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INTERVIEWS with 2019 Filmmakers

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To Enter the Festival

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Starting June 1s,t 2019 we will be using FilmFreeway!

Starting June 1s,t 2019 we will be using FilmFreeway!

Best Film "A Force in Nature"

Best Director "Little Star"

Comic Short "How May I Help You?"

Comedy Feature "Serious Laundary"

Documentary "Thunder"

Film Freeway Entry

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Interviews with 2018 Winning Filmmakers

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  • Interview with Amy Schloerb 2018 Comedy Short Winner
  • Interview with Filmmaker Sarah Samash 2018 Winning Short Documentary
  • Interview with Ken Webb, Director "Serious Laundry...
  • Interview with Oan Lindblad, Director of Fixit Fables, Jury Award Winner
  • Interview with Wasly Castillo Best Student Film
  • Interview with Best Film Winner Hayden Yates

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Interviews with 2017 Winning Filmmakers

  • Interview with Best Director Ibrahim Nada of "Zaar"
  • Interview with Corey Horton "Waiting on Mary"
  • Interview with Joe Warren and Nat Frum "Greetings ...
  • Interview with Sarah Frei "Cycle of Change"
  • Interview with director of "Save Gangamaya" Gopal ...
  • Interview with Aidin Pedari, Director of "Day Off"...
  • Interview with the Birdman Filmmakers
  • Interview with Michael McCallum Jury Prize Winner

Short Doc "Cycle of Change"

Best Short "Greetings from Tinseltown"

Greetings from Tinseltown from Joe Warren & Nat Frum on Vimeo.

Best Director "Zaar"

ZAAR Trailer from ibrahim nada on Vimeo.

Best Comedy "Waiting on Mary"

Waiting on Mary Trailer from Nathaniel Harrison on Vimeo.

DIY Film Distribution

Interesting blog from the Raindance festival founder about DIY distribution. http://www.raindance.org/self-distribution-for-filmmakers/

DIY Distribution models from PBS

Good article from PBS about DIY distribution models. http://www.pbs.org/pov/filmmakers/resources/diy-digital-distribution-platforms.php

Best Comedy Short "Kevin, Take Two"



  


Submissions for the Festival

Starting June 1s,t 2019 we will be using FilmFreeway!

Best Dramatic Short "Fixation"

   

Best Student Film "Stashbox"


Stashbox Film
 
 

 

Best Dramatic Feature "Buffalo"

 

Best Feature Doc "Sweet Dreams"


    


Best Short Doc "Hope For Our Own"


 

Best Comedy Feature "Kittens in a Cage"


   

Jury Prize "Among the Discarded"



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Best Documentary

No Horizon Anymore:

Best Film

Not Anymore: Story of a Revolution

Best Director

KnuckleJack

Best Dramatic Feature

Rumblestrips

Best Student Film

In The Grip

Best Mocumentary

Throng

Best Animation

There's an Octopus in your head

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Daniel Schmidt's Best Doc, Best Film "INNER WORLDS, OUTER WORLDS"

More on Awaken the World Films

Harrison Allen's "How Not To Rob a Bank"

More on Harrison Allen

Erdi Yao's "Rock 01"

Martha Munizzi's "The Drop"

Andrew Brian's "Statue"

Paul van Zyl's "Elegy for a Revolutionary"

Josh Wick's "Francis of Brooklyn"

Mason Howard's "Black"

Jennifer Hitchcock’s “Dreams Deferred: The Struggle for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine”

Ike Ahloe's "Clocked In"

Nicholas Plagman’s “THE HAM SANDWICH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD”

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Robin North & Kelly Preeper's "Dead Saints"

Mirel Bran’s “ONE-WAY ROUND TRIP” (Romania)

AVID's new IPAD app

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Kevin Malone’s “CHRISTY MATHEWSON DAY”

Leo Grillo’s “THE RESCUER”

Rachael Yaeger’s “NO LOST CAUSE”

ALL THAT REMAINS TRAILER

Cockpit: The Rule of Engagement

James Vs. Reality Trailer

The Robbery Trailer

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2/26/2008 2008 DIY Film Festival Names Winners

"Buskers; For Love Or Money" Wins Best Film Award

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 26, 2008)_ The engaging documentary "Buskers: For Love Or Money," an examination of the world of street performers as told by the talent, has been named Best Film of the 2008 DIY Film Festival, which concluded Saturday.

The film was screened at the American Film Institute as part of the 2008 DIY Convention, which took place Feb. 15-23 in Hollywood and honored the top independent films, music and books of the last year.

In "Buskers: For Love Or Money,” director Chad Taylor (himself a world-class street performer as a chainsaw juggler) gives the history and motivations of his fellow street performers, some well-known, others legends only in their particular square feet of concrete.

The depiction of the performers’ free-floating lifestyle, which combines talent, street savvy and psychology was shot over ten years in various parts of the world and features rare footage of some legendary street performances. For its introspective examination of a world many see but few understand, “Buskers” was unanimously acclaimed as Best Film by the DIY judges.

The other winners of the 2008 DIY Film Festival:

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Glue Boys,” Philip Hamer

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: “The Tribe,” Tiffany Shlain

BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE: “Divergence,” Patrick J. Donnelly

BEST DRAMATIC SHORT: “Henchmen,” Christian Cantamessa

BEST COMEDY FEATURE: “The Book of Noah,” Drew Smith

BEST COMEDY SHORT: “Lowenstein’s A Terrorist,” Eric Siegelstein

BEST WORDL CINEMA: “Remember Me,” Benjamin Tan

BEST STUDENT FILM: “Some Apologies,” Adam Weldon

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: “Pull On Push Off,” Philip Leaman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “Murderess,” Scott Coblio

BEST DIRECTOR: Todd Peters, “Let Others Suffer”

BEST SCRIPT: Adam Weldon, “Some Apologies

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The International Film Festival Submission System

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