Long-form features and documentaries coming to 2010 Topanga Film Festival
Topanga Film Festival co-founders Sara Baur-Harding and Urs Baur today announced that the festival will showcase 6 to 10 feature films in 2010 in addition to its traditional fare of short films over the course of the event that kicks off on August 18 and runs through the 22nd.
“As we added the Suitable for All [...]
Topanga Film Institute does Location Expo
Members of the newly formed Topanga Film Institute pounded the pavement at the Santa Monica Civic Center last week at this year’s Association of Film Commissioners International Location Expo, a non-profit organization that represents 320 film commissions throughout the world over six continents whose goal is to educate film and media makers about locations and [...]
Swiss Cultural Affairs Consul joins inaugural Topanga Film Institute board of advisors
As the Topanga Film Institute prepares for its official launch later this spring, founder and inaugural board members have redoubled efforts to pull together a board of advisors from traditional and new media, from fine arts, music, dance and other creative sectors along with academicians, actors, directors, educators, philanthropists and others – to ensure institute [...]
Michael Irby and Susan Matus rally for Topanga Film Institute and 2010 festival
Long-time Topanga Film Festival enthusiasts Michael Irby and Susan Matus met with festival co-founder Urs Baur today in support of the Topanga Film Institute to brainstorm ideas for an impending board of directors, board of advisers, creative alliances and angel-round funders.
Irby, an actor known for his depiction of the character Charles Grey in CBS’ “The [...]
Treme-based creative team supports Topanga Film Festival
Dennis “DJ” Joseph, a Treme-based documentarian, music historian, filmmaker/videographer and educator best-known for his compilation of over 20-years of historical footage of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, has joined forces with developer Glenn Amedee in creating the St. Bernard Entertainment Complex and in forging an alliance with the Topanga Film Festival and the [...]
New Orleans Film Society and Topanga Film Festival commence creative alliance
This week, New Orleans Film Society board president Larry Blake and Topanga Film Festival executive producer Milena Merrill agreed to work together to bring their respective bodies of filmmakers and mediamakers together in creative and business collaboration. The New Orleans Film Society produces the New Orleans Film Festival held annually in October. Visit [...]
Panavision on board as 2010 Topanga Film Festival sponsor
Panavision today confirmed its commitment to support the Topanga Film Festival with a camera package valued at $60,000. The package donated to the festival is similar to the one awarded under Panavision’s New Filmmaker Program that provides either 35mm or 16mm cameras that have been permanently set aside from their rental inventory.
Suzanne Lezotte, Panavision’s [...]
This is Action new front-runner in Suitable for All Screens competition
Reynolds, who appeared in Garbage Warrior, an award-winning documentary on the New Mexico-based movement committed to the propagation of ecologically sound, self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities, led by architect Michael Reynolds and directed by Oliver Hodge — brings This Action, directed by Paul America, to the Suitable for All Screens competition.
Their short entitled This [...]
Suitable For All Screens filmmaker outreach begins
As the Topanga Film Festival readies itself for the March 1, 2010 submission trigger date for its Suitable For All Screens competition, word is clearly already out on the street already. To answer this weekend’s aggregation of voice and emails, here is a FAQ.
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