OTFC & Other Links
We encourage you to explore our humble list of links useful to Oklahoma indies of all stripes and skillsets...as long as you return to our site, and often! If you find a link that doesn't work or want to suggest an additional site, just E-MAIL us. (See footnote*.) Happy surfing!
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MEMBER-RELATED LINKSOklahoma Independent Professionals Directory: A comprehensive directory of credits and resumes of those professional and student OTFC members available to assist with YOUR next project. Check it out! Bare Bones Film Festival: Founded in 1999 by Darkwood Motion Pictures Productions (now Darkwood Film Arts Institute) in Muskogee, this site focuses on the current year's festival for "bare bones" films (films costing under $1 million) and also offers highlights from prior years' festivals. This group is involved in creating, producing, co-producing, marketing, and distributing independent movies. Always on the lookout for good stories! Crazy Fish Films: Film company being developed in 2003 to produce and distribute mainstream Christian-themed features shot in Oklahoma. Spearheaded by OTFCer Paul Tompkins in Oklahoma City. Crested Butte "Reel Fest" Short Film Festival: Directed (unofficially!) by OTFC member Barbara VanHanken of Tulsa, the 4th Annual "Reel Fest" is scheduled August 8-12, 2001, in Colorado. It is a competitive festival focusing on films under 40 minutes in the categories of animation, comedy, drama/narrative, experimental, student, as well as films under 60 minutes in documentary. Includes useful seminars and...it's all in the mountains! Hulett Law Firm: Tulsa-based entertainment lawyer, specializing in contract negotiations, joint ventures, business plans, etc. Joel Hulett will even help pitch projects to agencies, directors, and distributors. Also check out his production company Dolphin Bay Films. Oklahoma City Art Museum: Home of the "Movies at the Museum" film series and ongoing arthouse screenings, the film program here is helmed by OTFC member Brian Hearn, the museum's film curator. Always on the lookout to expand the public perception of visual media as art. Hmmm....Does that include your films or videos? Click here and see what Brian has lined up lately. Reality Check: Latest about a 2003 film project being pursued by OTFC member Heidi Priddy, writer and co-director. Features "lots of stuff" and "some cool merchandise to sell to raise money for this project." Show Case Films: Show Case Films is the growing information source for video and audio needs on the web. Spearheaded by OTFCer William Ward in Mannford, OK, the site offers to help you learn what tools and code you need to encode, compress, embed, and program your video and audio. Also will include a new feature called Internet Radio, where you can promote your site and trailer or other video clips. Monthly newsletter subscriptions available! OTHER OKLAHOMA LINKSOklahoma Film Commission: All official inquiries about films and filming in the state of Oklahoma should begin here. Cap Gun Rangers: Light-hearted gunfight re-enactors located in Muskogee. DeadCENTER Film Festival Established in 2001 by a former member, this annual festival offers a variety of categories for showcasing Oklahoma and other films from around the country. Film Addiction Established in late 2003 as a repository for film-related items of interest to OKC resident Jayson Floyd. Film & History Magazine: Founded in 1970 and currently edited by OSU professor Dr. Peter Rollins, this national journal is devoted to integrating visual media into the humanities, history, and literary curricula. The generous pages of this magazine appeal to both veteran moviemakers and beginners! This link takes you to 24+ years of "Film & History" content. Gene Autry Oklahoma Film & Music Festival Established in early 90's, this annual festival offers a HUGE line-up every fall. Where? In Gene Autry, OK, of course! IAO
(Individual Artists of Oklahoma):
Living Arts Space: Living Arts Space is a nonprofit multi-use warehouse available for art installations, movie screenings, and other artistic performance and media in Tulsa. Home of the monthly "Video Evening" series 2001-2003 and producer of a weekly TV show featuring current artists, videos, etc. MCA-I Oklahoma City Chapter (Media Communications Association International):
Native American Indian Talent & Casting Agency: NAITCA has assisted in casting Native Americans in such productions as TECUMSEH; LAST OF THE MOHICANS; WALKER, TEXAS RANGER; and more. Producers need central sources for casting and NAITCA identifies itself as one of the best! NAITCA will also register other film industry professionals. Next Tuesday Magazine: Published by Broken Arrow-based Spinning Spyder Entertainment, this mag includes interviews and articles about indie projects inside and outside the state. Always accepting independent films for review, articles, interviews, and essays to be published. OKLA Film Group: Online discussion group established June 2003. We are Filmmakers, Video Producers, and Animators with Oklahoma and LA connections and interest. We use each other for tech questions, networking, jobs, cast calls, talent pool, favors, friendship, filmfest, event announcements, etc. Oklahoma Film Crews: Whether your project is a feature film, TV commercial, still or video, Oklahoma Film Crews has the production professionals and equipment for most every job! Impressive site includes pro directory; contacts; OK statistics & weather; job & gadget newsletters; maps; and a 'virtual office' designed for field use. Oklahoma
Film Links: A growing list of various
film/video links throughout the state, including Oklahoma Film Institute,
general media and school links, and some equipment rentals. Compiled by
cinematographer Oklahoma Film Society: Founded in 2003 by OKC'er Bradley Wynn, this organization seeks to provide multiple networking and educational opportunities for all manner of crew and actors for screen and stage. This group hosts the annual "Real to Reel" events. Oklahoma Film & Video Studies Society: Founded in 2001 by OU's Dr. Andrew Horton and OSU's Dr. Peter Rollins as a statewide networking group for instructors of film & video studies.
