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These weekly events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Located at 395 Western Ave Boston, MA 02135

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February 3, 2010 – Exploring Panasonic’s P2 Studio Control Systems
February 10, 2010 – Portable Light Kits: Selecting What’s Right For Your Project
February 17, 2010 – Tips & Techniques: Increasing Efficiency With Final Cut Pro
February 24, 2010 – Break for Rule / Sony Event at F1 Boston (outside event)

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women is the story of the quest of a volatile talented woman, to rescue her family from grueling poverty and find wealth, fame and happiness. Featuring Tony winner/Oscar nominee Jane Alexander, and starring 3-time Obie winner Elizabeth Marvel as Louisa May Alcott.

Shot in HD, and using animation and digital effects as well as docudrama, this award winning 82-minute production is the first film biography of this American icon. Producer-Writer Harriet Reisen and Producer-Director Nancy Porter, working from a script drawn from primary sources and filming in many original locations, have used documentary and dramatic techniques as well as experimental and flash animation, green-screen, and digital effects to bring a fresh approach to the PBS historical documentary form.

Read a review!

This documentary was voted Top Video 2009 by the American Library Association’s Booklist editors.

The book Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen, was chosen for the top 10 list for 2009 books of non-fiction.

Texas memories and spiders, her pregnancy and dead father’s script, regretful relationships and finally a friend, this is about Ana’s Time.

Ana’s Time is a highly textured cinematic meditation on memory and identity. This diaristic narrative follows 20’s-something Ana through her troubled relationships as she struggles to confront her past. Written and directed by Alice Cox, this film premiered in Atlanta, Georgia at the 2008 Atlanta Film Festival.

Ana’s Time was funded in part by grants from the LEF Foundation (New England) and the Council for the Arts, MIT, with fiscal sponsorship through Filmmaker’s Collaborative.

Ana’s Time
(c) 2007 Metal Productions
RT: 25 minutes

Writer, Director, Editor: Alice Cox
Producer: Monique Douglas
Director of Photography: Mike Gibisser

Screening Location:
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003-8631
(212) 410-9404
Subway: 2nd Ave – Lower East Side Station

Screening Date and Time:
Wednesday December 23, 7:30pm

Contact Info: Alice Cox, alicecox[at]gmail[dot]com, 617-962-6389

FC is proud to co-present “Leaving the Fold,” a documentary film which tells the story of five young people born and raised within the ultra-Orthodox Jewish world who no longer wish to remain on the inside. As children they grew up in a closed society where deviation from the rules is often punishable by ostracism, intimidation or worse.

As young adults, they pay a steep price for abandoning their parents and community to seek the freedom to make their own choices.

There will be a discussion with director Eric Scott following the film.

Leaving the Fold

Boston Jewish Film Festival

Tickets are $12 each ($10 for BJFF members).

Use the drop down menu for the correct pricing:
Non FC members before 10-26 = $70
Non FC members after 10-26 = $80
FC+ members before 10-26 = $60
FC+ members after 10-26 = $70

REGISTRATION ENDS FRIDAY, NOV. 6TH AT 1:00 PM!!

FC Boot Camp

Non FC b4 10-26 $70.00 Non FC after 10-26 $80.00 FC+ b4 10-25 $60.00 FC+ after 10-26 $70.00

This 4-hour workshop provides a comprehensive overview of social media tools and web communication strategies for independent filmmakers and media arts organizations, with an emphasis on building a sustainable scalable web presence for creative professionals, as well as for specific projects.

This specialized hands-on workshop is limited to the first 30 participants who register.

Wireless Internet access will be available. Please bring an extension cord if you require AC power.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop and a professional bio, current project information, and relevant marketing materials to follow along with applications or to sign-up for services during the workshop. This is completely optional, and the workshop will be equally valuable to attendees who choose to explore online services on their own at a later time. Handouts will be provided.

Instructor:
Sean Fitzroy is an Internet video technologist and distribution strategist, filmmaker, and member of the Web Design and Interactive Media faculty at The New England Institute of Art.

Sean’s complete bio

In 1913 Atlanta, a child worker is found dead in the basement of the National Pencil Company. The police soon focus on Mary Phagan’s boss, a Jewish engineer recently arrived from New York – Leo Frank. Frank’s murder trial becomes a free-for-all of racial stereotypes and contradictions. He is found guilty largely on the say of the state’s star witness, Jim Conley, a black factory sweeper.

Leo Frank is sentenced to death, but his story is far from over.

Filmmakers Collaborative is extremely proud to be the film’s fiscal sponsor, which features the talents of FC members Ben Loeterman (writer/director), Laura Longsworth (producer), Peter Rhodes (editor), Bryan Papciak and Jeff Sias (animators).

You can watch a trailer on YouTube and rate it.
Please take one minute to give your opinions and help drive viewership up on this beautiful film in advance of its next screening at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, where it is in competition for best dramatic short.

For more information about the film, please visit the film’s website or Independent Lens

Directed by FC member, Juan Mandelbaum. Produced by Juan Mandelbaum and David Carnochan.

