Linking Creatives with Content & Distribution
Exploring the intersection of the arts and technology

Organizations that assist creative artists in professional development of their crafts.

• Writer's Guild of America, west www.wga.org/ Labor union for Writers Posted at 5:27am on Wed, May 20 2009

• Creative Screenwriting www.creativescreenwriting.com/index.html Informative magazine that profiles and showcases both established and up and coming screenwriters. Expert journalism on the craft of screenwriting. Sponsors the wildly popular Screenwriting Expo! Posted at 5:44am on Wed, May 20 2009

• Writer's Digest www.writersdigest.com/GeneralMenu/ Writers Digest.com is your one-stop shop for information, resources and writing community. Connect with other writers on our forum, visit our blogs and sign up for our free weekly e-newsletter. Contests and competitions, conference listings and online exclusive articles. Posted at 12:51pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009

• ARTIST TRUST www.artisttrust.org/ Artist Trust is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting Washington State artists working in all creative disciplines. Founded in 1987 by a group of arts patrons and artists who were concerned about the lack of support for individual artists, Artist Trust is guided by the leadership of a Board of Trustees and a professional staff. Posted at 1:46pm on Wed, Aug 26 2009

Resources up the yin/yang for the budding would be creative artist entrepreneur in multidisciplinary fields

• ZERO1: The art & technology network zero1.org/press/releases/banff-zero1-sundance The Banff New Media Institute at The Banff Centre, ZER01: The Art and Technology Network, and Sundance Institute Posted at 1:43pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009

• Independent Film Channel www.ifc.com/ All things independent film, news and multimedia related. The channel itself is designed to present independent film, uncut and unedited and commercial free programming. Posted at 1:05am on Wed, May 13 2009

• Filmmaking Central www.filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2/ Host and Founder David Basulto has a wealth of experience from both large scale commercial film productions to lower budget indies. He is a filmmaker and producer and business man with a plan when it comes to delivering valuable information to film creatives, ranging from new software and hardware products to tutorials about the craft. While you there check out the Filmmaking Central podcast. Posted at 1:21am on Wed, May 13 2009

• Indie Film Nation indiefilmnation.blogspot.com/ The Indie Film Nation podcast showcases coming attractions productions, interviews movers and shakers and up and coming directors, and brings in depth analysis from festivals around the globe. Posted at 1:31am on Wed, May 13 2009

• indieWIRE www.indiewire.com/ Devoted to evangelizing for independent minded filmmakers, indieWire also has a Webby award for best film website. The site delivers news, resources and valuable information for filmmakers and watchers alike. Along with its email publications indieWIRE keeps filmmakers abreast of the industry and on the cutting edge of technology. Posted at 1:20am on Wed, May 13 2009

• Film Festivals www.filmfestivals.com/index.shtml Find all of the information you'll need to discover the film festival of your choice both domestic and international. You'll also discover interviews and bulletins on filmmaking opportunities and the latest films in the pipeline. Posted at 1:14am on Fri, May 15 2009

• IndependentLens www.pbs.org/independentlens/ Get video previews of upcoming broadcasts of the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens. Airing weekly on PBS, Independent Lens is like an independent film festival in your living room. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by independent thinkers: filmmakers who are taking creative risks, calling their own shots and finding untold stories in unexpected places. Posted at 5:10am on Mon, Jun 22 2009

Film & Screenwriter contests

• Film Skillet www.filmskillet.com/index.php?mode=contest Download an entry form to enter your short film into The Film Skillet International Film Contest. Entries are due August 1st, 2009. Help spread the word! Download a copy of the flyer, and give it to an aspiring filmmaker. Posted at 12:13pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009

• Sundance Festival 2009 festival.sundance.org/2009/ The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the U.S.[1] Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as the Sundance Resort, the festival is the premier showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival comprises competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature-length films and short films, and a group of non-competitive showcase sections, including the New Frontier, Spectrum, and Park City @ Midnight. [from wikipedia] Posted at 1:12pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009

• SXSW sxsw.com/ The SXSW MUSIC AND MEDIA CONFERENCE features a legendary festival showcasing more than 1,800 musical acts of all genres from around the globe on over eighty stages in downtown Austin. More... Hide By day, the Austin Convention Center comes alive with conference registrants doing business in the Trade Show and partaking of a full agenda of informative, provocative panel discussions featuring hundreds of speakers of international stature. In its 23rd year, SXSW remains an essential event on the music industry calendar. The SXSW FILM CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL explores all aspects of the art and business of independent filmmaking. More... Hide The Conference hosts a five-day adventure in the latest filmmaking trends and new technology, featuring distinguished speakers and mentors. The internationally-acclaimed, nine-day Festival boasts some of the most wideranging programming of any US event of its kind, from provocative documentaries to subversive Hollywood comedies, with a special focus on emerging talents. The SXSW INTERACTIVE FESTIVAL celebrates the creativity and passion behind the coolest new media technologies Posted at 1:14pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009

• Tribeca Film Festival www.tribecafilm.com/festival/ Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2001 following the attacks on the World Trade Center to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan through an annual celebration of film, music and culture. The Festival Posted at 1:20pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009

• Cannes International Film Festival www.festival-cannes.com/en.html The Festival de Cannes has celebrated the cinema for more than 60 years. Over the years, the French Association of the International Film Festival has been able to evolve whilst retaining the essential: the passion for motion pictures, discovery of new talents, and enthusiasm of festival-goers and professionals from around the world, all contributing to the birth and distribution of films. The Festival de Cannes has always been the reflection of its era: a centre for all cultures and hopes, a spring of effervescence and, above all, transmission. Defining ambitious and different projects, giving the possibility to budding filmmakers to emerge. A showcase of talents with respect of all tastes. Posted at 2:06pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009

• Toronto International Film Festival tiff.net/default.aspx The Toronto International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious international film festivals in the world. For ten days, film lovers, filmmakers, industry professionals and media watch the best in new cinema from established masters and new talent. The Toronto International Film Festival... * Presents one of the world's largest annual showcases of Canadian film with the Canada First!, Short Cuts Canada and Canadian Open Vault programmes. * received 4,209 submissions and screened 312 films (2008 figures). * has 17 programmes in which films from 64 countries are screened (2008 figures). * presents two public screenings of virtually every invited film and at least one screening for press and industry. * accredits over 1,000 international media. * attracts thousands of Canadian and international industry delegates. As one of the world Posted at 2:14pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009

• Slamdance www.slamdance.com/festival/submissions.html The Slamdance Film Festival takes place each year in Utah at the same time as the Sundance Film Festival, competing to provide what its supporters consider a truer representation of independent filmmaking. The festival began in 1995 and has become a year-round organization championing emerging filmmaking talent and their new work. Other affiliated Slamdance events have since taken place internationally in countries like China, Germany, Poland and South Africa. Known as a festival "by filmmakers for filmmakers," Slamdance was founded by Dan Mirvish, Jon Fitzgerald, Shane Kuhn and Peter Baxter and each year is programmed by alumni filmmakers. [from wikipedia] Posted at 2:22pm on Mon, Jul 27 2009