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Business of Art | Elevate the Art of Storytelling: a Filmmakers Guide to POV

Filmmakers, explore new possibilities for showcasing powerful stories. POV, produced by American Documentary Inc., celebrates the creative and boundary-pushing non-fiction work of independent filmmakers throughout the world. Now in its 31st year, POV has expanded its programming to diversify its storytelling, showcasing a breadth of both feature films and short-form nonfiction films that transport audiences…

Event | Film Festival Strategies: What They Are and Why You Need One

On September 20, learn from Kathy Brew, guest curator of The Museum of Modern Art’s “Doc Fortnight” Festival. Film festivals are more than just opportunities to screen a film. They launch a film into theaters and other platforms, attract interest from distributors, provide important publicity, and constitute the primary way some films will be seen…

Creative Careers | Three Early-Career Filmmakers on Audience-Building and Engagement

With help from Eugene Hernandez, Deputy Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, we explore the relationship of three filmmakers to their audiences. Films are created for audiences to experience, and audiences in turn are essential to a filmmaker’s career. With help from Eugene Hernandez, Deputy Director of The Film Society of Lincoln Center,…

Doctor’s Hours for Filmmakers and Theater Artists on November 20

Doctor’s Hours for Filmmakers and Theater ArtistsThursday, November 20, 2014, 6:00 – 9:00 PM New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to announce the first Doctors’ Hours for Filmmakers and Theater Artists, a program developed to serve theater artists, film and video makers, and anyone whose work crosses disciplines. Are you at a crossroads…

Consultants: November 20 Doctor’s Hours for Filmmakers and Theater Artists

  CONSULTANT BIOS: These bios provide an opportunity for you to research which consultants would be appropriate for the advice and feedback you are seeking. Register here for Doctor’s Hours after 11:00 AM EST on November 10. Jayce Bartok, Actor, screenwriter, film director Jayce began his career most notably as Pony in Richard Linklater’s Suburbia.  He…