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Indie Filmmakers Gather At Cinema Speakeasy

Written by . Posted on August 16, 2010. No comments.
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Cinema Speakeasy is a monthly independent film screening in Los Angeles that builds community around local filmmakers through group screenings, workshops and providing marketing and creative support. The idea is that filmmakers in other cities will replicate the non-profit’s platform, sprouting other Cinema Speakeasy’s around the globe and further strengthening the independent film scene. Already one [...]

Future-Forward Paramount Strategy: Fund Micro-Budget Films

Written by . Posted on December 11, 2009. 1 Comment.
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An exciting new strategy from Paramount pictures has independent filmmakers taking notice: “Paramount Pictures is set to launch a new production business for movies budgeted at less than $100,000. The as-yet-unnamed division plans to finance as many as 20 “micro-budget” movies annually starting in 2010… Not all of the micro-budgeted movies Paramount intends to make [...]