Today it is even harder to bring a documentary feature into the world successfully than it is to make one. The traditional system for distributing
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On CinemaNet Europe, a new digital cinema initiative.
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Plus, a sidebar: Jon Reiss' Top Ten Tips for Signing a Distribution Deal
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The 2005 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
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No one in the documentary community can stop talking about what a great time it is to be working in the world of nonfiction. Docs are booming in
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Editor's Note: What follows is the edited version of a chapter from Selling Your Film without Selling Your Soul, by The Film Collaborative, Jon Reiss
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When cities recover from hard financial times, creative souls are often pushed to the peripheries. It should come as no surprise that the young
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"Ahoy, hornswaggling pirates! Get me film booty out of yer bung hole or you'll sleep in Davy Jones' Locker." That's about the best threat most
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Courtesy of Judith Dancoff What are the keys to successfully selling your film to the academic market? The mistake too many documentary filmmakers
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Is New York City really the center of independent documentary filmmaking, or does it just seem that way? Short answer: it is. Sorry, to those of you