Commercials, has died in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He was 75.
His death on July 1 was confirmed by his manager, John Bauman.
Lieberman kicked off his 50-plus year career as an assistant editor in commercials but by the mid-’70s had worked his way up to directing. He ended up helming more than a thousand spots for McDonald’s, Hallmark, Oreo among countless others and winning the DGA Award in 1979 and 1995. He worked with talent ranging from spanned from President Bill Clinton, Ray Charles and Jerry Lewis to Michael Jordan, Anne Hathaway and Kenan Thompson, and much of this work was done through Harmony Pictures, the company he founded with partner Stuart Gross.
Lieberman was in the vanguard that brought a more cinematic, filmmaker’s eye to television. He...
His death on July 1 was confirmed by his manager, John Bauman.
Lieberman kicked off his 50-plus year career as an assistant editor in commercials but by the mid-’70s had worked his way up to directing. He ended up helming more than a thousand spots for McDonald’s, Hallmark, Oreo among countless others and winning the DGA Award in 1979 and 1995. He worked with talent ranging from spanned from President Bill Clinton, Ray Charles and Jerry Lewis to Michael Jordan, Anne Hathaway and Kenan Thompson, and much of this work was done through Harmony Pictures, the company he founded with partner Stuart Gross.
Lieberman was in the vanguard that brought a more cinematic, filmmaker’s eye to television. He...
- 7/17/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kristen Konvitz has joined UTA as an Agent in the Independent Film Group division. She will work from the agency’s Los Angeles headquarters, reporting to Partners Jim Meenaghan and Rena Ronson, who serve as Co-Heads of the Independent Film Group.
Konvitz comes to UTA from ICM, where she worked as an Agent in the Independent Film Group. She spent over five years at the agency prior to its acquisition by CAA, there working to structure and arrange financing, assemble and secure distribution for independent films.
Konvitz has brokered distribution deals on dozens of films coming out of such major festivals as Cannes, Sundance, TIFF and SXSW, among others. Her recent projects include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Cannes Un Certain Regard entry The Silent Twins, SXSW Audience Award winner Pretty Problems, Sundance Best Director winner Palm Trees and Power Lines, and Spike Lee’s American Utopia. Additionally, she has negotiated...
Konvitz comes to UTA from ICM, where she worked as an Agent in the Independent Film Group. She spent over five years at the agency prior to its acquisition by CAA, there working to structure and arrange financing, assemble and secure distribution for independent films.
Konvitz has brokered distribution deals on dozens of films coming out of such major festivals as Cannes, Sundance, TIFF and SXSW, among others. Her recent projects include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Cannes Un Certain Regard entry The Silent Twins, SXSW Audience Award winner Pretty Problems, Sundance Best Director winner Palm Trees and Power Lines, and Spike Lee’s American Utopia. Additionally, she has negotiated...
- 8/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has nabbed North American and UK rights to Last Survivors, a dystopian thriller starring Alicia Silverstone, Stephen Moyer, and Drew Van Acker, ahead of its world premiere at London’s FrightFest Film Festival on October 30, with plans for a day-and-date release across both territories in February 2022.
The post-apocalyptic pic centers on Troy (Moyer), who has raised his now grown son, Jake (Van Acker), in a wooded utopia thousands of miles away from the decayed cities. When Troy is severely wounded, Jake is forced to travel to the outside world to find life-saving medicine. While he’s ordered to kill any humans he encounters, Jake defies his father by engaging in a forbidden relationship with a mysterious woman, Henrietta (Silverstone). As Jake continues this dangerous affair, Troy will do anything to get rid of Henrietta and protect the perfect world he created for himself and his son.
The...
The post-apocalyptic pic centers on Troy (Moyer), who has raised his now grown son, Jake (Van Acker), in a wooded utopia thousands of miles away from the decayed cities. When Troy is severely wounded, Jake is forced to travel to the outside world to find life-saving medicine. While he’s ordered to kill any humans he encounters, Jake defies his father by engaging in a forbidden relationship with a mysterious woman, Henrietta (Silverstone). As Jake continues this dangerous affair, Troy will do anything to get rid of Henrietta and protect the perfect world he created for himself and his son.
The...
