December 2008

At age 28, Tze Chun has learned the most important lesson of filmmaking: persistence. His latest project, Children of Invention, is pending festival acceptance.

The LEF Foundation describes its shift to funding only documentaries and past grant recipients offer their perspectives on the change.

Volunteer actors give of themselves in more ways than one. Raul daSilva offers some helpful advice for first-time and student filmmakers as they begin the process of learning production etiquette.

Raouf Zaki’s Santa Claus in Baghdad (watch trailer) promises gifts of hope and understanding for audiences – especially young people. For that reason the Holliston, MA filmmaker is releasing the film online to educators on December 9th.

New technologies allow filmmakers to manage projects, from preproduction through post, without seeing the whites of their collaborators’ eyes.

In the first of a two-part series on adaptation, Kate Fitzgerald offers advice on how to shape a screenplay based on a book. Next month she'll describe how to secure the rights.

NewEnglandFilm.com hosts a party on December 10th, the LEF Moving Image Fund hosts a how-to-apply for funds workshop, and more... the December 2008 report of industry news, festivals, and happenings.