Whether you're a film buff with a taste for Hollywood's darker side, a digital-enthusiast curious about the latest technology or simply someone who loves talking and learning about movies, this year's seminars are the place to be. The Festival has assembled a stellar line-up of participants to lend their knowledge and expertise to the seminars. At the height of Hollywood s sinister and shadowy noir epoch, six actresses embodied the darkest fantasies men concocted about the opposite sex. Biographer and film historian Eddie Muller will chronicle the unexpected triumphs and pitfalls of their lives. As they navigated studio politics, volatile love affairs, paralyzing insecurities, competitive peers, the fearful paranoia of the anticommunist witch-hunt and life in Hollywood, these women proved they re far tougher than any character they played in the movies.
Theatres Making a movie is hard.
Getting it seen can be even harder. The panel will lead an excursion into the world of independent film distribution, making stops at international film festivals, neighborhood video stores and all points in-between. So if you re posting films on the Web or stapling flyers to telephone poles, join a lively discussion of grassroots distribution and learn how to get your work seen by someone other than your mom. Moderated by Michelle Coe, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. Copresented by the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers and Film Arts Foundation.