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Gore Claims U.K. Court Vindicated ‘An Incovenient Truth’
Al Gore’s answers to Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer’s challenges are so disingenuous, they deserve their own Oscar for dissembling.

P2P Site Coalition to Help Indie Filmmakers
Several of the largest BitTorrent sites including Mininova, The Pirate Bay and isoHunt have joined a coalition of file-sharing partners in an ambitious project to help filmmakers get their work out to the public. Founded by the director of Steal This Film, the VODO project debuts its first title today.

Rape, power and Polanski’s “Chinatown”
What are the real lessons in the filmmaker’s neo-noir classic? Finally, some rational and thoughtful insight beyond the hysteria.

Buffalo, New York – the Latest Film Capital – Associated Con
Lawmakers are offering incentives to filmmakers to shoot movies and TV in New York State. Buffalo has a long history of hosting movie casts and crews. This article lists several recent and past movies using Buffalo as their setting.

Paranormal Social Media Activity creates filmmaking success
Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity a $15,000 film makes $7 million in a weekend from 144 theatre due social media marketing with the Demand It strategy. Dubbed the Blair Witch Project on steroids this films success is due to canny marketing from Paramount and P2P crowd sourcing and buzz building via free college town screenings to create demand.

This Film Will Change Your Life
Orlando filmmakers take a book from the Barnes and Noble humor section and create a documentary about its fanatic followers.

Six Religious Films By Secular Filmmakers
Once upon a time one needn’t go full-on Mel Gibson
 when tackling religious themes.

Interview with Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne
Kurt Kuenne, director of the award-winning documentary Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father, discusses this highly personal film about the murder of his childhood friend and what he learned in the process.

EPIC RANTINGS: Oh My God — Trailer
In every corner of the world, there is one question that can never be definitively answered, yet stirs up equal parts passion, curiosity, self-reflection and often wild imagination: What is God? Filmmaker Peter Rodger explores this profound, age-old query in the provocative non-fiction feature, Oh My God.

Local filmmaker organizes a club
Local filmmaker organizes a club, The amateur filmmaking scene has changed dramatically since the dawn of the YouTube age; now a lone person with a camera can reach millions of viewers. But there’s still strength in numbers, and here in Rochester, Stan Main has put out a casting call for all area movie makers aspiring writers, directors

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