Oklahoma Production Guide: Years in the making, this is a high-tech and comprehensive guide available for viewing and PDA-downloading...FREE. And you can update your listings YOURSELF online!! Courtesy of OAFVP and Oklahoma Film Commission. As of March 2004, this guide's Internet incarnation is up and running!
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Film Studies Program: Annual two-week residential school at Quartz Mountain providing pre-professional training to Oklahoma's artistically talented students, ages 14-18. Students are chosen through a competitive audition process. Intense and rigorous! Check it out...
Oklahoma University Film & Video Studies: You
don't have to be an OU student to benefit from this site. OTFC member and
award-winning screenwriter Dr. Andrew Horton is Director of the Film & Video Studies program here. And he hosts an excellent, top-notch program of national film/video speakers on the Norman campus, too. Visit here to
learn the latest...
Read Ranch: A working horse, cattle & bison Guest ranch that doubles as
a film location, complete with full scale western town, authentic stagecoach,
wagons, buggies, 2400 sq. ft saloon with full interiors and real working
cowboys....Ranch also offers group get-togethers, trailrides, hayrides,
pettin' zoo.....
Red Dirt Roundup (Payne County Film Festival): A weekly TV show out of Stillwater, featuring music videos by local artists, as well as various other video submissions and entertainment. Always open to new submissions and subjects as of November 2003.
Sipokni West: Old West Town near Reagan, Oklahoma, built for the use of film and television production companies with turn-of-the-century materials. Website contains photos and contact info.
Thunderbolt Entertainment: Located in Shawnee, these guys do music for films.
TulsaFilm.Com: Brain child of Tulsa filmmaker Robert Kurtz, focusing on Rose Rock Film Fest (founded in 2001.)
Tulsa Film
Group: Now when you want to contact multiple film/video people, you just register on this FREE list, send out a single email, and it goes to all other registered list members. A wonderful, easy, and free way to network. Everyone involved in motion pictures in and
around Tulsa could benefit from this.
Tulsa Overground Film Festival: Established in 1998, this annual fest showcases all manner of strange and interesting short pics from around the country.
Do-It-Yourself Resources & Mags
Film
Threat Online: This is the Internet version
of the magazine self-described as "Hollywood's Indie Voice." Site
is loaded with practical info for Do-It-Yourselfers. Register to
receive their weekly e-mail containing news, festival info, site links,
DIY tips, etc.
Film Underground: Extensive resource for indie filmmakers, the FU site yields all sorts of practical info and web links
for preproduction, production, and post-production issues for 16mm, 35mm,
and digital video.
Free Music 4 Video: Download fresh, new music for your next production. Over 500 themes, recorded with live musicians: driving rock, soft underscores, classical, country, Latin, new age, and more. FREE!
GlideCam Industries, Inc.: GlideCam offers the most versatile and affordable line of camera stabilization systems in the world. In business since 1994. Lease-to-own available.
IndieClub: #1
Filmmaker and Videomaker Networking Site! This is the premier site for
networking with other filmmakers and videomakers all over the world. Message
board, classifieds section, and more!
