April 2008

From Maine Masters           news in brief Industry News 4/08 The Coolidge Award goes to British producer Jeremy Thomas; the Roving Eye Documentary Film Festival screens at locations throughout Rhode Island; a new television show to feature work by and about Maine residents; and more...

q & a

Kibitzing with Kate
Kate Feiffer’s documentary, Matzo & Mistletoe, examines what it means to be a secular Jew in contemporary America.  It screens this month at the Maine Jewish Film Festival.

The Boston Twelve

From Twelve

Twelve directors help each other make 12 (loosely connected) shorts in 12 months. The resulting feature premieres this month at the Independent Film Festival of Boston.

profile

The Untimely Death of a Superstar Hermit
After a traumatic life, Robert E. Harrill moved to the beach of North Carolina with just the clothes on his back.  A documentary about his rise to tourist stardom and his mysterious death, The Fort Fisher Hermit: the Life & Death of Robert E. Harrill, is coming soon to Springfield’s WGBY.

industry

Questioning Film Tax Credits
Rhode Island threatens to cap film production tax credits.  Questions about the benefits arise in MA and CT.

report

48 Hours: Time Enough to Make a Film
Publisher Michele Meek blogs from the 48 Hour Film Project Boston with live reports coming to NewEnglandFilm.com April 4-6.  Also see the conclusion piece.

best of... from our archives

How to be a... Master Editor
Three-time Oscar winner Thelma Schoonmaker, shares tricks of the trade, how to break into "the business" and what it's really like to work with Marty.

Distributing Your Short Film in the Global Marketplace
Short film experts with international savvy reveal how to get your shorts an audience and a paycheck.

Delivering Video on the Web Part I and Part II
In this two-part series, filmmaker and media technologist David Tamés unravels web media distribution and viewing for those of us who need a translator.

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