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David Leitner is blogging from Sundance again
Written by David Tames on January 21, 2009
Filed Under Art, Film Festivals, Filmmaking

David Leitner is blogging from Sundance again (this marks his fourth year) once a day, Sunday to Saturday. Leitner is known for his informed, sometimes irreverent perspective on the art, technology, and business of independent film,...  Continue Reading...

Smile Boston Project screens in Boston, Friday, October 3, 2008
Written by David Tames on September 28, 2008
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Film Festivals

Readers in the Boston area are cordially invited to attend a free screening of my short documentary, Smile Boston Project, part of a special Boston screening of selected films from the From Here to Awesome film festival. Artist Bren...  Continue Reading...

The future of independent film: audience aggregation
Written by David Tames on August 13, 2008
Filed Under Business, Distribution, Filmmaking

In a recent article, “When the Audience Takes Control,” Lance Weiler suggests independent filmmakers should work on creating their own fan base. He writes, “the future of independent film is not in content aggregation,...  Continue Reading...

It’s the end of indie distribution as we know it (and I feel fine)
Written by David Tames on June 25, 2008
Filed Under Business, Distribution, Filmmaking

Bob Alexander, president of IndiePix, wrote recently in a guest column in Digital Cinema Report, “An Extraordinary Moment?” that in the wake of decline in independent divisions among the major studios (e.g. New Line Cinema...  Continue Reading...

Reframe Offers a New Model for Online Film Distribution
Written by David Tames on November 15, 2007
Filed Under Distribution, Filmmaking, The Media, Video on the Web

We’re finally right in the midsts of the digital media distribution inflection point. Several key trends that have pushed us along include: 1. the ubiquity of digital media and computation, 2. widespread adoption of high-speed...  Continue Reading...