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LindA at HDFEST

LindA Zacks went to the HDFEST screening in New York City, and sent these pictures from the evening at the Sony Wonder High Definition Theater at Sony Plaza on Madison Ave. In the audience at this screening was also Julie...

November 4

Happy Birthday, 1000 Journals! A year ago -- and exactly a year before Election Day 2008 -- we premiered at the AFI Fest. Guess what I want for the film's birthday... And it looks like we're getting it! Agathe, our...

Screenings 2009

The first screening dates for 2009 are coming together. There will be at least four more showings at SFMOMA, and a screening at the Phoenix Art Museum, and also more festival play for us, in Canada, Colorado, and in New...

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

Grant Dillion surprised me today with pictures and impressions from the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. He had presented our film, ran the Q+As, and mingled a weekend long with other filmmakers and fans. We spoke on the phone between...

The DVD is here!

We're so happy to announce that the 1000 Journals DVD is finally available from Amazon.com. It's fully loaded with subtitles in English, French and Spanish, commentary track, bonus stories, an Artfest Port Townsend special, stereo and surround sound, scene selections,...

The DVD is here!

Screenings 2009

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

November 4

The SFMOMA Exhibition

Opening Saturday, November 01, 2008, and running through Sunday, April 05, 2009 From the official announcement: ...Exchanged by friends and strangers or left in bus shelters and other unexpected places, the books have accumulated a rich tapestry of stories, drawings,...

Port Townsend Film Festival -- from Stuart

Sent from his iPhone, our composer Stuart Balcomb reported this morning from the Port Townsend Film Festival: "Our first screening went very well. The Rose Theatre has 158 seats and it was a packed house... good laughter where it should...

Port Townsend Film Festival -- more from Stuart

Stuart kept reporting from the PTFF in several installments today, all sent from his iPhone. 9:48 AM: Got to catch a ferry to Whidbey Island to see Maxine Martell. I hope I'll have connectivity there, but I'll write more as...

Cambridge Q+As

Here's the taped Q+A session from the Cambridge Film Festival.

In Deutschland/Germany: TOM's Book

In this version of a collaborative journals project, Someguy has a name: Tom. TOMs Book is a beautifully designed German site featuring 80 traveling journals. The theme is Newspapers -- people's emotions, reactions, thoughts, and opinions on what they find...

Cambridge Film Festival

Today is our UK premiere at the Cambridge Film Festival. I just did a sound and picture check with programmer Bill Thompson, and will be able to speak with the audiences after the screening via a Skype video Q+A session....

Prized Emails...

Two emails came in yesterday, back to back. The first said we won a Silver Chris, that is, Best Film in the section "Art," at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival, and are now up for the Best Of...

Journals projects DIY -- tips and tricks

One of the many beautiful surprises in our audience's feedback is the traction we have with educators. 1000 Journals touches on many teaching subjects, from recent history to social studies to art, and combines these playfully with the more elusive...

One week to go...

Today in one week, on Friday, August 22nd, 1000 Journals will screen in two locations: I will present the movie at the mixed media workshop weekend ZNE ConvenZioNE, at the Amador Theater in Pleasanton, CA, starting at 7:00 PM. Someguy...

Held Over!

We are getting a second week at the Roxie Theater! Visit roxie.com for infos and tickets.