In my last post I used Cannes and AFM to take a snapshot of the action industry and predict what the climate will be like in a couple years. Impossible? Maybe, but using some basic principles I think we can be pretty accurate, within fifty percent. So how does it relate to us as indie [...]
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Final Thoughts from An Action Filmmaker In Cannes – European Film Financing
onThe journey home from Cannes was long, but it gave me some time to evaluate the whole trip. The most shocking realization was how little we knew about the European film industry simply because we live in the USA. Even attending the American Film Market didn't prepare us for what Cannes was all about. The [...]
An Action Filmmaker in Italy – Part of the Cannes 2012 Trip
onTuesday, May 22 - Our time in Italy was short but sweet, punctuated with our sound designer Matteo and a stunt team called D-Unit. We went into the fashion capital of Milano, where we went to the only coffee place that resembled Starbucks called Arnold Coffee. Italy is the only European country that doesn't have [...]
An Action Filmmaker in Cannes – Day 4
onDay 4 - Saturday May 19 Today was much more relaxed. I slept in until 7:10am for a change and spent the first two hours writing. Rebecca and I ate some of the fine, bagged 2€ madelines from the supermarket and set off to catch all the booths we may have missed. What we found [...]
An Action Filmmaker in Cannes – Day 3
onDay 3 - Friday, May 18. Got to the producer's workshop late. The speakers were two producers, one of whom, Katriel Schory, manages an Israeli film fund that finances 3-5 films per year at about $500,000 each. The discussion was on what kind of producers we are, creative, financial, or personal (often, you're only one [...]
An Action Filmmaker In Cannes – Day 1
onWe left on Tuesday morning at 4am for the Oakland airport, driven by a man named Kabir, who took special interest in my having worked on a Bollywood film, Love Aaj Kaal, and he loved action films in general. Turns out he has a brother in the Bollywood industry. We exchanged business cards. Before leaving [...]
Death Grip is going to Cannes (the market)
onRebecca Ahn and I are attending the Cannes film market this year in May. Production designer Ejay Ongaro is likely attending as well. Death Grip isn't in the film festival, though. That deadline's long since passed. Our sales agent Wonderphil will be there selling Death Grip to distributors. Here's hoping for the best! At the [...]