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Three Quick Links for the SXSW Crowd

- For my session with ze frank on Saturday, March 13th at 3:30 PM, you can submit questions (and vote on questions submitted by others) right here. - For my session with Gary Hustwit on Sunday, March...

What I'll Be Up to at SXSW

I'm always psyched to go down to Austin in March for South by Southwest. Austin makes you feel hip even if you are not. I love seeing movies at the Alamo Drafthouse and the Paramount. I really enjoy...

Announcing The Conversation 2010, in New York: On Social Media, Digital Distribution, and the Futur

I'm excited that we're finally announcing the date, place, and a few of the early speakers for the next edition of The Conversation, a gathering we first held in the Bay Area back in 2008.It'll be...

Video interview with Ian Calderon of the Sundance Institute

Here's an interview I shot in 2009 with Ian Calderon, who since 1981 has been the chief digital guy for the Sundance Institute and Film Festival. In the 17-minute video, filmed at DCTV in Manhattan, ...

At Sundance, some new thinking about distribution

I was really encouraged to see this piece in the New York Times today, 'At Sundance, New Routes to Finding an Audience,' Brooks Barnes. It suggests that at least a few filmmakers who've gained...

Saturday: Live Streaming of the Filmmaker Summit at Slamdance

Tune in Saturday, January 23rd for the live stream from the Filmmaker Summit at Slamdance, featuring speakers like Lance Weiler, Jamie King of 'Steal This Film,' Jon Reiss, Timo Vuorensola of 'Iron...

From Sunday's NY Times: "Declaration of Indies: Just Sell It Yourself!"

NY Times film critic Manohla Dargis was at Distribution U. last November at USC, working on a piece about the revolution in indie film distribution.Her piece appears in Sunday's paper, giving...

Events for 2010: Canada, UK, NYC

I'm excited about four upcoming events, all of which involve travel to fun places and the opportunity to hang out with some leading-edge film, video, and TV folk...In January, I'll be doing two...

And the data from 2009 says...

Here's a great chart published in the Wall Street Journal today about how Americans spent money on movies in 2008 and 2009:A key passage from the related article, by Sarah McBride:For studios, which...

A question for 2010: Does the audience want you to make a film?

Here are the big questions I'm going to be focusing on in 2010: what kinds of visual content does the audience want to see, aside from full-length features? Who's making it? And how is it being...