The list of short films screening at Sundance 09 is below but I wanted to give a special shout out to all the Shooters on the list: Filippo Conz and Jon Haller (Concerto), Khary Jones (HUG), Topaz Adizes (Trece Anos), Morgan Currie (Good: Internet Censorship), Annie P. Waldman (So the Wind Won’t Blow it All Away), Martina Amati (A’Mare), Chema Garcia Ibarra (The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5), Urszula Pontikos (China’s Wild West), Finlay Pretsell (Ma Bar), Eva Weber…

I wasn’t able to attend the Shooting People/BAFTA Short Sighted event in London earlier this month due to the very inconvenient fact that I was in New York! But all the feedback has been excellent and it sounds like filmmakers really benefited from the day’s panels and case studies. I particularly like this comment: “The event was motivating due to the knowledge of panel members as well as the clever filmmakers attending. Shooting People is ‘as yellow as the generosity…

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Shooters present ‘Short Sighted’, an intensive day devoted to helping you get your short film exhibited and distributed. Sunday 14 September, at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London. Shooting People and BAFTA members pay only £15; everyone else pays £30. The price also includes a little black book of useful contacts and websites. shootingpeople.org/shortsighted This is a whole day event of sessions, workshops, surgeries and networking opportunities aimed at people who have…

We had a fantastic evening of panels at Rooftop Films on Saturday night – and the rain was no match for the incredible folk at Rooftop Films and their magical Brooklyn Can Factory! My favorite quote from the evening has to be this from Esther Robinson during the Cinema and Social Justice panel: “Make your life good, don’t get in a lot of debt and do something meaningful.” Amen Sister! Photo: Copyright Sarah Palmer 2008 Cinema and Social Justice: Simon…

I recently interviewed a few folk in the UK about making short films for an article I have been writing. My old friend Ashley Jones of Green Lions was kind enough to give me a really thoughtful interview about the work he has been doing recently so I thought I would post the whole thing here: When did you start making short films and what kind of films do you make? When we were kids, my brothers and I used…