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Gone Fishing at the Performance Short Film Competition

By on March 31, 2009 in Awards, Competitions, Gone Fishing

From guest blogger Eddie Hamilton When Chris asked me to go along with Vernon and Ivan to represent Gone Fishing at the first Performance Short Film Competition on 25th March 2009 and shoot a special edition blog webisode I was thrilled. We were shortlisted down to the final 12 out of over 400 short films [...]

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Mankind Is No Island, Interview and Fim

By on March 30, 2009 in Festivals, Inspiration

During the Heart Of Gold Festival in Australia, I have made many new friends, including the guys who made this extraordinary short film, shot on a phone, called ‘Mankind Is No Island’. There is really not much to add, aside from watch the video, their interview says it all, and at the end of the [...]

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Heart Of Gold Webisode One

By on March 29, 2009 in Festivals

Day one of the Heart Of Gold Film Festival was a whirlwind. Just an hour after landing I was put in front a news crew, photographer and ended up on TV! This if the first of a few webisodes that I will be putting together as I journey back to LA. I am a few [...]

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Heart Of Gold… day… er, what day is it?

Heart Of Gold… day… er, what day is it?

By on March 27, 2009 in Festivals

I have never been to such a packed film festival as The Heart Of Gold in Australia. If it’s not meeting journalists and having your pic taken, then it’s a radio interview, or a fantastic seminar, or a screening of your film, or the temptation of all the other films on offer, or a drink [...]

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From Australia to Cannes…

From Australia to Cannes…

By on March 27, 2009 in Cannes, Festivals

I am currently in Gympie at the Heart Of Gold Film Festival and have just run my two day Guerilla Film Makers seminar before the festival opened (which it did last night) Doing that film makers assault course, on top of the jet lag has left me exhausted, so our reports from over here will [...]

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Heart Of Gold Kicks Of With AN AMAZING VIBE!

Heart Of Gold Kicks Of With AN AMAZING VIBE!

By on March 25, 2009 in Festivals

Day 1 of the Heart Of Gold Film Festival in Gympie has kicked off, after a press junket day of non stop photos and interviews (pic here is from one of the first I did on the beach, article here). Publicist Angela Vogt has done more PR for us than ALL of the other festivals [...]

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Landed in Australia… Culture SHOCK!

Landed in Australia… Culture SHOCK!

By on March 24, 2009 in Festivals

A few days ago I wrote about film sales and where they could be headed right now. To add to this, I just got a great tip from Susan Cohen, a US based film maker whose amazing short, Open Your Eyes, has played at festivals alongside Gone Fishing. We have spoken and met a few [...]

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Let's all get together…

Let's all get together…

By on March 24, 2009 in Festivals

We are playing at a festival called The Method Fest in California next week. I can’t make it to all of the event as I am going to Australia for the Heart Of Gold Film Festival just north of Brisbane tonight. One GREAT thing that has already come out of Method Fest though is an [...]

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Gympie Girls with a Heart Of Gold

Gympie Girls with a Heart Of Gold

By on March 23, 2009 in Courses, Festivals

I am about to get onto a plane and risk life and limb in Gympie, Australia, where I am running a two day seminar at the Heart Of Gold Film Festival. Pictured to the right is head of PR, Angela Vogt, with two of the BIG newspaper articles she placed for the seminar and the [...]

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Meet the film maker!

Meet the film maker!

By on March 23, 2009 in Festivals

I met with film maker Alex Fazeli today, a director I have bumped into several times on the festival circuit. I met with him on the USC campus to shoot an interview for the Online Guerilla Masterclass, and we went super minimalist. We shot the interview on two cameras, with NO camera crew! This was [...]

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Dinner at the Doctor Hogly Wogly Tyler Texas Barbeque

Dinner at the Doctor Hogly Wogly Tyler Texas Barbeque

By on March 22, 2009 in Hollywood

I had the most authentic American Birthday dinner tonight, a mountain of meat at the Doctor Hogly Wogly Tyler Texas Barbeque. And I mean a MOUNTAIN of meat. Gen and Zee took me there as a birthday treat, and right now, I can hardly move I am so stuffed. The food was terrific, the atmosphere [...]

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I have signed with a Manager in LA

By on March 21, 2009 in Agents, Hollywood

OK, so I have now signed with a Manager, here in LA. His name is Andy Trapani, and I met him in the Bahamas, where he was a judge at the festival. At the award party he said he would like to talk to me about repping me, so we talked, and after coming to [...]

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Meeting with Vision Films about Feature International Sales

Meeting with Vision Films about Feature International Sales

By on March 20, 2009 in Sales, Urban Ghost Story, White Angel

I met today with Lise Romanoff of Vision Films. Lise handles international sales for feature films and sells both White Angel and Urban Ghost Story. I went over with Genevieve to get the low down on the international market for commercial Indie films of varying budgets. We had a great chat and met her team, [...]

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Do you want to go to a film festival?

Do you want to go to a film festival?

By on March 19, 2009 in Festivals

I just emailed all the Associate Producers about the festivals Gone Fishing is playing at… In case some of you missed it as you have changed email address or job, here it is again… Dear D'Fisher… And Associate Producer! We are now getting in to lots of US based festivals, so many we can't make it [...]

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The Mysterious Vasquez Rocks… Beam Me Up Scotty!

The Mysterious Vasquez Rocks… Beam Me Up Scotty!

By on March 18, 2009 in Inspiration, Locations

Today I went to a location just East of LA called The Vasquez Rocks. It was to film the introduction to my online seminar, and wanted a backdrop that suited the tone of the intro. I was particularly excited to go to the Vasquez Rocks as it was a heavily used location for film and [...]

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