- 10/21/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
For a big movie that illustrates how the coronavirus pandemic has re-wired the film business, consider Army of the Dead. Released in May, the Zack Snyder zombie action spectacle cost about $90 million to make. Initially set up at Warner Bros. more than a decade ago, it traveled a winding path to Netflix, which grabbed it in 2019 as it was dramatically ramping up its film output. Unlike other prominent titles that the streamer released before the pandemic, Army snagged a one-week exclusive run from Cinemark, the No. 3 U.S. exhibitor. It was the widest theatrical opening of any streaming movie to date, and it came just as turnstiles were starting to spin again. Spring releases had cracked the $100 million mark, and while capacity constraints were still putting limits on the possibilities, the movie business felt more like itself since the Covid nightmare began in early 2020.
Here’s the thing, though: Army of the Dead...
Here’s the thing, though: Army of the Dead...
- 7/7/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Two decades in, the mission of the Tribeca Film Festival has come full circle.
Launched just months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the festival will kick off its 20th edition Wednesday with New York City and the film world navigating extreme existential challenges. Normally held in late-April, this year’s fest was postponed until June and wound up being fortuitously timed. As coronavirus infections fade and vaccinations increase, Tribeca will be first major North American festival with in-person activities since Covid-19 took hold last year.
“It’s a very similar situation” to the first festival, which was held blocks from the rubble of the Twin Towers, co-founder Robert De Niro said in an interview with Deadline. “It’s part of keeping the tradition going.”
Tribeca Enterprises CEO Jane Rosenthal, who is also De Niro’s producing partner, said there are clear parallels, chief among them stimulating economic activity and restoring...
Launched just months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the festival will kick off its 20th edition Wednesday with New York City and the film world navigating extreme existential challenges. Normally held in late-April, this year’s fest was postponed until June and wound up being fortuitously timed. As coronavirus infections fade and vaccinations increase, Tribeca will be first major North American festival with in-person activities since Covid-19 took hold last year.
“It’s a very similar situation” to the first festival, which was held blocks from the rubble of the Twin Towers, co-founder Robert De Niro said in an interview with Deadline. “It’s part of keeping the tradition going.”
Tribeca Enterprises CEO Jane Rosenthal, who is also De Niro’s producing partner, said there are clear parallels, chief among them stimulating economic activity and restoring...
- 6/9/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
“The finished film market is hot,” says one sales executive.
As the industry prepares to descend virtually on Toronto after a warmly received physical Venice, a sense of cautious optimism cannot hide ongoing concern in the most turbulent year anybody can remember.
TIFF is staging a hybrid festival comprised of indoor and outdoor screenings for attending audiences; a geo-blocked digital platform showing festival films and events only within Canada; and an online-only press and industry presence.
Drive-ins have enjoyed a resurgence over the summer and the format has become another resource for sales companies.
Screenings of TIFF selections are also...
As the industry prepares to descend virtually on Toronto after a warmly received physical Venice, a sense of cautious optimism cannot hide ongoing concern in the most turbulent year anybody can remember.
TIFF is staging a hybrid festival comprised of indoor and outdoor screenings for attending audiences; a geo-blocked digital platform showing festival films and events only within Canada; and an online-only press and industry presence.
Drive-ins have enjoyed a resurgence over the summer and the format has become another resource for sales companies.
Screenings of TIFF selections are also...
- 9/10/2020
- by Jeremy Kay¬Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Although many of the showcased films at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival already have distribution, buyers are clawing at the projects up for sale, and snapping up what’s left quicker than you can say Momofuku Noodle Bar.
On Friday, Bryce Dallas Howard’s documentary “Dads” sold to Apple TV Plus, which was the streamer’s first acquisition at the festival. IFC picked up Russell Crowe’s “The True History of the Kelly Gang” on Thursday. And we’re just getting started.
Ahead of the festival, many sales agents told TheWrap that they were bracing for the impact of the streaming companies, but said this year’s market was “healthy” and “robust.“
“It’s going to be an even playing field,” Kristen Konvitz, an agent in the international and independent film group at ICM Partners, said. “There...
On Friday, Bryce Dallas Howard’s documentary “Dads” sold to Apple TV Plus, which was the streamer’s first acquisition at the festival. IFC picked up Russell Crowe’s “The True History of the Kelly Gang” on Thursday. And we’re just getting started.
Ahead of the festival, many sales agents told TheWrap that they were bracing for the impact of the streaming companies, but said this year’s market was “healthy” and “robust.“
“It’s going to be an even playing field,” Kristen Konvitz, an agent in the international and independent film group at ICM Partners, said. “There...
- 9/7/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off this week just as a clutch of new streaming services from Disney and WarnerMedia and Apple and Comcast prepare to launch. As a result, sales agents and traditional indie distributors are bracing themselves for the impact this new set of content companies will have on the indie film market. “As more streaming services enter the market, the landscape becomes more competitive for theatrical distributors and streamers alike, co-head of UTA Independent Film Group Rena Ronson told TheWrap. “This shift began when Netflix first emerged on the scene, and theatrical distributors subsequently had to become more aggressive in order to compete.” Several sales agents and buyers said the marketplace heading into Toronto is “healthy” and “robust,” because every company is looking for prime content for 2020. But although distributors will be vying for the same titles, many insiders don’t expect the hefty price tags...
- 9/4/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Paul Harrill’s Sundance ghost story “Light From Light,” starring Jim Gaffigan and Marin Ireland, has been acquired by Grasshopper Film, the distribution company said on Tuesday.
Grasshopper picked up U.S. distribution rights to the film from writer and director Harrill, and they plan to release the film in theaters across the country this fall.
“Light From Light” is described as an achingly beautiful film about two strangers who find solace in one another while investigating a mysterious incident.
Following her lifelong interest in the paranormal, Sheila (Ireland) is asked to investigate a potential haunting at a Tennessee farmhouse. There she meets Richard (Gaffigan), a widower who thinks his recently departed wife may still be with him. The investigation that ensues — which eventually includes Shelia’s son, Owen and his classmate Lucy — forces them to reckon with the direction their lives have taken.
Also Read: Sundance Festival Director John...
Grasshopper picked up U.S. distribution rights to the film from writer and director Harrill, and they plan to release the film in theaters across the country this fall.
“Light From Light” is described as an achingly beautiful film about two strangers who find solace in one another while investigating a mysterious incident.
Following her lifelong interest in the paranormal, Sheila (Ireland) is asked to investigate a potential haunting at a Tennessee farmhouse. There she meets Richard (Gaffigan), a widower who thinks his recently departed wife may still be with him. The investigation that ensues — which eventually includes Shelia’s son, Owen and his classmate Lucy — forces them to reckon with the direction their lives have taken.
Also Read: Sundance Festival Director John...
- 7/2/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Grasshopper Film has obtained the distribution rights to writer-director Paul Harrill’s, Light from Light, the ghost story drama that premiered at Sundance earlier this year. Planned for a theatrical release across the country this fall, the film stars Marin Ireland and Jim Gaffigan as two strangers who find solace in one another while investigating a mysterious incident.
Elisabeth Moss produced the pic with Sailor Bear, James M. Johnston, Toby Halbrooks as well as Ten Acre Films’ Kelly Williams and Ley Line Entertainment’s Tim Headington and Theresa Steele.
The synopsis: Following her lifelong interest in the paranormal, Sheila (Ireland) is asked to investigate a potential haunting at a Tennessee farmhouse. There she meets Richard (Gaffigan), a widower who thinks his recently departed wife may still be with him. The investigation that ensues — which eventually includes Shelia’s son, Owen and his classmate Lucy — forces them to reckon with...
Elisabeth Moss produced the pic with Sailor Bear, James M. Johnston, Toby Halbrooks as well as Ten Acre Films’ Kelly Williams and Ley Line Entertainment’s Tim Headington and Theresa Steele.
The synopsis: Following her lifelong interest in the paranormal, Sheila (Ireland) is asked to investigate a potential haunting at a Tennessee farmhouse. There she meets Richard (Gaffigan), a widower who thinks his recently departed wife may still be with him. The investigation that ensues — which eventually includes Shelia’s son, Owen and his classmate Lucy — forces them to reckon with...
- 7/2/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Agents from ICM, UTA, Paradigm and Curtis Brown took part.
Matt Mueller (Screen International); Nick LoPiccolo (Paradigm); Cynthia Okoye (Curtis Brown); Kristen Konvitz (ICM); Mikey Schwartz-Wright (UTA)
Four talent agents, three La-based and one from London, were in Cannes for a UK Film Centre panel on Sunday (May 13) to discuss the evolving roles agents play, how to create distinctive projects, and the influence of diversity drives on the business.
