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DAY 3: The Thirteen Days of Short Film Christmas | 13 Movers and Shakers in the Short Film World
Tweet Though there are many movers and shakers in the short film industry worldwide, these are thirteen you should know about right now: 1. ??? 2. ??? 3. ??? 4. ??? 5. ??? 6. ??? 7. ??? 8. ??? 9. … Continue reading
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DAY 1: The Thirteen Days of Short Film Christmas | 13 Movers and Shakers in the Short Film World
Hebe Tabachnik is the shorts programmer for the Los Angeles Film Festival, among other festivals, including Sundance. The Los Angeles Film Festival is a qualifying festival in all categories for the Independent Spirit Awards as well as the Academy Awards®. Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, Hebe Tabachnik, LA film fest, Los Angeles Film Festival, need to know, Short Film, shorts programmer, Sundance, Top 10, Top 13
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The Best and the Worst Writing Products of 2010
Tweet Nowadays, there are a plethora of writing products for the beginning and working writer. Many offer great features, and others not so much. Here’s the low down on the most highly rated and the stuff you should avoid. First, … Continue reading
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In The Spotlight, with Withoutabox
CSSC offers one of the highest-paying cash prizes for a short film screenplay contest. First-Place winners receive $2,500 CAD and an iPad. What’s more, the top honor at CSSC is a production deal, with CSSC producing the winning screenplay with an experienced director, professional actors, and top-notch crews and equipment. Second- and Third-Place winners receive $1,000 and $500, respectively, with ten follow-up winners each receiving $100 cash awards. Continue reading
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How to Start Your Own Writers’ Group
So what are you waiting for? Tell your brother-in-law to go back to watching football. You’re going to start a writers’ group! Continue reading
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We’ve Picked Up a Few Nominations for this #WW!
Tweet The Canadian Weblog Awards are intended to promote good weblogs of all genres from across Canada year round through regular interviews, articles, and the nomination, judging, and award process that culminates with the announcement of the top three weblogs … Continue reading
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Short. Is. Better. Campaign #5: “The Indians Take The Fort”
Tweet It’s time for the kick-off to your weekend with our latest installment in the Short. Is. Better. campaign. We hope you’re enjoying it thus far. Feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment as to what … Continue reading
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Tagged #yff10, #yff2010, award, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, Carolynne Ciceri, commercial, Competition, contest, Cormican, dot spot, festival, film festival, Interesting Find, Laureate, movie, nominee, Screenplay, screenplays, screenwriting, script, scripts, Short Film, Top 5, Video, Website, win, withoutabox, writers, writers block, writers wednesday, Writing, Writing and tagged #ww, Yorkton Film Festival
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Short. Is. Better. Campaign #4: “Bumpy Night”
Tweet We think this one is super clever and we even used red ink within the dot spot as an ode to @raingirls #WW post this week. We hope you enjoy this kick off to your weekend. AND during the … Continue reading
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Tagged #ww, #yff10, #yff2010, award, Carolynne Ciceri, commercial, Competition, contest, Cormican, dot spot, festival, film festival, Laureate, movie, nominee, Screenplay, screenplays, screenwriting, script, scripts, Short Film, Top 5, win, withoutabox, writers, writers block, writers wednesday, Writing, Yorkton Film Festival
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Countdown to #YFF2010 begins for EVAN JOBB, TIM ANDERSON & JAG DHADLI
And then there were 3. The CSSC Profiles the remaining 3 nominees in a field that includes 13 of the best short film script writers of 2009. Continue reading
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Tagged #ww, #yff2010, Art, Arts, Competition, contest, CSSC, cultural, Culture, Dave Cormican, david cormican, David McCormick, deadline, director, Evan Jobb, fesivals, Film, film festival, Jag Dhadli, Kansas, movie, Movies, nominated, nomination, nominee, Screenplay, screenplays, screenwriting, script, scripts, Short Film, tim Anderson, Top 13, Top 25, top 50, win, withoutabox, writers, Writing, YFF, Yorkton, Yorkton Film Festival
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Countdown to #YFF2010 begins for SAM PATTERSON & CAREY WESTBROOK
Find out more about Westbrook, the King of the Crackers and Patterson, Columbia College Chicago graduate, both finalists in the CSSC for their short film scripts. Continue reading
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