Disposable Film Festival 2012 attracts most creative entries yet - The Guardian (blog)


The Guardian (blog)
Disposable Film Festival 2012 attracts most creative entries yet
The Guardian (blog)
Then Pure Digital Technologies brought out a video camera that cost $20 (which eventually transformed into the popular Flip series) and a new movement was born – with its very own festival. The Disposable Film Festival was created in 2007 and is a true ...

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Movie Theaters Ramp Up For The Next Big Thing: Satellite Delivery Of Digital Films - Singularity Hub


Singularity Hub
Movie Theaters Ramp Up For The Next Big Thing: Satellite Delivery Of Digital Films
Singularity Hub
Film festivals, such as Sundance or the Disposable Film Festival, could involve a much larger audience unable to travel to the locale. Other events, such as awards ceremonies like the Webbys, ComicCon and other popular conventions, professional game ...

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Film festival features 'GCB' star - Sioux City Journal

Film festival features 'GCB' star
Sioux City Journal
The City of Sioux City is partnering with the Woodbury County Conservation Board and Siouxland Film Festival to host a free screening of the award-winning, environmental documentary, "Bag It" at 4:30 pm Saturday at the Orpheum Theatre.

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Natural Selection Movie Review - Shockya.com

Natural Selection Movie Review
Shockya.com
The darling of last year's South By Southwest Film Festival, where it picked up seven awards, “Natural Selection” has an interesting central idea and a pair of fairly arresting lead turns, but it doesn't convincingly dig down into its characters, ...

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Timberland Brings Its Eco-Conscious 'Fade to Green' Festival Platform To ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Timberland Brings Its Eco-Conscious 'Fade to Green' Festival Platform To ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Through the brand's Fade to Green festival platform, which launched at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Timberland celebrates the innovation, self expression and style that cultivate creativity. Much like the arts community, Timberland reaches far ...

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The critics and the eggheads can be friends - Chicago Tribune

The critics and the eggheads can be friends
Chicago Tribune
Reviews, in short, are disposable. "The perception among those who study film is that popular critics are people who say things like, 'Mesmerizing!' because that's what a studio wants to hear." The complaint with academics? Too wonky.

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May is National Photography Month - USA TODAY

May is National Photography Month
USA TODAY
Brad Pitt takes pictures of director Andrew Dominik as they arrive for the screening of the movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford at the Venice Film Festival in 2007. Bruce Springsteen used an old Nikon FM2 to takes pictures ...

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A trim Tribeca: Downtown NYC film festival gets more selective - Film Journal


Film Journal
A trim Tribeca: Downtown NYC film festival gets more selective
Film Journal
The annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) has become one of the industry's great success stories. Born of the 9/11 tragedy that struck near New York's Tribeca neighborhood at the Twin Towers, the inaugural event launched only months after the attack.

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Kids Almanac: Get a job, fly a kite & make way for Pet Palooza, Cupcake ... - Almanac Weekly


Almanac Weekly
Kids Almanac: Get a job, fly a kite & make way for Pet Palooza, Cupcake ...
Almanac Weekly
I wasn't alone; Ada Graham-Lowengard, 12-year-old homeschooler and local actor playing the title role, can relate: “I had heard the name Mulan, and I knew it was a Disney film, but other than that I had no clue what it was. I was really excited to do ...

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A piece of history under threat - North Shore News

A piece of history under threat
North Shore News
The West Coast style didn't catch on with the masses though, says writer James Steele, speaking in the new documentary film Coast Modern, which will premiere at a sold-out screening during Vancouver's DOXA Documentary Film Festival on May 8.

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