Last Spring Laurel Chiten gave a webinar about "Fan-Based" distribution , passing on all that she learned while distributing her newest film JUST ONE DROP. Since then, Laurel has been working with the USA company Gathr Films, who first coined the term "Theatrical-On-Demand".  

Now she returns for another webinar on the nuts and bolts about how Gathr works. If you would like your film to be shown in theatres across the country without having to pay for a four-wall, and be able to make some money, this webinar is for you.  Gathr just launched a new website, with new initiatives, and a new policy. Laurel will explain the fine print, and behind the scenes knowledge about how to take advantage of the marketing, revenue, and consumer data possibilities. Bring your questions! 

Added bonus, do you know what affiliate marketing is? If time permits, Laurel will talk about how to use your film, your website, and Facebook to make passive income.

The webinar will take place on Thursday, March 28th at 12:30pm ET. Register here .

We are excited to announce that with the generous support of the Boston Cultural Council, CID will be hosting a free monthly rough cut screening series! Our 'Filmmaker Workshops' are intended to give New England filmmakers a place to come together on a regular basis, share their work and get valuable feedback.

Our first screening will be held on March 27th at MassArt. The film will be 'ACTIVIZED (working title)' directed by  Eric Stange  ( ' Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive'). The event is free but you must register to attend .

Do you have a work-in-progress that you'd like to share? Email [email protected] .

Stop letting your mediocre website hold back your film career! Join NewEnglandFilm.com Founder Michele Meek for this one-week online workshop starting March 18, where she'll guide you step-by-step through launching your brilliant new website!

$580 includes live video chats with Michele, templates, tip sheets, video tutorials, and more!

20% off (pay only $464) with bonuses for the first 10 sign-ups by March 6! Use code 20NEF at checkout.

Reserve your spot here.

Michael Sheridan, founder and Director of Community Supported Film, is offering a Filmmaking Projects Class. Bring a your project that is currently in pre-production, production or post-production. The instructor will serve as facilitator and mentor to assist students in their efforts to move their projects forward. A maximum of eight students will learn from each other’s projects. The course will take place in Boston from Feb. 25th - June 3rd (students may join late).

More details here or contact [email protected] .

Jane Gillooly's WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS will be showing at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston co-presented with the Roxbury International Film Festival on Sunday, March 10th at 3pm. The film will be followed by a discussion with filmmakers Jane Gillooly, Khary Saeed Jones, and Aparna Agrawal, and Lisa Simmons of ROXFILM.

More details here .

A dazzling new 4K restoration of Nancy Kelly’s THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD   will be unveiled March 26, 2019, at the Museum of the Moving Image , when the Queens World Film Festival bestows its Spirit of Queens Award on director Nancy Kelly and producer Kenji Yamamoto. Lead actress Rosalind Chao and supporting actor Michael Paul Chan will also make personal appearances. The new 4K restoration premieres in the Redstone Theater at 7:00pm.

Tickets are available here .

Beth Harrington is in production on her new film,  BEYOND THE DUPLEX PLANET , the story of artist David Greenberger. Many know him from his ‘zine  The Duplex Planet – a legendary albeit cult-y compendium of interviews, poems, graphics and record reviews that began when David was the activities director at the Duplex Nursing Home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Through interviews with David, senior citizen residents at this facility offered up their insights on a regular basis, David edited them into bite-sized glimpses of their interior world, and this publication became “viral” back in the day before the Intertubes made “viral” a thing. David’s work now includes spoken word with music performance based on his interviews with seniors.

He’s got a big show coming up in April in Santa Ana, California and Beth is launching a Kickstarter campaign to shoot the show and all the activity around it. If you feel you could contribute or even spread the word, she’d appreciate it greatly. You can check out the campaign here !

The Miami Film Festival will be screening ERROL FLYNN'S GHOST: HOLLYWOOD IN HAVANA ,  a documentary chronicling the Cuban love affair with Hollywood movies and their enduring cultural impact on the island.

Screenings are Wednesday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m.  at the Tower Theater in Little Havana and Sunday, March 10, at 1:00 p.m . at the Silverspot Cinema in Downtown Miami

For more information or purchasing tickets, click here . For updates and info on future screenings, follow the film on Facebook  @errolflynnsghost .