Indie Slate: Indie Slate, Film/Video & Digital
Entertainment, focused on the US Southwest. Industry publication that provides
extensive production reports with cast & crew calls (avg over 80 each
issue--free listings for producers), technical articles, "Reel Life" reports
on adventures in Southwest Moviemaking, and interviews covering film, video
and digital production in Oklahoma and the Southwest. Also sponsors the
Indie-U workshops for continuing education in moviemaking!
IndieWire.com: Daily online mag offers focused indie news, reviews, links, events, and interactive discussions. From its e-mail publications and push technology to provocative exploration of DIY concepts and independence, indieWIRE (hosted by filmmag) offers and cultivates insight for an international group of indie artists, producers, and enthusiasts.
PBS
Online: Yes, the Public Broadcast System has a history of distributing independent film & video. Their site offers indie resource links and public funding/distribution info,
production guidelines, and much more. Whether or not you live on
Sesame Street, you'll find something useful here.
Pro8mm: When you want to shoot but you have a tight budget, do what many professional filmmakers do--shoot on Pro8mm film. Saves you money like digital does, but also gives you the unparalleled quality of film.
Show Case Films: Show Case Films is the growing information source for video and audio needs on the web. Spearheaded by OTFCer William Ward in Mannford, OK, the site offers to help you learn what tools and code you need to encode, compress, embed, and program your video and audio. Also will include a new feature called Internet Radio, where you can promote your site and trailer or other video clips. Monthly newsletter subscriptions available!
WRP Cinema-TV Translations: Professional motion picture & literary translations: English/French/German/Spanish. Based in Paris, France, this guy's film-related specialties include animations, documentaries, dubbing, feature films, music videos, novel-to-screen adaptations, screenplays, shorts, subtitles, synopses, television, treatments, voice-overs, and Web sites...
Festivals & Other Events
Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video: Produced by Rogue Art since 1998, this Canadian fest seeks imaginative, volatile, entertaining and critical works which exist outside the mainstream, regardless of subversive or dangerous nature of their content, stylistic concerns or commercial viability. Antimatter is anti-Hollwood and anti-censorship. Is this your cup of tea? Visit and find out.
Bare
Bones Int'l Film Festival: Founded in
1999 by Darkwood Motion Pictures Productions (now Darkwood Film Arts Institute) in Muskogee, this site focuses
on the current year festival for "bare bones" films (films costing under
$1 million) and also offers highlights from prior festivals. Helmed by Oscar and Shiron Ray, this group is involved in creating, producing, co-producing, marketing, and distributing independent movies. Always on the lookout for good stories!
Blockbuster Online: The rental behemoth is now accepting indie movie donations for competition. Winner gets...distribution deals!
Crested
Butte "Reel Fest" Short Film Festival: Co-directed
for its first 3 years by OTFC member Barbara VanHanken of Tulsa, "Reel
Fest" is an annual competitive festival in Colorado that focuses on films
under 40 minutes in the categories of animation, comedy, drama/narrative,
experimental, student, as well as films under 60 minutes in documentary.
Includes useful seminars and...it's all in the mountains!
Hollywood
Film Festival: Sure, Hollywood represents
the antithesis of indie filmmaking, but you should check out this one anyway!
You may be pleasantly surprised!
Houston Pan-Cultural Film Festival: Created by Ancestral Films group in 1997, this annual community-based film festival stands on the premise that film should be accessible to everyone and that cinema bridges social and cultural boundaries. Includes international screenings, workshops, and screenwriting competition with special emphasis on Texas stories.
Imagine Cup, The: Worldwide tournament challenging the globe's best and brightest students to use technology to enhance people's lives. As of 2004, student teams representing over 70 countries will compete regionally and on-line for six months, in a range of categories, from mobile device application design to film-making. Finalists will meet in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for a gala awards ceremony. The winning teams will receive over $85,000 in prizes. The Short Film invitational, one of the four events, challenges students to make us laugh, cry, or dream in 8 minutes. We are calling on students to share their perspectives on the "culture of innovation." Submissions will be accepted from March 15 to May 1, 2004. All short film submissions will be reviewed by judges from the film industry and the top 30 will be voted online by your peers. The finalists will be flown to Sao Paulo for the finals.
