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  Opportunities: International Film Festival Summit

  Dec 4, 2011

  International Film Festival Summit (December 4–6, 2011), held in Austin, Texas, is the largest international organization representing the film festival industry. The IFFS mission is to promote and strengthen the global film festival industry through education, networking, dissemination of information, and the cultivation of high standards. This year's featured topics include Anatomy of a Festival: South by Southwest, Programming: The Fine Art of Film Selection, Marketing Strategies: Integrating Social Media and Technology, The Festival Mission, Sponsorship Strategy, Box Office Technology Solutions, among others. Notable speakers include Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset), as well as SFFS' very own Steve Jenkins, Sarah Cathers, and Linda Butler. DEADLINE: Register by September 25, 2011 to receive discounted rate. WEBSITE: filmfestivalsummit.com/iffshome.html.
  

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
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  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
• October 20, 2011
  
  

  Children’s Film Festival Moves in and out of Shadows

  Adam Hartzell
  Oct 20, 2011

  Without marketing tie-ins, plastic toys or corn-syrup confections, a children’s film festival brings energy to the screen.

  
• November 2, 2010
  
  

  Ed Burns Master Class and ‘Nice Guy Johnny’

  Nov 4, 2010

  The Roxie Theater hosts a San Francisco Film Society special presentation: Hollywood 2.0 is a discussion with Ed Burns on the making, marketing and distributing of his new film, ‘Nice Guy Johnny,’ which screens after the event. More at sffs.org.

  
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  Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics

  Andrew Provost
  Oct 31, 2010

  Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.

  
• November 4, 2010
  
  

  Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics

  Andrew Provost
  Oct 31, 2010

  Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics

  Andrew Provost
  Oct 31, 2010

  Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Why Hire a Producer of Marketing, Distribution

  Jon Reiss
  Jul 27, 2010

  Every film needs one person devoted to the distribution and marketing of the film from the start, just as they have a line producer, assistant director, or editor.

  
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  Why Hire a Producer of Marketing, Distribution

  Jon Reiss
  Jul 27, 2010

  Every film needs one person devoted to the distribution and marketing of the film from the start, just as they have a line producer, assistant director, or editor.

  
• First Person
  
  

  Why Hire a Producer of Marketing, Distribution

  Jon Reiss
  Jul 27, 2010

  Every film needs one person devoted to the distribution and marketing of the film from the start, just as they have a line producer, assistant director, or editor.

  
• Home
  
  

  Why Hire a Producer of Marketing, Distribution

  Jon Reiss
  Jul 27, 2010

  Every film needs one person devoted to the distribution and marketing of the film from the start, just as they have a line producer, assistant director, or editor.

  
• 07-21-2010
  
  

  A Need to Think Outside the Box (Office)

  Jon Reiss
  Jul 20, 2010

  The maker of Bomb It offers hard-won advice on the marketing of film in the 2010s.

  
• First Person
  
  

  A Need to Think Outside the Box (Office)

  Jon Reiss
  Jul 20, 2010

  The maker of Bomb It offers hard-won advice on the marketing of film in the 2010s.

  
• Home
  
  

  A Need to Think Outside the Box (Office)

  Jon Reiss
  Jul 20, 2010

  The maker of Bomb It offers hard-won advice on the marketing of film in the 2010s.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Sid Ganis on Hollywood South and North

  Michael Fox
  Feb 28, 2010

  From his modest start as a staff writer at 20th Century Fox, Sid Ganis has built an uncommonly long and successful career in Hollywood.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Words from Sundance Staffers: Ashley Soares

  Hilary Hart
  Jan 28, 2010

  Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at Sundance, offers interviews with fellow workers at the festival.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Beloved publicist Bill McLeod dies

  Apr 4, 2009

  William W. (Bill) McLeod, 59, one of the Bay Area's most respected film publicists died at his home on March 29th, 2009.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Noise Pop Film Festival 2009

  Dennis Harvey
  Feb 26, 2009

  About as far from the ever-increasing corporatization of popular music as you can get is the annual dose from the Noise Pop Festival.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Sundance '09: Award-Winners, Bloggers, and More

  Susan Gerhard
  Jan 26, 2009

  Susie Gerhard gives an overview of a festival moving back to the basics of art-making.

  
• Digital
  
  

  Greenscreen Envy

  Hannah Eaves
  Dec 5, 2008

  The Sixth Screen: Senior Director of Marketing and Product Management and iFanboy producer and co-host Ron Richards talks about Revision3, the next generation of TV.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Another Ingmar Bergman in 'Monika'

  Dennis Harvey
  Nov 6, 2008

  A newly restored print of Bergman's Monika, which deals with underage, guiltlessly unfaithful femininity, plays the Red Vic.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Gail Silva's Sundance Primer

  Susan Gerhard
  Jan 14, 2008

  As filmmakers, fans, and skiers get zipped up to head off to Parka City for the annual Sundance Festival this week, SF360.org checked in with Gail Silva.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  SF-Based Distributor Viz Pictures

  Erika Young
  Jan 9, 2008

  The live-action film division of Viz Media has just marked its second year of bringing a broader range of Japanese film to the growing audience for Japanese pop culture.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Shooting People's Ingrid Kopp

  Susan Gerhard
  Oct 22, 2007

  Kopp's organization is helping filmmakers collaborate by accessing virtual communities, facilitating live gatherings, expanding into book publishing, and more.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Dan Klores and "Crazy Love"

  indieWIRE
  Jun 4, 2007

  Industy vets will identify Klores with his PR firm, but he's also produced and directed TV docs and Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  Global Lens 2006

  Michael Fox
  Sep 21, 2006

  The annual series of films from countries with less developed or out-of-favor national cinemas has several winners.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  We Want Our "Dykeback Mountain"

  Staff
  Jun 27, 2006

  Conference discusses the difficulties for lesbian features to get made and do well at the box office.

  
• News & Blogs
  
  

  A JT LeRoy Reader

  Susan Gerhard
  Mar 23, 2006

  The List: How JT LeRoy went from fiction to fact in the media.