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Moving forward to find partners, talent, crew, and funding for the award-winning comedy short film screenplay THE MURDER OF JAMES DEAN. http://TheMURDERofJamesDean.com

Finally, another episode of INDIE FILM INDUSTRY NEWS. This episode is with special guest expert Sydney J. Levine of SydneysBuzz, discussing how a filmmaker can build a successful strategy to use festivals and markets for their film. I hope to produce more episodes of INDIE FILM INDUSTRY NEWS, my interviews with experts in the indie film industry so all filmmakers can learn special, important information to help them be successful with their films. Michael R. Barnard

The FIRST episode of Indie Film Industry News is now online. We feature entertainment attorney Hal "Corky" Kessler, who discusses the details of how filmmakers can use Sec. 181 and Sec. 199 to describe very attractive tax benefits for investors in their movie project. More episodes will be posted soon, with experts Ira Deutchman of Emerging Pictures and Columbia University in the City of New York, Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment, Mike Nichols of AbelCine, and Duncan Cork of Slated.com.