Wednesday, September 9 at 6:30 pm

to attend an information session on Massachusetts film tax credits – how to prepare for them, what’s required for the mandatory audit, and a Q & A session to follow.

CPA Irene Wachsler from Tobolsky and Wachsler will be presenting information about what expenses qualify and how to ensure that you receive as much money as you are entitled.

Limited to 20. RSVP to jen@filmmakerscollab.org by noon September 7th. ]]> http://filmmakerscollab.org/2009/06/24/tax-credits-seminar/feed/ 0 http://filmmakerscollab.org/2009/06/15/at-home-in-utopia-free-screening-discussion-july-16th/ http://filmmakerscollab.org/2009/06/15/at-home-in-utopia-free-screening-discussion-july-16th/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:09:12 +0000 Filmmakers Collaborative http://filmmakerscollab.org/2009/07/15/at-home-in-utopia-free-screening-discussion-july-16th/ Michal Goldman’s documentary film, At Home in Utopia, will screen on Thursday, July 16th at 6:30 pm at the Boston Public Library/Connolly Branch, 433 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA. The film is free and open to the public and will include a panel discussion, reception, and raffle.

Panelists

Melonie Griffiths, City Life/Vida Urbana
Juan Gonzalez, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corp.
Michal Goldman, filmmaker, “At Home in Utopia”
Timothey Sieber, U. Mass Boston

Sponsored by Boston Tenant Coalition, City Life/Vida Urbana, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corp., United for a Fair Economy, with Filmmakers Collaborative. Made possible by the Mass. Humanities and Puffin Foundation. At Home in Utopia is a co-production of Michal Goldman and ITVS in association with WGBH.

Check your local PBS channel for the time.

Read the article!

Luckey by FC member, Laura Longsworth, will play on Sunday, April 26 at 2:45 pm at the Somerville Theatre.

Monday, March 9
6:00 Film Screening | 6:30 Panel Discussion
at MCLE, 10 Winter Place, Boston
(1 Block from Park Street T and Downtown Crossing)

Panel Discussion to include filmmaker
Jenny Alexander
as well as perspectives on immigration policy, the New Bedford community
before and after the raid, and where these cases stand now

Wine & Cheese Reception to follow
Co-Sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education

$10 Suggested Donation
RSVP to info@unagb.org — tickets will be available at the door.

Detained (28 min.)
On March 6, 2007, workers at a New Bedford factory producing vests
for the U.S. military were arrested in a raid conducted by
Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officers. Of the 361
undocumented immigrants arrested that day, the majority were women,
many with small children. Detained follows families affected by the
immigration raid.
In Spanish and English with English subtitles.

For more information about this event, click here

“At Home in Utopia” will be screening at six Jewish film festivals in the next few months in Philadelphia, Detroit, Minneapolis, Seattle, Westchester and Northern New Jersey. More info at the At Home in Utopia web page

Where:
American University’s Katzen Arts Center
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016

When:
February 12-13, 2009

Click here for more information, including registration info, a complete conference schedule, and a list of featured guests.

Click here to take our Making Media Now 2009 Survey!

Visit the conference pages for updates, including schedule of panels, featured guests, and registration information!

Click here to see a video of Fernanda Rossi’s workshop on documentary film structure from Making Media Now 2008. Fernanda was a highlight of this past year’s conference.

 
The eclectic animation studio Handcranked Productions recently completed over 35 animation sequences for a new landmark two-hour special from NOVA entitled The Bible’s Buried Secrets- a captivating look at the origins of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament. The film premieres on PBS Tuesday, November 18th 2008 at 8pm ET. (check local listings)

Handcranked co-owner Bryan Papciak explained, “One of the visual centerpieces of the film is an animated Bible - with moving pages and backgrounds designed in the style of ancient Illuminated Manuscripts. We built this Bible prop as an actual leather-bound book (with the help of bookbinder, Johnny Carrera) – and brought it “to life” with classic stop-motion animation techniques.”

 
“While our animations were ultimately assembled in the computer, the materials we filmed were physical and organically textured; like pulpy paper, leather, old maps, ink, and scrolls.” said Handcranked co-owner Jeff Sias. “Because of the tangibility of the objects and the intriguing subject, this is one of the most interesting and satisfying projects we have worked on as a company.”

 
Produced by Providence Pictures for NOVA, and directed by Gary Glassman, The Bible’s Buried Secrets presents the latest archeological and biblical scholarship  to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible—the foundation of monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For a preview of the film, visit: pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/

NOVA is a client of FC Board member, Anne Zeiser, who is helping launch the two-hour special NOVA documentary, managing the public reaction to the film, and developing a thought-leader special screening and panel discussion in New York the week before premiere with Newsweek magazine and the Interfaith Center of NY. “Science and Faith: Complementary or Contradictory?” will be moderated by Newsweek’s Religion Editor, Lisa Miller and feature a panel of top scientists, theologians and filmmakers who will explore how archeology, biblical scholarship, and faith intersect, and sometimes collide. The national event will be taped and will be streamed on NOVA’s website at : pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/. See NOVA¹s “The Bible’s Buried Secrets” broadcast premiere on PBS on Tuesday, November 18th at 8pm (check local listings).