MadCat Women's International Film Festival: Established in mid-90's San Francisco, Madcat is annually seeking films and videos that challenge the use of sound and image and explore notions of visual story-telling. Madcat accepts work of all genres and lengths directed by women. Films can
be produced any year and about any topic.
Moondance
Film Festival: International film festival
for women screenwriters, playwrights, and indie filmmakers in Boulder,
Colorado (USA.)
New York City Independent Horror Film Festival: First annual as of 2002, NYCIHFF seeks to bring the best of indie horror and sci-fi movie community to Tribeca Film Center in The Big Apple! Hosted by MooDude Films, the same people who graced the world with horror feature Biohazardous. All budgets, formats, and contents are accepted.
Ojai Film Festival: Based in California, Ojai Festival has a reputation for quality and integrity. Ojai tries try to focus on films that explore the human condition, teach us about ourselves, and encourage us to exert a constructive influence on the world. And they offer a supportive and enthusiastic audience for beginners! Deadlines are in spring and early summer.
Portland International Short Short (PISS) Film Fest: Established in 2002. Attention spans shorten every year. Sound bites have begot film bites and PISS Fest is there! PISS Fest celebrates the brevity longed for by Attention Deficit Disorder sufferers by showcasing the best films that clock in at 10 minutes or less! Deadlines in July.
Sedona
International Film Festival & Workshop: Sponsored
by Sedona Cultural Park, this springtime festival started in the mid-1990's and accepts
domestic & international features, documentaries, and shorts. By the
way, according to Northern Arizona University Women's Studies Program,
this festival has always screened an impressive number of films by women
directors.
Taos
Land and Film Company: This company in
neighboring New Mexico has hosted a screenwriting competition for several
years now, and every year their judging panel gets more expertise; the
competition gets more international recognition; and the grand prize always
includes 5 acres of land near Taos PLUS an option for production of your
script!
Tromadance Film Festival: Can't get into Sundance? Here's an indie-friendly alternative organized by legendary gore-schtick outfit Troma Films. They do promotions like no one else!
Major Studio Links
Disney Studios: Thoroughly search this one for
unique employment opportunities.
Fox Studios: Not only do they have "X"-tremely
great TV shows, they also have a killer site.
MGM/UA:
Always a favorite with this web site. The Lion is roaring instead of snoring.
Lionsgate: A major award-winning independent studio. It has a wealth of information that helps the independent filmer with all aspects of film making.
New
Line Cinema: One of the industry's most
prolific studios today.
New
Regency Pictures: Major, major independent
studio with hits like "JFK" and "L.A. Confidential." (a damn good movie)
October
Films: Independent Film and Distribution
company. Produced "The Apostle" starring Robert Duvall. Getting bigger
as I type.
Paramount
Pictures Inc.: Responsible for "StarTrek
II, The Wrath of Kahn." Need I say more?
Warner
Bros. Pictures: A studio that gave "Batman"
the treatment he deserved. Bigger IS better.
Professional
Business Services Links
Film Profit: Full-service consulting firm that
can help you describe your project or movie idea to investors, studios,
and others you need to reach your filmmaking goals. Site also includes
film listings, festival listings, and discussion forum.
Foundry Film Partners: Need a loan but only have one distribution deal in place? Here's a specialty finance company
that provides creative financial solutions to filmmakers.
Hulett Law Firm: Oklahoma-based entertainment lawyer, specializing in contract negotiations, joint ventures, business plans, etc. Joel Hulett will even help pitch projects to agencies, directors, and distributors. Also check out his production company Dolphin Bay Films.
Showbiz Law: One-stop shopping for the legal issues of filmmaking. This entertainment law office located in Florida can
represent and assist you with financing, option agreements, business structure,
budgeting/scheduling requirements, equity sharing for investors, guild/union
signatory agreements, contracts, copyright, and more.
Screenwriting
Links
Obnoxious
Party Guests: The Official Site for Tulsa's
Original Improv Comedy Troupe, EST. 1990. Original Cutting-Edge Comedy
Material. Available to "punch up" the comedic impact of your film
or video script, with either behind-the-scenes consultation or on-screen
performance. Ready to roll with tons of ideas and sketches and parodies
honed through years of live performance. Look Mom, they're professionals,
and worthy guests to invite into your next comedy project.
Academy Foundation's Nicholl Fellowships: The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program (with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) is an international competition open to screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing for film or television. Could this be you?
