by Lila Yomtoob | Feb 23, 2015 | Largesse News
Today I attended the PBS Listening Tour in NYC, a forum for PBS executives to hear ideas from filmmakers and community members on creating national strategies to highlight independent films. A lot of documentary heavy hitters showed up to this meeting, and made direct...
by Lila Yomtoob | Feb 26, 2014 | Interesting
Last week I enjoyed the live action Oscars 2014 nominated shorts program at The IFC Center. There was a British film, a French film, a Spanish film, a Danish Film and a Finnish film. At first I wondered if I had bought a ticket to the foreign language shorts program....
by Lila Yomtoob | Feb 18, 2014 | Largesse News
The first time I used Facebook Ads, I was very gratified by the numbers it brought in, but it was also clear that something was amiss. When I looked at followers’ profiles, they didn’t make much sense. Just like Veritasium‘s video reports, these...
by Lila Yomtoob | Feb 17, 2014 | Largesse News
Often times, there is a very noticeable trend with successful documentary films: they all get the same big grants. A combination of ITVS, Just Films, MacArthur Foundation, Cinereach, Fledgling, Chicken and Egg, and others. Not only are these films funded, but they are...
by Lila Yomtoob | Feb 15, 2014 | Largesse News
This statistic will either frustrate or relieve you: you have a 2% chance of getting your film into the career-changing Sundance Film Festival. They select 200 of the 9000 entries they receive. If you are basing your goals around getting into Sundance, you better...