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Flyover Film Fest Flies Once More

Posted on: June 4th, 2013 by wmapother 2 Comments

Five years ago I started a June film festival with a few friends in Louisville, KY, my hometown. Taking our cue from how the coasts view the Midwest, we called it the Flyover Film Festival.

It’s been a terrific success. We’ve hosted a number of great films and filmmakers, and this year will be no different. The 5th Annual Flyover Film Festival is scheduled for the Clifton Center in Louisville from June 12th-16th, and the schedule has just been posted. I’ll be back in town for it, and I’m due to moderate the Q&A after the Sunday 1pm screening of City Strays. We all hope to see you there.

Posted in Film, Film Festival, In Person (or, like, Live), Louisville & KY

Snow + Slated = CNBC

Posted on: March 1st, 2012 by wmapother 1 Comment

CNBC Business has a great piece on how Slated is transforming film finance.
I’ve written some FAQs about Slated and how it works.

Bonus: There’s a photo of my feloow co-founders with big chessy grins up at Sundance this year.

Posted in Film, Film Festival, News & Events, Press, Slated

IFC Grabs ‘Citizen Gangster’

Posted on: October 27th, 2011 by wmapother No Comments

Citizen Gangster, about the infamous Canadian bank robber Edwin Boyd, and whose director won an award at the Toronto Film Festival, has found U.S. distribution. (See my post on the film.) The very highly regarded distributor IFC picked up the rights. Release date tbd.

Posted in Acting Projects, Film Festival, News & Events

SAGIndie Post

Posted on: October 19th, 2011 by wmapother No Comments

For indie filmmakers seeking help on how to use SAG actors in their productions, SAGIndie is a godsend. They hit the film festivals, conventions and trade shows to spread the word that running your production through the Guild is easy, fair and protective. They also have an extensive FAQ. I wrote a guest post for the site, and it’s now up. The same piece is also available on my Huffington Post blog.

Posted in Acting Tips & Info, Film, Film Festival, News & Events

Edwin is Toronto-bound

Posted on: August 10th, 2011 by wmapother 1 Comment

The Toronto Film Festival welcomes one of its own. Citizen Gangster, in which I play a police detective in 1950 Canada, has been accepted into the Toronto Film Festival, which runs Sept 8-18.

Edwin‘s site for the festival is here, and the site for our Program, Special Presentations, is here.