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Hi From The Future

Hi From The Future is here, ready to save you from production woes Interview: Elliot Higgins & Mark Rubbo from Brooklyn Studio Hi From The Future isn’t a time machine movie, but a Brooklyn studio that produces interactive content that ranges from Spike Lee and Cadillac to Pharrel Williams and Netflix. Recently, we Zoomed with […]

PNYA “Post Break” to Offer Tips for Navigating the PPP Loan Program

NEW YORK CITY— Post New York Alliance (PNYA) will offer advice on how independent contractors and post-production companies can get help through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) in the next edition of Post Break, its free webinar series. A panel of business owners and financial experts will discuss who’s eligible, how to […]

Agency Profile: Mekanism

Mekanism is an independent creative advertising agency with offices in New York, San Francisco and Chicago and Seattle. Recently, I had a chance to chat with Sarah DiLeo, Executive Producer & Managing Director at Mek Studios, Mekanism’s full service in-house production and post company, about them and the work they do. DiLeo is currently located […]

As NYC Moves to Phase 4, PNYA Helps Post Production Companies Get Back to Work

Above image:  PNYA chair Yana Collins Lehman When New York City began Phase 4 reopening of its economy, it paved the way for the resumption of film and television production under restrictions designed to forestall the spread of coronavirus. Productions must implement testing, apply rigorous cleaning measures and practice social distancing. But the good news […]

Top Team to Discuss Reopening Film and TV Production in NYC

SMPTE invites Studio CEOs, Union Reps, and Rental Houses to present just how feature film and television production will resume. As of July 20, under Phase 4 reopening, NYC film and TV production resumes with full crews – but facilities staffing at 50% capacity. How will Covid-19 continue to impact production? Leaders from NYC’s guilds, […]

Stock Footage Only: That’s the Rule at the First Ever Adobe Stock Film Fest

Now here’s an interesting concept: Since you can’t shoot like you want to these days, how about holding a film festival where all the films were made entirely with shots from a stock footage library? The Adobe Stock Film Fest, live streamed beginning July 15, makes great sense in today’s stressed out production scene. I […]

The Most Important Film Festival Is Now Online

Tribeca Enterprises’ Jane Rosenthal Corrals Famous Fests for ‘We Are One’ Youtube Outing Producer, executive Jane Rosenthal has pulled off the most important virtual film festival of the year: We Are One. It starts today, hosted by Google on, where else, YouTube. Rosenthal’s Tribeca Enterprises – which organizes the Tribeca Film Festival – convinced 21 […]

Tribeca Film Institute Closing

Funding losses during COVID19 pandemic force layoffs, closure Image: In May 2020, the Tribeca Film Institute announced winners of its 10th annual TFI Network. Image credit: Tribeca Film Institute Reports in the major trades, including Variety, IndiWire, and The Wrap, confirm earlier blog posts on Monday; the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has suspended operations, with […]

Coronavirus: List Of Canceled Or Postponed Hollywood & Media Events

You can almost hear the destruction as everything from movie and TV productions, award shows, concerts, film festivals and more come crashing down. We suggest you track the latest from Deadline’s regularly updated page. We’ll be keeping an eye on the local New York scene too. Image credit: Rozette Rago for The New York Times […]