Pro Tools
•Register a festival or a film
Submit film to festivals Promote for free or with Promo Packages

FILMFESTIVALS | 24/7 world wide coverage

Welcome !

Enjoy the best of both worlds: Film & Festival News, exploring the best of the film festivals community.  

Launched in 1995, relentlessly connecting films to festivals, documenting and promoting festivals worldwide.

Working on an upgrade soon.

For collaboration, editorial contributions, or publicity, please send us an email here

User login

|FRENCH VERSION|

RSS Feeds 

Martin Scorsese Masterclass in Cannes

 

 

 

Creative Commons: the Robin Hood of 21st century culture?

by Ana Soares

It’s tough to be an artist in the era of copyright, so knowing
that organizations like Creative Commons are out there, looking out for
your right to be creative, can be at least reassuring.

Whether you’re an independent or mainstream filmmaker, a musician or a
scientist, a writer or an ayahuasca appreciator – copyright laws
concern you. If your job or hobby involves being creative and producing
something unique out of whatever influences you, you’ve most likely had
to stop to think and worry about whether you’ve been infringing the law
of whatever country you’re working in.

That’s where Creative Commons comes in. Created in 2001 by Lawrence
Lessig, the non-profit organization’s mission is to “increase sharing
and improve collaboration” amongst people who simply want to create,
free(er) of legislative limitations. Their argument, which to me sounds
more than reasonable, is that the era of being a mere consumer is over.
In the 21st century, most of the time we act as the subjects of media
rather than subjects to media. As an artist, or at the very least as a
person interested in art (enough to be reading this article), I’m
guessing you identify yourself much better with the latter than the
former category.

RiP! A Remix Manifesto investigates the issue mainly in the United
States. Very cleverly structured, the documentary tells the story of the
development of copyright and “intellectual property” laws, all within
the context of America. The director, Brett Gaylor, uses Brazil as the
counter-example: a country that refuses to conform to the U.S.’s
over-controlling patent policies (which, I must note, did a bit of good
to my Brazilian ego). I won’t tell you much more about it, other than 1)
you must watch it and 2) the film is available for all to view on Vimeo
and other wesbites, and its producers encourage us all to contribute by
editing and remixing it according to wish. There’s no final cut – to
each its own.

If you, like me, Brett Gaylor and Lawrence Lessig, feel that it is
wrong to criminalize someone for creating art in the 21st century, and
believe that in order for culture to evolve “the control of the past
must be limited”, then RiP! A Remix Manifesto and Creative Commons were
made for you. They’re great places to start thinking critically about
where your influence comes from, and about how where they can lead you
(and your work) is very much dependent upon your government’s and
favorite artists’ good will.

For more information, visit:

http://creativecommons.org/
http://www.opensourcecinema.org/
http://vimeo.com/8040182

 

Creative Commons, le Robin des bois du 21ème siècle

Que vous soyez réalisateur indépendant ou mainstream, musicien ou
scientifique, écrivain ou amateur de l’ayahuasca, vous êtes tous
concernés par les droits d’auteur. Si dans le cadre de votre métier ou
de vos loisirs vous êtes amenés à créer à partir de diverses sources
d’inspiration, vous avez sûrement dû vous demander si vous n’étiez pas
en infraction dans le pays où vous travaillez.

C’est là que Creative Commons entre en scène. Créée en 2001 par
Lawrence Lessig, cette organisation à but non-lucratif vise à «
favoriser le partage et améliorer la collaboration » entre les personnes
qui veulent tout simplement créer, sans trop de contraintes légales.
Leur argument, plus que raisonnable à mes yeux, consiste à avancer que
l’ère des simples consommateurs est révolue. Au 21ème siècle, on se
comporte généralement comme des acteurs des médias plutôt que des sujets
passifs des médias. En tant qu’artiste, ou du moins en tant que
personne qui s’intéresse à l’art (assez pour lire cet article),
j’imagine que vous vous identifiez plus facilement à la première
catégorie qu’à la seconde.

RiP! A Remix Manifesto étudie la question en se concentrant sur les
États-Unis. Ce documentaire très bien construit raconte le développement
du copyright et des lois de la propriété intellectuelle en Amérique. Le
metteur en scène, Brett Gaylor, évoque comme contre-exemple le Brésil,
pays qui refuse de se plier aux mesures de contrôle excessif de la
propriété intellectuelle (ce qui a d’ailleurs fait du bien à mon égo
brésilien). Je ne vous en dirai pas plus sur ce documentaire si ce n’est
que 1) Il FAUT le voir et 2) il est disponible sur Vimeo et d’autres
sites internet, et ses producteurs nous encouragent à y contribuer en le
modifiant et en le remixant à notre guise. Pas de final-cut, chacun
choisit le sien.

Si comme moi, Brett Gaylor et Lawrence Lessig, vous trouvez injuste
qu’au 21ème siècle certains artistes soient considérés comme des
criminels, et si vous croyez que le progrès de la culture exige que « le
contrôle du passésoit limité », alors vous vous reconnaîtrez dans RiP! A
Remix Manifesto. Ce sont de parfait points de départs pour une
réflexion critique sur l’origine de l’inspiration, et le rôle de la
bonne volonté de l’État et de votre artiste préféré dans le résultat de
votre création.

Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur les sites suivants :

http://creativecommons.org/
http://www.opensourcecinema.org/
http://vimeo.com/8040182

 

 

Links

The Bulletin Board

> The Bulletin Board Blog
> Partner festivals calling now
> Call for Entry Channel
> Film Showcase
>
 The Best for Fests

Meet our Fest Partners 

Following News

Interview with EFM (Berlin) Director

 

 

Interview with IFTA Chairman (AFM)

 

 

Interview with Cannes Marche du Film Director

 

 

 

Filmfestivals.com dailies live coverage from

> Live from India 
> Live from LA
Beyond Borders
> Locarno
> Toronto
> Venice
> San Sebastian

> AFM
> Tallinn Black Nights 
> Red Sea International Film Festival

> Palm Springs Film Festival
> Kustendorf
> Rotterdam
> Sundance
Santa Barbara Film Festival SBIFF
> Berlin / EFM 
> Fantasporto
Amdocs
Houston WorldFest 
> Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Cannes / Marche du Film 

 

 

Useful links for the indies:

Big files transfer
> Celebrities / Headlines / News / Gossip
> Clients References
> Crowd Funding
> Deals

> Festivals Trailers Park
> Film Commissions 
> Film Schools
> Financing
> Independent Filmmaking
> Motion Picture Companies and Studios
> Movie Sites
> Movie Theatre Programs
> Music/Soundtracks 
> Posters and Collectibles
> Professional Resources
> Screenwriting
> Search Engines
> Self Distribution
> Search sites – Entertainment
> Short film
> Streaming Solutions
> Submit to festivals
> Videos, DVDs
> Web Magazines and TV

 

> Other resources

+ SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Newsletter
+ Connecting film to fest: Marketing & Promotion
Special offers and discounts
Festival Waiver service
 

User images

About ÉCU-The European Independent Film Festival

Hillier Scott
(ECU)

 

 

Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
 
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.  
 
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction. 
 

He moved to New York City in 1998.  He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.

 
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France. 
 

 


Paris

France



View my profile
Send me a message
gersbach.net