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Cinema’s Secret Formulas: How To Build An Audience
#2 in a series of short riffs on giant concepts
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How To Harness The Appeal Of Horror In Your Work
A deep dive conversation with data scientist Stephen Follows
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How To Kill Off Private Equity Investment In Independent Film in America
(And Thus One Of The Most Vibrant Sectors Of Our Culture)
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Pattern Recognition: How To Find More Of What You Love
And avoid the crap that you know you don’t like
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How To Build The Non-Dependent Film Ecosystem, Pt 2
Don't wait till you're dead to find a better way
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How To Build The Non-Dependent Film Ecosystem, Pt 1
Let’s pick up the pace of the needed change, shall we? Or else...
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How To Let Cinema Change Your Life, Pt 2
The conversation with Hussain Currimbhoy, the Artistic Director Of HotDocs Film Festival continues!
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How To Let Cinema Change Your Life, Pt 1
A conversation with Hussain Currimbhoy, the Artistic Director Of HotDocs Film Festival
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This List Will Change Your Life
Let this new year be the best you've had so far.
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Unlock The Power Of Loving What You Do
Your devotion is the meaning of the meaning
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The HopeForFilm Degree In “How To” In The FKATheFilmBiz
Everything you wanted to know about a few select things
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How To Attract Financing To Your Film Project
Why is there a magnetic pull to some projects and not others?
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