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FAITH, LOVE AND WHISKEY

Mark Bell — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:00:49 +0000

2012 DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! There is a powerful sense of ambiguity (as opposed to a lazy sense of unfocused storytelling) that moves "Faith, Love and Whiskey" along...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH SLAMDANCE CO-FOUNDERS DAN MIRVISH AND PAUL RACHMAN

Nic Baisley — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:12:17 +0000

Filmmakers and Slamdance Co-Founders Dan Mirvish and Paul Rachman talk with Nic Baisley about starting Slamdance and share tips for filmmakers wanting to get their movies shown in Park City...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH SLAMDANCE CO-FOUNDER PETER BAXTER

Nic Baisley — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:12:19 +0000

Slamdance President and Co-Founder Peter Baxter takes a moment from running the festival to chat with Nic Baisley about what Slamdance is doing all year long to engage with filmmakers, how they've grown to complement Sundance instead of being adversaries, and how they are retaining audiences and sponsors this year...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH KRISTINA NIKOLOVA AND PAUL DALIO OF “FAITH, LOVE AND WHISKEY”

Nic Baisley — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:10:40 +0000

Cinematographer turned filmmaker Kristina Nikolova talks with Nic Baisley during the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival about her first feature film "Faith, Love and Whiskey." She and co-writer Paul Dalio talk about their connection, casting for this very personal film, and making movies in Bulgaria...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN COOKE OF “UNCONDITIONAL”

Nic Baisley — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:02:15 +0000

Veteran British actor Christian Cooke talks with Nic Baisley about his film, 2012 Slamdance Film Festival selection "Unconditional," indie film in the UK, and getting support from his family for his career choice over the years...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH ISAAC BROWN AND ANA PAULA HABIB OF “TERRA BLIGHT”

Nic Baisley — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:01:47 +0000

The Director and Producer of "Terra Blight" talk with Nic Baisley about technology waste, share their passion for cleaning up this discarded machinery, and how they're spreading the message here during the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN GORDON OF “NO WINE LEFT BEHIND”

Nic Baisley — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:01:03 +0000

Documentary director Kevin Gordon talks with Nic Baisley about his 2012 Slamdance Film Festival Selection "No Wine Left Behind." He discusses leaving out politics out of his film, focusing on the plight of returning vets, and how he got in touch with his subjects to make the film...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH TYGH RUNYAN AND BRAD DRYBOROUGH OF “DOPPELGÄNGER PAUL”

Nic Baisley — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:54:52 +0000

The lead actors in the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival Official Selection "Dopplegänger Paul," Tygh Runyan and Brad Dryborough, talk with Nic Baisley about the casting process, their acting backgrounds, and anecdotes from making the film...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH TODD KELLSTEIN OF “BUFFALO GIRLS”

Nic Baisley — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:01:03 +0000

"Buffalo Girls" director Todd Kellstein talks with Nic Baisley at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival about how he found the subject of his documentary, his extended editing process and how he sold everything he owned to get to Thailand to make this film...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH ERIK NIEL, AMIR MASUD, EVAN SEXTON and HAL MILLAN OF “WE LIVE OR WE DIE”

Nic Baisley — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:02:22 +0000

The crew of "We Live or We Die" talks with Nic Baisley during the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival about making the movie, getting help from the locals in the way of footage, and the vagaries of hard drive crashing and recovery. Oh, and that little revolution with some guy called Muammar Gaddafi...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH RUDD SIMMONS AND PHYLLIS VAN AMBURG OF “THE FIRST SEASON”

Nic Baisley — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:03:36 +0000

Filmmaker Rudd Simmons and "The First Season" documentary subject Phyllis van Amburg discuss with Nic Baisley why they made this project, Rudd's influences in the documentary world and how this project affected not only the van Amburg family, but the town they live in as well...

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I WANT MY NAME BACK

Michael Nordine — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:00:04 +0000

2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE SELECTION! Paradiso takes an unabashedly one-sided approach to his subject but, to be fair, the facts appear to support it...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH SHANNON FITZPATRICK, FRANK RINALDI AND SCOTT LAIDLAW OF “SUNDOWNING”

Nic Baisley — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:01:55 +0000

Frank Rinaldi, the director of "Sundownding," is joined by his lead actress Shannon Fitzpatrick and his editor Scott Laidlaw at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival to talk with Nic Baisley about filming in another country and editing the mixture of film and digital footage used in their movie...

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2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW EDISON, JOHN KARNA AND LUKE LOFTIN OF “BINDLESTIFFS”

Nic Baisley — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:39:40 +0000

"Bindlestiffs" director Andrew Edison is joined by his partners-in-crime John Karna and Luke Loftin to talk with Nic Baisley during the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival about school, camaraderie and improvisation...

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ED WOOD’S LOST FILM “FINAL CURTAIN”

Mark Bell — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:24:26 +0000

2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL SCREENING SELECTION! But why am I even bothering to critique an Ed Wood film? The man is notorious for awful, and you don't watch his films for the same reasons you watch others...

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WELCOME TO PINE HILL

Mark Bell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:25:28 +0000

2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NARRATIVE FEATURE SELECTION! This isn't the type of film where lots of things happen; this is simply a portrait of a man whose time has run out...

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DOPPELGÄNGER PAUL (OR A FILM ABOUT HOW MUCH I HATE MYSELF)

Mark Bell — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:27:44 +0000

2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NARRATIVE FEATURE SELECTION! Tygh Runyan's Karl is all pent-up neuroses and borderline "American Psycho," but almost too wounded puppy dog to ever find as anything other than an annoying, harmless distraction...

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UNCONDITIONAL

Mark Bell — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:25:07 +0000

2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL SCREENING SELECTION! "Unconditional" succeeds on the shoulders of Christian Cooke and Harry McEntire...

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