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This Year’s Roy W. Dean Summer Grant Deadline is Approaching

Rick Santos — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:53:06 +0000

The deadline for applications for The Roy W. Dean Summer Grant is June 30, 2012. It is set up for documentaries, shorts and low budget features. The grant award is $1,000 cash and over $30K in donations for music, website creation, editing & post-production services – plus a lot more resources that are essential for [...]

Blackmagic Cinema Camera Wows at the NAB

Rick Santos — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:02:20 +0000

It’s NAB week, where 90,000+ media and entertainment professionals gather in Las Vegas – so it’s the ideal place to showcase the latest cameras for filmmakers. One standout is the Blackmagic Cinema Camera – priced at $2,995. With its 2.5K image sensor and wide dynamic rage, it claims to offer the sought after “feature film [...]

Amazon Studios Wants Your Movie or Screenplay

Rick Santos — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:30:44 +0000

Amazon (yes – that Amazon) is getting into the movie biz. Amazon Studios was just launched as a place where budding filmmakers and screenwriters can submit their work for cash and prizes. A combined $2.7 million in monthly and annual awards will be doled out in this program’s inaugural year. Amazon Studios will also partner [...]

The 1st Annual Vimeo Festival and Awards

Rick Santos — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:28:59 +0000

There are two weeks left to enter your videos into the first-ever Vimeo Festival and Awards. If your video premiered online within the past two years, you should head over to vimeoawards.com and submit it ASAP! The grand prize includes a $25,000 grant to produce your next film/video. These awards are open to ALL videos [...]

Film4Prizes Highlights Top Film/Video Contests That Pay

Rick Santos — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:54:24 +0000

Film4Prizes is a cool site that maintains a database of several online film & video contests which include many with cash prizes. Here are a few interesting contests that they list: - “HP You On You Contest” – top prize is $40,000. - “Nobody’s Gonna Lay a Finger on My Butterfinger” Video Contest – top [...]

DIY Screenings & Distribution

Rick Santos — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:52:17 +0000

Some call it “four-walling,” others DIY distribution. Filmmakers now have direct access to their audience like never before and are forgoing the middlemen who used to control the route to theatrical distribution. By and large, artists are now able to gauge their audience’s demand/interest for their work and market it directly to them. CinemaTech’s Scott [...]

Free Film School via the Vimeo Community

Rick Santos — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:13:43 +0000

Their moniker is “Vimeo: People connecting through video.” This includes many filmmakers who are sharing their knowledge – creative & technical. Within Vimeo’s 28,000+ channels, lives several micro groups dedicated to the filmmaking process. Here are a few good ones: SHOOT FOR THE EDIT – This channel is for sharing editing and shooting techniques for [...]

Free Access to the NAB Show

Rick Santos — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:06:13 +0000

If you are interested in attending the NAB Show in Las Vegas this month (April 18-23), Tuvel Communications is offering Filmlinker readers FREE access to the show. Below is a special registration code that will give you a FREE exhibits-only registration. *Free Exhibits Passport Code: TP01 This pass includes access to the exhibit floor and [...]

IndieClix: Affiliate Marketing for Indie Filmmakers

Rick Santos — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:05:39 +0000

IndieClix is an affiliate marketing management platform that gives filmmakers a new way to sell and market their films. It utilizes other people’s websites and blogs as referral outlets that get compensated for every sale – same as Amazon.com and many other affiliate programs. The program was originally created by Magic Rock Entertainment to support [...]

Film Racing Coming to a City Near You

Rick Santos — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:02:36 +0000

Film Racing is a great creative concept that’s like “Mission Impossible” meets “The Amazing Race” in a marathon filmmaking competition. Filmmakers form teams in each participating city and have 24 hours to complete an original short film (no longer than 4 minutes) based on an assigned theme and surprise element. Each team receives an e-mail [...]