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indieWIRE: Saving Cinema in the Digital Era (03/19/10)
Amidst the rush to find new digital models and preserve a business for indies, how do we save film as an art form? Can we monetize movies and also save cinema? Do we risk films being judged different...
LA Times: SXSW 2010: 'Tiny Furniture' the big winner in Austin (03/19/10)
The South by Southwest Film Festival jury has handed "Tiny Furniture," Lena Dunham's story about the listless post-graduation life of a woman in her 20s, its narrative feature prize and a...
DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD: Carl Icahn Now Wants ALL Of Lionsgate (03/19/10)
This is now officially a battle royal between corporate raider/shareholder activist Carl Icahn and Lionsgate management. This just issued press release is like a manifesto of war: ...

FIND Interview: Writer/Director Raymond de Felitta on City Island (Part 2 of 2) (03/17/10)
Writer/director Raymond de Felitta and actor/producer Andy Garcia were brought together by their matchmaking agents at Paradigm. After their first introduction they agreed to work together on de Fel...
FIND Interview: Atom Egoyan, Director of Chloe (03/16/10)
Director Atom Egoyan is best known for artistic film endeavors like The Sweet Hereafter and Exotica that delve into complicated emotions and human frailties. While his latest feature, Chloe, deals w...
INDIE FILM Q & A with Heidi Van Lier: Did the Spirit Awards Suck-It This Year? (03/15/10)
Q: Did the Spirit Awards suck-it this year? A: Um - NO! Not even sure that is possible, but since everyone on the indie planet has asked me about my little adventure last week, I thought I'd com...

SHOP TALK: Directors Guild of America Assistant Director Training Program (03/23/10)
Wondering if you have what it takes to be an Assistant Director? Interested in joining the Directors Guild of America? Janet Dyer joins us at FIND to give the 411 on how, when, and what you ne...
THE DOC IS IN: An Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking (03/24/10)
Learn the ins and outs of documentary filmmaking at Film Independent's The Doc is In: An Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking. Taught by award-winning filmmaker Laura Gabbert (No Impact Man) an...
INDIE FILM BUSINESS PLAN PRIMER (03/30/10)
Taught by filmmaker Stu Pollard (Ira & Abby, Dirty Country), whose business plans have raised more than $6 million in production funds, Film Independent's Indie Film Business P...