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Deadlines
Funding: Catapult Film Fund
Nov 7, 2011Catapult Film Fund provides early development funding to documentary filmmakers who have a compelling story to tell. It supports powerful stories, and moving storytelling, across a broad spectrum of issues and perspectives. ELIGIBILITY: Applicant must be 18 or older. Catapult Film Fund does not award grants for student films. Documentary projects must be 28 minutes or longer. Development funds must specifically be used to complete early writing, shooting and editing once story and characters are in place. Applicants must be independent producers. They must own the copyright of their production, and have artistic, budgetary and editorial control of their project. Applicants must have previous film or television production experience in a principal role as demonstrated by submitting previously completed work sample. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have successfully fund-raised for an independent documentary film, in line with its original budget. AWARDS: Catapult Film Fund development grants range from $5,000 to $20,000. DEADLINE: November 7, 2011. WEBSITE: catapultfilmfund.org/.
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Deadlines
Opportunities: Rough Cuts
Nov 1, 2011Rough Cuts is a series of work-in-progress documentary screenings that are produced at a variety of locations throughout San Francisco. The next event (November 14, 2011; 7:30 p.m.) features one rough cut of a feature-length documentary and then a conversation about the film. The post-screening discussion is designed to give the filmmaker a better, more objective sense of what is working and not working with the film, with particular attention paid to improving the film's structure and narrative clarity. ELIGIBILITY: Rough Cuts is currently accepting submissions for the next event. If you are editing a documentary that is over 40 minutes long and are seeking feedback, they encourage you to submit. Principal photography should have been completed, and filmmakers tare encouraged to submit films that are in the later stages of post-production. AWARDS: Invaluable feedback and constructive criticism. DEADLINE: November 1, 2011. Submissions must arrive by 5:00 p.m. WEBSITE: sfroughcuts.com/index.html.
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Festivals
Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home
Dennis Harvey
Oct 6, 2011Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.
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Home
Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home
Dennis Harvey
Oct 6, 2011Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.
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October 6, 2011
Mill Valley Brings Oscar Contenders Close to Home
Dennis Harvey
Oct 6, 2011Mill Valley amps up the star wattage in its annual mix of local, international titles.
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Home
Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
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september 22 2011
Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
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Story Structure
Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
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Home
Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
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september 22 2011
Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
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Story Structure
Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style
Karen Everett
Sep 20, 2011Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.
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August 18, 2011
What’s So Bleeping Funny?!
Karen Everett
Aug 15, 2011Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.
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Home
What’s So Bleeping Funny?!
Karen Everett
Aug 15, 2011Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.
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Story Structure
What’s So Bleeping Funny?!
Karen Everett
Aug 15, 2011Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.
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August 18, 2011
What’s So Bleeping Funny?!
Karen Everett
Aug 15, 2011Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.
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Home
What’s So Bleeping Funny?!
Karen Everett
Aug 15, 2011Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.
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Story Structure
What’s So Bleeping Funny?!
Karen Everett
Aug 15, 2011Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.
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Feb 3 2011
How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two
Karen Everett
Feb 1, 2011An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.
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Home
How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two
Karen Everett
Feb 1, 2011An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.
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Story Structure
How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two
Karen Everett
Feb 1, 2011An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.
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Documentary
Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?
Fernanda Rossi
Oct 12, 2010What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.
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Home
Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?
Fernanda Rossi
Oct 12, 2010What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.
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October 14, 2010
Are You Expecting Your Producer to Save You?
Fernanda Rossi
Oct 12, 2010What to consider when you're considering hiring a producer.
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Home
'Sweet' Beat Drives Fruchtmans’ Rwanda Doc
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2010Lisa Fruchtman moves from feature-film editing to documentary film directing with a hopeful story out of Rwanda.
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In Production
'Sweet' Beat Drives Fruchtmans’ Rwanda Doc
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2010Lisa Fruchtman moves from feature-film editing to documentary film directing with a hopeful story out of Rwanda.
