http://www.filminitiative.com/ Building a community of filmmakers. Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:45:07 -0800 PCMS - Project: Content Management System http://backend.userland.com/rss en-us Copyright 2003, http://www.filminitiative.com/ submit@filminitiative.com admin@filminitiative.com http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=86&sc=y&se=y From the opening scene of Santa Clause being chased up a hill overlooking Nazareth, to the almost frantic poetry of the film's visuals, Divine Inspiration takes you on a journey through the absurdities of Palestinian life under Israeli occupation.Eli... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN86 Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:44:17 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=84&sc=y&se=y Writer/Director Douglas McGrath has spent the better part of 2 years adapting the Charles Dickens classic Nicholas Nickleby for the screen.In For a Movie, Lesser Dickens Is Sometimes More, McGrath discusses various elements of the production process,... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN84 Sat, 28 Dec 2002 20:29:54 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=83&sc=y&se=y Two members of the New Zealand Film Commission have been uninvited from the premiere of Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. This slight is a result of the recent liquidation of Kahakura Productions, and the way the commission handled the film Kombi Na... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN83 Wed, 18 Dec 2002 04:12:23 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=82&sc=y&se=y Telefilm Canada, the primary provider of financial assistance for the filmmaking community in Canada has just released their 2003-2004 Guidelines, which will severely limit available funding opportunities for Canadian companies.Telefilm is implementi... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN82 Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:00:54 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=81&sc=y&se=y It seems that there's still some common sense left in the world; right on the heels of the Oscar's rejection of The Warrior, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has confirmed that it considers The Warrior to be British.According t... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN81 Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:39:39 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=80&sc=y&se=y Between floods, financing problems, the illness of an actor, and the inability to get work as a fantasist--when the genre is the biggest that it's ever been--has finally pushed Terry Gilliam over the edge, into Italy, where he puts one rock on top of... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN80 Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:04:50 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=79&sc=y&se=y Asif Kapadia's The Warrior has been rejected as an official UK submission to the Academy Awards. Apparently there are strict guidelines (the fine print) when submitting a film for the foreign language category. The Warrior tells the story of Lafcadia... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN79 Wed, 4 Dec 2002 01:43:54 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=78&sc=y&se=y Continuing a story reported on earlier, Kevin Spacey talks about his new project TriggerStreet.com for Empire Online. Within the first 16 days, 28,000 people registered, 450 short films and over 800 screenplays were submitted, with a total of 13000 r... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN78 Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:36:21 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=77&sc=y&se=y Microsoft and BMW have partnered up for the BMW Films Digital Cinema Series, which will kick off a several million dollar campaign to screen digital independent films using Microsoft's Windows Media 9 series.While a promotional coup for Microsoft, th... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN77 Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:50:09 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=76&sc=y&se=y Right on the heels of the Michael Moore interview and his support of digital filmmaking, Kodak has just unveiled a new type of film, which they're calling Vision2.Vision2 500T Color Negative Film is a high-speed, tungsten-balanced color negative. Acc... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN76 Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:48:44 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=75&sc=y&se=y A great audio interview with Michael Moore is up at The Screen Savers, in which he discusses the internet, independent filmmaking, and of particular interest, high definition video.Half way through filming Bowling for Columbine, he switched to high d... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN75 Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:39:09 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=74&sc=y&se=y The Dog Pile, an online magazine dedicated to independent filmmaking is looking for a Screenplay Columnist. The candidate would write an ongoing column about their personal experiences writing a screenplay, trying to obtain an agent, and working with... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN74 Sun, 17 Nov 2002 17:35:34 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=73&sc=y&se=y Independent Feature Project (IFP) is a non-profit organization that provides services for independent filmmakers as well as industry professionals. Their Los Angeles chapter offers Labs throughout the year, and is currently accepting submissions for ... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN73 Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:34:54 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=72&sc=y&se=y Trigger Street Productions, formed in 1997 by Kevin Spacey has an online manifestation, TriggerStreet.com, which is currently accepting screenplay and short film submissions.According to their website, the TriggerStreet team's main goal is to pr... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN72 Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:52:31 -0800 http://www.filminitiative.com/pcms/pcms_view_post.php?id=71&sc=y&se=y It doesn't matter where the money comes from, as far as Steve Buscemi is concerned. He says that "'Independent' is where a filmmaker can make the film he really wants to make, and he isn't compromised by having to cast it a certain way, change the en... editor@filminitiative.com FI_MAIN71 Sun, 10 Nov 2002 23:32:24 -0800