THE MENTAL ECLECTIC INDIE FILMMAKING PANEL
The Mental Eclectic aka Craig Wilson, initiator of Twitter’s #IndieMM, is hosting The Mental Eclectic Indie Filmmaking Panel during this years San Diego Indie Fest. The brilliant selection of panellists include Saskia Wilson-Brown from Indiegogo.com, Kurt Braun from ArtAtaxUnit.com, William Ostroff founder of FirstGlanceFilms.com, Jenna Edwards, Producer of In The Darkness, Jenn Page from LuminaveFilms.com, Matt Jarbo from FlashYourShorts.com and David Brannin and Karen Worden from Filmcourage. On Friday 26th March and Saturday 27th March they will be discussing topics like ’DIY Filmmaking: From Crowd Funding to Distribution’ and ‘Marketing Your Film’. Apart from that, the Mental Eclectic also runs a film fundraising campaign for his movie Day after the Revolution. So if you’re around San Diego that day, visit the San Diego Indie Fest and help Craig get his movie funded!
Trying to decide whether or not you’ll like a movie?
I came across a platform called Nanocrowd last week. It uses a system called ‘Reaction Mapping’, which tries
to interpret the comments people write about movies.
This is the next big thing in movie recommendation, don’t you think?
Bad News for Film Fests: B-Side Shutting Down
According to Cinematical, indie film distributor and film festival connector B-Side Entertainment, is shutting down their service. Unfortunatly the funding ran out and B-Side
is now trying to find homes for the movies still in B-Side’s pipeline.
So if you have some ideas or even have enough money to secure their future, contact them!
The White Stripes want you to screen their movie
A new documentary about The White Stripes is being released this March, following the band on their 2007 tour across Canada. If you don’t want to watch the film in cinemas or if it’s not being screened in a theater near you, why don’t you watch it with your friends – at home? The band offers you a special screening kit, including popcorn and peppermint candy, apart from the official DVD to their movie Under great white northern lights of course. Unfortunatly, this only works in the United States 
Spike Jonze’s “I’m Here” – Premiere Report
I really enjoyed reading Pete Thornton’s review at Front Row Reviews of Spike Jonze’s new movie I’m here. And I wish I could have been there, not only because of the movie itself, but also because of the venue. Here’s an extract from Pete’s review:
The screening took place in the basement of an NCP car park in central London… On entering the venue, it had an almost illegal rave feel to it. A stripped out car park, fog machine, blue lights around the walls and very cool looking props dotted around. The main floor area was dressed with cardboard boxes with plugs coming out of them.
Distribute your movies online
Flickrocket seems to be a great solution to sell your own movie on your website and follow the DIY approach, so have a look at it!
Pressing Issues: Film Distribution 2.0
This post deals with the 3 Key Issues of Distribution 2.0 – definitely worth reading!
Fuck you and your blog
FilmTiki’s Iris presented her latest “stationery gimmick” on her loudhail blog – check it out!
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