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Imagine: the total & utter destruction of everything we have ever loved or admired

The devastation has become entirely possible -- and we need to think about it.
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This is the game that moves as you play.
Abandon the present for a new reality
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Cinema's Secret Formulas: How to advance up the professional ladder
The most obvious thing is often regularly neglected, alas.
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Just a note to say...
I haven't eaten any plums
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Hello, Sh*tstorm, 2025 — how we make sure the sun shines brightly tomorrow
We may not be through it yet, but there is a new day rising and I have almost 50 techniques to make sure you stay on the sunnyside.
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Perhaps cinema needs a NonDē Manifesto now?
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All Films Are Political
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The Big Messy: a cinema style that I want but rarely ever get
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"almost like distributors try to gaslight filmmakers into thinking their films have no value! "
A Hopeful Conversation with director Jeremy Workman of the hit doc SECRET MALL APARTMENT (and a video premiere of new Jesse Eisenberg Featurette)
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Q: How do you best prepare for your film's distribution? A: far, far, far in advance.
Since we need a template just to think about distribution, I built one for you.
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"designed to help build the muscle of sharing"
HFF Friday Takeover#2 by Distribution Advocations, with a deep dive on... distribution!
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Their lies & chaos inspire our collective action... but we should go play on another field, right?
HopeForFilm's TheRoundUp #14: End of April '25 edition
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Your FIRST look at The Popcorn List 2025 Films!
A HopeForFilm Exclusive!
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