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Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik


Puritanical

Depending on which history book you read, today we are celebrating the 386th Thanksgiving. Some books put it in 1619, some in 1620, most in 1621. Some say it never occurred at all. There wasn't that...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: personal & my friends
Catching the Vibe

Friedrich Nietzsche said, "To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: sundance
Sundance Documentary Fund Grants

Today, the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program announced 30 film projects to receive a record number of financial grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. Out of 300 applications...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: sundance
Happy Birthday to the Girls

Jodie Foster and Meg Ryan share the same birthday ... but one year apart ... want to guess who is older? Meg Ryan was born in 1961, Jodie Foster was born in 1962. Why do I know this? At one... (...)

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: personal & my friends
Sundance 2008 Opening Film

Sundance Institute announced the Opening Night Film for its 2008 Sundance Film Festival is IN BRUGES, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker and award-winning playwright, Martin...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 11 months ago • 0 responses
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Filmmakers Toolbox

BY CYNDI GREENING, PHOENIX, USA — Beginning filmmakers are always asking for advice on how to distribute their films, how to get in touch with the right people, how to find creatives to attach to...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 12 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: film production & animation
Tis the Season for Sundance

BY CYNDI GREENING, PHOENIX, USA — Sundance is rapidly approaching! If you're interested in attending the festival, you should be looking for and booking your lodging for January or you'll be paying a...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 12 months ago • 0 responses
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Looking Over Peter Hedges

My writing partner, Pamela Jo, went to see DAN IN REAL LIFE with the family this weekend. She said it was a tremendously fun film; she had several belly-laughs. I've been looking forward to seeing...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: writing/ screenwriting
Old Vampire Movies Never Die ...

First released on October 2, 1987, Kathryn Bigelow's NEAR DARK is a cowboy-vampire film that, thematically, is an allegory on the dangers of recreational drug use and casual sex. With a budget of $5...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: film production & animation
THE HUNTER Captures Shawn's Talent

Ah the envy ... Shawn Downs has finished his thesis film THE HUNTER and it's a beautiful, well-edited, well-acted, satisfying piece of cinema. I enjoyed it tremendously. A graduate of Arcadia High...

Started in Cyndi Greening/ Cynematik • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: filmzambia