Chesterfield Writers' Film Project: Sponsored by Paramount Pictures.
Hollywood
Literary Sales: This group boasts impressive
management that is in business to market your scripts. Submissions accepted
here, and you can sign up to be on their screenwriters informational e-mail
distro. This is a partnership between Hollywood Literary Sales, Black &
Blu Productions, and the Steve Tisch Company.
Movie Bytes: Resource for screenplay competitions, helpful info, workshop notices from all over the country. Register for
FREE e-mail distro to stay in touch.
Screenwriter's
Utopia: The biggest site that we have
found having to do with screenwriting. Best feature is the 'workshop'
area that highlights helpful resources and suggestions for the writer.
Plus there's how-to articles from various sources and a peer-driven interactive
Q&A forum!
Screenwriters and Playwrights Home Page: Author & screenwriter & playwright Charles Deemer has provided tips and advice and resources here since 1994.
Script Rep: Are you excited by a chance for prize $$$ and a pitch meeting with a working Hollywood professional? Site seeks to introduce aspiring screenwriters to the Hollywood film industry with limited-submission screenwriting contests and dynamic prize incentives. Plus tons of additonal helpful links.
Tennessee Screenwriters Association: Annual competition gets several hundred entries.
Writers'
Script Network: The mission of WSN is
to help producers find good scripts (like YOURS!), save time for screenwriters'
agents, and greatly increase exposure for screenwriters. This site boasts
many industry users and provides stats on how many registered scripters
get optioned/purchased here. Plus, there's a newsletter, too!
Other WWW Links
Action/Cut Film Industry Seminars: Making the rounds as close as Dallas and covering such producer/director topics as visualization, script prep, financing & distro, festival buzz, and more. Touted by various well-known industry mags.
American
Independent Productions: Now this is what independent movie making is all about.
American
Movie Classics: We love old movies, they love old movies, and we love them for loving old movies. A great site. Check out Real to Reel, an excellent series on an excellent site.
Cambridge
Documentary Films: Academy Award winning
Cambridge Documentary Films, I might add.
Codikow
Films: Provides and produces quality independent
films that have helped a new generation of writers and directors become
major players. You can even e-mail them with your movie pitch.
Crazy Fish Films: Film company being developed in 2003 to produce and distribute mainstream Christian-themed features shot in Oklahoma. Spearheaded by OTFCer Paul Tompkins in Oklahoma City.
Full
Moon Pictures: A highly fun and innovative
studio out of California that produces and distributes "Scare Noir" horror
pictures. A modern day Hammer. A personal favorite of this web site.
Internet
Movie Database: EVERYTHING is listed here
And I do mean EVERYTHING! The Prez of OTFC is even listed....KEWL!
Joe
Bob Briggs' Drive-In America: We're a
big fan of this big fan of all types of movies for all types. Check him
out.
Kitchen
Table Films: And the sink too. About as
independent as you can get without a credit card.
New
Millennia Films, Inc.: African American
Film Studio. This company markets "independent films of color." Nice, informative
site.
Oklahoma
City Art Museum: Home of the "Movies at the Museum" series and ongoing arthouse screenings, the film program here is helmed
by member Brian Hearn, the museum's film curator. Always on the lookout
to expand the public perception of visual media as art. Hmmm....Does that
include your films or videos? Click here and see what Brian has lined up
lately.
Onde-Spirale: Onde-Spirale is a group of talented people that compose music for films and television. Many tracks to listen to in free streaming audio.
Performing
Arts & Artists Worldwide: This is
one site you should look at if you are "in the Biz." It's got everybody
who is everybody, links to film festivals, directors, actors, and their
list goes on and on and on...
Producer
Link: Hollywood clicks here! You can register
your bio info here for $50.00 a year.
Society for Cinema Studies: Founded in 1959, this is a professional nationwide organization based in TX composed of college/university profs, filmmakers, historians, critics, scholars, etc. Publishers of Cinema Journal.
Telling
Pictures, Inc.: This site is simply marvelous!
Another award-winning independent film studio.
Troma
Films: A sleeper film company with such
hits as The Toxic Avenger. This company "gets it done."
zhaowei.com:
Singapore's premiere independent film director, Eric Khoo, gives you a
guided tour of this decidedly different web site. See how our global cousins
approach their movie making.
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