The Smile Boston Project (Trailer)
June 30, 2007
The Smile Boston Project is a 20 minute documentary that I recently completed. The film will premiere at the 16th Woods Hole Film Festival on Saturday, August 4th at 5:00 P.M. (screens with Justice Louis D. Brandeis: The People’s Attorney). The film follows artist Bren Bataclan through the first three years of his Smile Boston Project in which he leaves paintings in public places for people to find with a note that says, 'this painting is yours to keep if you promise to smile at random people more often.'
Special Screening of Remembering John Marshall
June 29, 2007
The Plymouth Independent Film Festival (July 18-22, 2007) will present a special screening of “Remembering John Marshall” along with four short films by John Marshall (”Bitter Melons,” “A Forty Dollar Misunderstanding,” “After the Game,” and “Youth and the Man of Property“) followed by a Q&A session with filmmakers Alice Apley and yours truly on Friday, July 20th at 5:00 P.M. at Plimoth Plantation. Visit plyfilmfest.org for more information.
2007 Woods Hole Film Festival
June 27, 2007
This week the Woods Hole Film Festival posted their festival schedule. Now in its 16th year, the festival opens with a screening of the remastered 1971 Documentary Classic, Blue Water, White Death, about the search for the elusive Great White Shark. Woods Hole is a wonderful festival with a large percentage of attending filmmakers. In addiiton to screening many films of note, the festival hosts a range of Panels & Workshops you will not want to miss, including: Documentary Filmmaking Master Class with Les Blank (Thursday, August 2 at 2:00 PM) a panel on The future of long form documentary in the age of Internet video on Sunday, July 29th at 2:00 PM, and Delivering Video via the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities on Tuesday, July 31 at 2:00 PM. (yours truly will be moderating the future of long form doc and video via the internet panels). For more information on the festival, visit woodsholefilmfestival.org.
2007 Plymouth Independent Film Festival
June 27, 2007
The Plymouth Independent Film Festival announced today its film selection for the third annual film festival. Over forty films will be screened at the Plimoth Plantation beginning on Thursday July 19 at 4pm. Highlights include seventeen films as part of the Made in Mass screenings series:
One of the most interesting works in progress…
June 4, 2007
One of the most interesting works in progress right now among documentary filmmakers has got to be Les Blank’s film on documentary film pioneer Ricky Leacock, described in Blank’s own words as “having the time of his life in Normandy, France, where he is happily at work creating DVDs that will contain his memories, photos, tales, and if we’re lucky, some recipes of some of the finest meals I’ve ever had.” I’m really looking forward to seeing this film, I can only imagine how wonderful it will be to see Ricky through Les’ lens. I’m also looking forward to seeing Les Blank again this summer since he’s the filmmaker in residence at the Woods Hole Film Festival this year. I suggest making plans now to spend a few days or the whole week in Woods Hole for the films, panel discussions, filmmakers, and all the other wonderful things that makes Cape Cod so wonderful in the summer. Les Blank will be showing All In This Tea, his latest film, at the festival.
Boston Media Makers, June 3, 2007
June 3, 2007
It’s been a media saturated weekend, first was at the Making Media Now Conference at Boston University on Friday and now its Sunday morning and I’m attending the monthly Boston Media Makers meeting held the first Sunday of every month at Sweet Finnish in Jamaica Plain. The image to the left provides a link to my meeting photos in Flickr.
Making Media Now (slides from Opening Remarks)
June 2, 2007
Here are my slides from the Opening Remarks I made at the Making Media Now: Filmmaking in Transition conference held yesterday at Boston University. A special thanks to Jennifer Kaplan, Bonnie Waltch, and all the people and sponsors who made this lively and engaging event possible.
