48!
This year will be the 10th time I do a 48 Hour Film Project. Even something small (which is my goal this year) takes a lot of coordination to put together. More to come on that, but for now, wish me luck!
For now, I wanted to get this newsletter out to you sooner this week because of some of...
SO. MANY. MANNEQUINS!
Buffalo Film!
Huge congratulations to first time Director and Filmmaker Amelia Favata! Her film "Manic" was shot last weekend, and I am honored to have been there as DP/AD/Gaffer on the project. Amelia did a tremendous job producing and directing. Filmmaking is a roller co...
Update on the YouTube video that popped off!
Viral? Kinda!
Just wanted to update you on something funny that happened to the YouTube channel while I was away on my writing sabbatical (still underway).
One of my videos took off. And it's still doing well.
The video is a snappy how-to guide, cal...
Don't freak out, but 2026 is 1/4 over!
MIFF 2026
This weekend marks the start of the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, organized and hosted by the Shawna Foundation! It is one of the most popular local festivals, and I bet a million Deutschmarks that many of you are already going.
If yo...
I can't believe the levels of awesome.
LWFF 2026
Quick Recap: That was INCREDIBLE! The Livestream links is above! And also, I wrote a very long and beautiful blog. Perhaps you'd like to read it.
Last Minute Opportunity !
Hey Filmmakers! There's a local FL1X film screening event hosted by fello...
Live Red Carpet Interviews!
Livestream
It has been a YEAR since I've done much on the YouTube Channel. I am slowly coming back from my writing sabatical, and rejoining the land of the YouTube.
What better way to come back than to try to Livestream the Red Carpet interviews from the Lois Weber ...
Loads of news in this issue!
Lois Weber News
First up, I can officially share with you that I'm an Honorary Board Member for the Lois Weber Film Festival, happening next week!
Second up, I will be doing Red Carpet Interviews for all the filmmakers taking photos and screening films on Friday nig...
Celebrating Women in Film throughout history!
The Mothers Of Modern Film
I wanted to share a really cool article VideoMaker wrote about several important women filmmakers that history forgot. There is ONE sentence that I have a beef with, but the rest of the article is pretty cool.If you want t...
On Writing
Sometimes when you've spent any significant block of your life intensely writing, your brain starts to melt and vision starts to blur. This week, I just wanted to send a special Shout Out to aaaaalll the fellow writers here who know this feeling all too well. You are rock stars. The...
Filmmaking is a marathon. Bring the chill, and success will follow.
Optimization
Sometimes we get SO many gigs that the Community Fundraisers section gets buried at the bottom of a very long scroll. Since there are so few fundraisers we list at any given time, I just decided to pull the entire ...
ALERT!
"DEAD OF WINTER" has been POSTPONED! The original dates were set for this weekend, Feb 21 and 22nd. The organizers have sent out communications saying that there was a safety concern they could not ignore, and that they must reschedule the event. All vendors and pass holders will be honor...
Convention Prep
I wanted to clear something up - Dead of Winter is as much a Horror Convention as it is a Film Festival. There will literally be people there that come exclusively to booth hunt, and will not see a single film. And that's okay! Everyone should fan the way they want to fan!As so...