The enhanced nature of the role of agents in the film business has been well documented, and the panel spelled out the creative nature of forming packages for their clients, working...
Matt Mueller (Screen International); Nick LoPiccolo (Paradigm); Cynthia Okoye (Curtis Brown); Kristen Konvitz (ICM); Mikey Schwartz-Wright (UTA)
Four talent agents, three La-based and one from London, were in Cannes for a UK Film Centre panel on Sunday (May 13) to discuss the evolving roles agents play, how to create distinctive projects, and the influence of diversity drives on the business.
The enhanced nature of the role of agents in the film business has been well documented, and the panel spelled out the creative nature of forming packages for their clients, working...
- 5/15/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
This year’s programme will focus on Brexit and Inclusion Riders.
The UK Film Centre has announced its full line-up of events and talks for the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
This year’s programme includes Brexit briefing, a discussion on the UK film sector’s European partnerships; How to Budget the Inclusion Rider with speakers including Carol producer Elizabeth Karlsen; and a series of Talent Talks with filmakers whose work is screening at the festival.
UK Film Centre partners include the British Film Institute (BFI), British Council, British Film Commission (Bfc), Creative Scotland, Creative Skillset, Film Export UK, Film London and Northern Ireland Screen.
The UK Film Centre has announced its full line-up of events and talks for the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
This year’s programme includes Brexit briefing, a discussion on the UK film sector’s European partnerships; How to Budget the Inclusion Rider with speakers including Carol producer Elizabeth Karlsen; and a series of Talent Talks with filmakers whose work is screening at the festival.
UK Film Centre partners include the British Film Institute (BFI), British Council, British Film Commission (Bfc), Creative Scotland, Creative Skillset, Film Export UK, Film London and Northern Ireland Screen.
- 5/15/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
ICM Partners announced two additions to its Independent and International Film Department on Monday, with Kristen Konvitz hired as an agent for the division and Oliver Wheeler promoted to the same position. Both will report to department head Jessica Lacy. Kravitz joins ICM from Stay Gold Features, where she was Head of Production. She was involved with the Sundance hit “Patti Cake$,” which was bought by Fox Searchlight for $9.5 million, as well as A24’s “Under The Silver Lake” and SXSW award winner “The Strange Ones. She also worked as Director of Film for the crowdfunding site Indiegogo and also worked.
- 7/10/2017
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
ICM Partners today has hired Stay Gold Features exec Kristen Konvitz and promoted Oliver Wheeler to agent, both at the agency's Independent and International Film Department. The ramp-up comes after department head Jessica Lacy has seen a strong year that includes the recent sale to A24 of Sean Baker's The Florida Project at Cannes in addition to repping Raoul’s Peck’s Oscar-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro among others. Konvitz was most recently the New…...
- 7/10/2017
- Deadline
ICM Partners’ Independent and International Film department has gained two new agents, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Kristen Konvitz is joining the agency from Stay Gold Features, where she served as head of production for the year-old film fund and production company (Patti Cake$, The Strange Ones). She previously was director of film for Indiegogo, and prior to that spent six years in acquisitions and production at Wild Bunch, where she helped open the sales, financing and distribution company’s first U.S. office. Konvitz, who is relocating from New York to work in ICM’s Los Angeles office, began her acquisitions...
Kristen Konvitz is joining the agency from Stay Gold Features, where she served as head of production for the year-old film fund and production company (Patti Cake$, The Strange Ones). She previously was director of film for Indiegogo, and prior to that spent six years in acquisitions and production at Wild Bunch, where she helped open the sales, financing and distribution company’s first U.S. office. Konvitz, who is relocating from New York to work in ICM’s Los Angeles office, began her acquisitions...
- 7/10/2017
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New arrival worked at Stay Gold, Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company
ICM Partners on Monday announced the hire of Kristen Konvitz at the agency’s independent and international film department.
Konvitz, who most recently served as head of production at Stay Gold Features, will be based in the Los Angeles office and reports to department head Jessica Lacy.
At Stay Gold Features, Konvitz was involved in Sundance breakout Patti Cake$ that sold to Fox Searchlight, as well as A24’s upcoming Under The Silver Lake from David Robert Mitchell, and SXSW award winner The Strange Ones.
