A new, animated trailer outlines the cultural and economic benefits of creativity, the harm caused by piracy, and how creatives can be part of the solution. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2015 PARK CITY, UTAH – Today at the Sundance Film Festival, CreativeFuture premiered a new animated video trailer called... Read more
CreativeFuture and HP are partnering at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on a series of panels and workshops at The Sundance House Presented by HP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2014 PARK CITY – CreativeFuture and HP are partnering at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on a series of panels... Read more
The creative arts make up the cultural fabric of our world. They have the power to amuse, entertain, challenge, inspire, and create change. Creative industries also represent an essential part of the U.S. economy – generating jobs, paying competitive wages, and contributing to international trade. A new report from the... Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2015 LOS ANGELES – More than 100 members of the creative community have signed a letter to U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) thanking him for his leadership in urging the credit card industry to implement voluntary steps that can prevent their services from being misused... Read more
By Ruth Vitale It looks like Google’s propaganda machine is set on autocomplete – and keeps delivering the wrong answer. Just about every time the conversation turns to reducing piracy, Google and its shills go into the wolf cry of SOPA. (See Google lawyer Marvin Ammori’s absurd article in Slate... Read more
LOS ANGELES – Last Tuesday, television writer and producer Eli Attie and FX Networks and FX Productions CEO John Landgraf sat down with CreativeFuture Executive Director Ruth Vitale to talk about the creative process behind some of the most critically acclaimed shows on television. Vitale moderated the keynote conversation at... Read more
A new report shows that the creative industries whose businesses are built on copyright generated over $1.1 trillion dollars and 5.5 million jobs for the U.S. economy in 2013, an increase from 2012 numbers. Creative industries grew at a faster rate (3.9%) than the overall U.S. economy (2.25%) from 2009... Read more
In September, KPMG released a report that showed the vast majority of the top films and television shows are legally available to U.S. audiences. On Monday, KPMG published a second report that looked at digital access in United Kingdom. Both reports demonstrate the tremendous progress that entertainment companies have made... Read more
CreativeFuture is a proud sponsor of the 2014 Horizon Award – a new annual scholarship awarded to talented, up-and-coming female directors. The winner of the award will receive $10,000 and a trip to the Sundance Film Festival in January, where she will have the opportunity to have her work viewed... Read more
On September 7, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) hosted a panel discussion with film industry experts on new digital distribution strategies and the importance of intellectual property to filmmaking. The panel included Edward Humphrey, Director of Digital, British Film Institute; Christine Vachon, Principal/Producer, Killer Films (Boys Don’t Cry, One... Read more