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September 2, 2010
'Sweet' Beat Drives Fruchtmans’ Rwanda Doc
Michael Fox
Sep 1, 2010Lisa Fruchtman moves from feature-film editing to documentary film directing with a hopeful story out of Rwanda.
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Funding
A Short Guide to Funding Short Narratives
Holly Million
May 11, 2010If you re making a short narrative, foundations give you no respect. Financiers turn a cold shoulder. Government grantors snort. And festivals slot your film Sunday at midnight.
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Legal
Do You Pass the Test?
George Rush
Apr 26, 2010You are awesome. Spectacular, incredible, interesting, accomplished and generally just way awesome. Everyone wants to hear every possible thing there is to know about you.
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Q & A
Reed's Promise of Prodigal Sons
Michael Fox
Mar 3, 2010If Kimberly Reed took a not particularly unique path into filmmaking, she certainly took an interesting road out of it.
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Reviews
Bay Area's Strong Presence at 82nd Oscars
Susan Gerhard
Feb 3, 2010Films with Bay Area connections featured prominently in the 82nd Academy Award nominations announced yesterday.
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Story Structure
Organizing your bins effectively
Karen Everett
Sep 22, 2009The Edit Room: Learning how to organize saves you time and money in the editing process; a walk-through just how to do it.
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Story Structure
How a Story Consultant Saved Me
Karen Everett
Aug 4, 2009The Edit Room: I knew the right thing to do was to turn the project over to an editor. The problem was that I didn't have the $45,000 a good editor would require.
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Reviews
'Howl' is Poetry in Post
Michael Fox
Jul 28, 2009Academy Award-winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman combine live-action period drama and animation in retelling of Ginsburg's Howl
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Digital
The Future of Video—In Our Hands?
Hannah Eaves
May 26, 2009The Sixth Screen: Eaves analyzes the future of video in developing countries, specifically the proliferation of mobile communication.
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Reviews
SFIFF52 Blogs: Coppola & Lucas at the Castro
Dennis Harvey
May 3, 2009An Evening with Francis Ford Coppola & Friends honored Coppola with the Founder Directing Award and included a moderated discussion with editing/sound design genius Walter Murch, director Carroll Ballard, scenarist-turned-director Matthew Robbins, and George Lucas.
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Reviews
Bahrani Earns Ebert's Praise for "Goodbye Solo"
Dennis Harvey
Apr 17, 2009Ramin Bahrani's Goodbye Solo prompted Roger Ebert to pronounce him "the new great American directorâ" a couple weeks ago. The film is definitely the writer-helmer's most accessible work to date, one that might very well provide him with an arthouse breakthrough.
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Festivals
Capelle on Composers: Day Two
Staff
May 2, 2008Errol Morris has a giant brain. Anybody who wants to argue against that thesis does not have a giant brain. So let's move on.
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Festivals
SFIFF51: The Miller Brothers on writing, pitching, acting, directing, and hitting one out of the ballpark
Susan Gerhard
Apr 16, 2008Touching Home by Bay Area-raised identical twins Logan and Noah Miller is a largely autobiographical coming-of-age film that radiates sincerity.
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News & Blogs
Remembering Jim Lyons: 1960 - 2007
Staff
Apr 18, 2007The editor and actor, known for his frequent work with Todd Haynes, died in New York. His friends share their thoughts.
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News & Blogs
'The Departed' Wins Best Picture, Scorsese Best Director at 79th Oscars
Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
Feb 26, 2007When all was said and done in Los Angeles tonight, The Departed was the big winner at the 79th Academy Awards.
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Reviews
15 Minutes of YouTube
Justin Juul
Feb 2, 2007The List: A collection of individuals who caught my eye in an intense week of YouTube scouring. Most have gotten upwards of one million views.
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Reviews
Peter Whitehead's '60s
Max Goldberg
Sep 14, 2006The provocative documentary filmmaker is recalled with a retrospective at Yerba Buena Center For the Arts.
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