March is a busy month for Jules Rosskam's essay film PATERNAL RITES . On March 2nd, the film screens in competition at Zinegoak, the Bilbao International LGBTQ Film Festival, in the Official Ertzak Section — films that break with tradition. Then on March 20th, the film screens at the 26th Annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival with Jules in attendance. Festival screenings at UMass Amherst are free and open to the public. On March 29th, Jules brings Paternal Rites to the 2019 Queens World Film Festival with a screening at the Museum of the Moving Image. Jules will participate in a post-screening Q&A moderated by Nicholas Kemp, Director of Theatrical Marketing - Kino Lorber. For all screening times and details, visit the  Paternal Rites site .

Celebrate the premiere of all ten  New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV)  short documentary films by and about immigrants and refugees with COMMUNITY SUPPORTED FILM and NIRV filmmakers at the Boston Public Library  in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA,  March 31, 2:30p – 4:00p  and  April 1, 6:00p – 7:30p .

 

Each event will feature five different films followed by audience discussion with the filmmakers and film subjects about the issues raised by the films, including:

– Immigrant contributions to our social and economic fabric

– Similarities and differences with all American families

– Integration and assimilation enablers and inhibitors

– Media coverage of immigrant issues

– Immigration policy

 

Audience members will receive resources for exploring these issues in greater depth and suggestions for how they can use these films to stimulate dialogue in their own communities. Free and open to the public. 

During the month of February, THE G WORD team traveled to the Seattle area to capture an important story about the Northshore School District's efforts to implement universal screening for giftedness. With a focus on equity, they're making the prospect of placement in a gifted classroom that much more likely for students of color, low-income students, and English Language Learners. This story is about the long game for education -- no overnight solutions. Changing systems and institutions takes time and this particular institution is well on its way and definitely trying hard to walk the walk of equity and inclusion and we can't wait to share their story. This month they're also working hard behind the scenes to get ready for their Kickstarter campaign, starting in mid-March - watch for it!

More about The G Word at their website.

February was a busy month for WORLDS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN , which continues to screen for audiences around the world. The film was awarded Best of Fest at the Boston SciFi Film Festival , and made the cover story of the National Endowment for the Humanities magazine , written by Ursula’s biographer Julie Phillips. In March, the film will premiere in Washington D.C. at the DC Independent Film Festival , in Nebraska at the Omaha Film Festival , and internationally in Bulgaria, China, Greece, and Turkey! The film will tour Spanish audiences in Barcelona, Huesca, and Madrid. It will also return to Ursula’s hometown for the Portland International Film Festival , New York City for the Athena Film Festival , and will screen at the Albany Film Festival and Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in California. Stay tuned at www.worldsofukl.com for the most current list of officially announced, upcoming screenings!

From Berlin to Bozeman, to Berkley and Beirut- LIFE INTERRUPTED is getting out and making an impact!

Life Interrupted has now screened ten times in four countries (Germany, United States, Switzerland, Lebanon), received "Best Documentary Feature Award" from Long Beach Indie International Film Festival and was nominated for a Dolores Huerta Award. 

2018/19 screenings are as follows: 

2018: Berlin Feminist Film Festival, Maple Theatre in Detroit, Berkeley Fillm Foundation Screening Series, University of North Texas, Denton, Switzerland International Film Festival. 

2019 (so far): Docs Without Borders film Festival, Women's International Film Festival, Beirut International Film Festival.

The Ocean's Message, is screening at the 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festiva l .  Produced and Directed by Cynthia Abbott and Andrea Leland, the festival runs March 7 - 10 in San Francisco and San Rafael .  The Ocean's Message was also one of a select number of films to be included in their Student Education Program which is offered free to Middle and High School students.

This short is the opening piece for their education based, environmental short film series project,  EVERY SECOND BREATH – Inspiring Action Through Story.  

DAWNLAND was honored in Maine Today's " Maine Oscars " as the "Most Necessary Documentary": " Dawnland ... does what all the best documentaries do – sift through the past to find a better way to the future."

Numerous screenings are planned for March and can all be found at  dawnland.org/screenings .

No Film School has released their essential spring 2019 grant list!

Check it out here .