Spring 2010

Rethinking the Film Festival Spring 2010

In this issue, we look at the festival model—how it's working and how it might work better.

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Spring 2010

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Features

Tales of a Film Festival Hustler: On the Road with 'Beyond the Call'

Traveling the film festival circuit for the past...

By Adrian Belic

Distribution Goes Hybrid: The New World Paradigm for Getting Your Film Seen

A report on "Distribution U," a seminar held at...

By Tamara Krinsky

Enlisting Your Audience as Soldiers of PR: A Film Festival Primer

Publicists and consultants advise on the festival...

By David Becker

The Alternative Theatrical Circuit, With Film Festivals as a Launching Pad

Conventional wisdom leads most filmmakers to tour...

By Miri Hess

Festbook Pages: When Film Festivals Meet Web 2.0

Festivals and New Media

By Tamara Krinsky

Festival Express: Can the Fest Circuit Empower Your Film's Distribution Strategy?

Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Toronto--the...

By Pamela Cohn

'Weeping Camels' Aside, Mongolia Craves an Independent Film Movement

Go on a journey to a documentary film festival in...

By Kathy Brew

Have Docs, Will Travel: Mexico's Moveable Film Fest

Ambulante celebrates its fifth anniversary!

By Rossy Eguigure

Columns

Notes from the Reel World: The President's Column, Spring 2010

By Rachel Kamerman

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2010

By Tom White

Pentagon Papers Chase: Ellsberg Doc Questions US Military Decisions--Then and Now

By Elizabeth Blozan

George Franju's 'Le Sang des Betes'

By James Marsh

Distribution Ammunition: An Indispensable Manual for the DIY Forces

By Adam Chapnick

Vertical Integration: The NFB's 'High Rise' Project Tackles Urban Living

By Tamara Krinsky

What Constitutes a Doc? 39 Makers Discuss

By Cathleen Rountree