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What I Learned at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009

The first weekend of TIFF, one of the biggest gathering of film wheeler-dealers in the year, was as always too full of activity; films competed with press conferences, which competed with parties and the first-ever documentary conference, hosted by documentary programmer Thom Powers. Here were some of my takeaways:Read more...

Can you help us get panels at SXSW? Your vote will count!

The South by Southwest film festival now crowdsources its panels, and two of CSM director Pat Aufderheide's panel proposals have been approved for public voting. The SXSW team needs to see that panel proposals have public support. Your vote will make a difference.Pat's panels will raise issues that not only are important for business but also raise basic questions about the future of documentary and of creative practice.

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Our Stories DC at Silverdocs!

I just returned from Silverdocs where Brittney Barbour, one of the filmmakers from my youth media project, Our Stories DC, was asked to screen her film and participate in a panel discussion. The panel was made up of five other youth, some of who traveled to the festival from as far as Mozambique. They demonstrated a diversity of experience that has not historically been a part of public media. Read more...

Making Your Media Matter 2009 Rapporteur’s Report

On February 12-13 2009, the Center for Social Media (CSM) hosted its 5th annual MAKING YOUR MEDIA MATTER conference. Read this Rapporteur’s Report to learn about the topics discussed and watch videos from the conference. The videos within this report are just part 1 of each panel. If you want to continue on, you can click on the links below the video.

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The New Deal: Version 1.5, Monetizing and Mission

The Center's annual report on the nuts and bolts of digital distribution deal-making. Curious about who's making these deals? Average percentages for independent filmmakers? Average license periods? All of this and more in this highly-anticipated new publication.

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