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The Coming Revolution in Indie Distribution

Great piece from The New York Times on the state of play for indie filmmakers trying to get their films out to an audience. via @ryanbkoo

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Playing to the Crowd

There’s no denying that in recent years the consumption of media has changed. With the rise of new spectatorship models it seems that the old models of

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Building an Audience and a Creative Career with Scott Kirsner

If you caught the episode a few months back when Scott Kirsner joined us to discuss his latest book Fans Friends & Followers, you’ll already know

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Back to the Future Event

To help us all get past the post Christmas hump, the fine folks over at Film Friends Forever are presenting their Back to the Future London screening event on

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Best 25 Films of the Noughts

Whilst we’re in the mood for lists, take a look at The Final Girl Project’s Best 25 Films of the Noughts.

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Vimeo's 25 favorite videos of 2009

The favourite films of what has to be my favourite video site of ’09. Some good picks in there certainly worth your time.

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Star Wars Uncut

When it comes to film fans, Star Wars probably has one of the most dedicated and somewhat obsessive followings since the birth of Cinema. So when the

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Directors Notes Presents…

Tuesday – 1st December – 8pm – Sallis Benney Theatre So once again it seems that the great films we curate here on Directors Notes refuse to

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Tweets from the Cage

In an interesting turn of events, caged Screenwriter (Pulp Fiction) and Filmmaker (Killing Zoe) Roger Avary is using Twitter to now tell his own story, from

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Filmstock 11

As anyone will know who reads my posts on Directors Notes, knows I’m a big supporter of my local film festival Filmstock and unashamedly try to promote

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Festivus Call for Entries

Oh how time flies! Seems like yesterday I got word about the brand new Denver based film festival, Festivus: The Film Fest for the Rest of Us. Well fast

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Green Man Forever

The folks over at Film Friends Forever are joining forces with the Green Man Music Festival for an evening of live music and film performances from Echaskech

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