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
By Ruth Vitale It’s a frequently asked question when I am speaking at conferences, universities, and film festivals: Why is it so hard to find legal content? I hear it from creative professionals who have come across websites they cannot be sure are legal, parents who want their kids to... Read more
By CreativeFuture “Matt Mason must have a guilty conscience,” CreativeFuture Executive Director Ruth Vitale wrote today in a Billboard Magazine op-ed, while challenging BitTorrent to use some of its technical know-how to combat the misuse of its protocol for piracy. Last week, Mason made the laughable claim that his company... Read more
(New York) – Oscar-winning filmmaker Bruce Cohen and CreativeFuture Executive Director Ruth Vitale teamed up Tuesday night to discuss the challenges and opportunities for today’s filmmakers. The discussion, part of a special Artist Academy edition of NYFF Live, was held at Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.... Read more
Last Sunday, The New York Times ran an article on Hana Beshara, the founder of the pirate website NinjaVideo who was convicted for conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement and served 16 months in prison. The story raised more than a few eyebrows for its sympathetic treatment of Beshara, whose only... Read more
The vast majority of the most popular films and television shows are legally available online for U.S. audiences, according to a new study from KPMG. The first-of-its-kind comprehensive study analyzed a large sample of 808 films and 724 television shows that was compiled based on popularity with audiences and critical... Read more
By Chris Ortman Disclaimer: CreativeFuture does not encourage physical violence to settle arguments. Fantastic Fest, the genre film festival held each year at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, has a curious tradition: hosting a series of verbal and physical “debates” that take place inside a boxing ring. On... Read more
The top 30 cyberlockers make nearly $100 million a year from stolen creative works and are facilitated by major credit card companies. That’s a key takeaway from a new report, released today by the Digital Citizens Alliance, providing further proof that piracy is, more than ever, a big business driven... Read more
Last week, we wrote here about CreativeFuture’s participation in the “Beyond the Red Carpet: Movie & TV Magic Day” event in Washington. A host of companies, organizations, and individual creatives came to Capitol Hill for a creativity show-and-tell. The purpose: give members of Congress a little insight into what they... Read more