Daily Buzz: Sundance Episode 1
The Sundance Film Festival typically begins with a question. Which film on this year's slate will achieve the level of success found by one of last year's hits. And so, Sundance 2013 begins with festival goers asking: "What will be this year's Beasts of the Southern Wild?"
A New Year in Film Festivals
Today's FilmLinc Digest heralds the New Year in cinema with major news regarding the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and our very own New Directors/New Films festival!
Golden Globes, Indie Grantees, DGA Doc Nominees
Today's FilmLinc Digest wraps up Sunday night's awards show and surveys some recent recognition of indie and documentary films, including New Directors/New Films alums Gimme the Loot, How to Survive a Plague, and 5 Broken Cameras.
The Year Past and Upcoming in Indie, Women in Film, and a Sad Passing
In today's FilmLinc Digest we have a healthy dose of independent film, a look forward to the Athena Film Festival's celebration of women in film, and some sad news on the passing of a Film Society friend.
Interview: Destin Daniel Cretton, “I Am Not a Hipster”
The filmmaker behind December's Indie Night film speaks about his directorial approach, conflicting defintions of what is art and what is a hobby, and the largely unrecognized San Diego arts scene.
Critics Awards, British Indie Awards, Sundance Road Tour
Today's FilmLinc Digest offers recent "best of" picks from critics associations in New York, Boston and Los Angeles, some exciting news about a ND/NF alum, and much more!
Sundance 2013 Selections; Milos Forman DGA Honor; The State of Romanian Cinema
Today's FilmLinc digest has some exciting news for fans of independent film, a troublesome piece on Romanian film culture, and much more!
IDFA Awards; Early Von Trier Short; Making “Amour”
A round-up of the awards presented at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, an insightful look into the making of Michael Haneke's NYFF Main Slate Selection Amour, a short Lars von Trier film from over 40 years ago, and more in today's FilmLinc Digest!
“Chasing Ice” Opens Strong; Indies at MoMA
Despite a cold weekend for specialty releases one documentary managed to open hot, MoMA and IFP prep their popular "Best Films Not Playing at a Theater New You" series, and an insightful look into the making of one this year's most-loved indies Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Interview: Sean Baker, “Starlet”
The filmmaker discusses finding locations for his fourth feature, the desire to depict the adult film industry and its players in an original and three-dimensional way, and the canine co-star from which the film gets its name.
