UPDATES: Snow Bunny News + Weekend Contest
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING! We found out today that our 2009 short film ‘Snow Bunny‘ has been accepted into the 2009 Queens International Film Festival. In its 7th year, QIFF is dedicated to creating an event that ‘educates, inspires,and enlightens.’ For our purposes, we definitely appreciate their dedication to giving new and low-budget filmmakers [...]
Screenplay Contests: Ready, Set…WRITE!
This weekend we’re participating in the first round of NYC Midnight’s 2009 Screenwriting Championships. At midnight tonight (EST) we’ll get an assignment (a genre, location, and object) and then we’ll have 48 hours to craft a 5-page screenplay. If we’re lucky, we’ll get to do this for the next 4 months. Why would we do [...]
Libidoland Music by Felled Hands in Hand
Eight Things You Need to Know About Felled Hands: #1 – Chicago band Felled Hands created the music for Libidoland. It is beautiful. #2 – To create their unique psych-folk sound, Felled Hands uses off-the-wall instruments such as a homemade theremin and a mini-synthesizer that can only be played with a stylus. (Try saying ‘synthesizer stylus’ [...]
The Idville Online Press Kit is here!
Welcome to Idville, where the air is clean, the water is sweet, and your nearest neighbor is 3 miles away… WHAT IS THE IDVILLE COLLECTION? A duo of short films by King is a Fink Productions. WHERE IS IDVILLE? It’s where you want to be. WHO’S IN IDVILLE? Well, you are, for one. You have [...]
Ladies, Chicks, Grrls, & Dames: Women Commanding Attention at TIFF
We’ve been keeping an eye on the coverage from the Toronto Film Festival (9/10 -9/19). Love it. Excited about it. Wish we were there to live it. So many great movies coming out this year. But what are we most excited about? The women – they’re getting a lot of coverage at the festival this [...]
Hello, GLIFF!
Good news! This morning it was announced that our feature-length screenplay, Baker’s Dozen, has been nominated for an award at the 2009 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival (GLIFF). The festival, now in its 6th year, is scheduled for September 25 – 27, 2009, in Erie, PA. Road trip, anyone? Baker’s Dozen was a semi-finalist for the [...]
High (Music) Anxiety
It’s always scary to hand your baby over to someone else, even if your baby is a movie. Three weeks ago we gave Mike Ricketts (of the bands OnYou, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Jagtown) a rough cut of ANXIETY ACRES so that he could score it for us. We love him. We trust him. We [...]
The Screenwriter's Dilemma: "I wrote it. Now what?"
Congrats! You’ve written the best screenplay ever! Now what do you do? No matter how much you and your friends (and your mom) love your screenplay, nothing’s ever going to happen unless you get it into the hands of an agent or producer. Unfortunately, it’s hard to do this unless you already have an agent [...]
Other Indie Filmmakers Making It Happen
Writer / Director Gary King has been making movies for 6 years and is currently promoting his most recent film, the ensemble drama “New York Lately.” The movie was largely self-financed, filmed so that actors only had 7 or so shooting days (to make up for little or no pay), and shot guerrila-style in outdoor [...]
How Do You Market Independent Films?
How do you make an indie movie? Well, that’s simple. You start with an idea. Mix in a bunch of people willing to put in a bunch of hours. Get organized. Get cracking. Get acting. Film and edit and polish. And at the end – you’ve got a movie in the can. High fives (and [...]
Movies That Inspire Us To Make Movies
We watch different movies for different reasons. Some movies blow us away with their special effects and star power; some movies encourage us to quietly reflect on our own lives. Some movies we watch because they make us think; others we watch because they don’t. We like all types of movies, but, as filmmakers, lately [...]