This isn’t new but it’s a nice visual way to get a sense of some of the possibilities of creating a conversation around your film online. Click here to see a larger version.

We know you’re sad that you can’t be there for the full 10 days of the Institute but this day is going to be awesome and it’s open to anyone. Documentaries! Immersive technologies! Game-changing ideas! World-changing strategies! Register now.

Sometimes you have to go old-school to promote your film. Benny Safdie takes to the streets with a sandwich board to promote Daddy Longlegs which opens at the IFC Center in New York tomorrow. Read Eric Kohn’s indieWIRE piece on the Safdie brothers and Red Bucket Films.

Sheffield Doc/Fest and The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation invite applications for a special 2-day workshop on the funding, marketing and distribution of independent films, in London on Friday July 2nd and Saturday July 3rd This course is designed for independent filmmakers and artists determined to get their work seen widely, create social impact, and earn a living in the digital age. Leading distribution strategist and President of Paradigm Consulting Peter Broderick, and Sandi DuBowski, Director/Producer of Trembling Before G-d, Producer…

Scott Kirsner has posted a bunch of videos on his CinemaTech blog from The Conversation event held in NYC back in March. Below is video from the Stories Everywhere panel on new ways of making media – featuring Asi Burak, Gita Pullapilly, Fred Seibert, Lance Weiler and moderated by Wendy Levy. ConvoNYC – Stories Elsewhere – Part 1 of 3 from Scott Kirsner on Vimeo. ConvoNYC – Stories Elsewhere – Part 2 of 3 from Scott Kirsner on Vimeo. ConvoNYC…

We had so much fun last time we’re partnering with Mofilm again! Shooter Henry Scholfield, who won the Grand Prize last month, made his ad over the course of a weekend; he’s now off to make an ad with Avatar producer Jon Landau. This time people entering through Shooting People are automatically put in the draw to win a MacBook. You only have until April 6th to create and upload your entry so get cracking (brands include Nokia, Best Buy…

Join us at DCTV on Monday 22nd and learn how to build an audience for your film and your career! Filmmakers today must think about audience engagement from day one. What are the best strategies for building an audience both online and off? What’s a fair offer, and what are some of the myths around distribution? What are possibilities for self-distribution? What’s all this talk about transmedia and participatory audiences? Brian Newman will help you think about a range of…

Some useful ideas explored here from New Breed – these are part of an on-going series from Filmmaker Magazine and The WorkBook Project to document the Filmmaker Summit held last Saturday at Slamdance (more about this to follow soon). Filmmakers Zak Forsman and Kevin K. Shah of Sabi Pictures arrive at Park City with an intent to define the questions most relevant to independent distribution options. Insights from Brian Newman, Dan Mirvish, Jon Reiss and Ira Deutchman open a path…

Ok we know film competitions are a dime a dozen but we’ve gotten behind this one from Mofilm because the prizes are awesome (and there are lots of them) and if you enter through Shooting People you also stand the chance of winning a bonus prize: the Canon 5D. Plus you’ll get flown to Barcelona which ain’t half bad. Your task, if you choose to accept it, is to make an ad of less than 90 seconds for any one…

Any of y’all going to Park City are  spoiled for choice for cool workshops to attend this year! The Filmmaker Summit is brought to you by the very wonderful people at Slamdance, Workbook Project and Open Video Alliance. We’re fans of all three so if you can’t make it to the Summit be sure to participate online and remember that it will be streaming live on Jan 23rd too. Here’s a statement from the producers of the event: The mission…