Just got in from the Raindance Canada event, 99 Minute Film School, with Elliot Grove- a Toronto-native filmmaker who founded the Raindance film festival in Britain.
In short, the seminar was pretty damn good. Mr. Grove certainly has the knowledge and experience to break down the film “industry” (or business, rather) into an easily understood entity […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized
Last week at the Afterdark film festival, the Saveslot crew and I ran into Uwe Boll after watching his new movie- DungeonSiege: In the Name of the King… something like that.
As I stated in my last Uwe Boll post, I think he’s a brilliant Indie Producer but has a lot of growing to do as […]
Written on October 29, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized
So I’m coming back from the store with laundry detergent and I almost literally bumped into David Miller, the Mayor of Toronto. He was with his young kids, all decked out in sports-jerseys… I wonder actually if they were really his kids, or kids hired for the campaign. Or perhaps kids hired for fun and […]
Written on October 20, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized
So tonight was the Opening night for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, showcasing horror and fantasy films much in the same fashion as TIFF’s Midnight Madness… in fact, I ran into Colin Geddes, the Midnight Madness programmer briefly while in the popcorn line. The festival runs for 7 days at the Bloor Cinema, and […]
Written on October 19, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized
So the cheque from CBC came in today; $280 for the license to broadcast the Macbeth 3000 trailer! Pending the OK from the rest of Supergun Cinema, we’ll be using that money on the next batch of films… which is the rough amount I’d spend on two or three shorts COMBINED anyway.
But this marks the […]