PANELS & PARTIES & KARAOKE
Hello,
Finally getting a chance to start to digest all this info and write a bit. IFP has been great so far. I loved the opening night film (Medicine for Melancholy) and especially the Q&A after. I could recreate this experience but for thorough coverage of the Q&A, and many of the panels I have to link to the Film Panel Note Taker: http://www.thefilmpanelnotetaker.com/
Been going to panels by day and then events by night. Last night started with a Chicken & Egg event, a sushi party sponsored by the Film Florida, then to the Woodstock Film Festival party, and then wound down at a Karaoke bar with many great British people. O.k, well it wasn’t exactly winding down.
Particularly special was a cross Atlantic rendition of “We Are the World” sung by a large spectrum of industry reps, including Ingrid Kopp (Shooting People), Matt Dentler (Cinetic), David Wilson (True/False) and Mark Rabinowitz (Cinelan), Katie Speight (Channel 4-More 4), and Natalie Difford (Chicken & Egg Pictures). I was dancing and cracking up, so unfortunately didn’t take any photos, but trying to track down some down.
Looking forward to tomorrow which is all about docs! New Day Films is representing on the panel “New Venues for Documentary” from 4-5p, and a bunch of our member-owners will be there. We are also hosting an informational event on Friday afternoon for filmmakers who want to learn more about this filmmaker owned-&-operated educational distribution business.
Ok – off to more. Am still hoping to learn more about foreign pre-sales and looking forward to meeting with people.
Also — if you are in the Stella Artois Lounge tomorrow, a 3 minute short documentary that I made called RUST is playing with more films at 3:30p.
Ciao!
Jesse
Jesse Erica Epstein
Current Project: WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES
