Archive for the ‘Archived’ Category

Alcott Film Receives Top Video & Book Award

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Dec 9th, 2009 • Category: Archived

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, a documentary film by Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen, 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.



Social Media Workshop, November 7

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Archived

23 participants joined facilitator Sean Fitzroy at Mass College of Art on Sat, Nov 7 for a morning session on twitter, blogging, RSS feeds and developing an online presence for your film.



Meet & Greet with Montreal director Eric Scott, Nov. 8

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Archived

A group of FC members and friends met with Montreal director Eric Scott at Finale in Brookline prior to the screening of his film “Leaving the Fold,” which Filmmakers Collaborative co-presented at the Boston Jewish Film Festival. He entertained us with stories about his film and we shared what we were doing with ours. [...]



Join FC at the Boston Jewish Film Festival on Sunday, Nov. 8th

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Oct 2nd, 2009 • Category: Archived

Location: Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Time: 3:15 pm
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 [...]



Social Media Boot Camp for Film Professionals: Saturday, Nov. 7th

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Category: Archived

Time: 9 am- 1 pm
Location: MassCollege of Art
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 [...]



“The People v. Leo Frank” on national PBS – November 2nd

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Category: Archived

FC member, Ben Loeterman’s film, “The People v. Leo Frank” will have its national television premiere on PBS on Monday, November 2nd. Check your local listings for the broadcast time.
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 [...]



Maria Agui Carter’s “Cleats” – please rate trailer on YouTube

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Category: Archived

FC member Maria Agui Carter’s moving new dramatic short, CLEATS, about immigrant parents building an inheritance for their son at Harvard College one nickel at a time, is doing the festival rounds!
You can watch a trailer on YouTube and rate it.
Please take one minute to give your opinions and help drive viewership [...]



Juan Mandelbaum’s “Our Disappeared” on WGBH/PBS Sept. 27th

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Archived

“Our Disappeared” will be broadcast as part of the Independent Lens series on Sunday, Sept 27th at 9:00 pm on WGBH/PBS local.
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.



MA tax credit workshop

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Archived

Massachusetts Tax Credits – on Sept. 9th, Irene Wachsler and Millie Tobolsky from Tobolsky & Wachsler, CPAs, LLC, came to the FC office to present a workshop on everything you need to know to get the MA motion picture tax credit. Visit their website and click on “Film Tax Credit Update for Massachusetts” for the [...]



Tax Credits Information Session: Sept 9th

By Filmmakers Collaborative • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Archived

Come to the FC office, 397 Moody St., 2nd floor, Waltham on
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 [...]