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Saying Hi
I think that my first post here should be rather uneventful so that a gentle crescendo will accent the release of the film. In Lieu of that I think that you my fellow reader should check out the page I set up on Indigogo to see if we can raise a finish fund or two. [...]
BTS - The TIFF Talent Lab & Directing Actors
Last week, I had the honor of being the first American filmmaker to take part in the Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab. I arrived in Toronto two days before the festival to meet 23 other young filmmakers from Canada and the UK, as well as lab producers Sandra Cunningham and Brad Fox [...]
Ulises’ Odyssey after the Rough Cut Lab
I am one of the fellows from the documentary rough cut lab this year. My film is Ulises’ Odyssey, the story of a Chilean-American woman’s struggle to mend a 30-year rift between her father and uncle who were in opposite sides in the military coup that brought General Pinochet to power in Chile. [...]
“Between The Folds” World Premiere, Friday September 19th @ Temecula
This is a brief note to announce that Green Fuse Films’ documentary “Between The Folds” will begin its festival run with a world premiere at the Temecula International Film Festival on Friday, September 19 at 7:00PM. There will be a second screening on Sunday, September 21. Coincidentally, IFP is being honored at Temecula this year!
The [...]
Fair Use in Fiction Film
Quick note: none of the following is legal counsel, but rather an attempt to get my head around and share new information. Always consult a lawyer when dealing with these situations….
Over the past few weeks, producer Steve Beal and I have been getting a crash course in copyright law. Like many truly [...]
Work In Progress Screening, THE MOUNTAIN THIEF, July 17 at 7PM@ G. Village (2008 Narrative Labs)
Hi to all, My name is Gerry Balasta, the Writer/Director/Producer for the narrative film THE MOUNTAIN THIEF. The 2008 IFP Narrative Labs had encouraged and nurtured my film and myself in ways that I could not even express. I was literally just a few days away from shelving the project, after working on it for [...]
highly useful article - “The Nines” Post Mortem, by John August
Hello all . . . . perhaps some of you have seen this article already, but for those who haven’t it’s well worth a look. Apologies for the tangential post - more on what’s happening with our film soon . . . .
http://johnaugust.com/archives/2008/nines-post-mortem
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Notes from Okinawa and our preview screening at Ryukyu University
Our first night in Okinawa, our producer Koide picks us up with his schoolmate Higa. Higa’s ancestors were pirates who fled the mainland centuries ago and settled in Okinawa.Koide takes us to the Sakurazaka theatre, a new three-screen art house in downtown Naha that Koide thinks would be a good premiere venue for the [...]
home stretch i n g o u t slow motion
I’m going on no sleep again. Seems like this comes up every so often where I’m pulling overnighters to try and complete some aspect of the movie before I have to go to work the next day. When you’ve got the opportunity you have to jump on it before it goes away. [...]
Bringing it Home
Last week, THE NEW YEAR PARADE finally screened in Philadelphia. In the weeks before the festival, we had decided to not tell anyone. In fact, when family and friends called, we told them not to go. It sounds ridiculous, but there are 1500 Mummers in Philadelphia, many more fan, and [...]