The hire comes as Lacy’s division enjoys a purple patch, having recently sold Cannes Director’s Fortnight hit The Florida Project to A24, Cory Finley’s Sundance selection Thoroughbred to Focus Features, and Charlie McDowell’s The Discovery to Netflix.
“Our department is in the midst of a banner year, and we want to continue to grow our team with...
ICM Partners on Monday announced the hire of Kristen Konvitz at the agency’s independent and international film department.
Konvitz, who most recently served as head of production at Stay Gold Features, will be based in the Los Angeles office and reports to department head Jessica Lacy.
At Stay Gold Features, Konvitz was involved in Sundance breakout Patti Cake$ that sold to Fox Searchlight, as well as A24’s upcoming Under The Silver Lake from David Robert Mitchell, and SXSW award winner The Strange Ones.
The hire comes as Lacy’s division enjoys a purple patch, having recently sold Cannes Director’s Fortnight hit The Florida Project to A24, Cory Finley’s Sundance selection Thoroughbred to Focus Features, and Charlie McDowell’s The Discovery to Netflix.
“Our department is in the midst of a banner year, and we want to continue to grow our team with...
- 7/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The digital revolution has presented independent filmmakers with a conundrum: now it’s easy to make your film, but hard to get people to see it, said a panel of artists and experts at TheWrap’s annual industry panel at the Sundance Film Festival.
“If your goal is to just make something and to get people to see it, you will succeed at that goal. But if your goal is to make something and make money at people seeing it, that’s where there becomes a challenge,” said Miranda Bailey, producer of “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” which screened...
“If your goal is to just make something and to get people to see it, you will succeed at that goal. But if your goal is to make something and make money at people seeing it, that’s where there becomes a challenge,” said Miranda Bailey, producer of “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” which screened...
- 1/27/2015
- by Rebecca Rosenberg
- The Wrap
Leading digital news platform also partners with Indiegogo, Kia, Dell, Box and Pepsi’s Creators League
TheWrap is pleased to announce a series of multi-faceted sponsorship and marketing partnerships with national brands at Sundance 2015, including its first-ever live-streamed interview studio with leading talent at the festival.
The partnerships with Pepsi’s Creators League, Kia, Dell, Indiegogo, Screenvision, Epix and Box mark TheWrap’s first major foray into branded content initiatives at the festival.
The live-streamed interview space will be headquartered at the Indiegogo Lounge on Main Street in Park City, where the 10-day festival takes place. TheWrap’s reporters will...
TheWrap is pleased to announce a series of multi-faceted sponsorship and marketing partnerships with national brands at Sundance 2015, including its first-ever live-streamed interview studio with leading talent at the festival.
The partnerships with Pepsi’s Creators League, Kia, Dell, Indiegogo, Screenvision, Epix and Box mark TheWrap’s first major foray into branded content initiatives at the festival.
The live-streamed interview space will be headquartered at the Indiegogo Lounge on Main Street in Park City, where the 10-day festival takes place. TheWrap’s reporters will...
- 1/21/2015
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Cyrus and Jeff, Who Lives At Home filmmaker Mark Duplass will return to South by Southwest to keynote the 2015 edition of the annual Austin film conference, organizers announced today. Like 2014’s popular keynote speaker Lena Dunham, Duplass is making a homecoming of sorts to SXSW where he launched his career in 2005 by winning the SXSW Audience Award with brother Jay for The Puffy Chair. Last year at SXSW he and director/co-writer/co-star Patrick Brice debuted their microbudget horror Creep which Radius-twc and Blumhouse Tilt jointly acquired.
Also stopping by the Austin fest held from March 13-21, 2015 will be Bollywood actor and director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, The Four Feathers), who will lead a Conversation session. Over 150 keynotes, conversations, panels, and mentor sessions are in the works for the annual confab, which has yet to announce its full lineup.
As for film panels, I’ll be talking shop at “So You...
Also stopping by the Austin fest held from March 13-21, 2015 will be Bollywood actor and director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, The Four Feathers), who will lead a Conversation session. Over 150 keynotes, conversations, panels, and mentor sessions are in the works for the annual confab, which has yet to announce its full lineup.
As for film panels, I’ll be talking shop at “So You...
- 10/21/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
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