- Mahnola Dargis reviews Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers in the NYT. The Oscar hype sounds like no joke.

- SAGIndie needs films for our Diversity Screening Series, a program dedicated to promoting films with a diverse cast and/or diverse themes. The screenings will be held quarterly in New York and Los Angeles, with other cities to follow.
We're looking for SAG Signatory shorts and feature films which include a diverse cast, themes, or situations.
Submission is FREE!
To learn more about the program, or to submit your film go tohttp://theindieblog.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/08/dear_filmmaker_.html.

- 2-Day No Budget Filmmaking Immersion. In the classes offered students will learn the rules of micro-budget production critical to making this type of film successfully, whether the budget is $200,000 or $2,000.  No-budget professionals will offer their first-hand knowledge of production, post production, marketing, and distribution. Clips from micro-budget films will illustrate specific tricks and state-of-the-art techniques used by the most resourceful filmmakers.These cutting edge techniques can NOT be found in a book, at film school, or in other film classes.If you're through talking about being a filmmaker and ready to become one, No Budget Film School is for you.

OCTOBER 21 & 22, 2006
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
- Filmmaker and DIY Distributor Sujewa Ekanayake  has a mini-interview with Greencine's Jonathan Marlow about VOD or video-on-demand being a vehicle for no-budget filmmakers to get their films seen.