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| Dedication | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Testing the Waters: The Indie Landscape | |
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| Gore, Penguins, and the Cultural Zeitgeist of Distribution | |
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| The Producer's Perspective | |
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| Conversation with Andrew Herwitz | |
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| Strategizing Specialized Film | |
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| Management Matters | |
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| Learning to Float: The Buyers | |
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| Who Is This For, Anyway? | |
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| Swimming with Dolphins: Shorts Distribution 101 | |
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| Who's Gonna Rescue Me if I Start to Drown? | |
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| Life Starts When? | |
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| Taking the Brake Lights Off Your Film | |
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| Make Your Mark | |
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| So You Want to Sell That Short? Not So Fast... | |
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| The Deep End: Exploring All Options | |
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| Plympton's Dogma | |
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| The Fragile Emotion | |
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| Life in Short | |
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| Conversation with Tom Quinn and Carter Pilcher | |
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| Rudiments of the Short Film | |
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| What's a Short Film, Really? | |
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| How I Learned to Swim: Filmmaker Survival Stories | |
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| Full Circle | |
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| Trial and Error in Hollywood | |
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| dare to Create | |
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| Mother's Journey | |
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| The Long and the Short of It | |
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| Conversation with Peter Sollett | |
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| Losing Your Virginity | |
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| Interdependent | |
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| Group Therapy | |
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| From Nelson to Gowanus and Back | |
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| Little Fish, Big Pond: Thinking Globally | |
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| Shorts Down Under | |
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| The International Marketplace for Short Films: Now with a Digital Assist | |
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| Short Films in Japan | |
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| Magic Little Differences: The European Audience Loves Short Films | |
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| How to Make It with a Short Film in the UK and Europe | |
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| No Lifeguard on Duty: Internet and New Technology | |
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| Conversation with Megan O'Neill | |
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| Demystifying Mobile Video: The Market Opportunity | |
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| Conversation with Jim Bankoff | |
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| Brave New Virtual World | |
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| Conversation with Bahman Naraghi | |
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| The Power of Distribution, in the Hands of Filmmakers | |
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| Navigate the Rapids: Film Festivals | |
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| A Briefing on Shorts | |
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| Show 'Em Your Shorts! | |
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| Conversation with George Eldred | |
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| Some Serious Funny Business | |
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| Conversation with John Polson | |
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| Your Short Film and the LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender) Film Festival | |
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| Conversation with Trevor Groth | |
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| Waterlogged: My Story | |
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| Swim Test: The Workbook | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |