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Directing Actors, Judith Weston
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
blogs
Prep Shoot Post, Eric Escobar, Sundance Short Filmmaker
Cinematech, Scott Kirsner, Variety Writer and author of Friends, Fans & Followers
Your Screenplay Sucks, William M. Akers
websites
Filmmaking Forms, Sheets & Templates, courtesy of Paul Zadie
International
25 FPS Festival (Zagreb, Croatia)
feature experimental shorts
Brest European Short Film Festival (France)
European shorts only
Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium)
Canadian & U.S.
Aboriginal Film Festival (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
Aspen Short Film Festival (Aspen, Colorado)
Atlantic International Film Festival (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
(more festivals to be added soon)
Film Markets
Cannes - Short Film Corner (Cannes, France)
Market only, this section of Cannes is not programmed, all you have to do is submit and you're film gets into market/corner
Palm Springs Shortsfest (Palm Springs, California)
This is also a festival featuring over 300 shorts, but if you don't get selected for official screening they will include you in their extensive market
The Youth In Us, Joshua Leonard
Talmage Cooley
Dimmer
Pol Pot's Birthday
Distribution:
New American Vision Guide to Digital Distribution
Marketing:
Cinematech, Scott Kirsner, Variety Writer and author of Friends, Fans & Followers
Distribution Questionnaire For Japanese Filmmakers:
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