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  • Sundance 2015: How Are You Experiencing the Festival?

    by Shala · Jan 22, 2015 at 19:32 CET · Articles, Featured, Features · No Comments
    Sundance 2015: How Are You Experiencing the Festival?

    The 31st Sundance Film Festival kicks off today! If you’re into independent film like me, it’s a time to celebrate the start of the new crop of films, which may be the new Whiplash and Boyhood, 2014 Sundance debut films that made its way down the long, arduous road a year later to the Oscars. How are you getting involved in the festival?

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  • Be a Part of ‘The Festival Experience’!

    by Shala · Jul 28, 2014 at 0:11 CEST · Featured, Features, Uncategorized · 4 Comments
    Be a Part of ‘The Festival Experience’!

    Hey! This is Shala from Life Between Films, film festival contributor for LAMB. As you may or may not know, I introduced this little feature on LAMB about a year ago to cerebrate independent film festivals. I hope to expand what is presented in this little corner of the LAMB site and make it something that all of you would love to read and participate in.  Here is currently how you can be apart of ‘The Festival Experience’ with...

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  • The Festival Experience: One Blogger, One Day @ Tribeca

    by Shala · May 5, 2014 at 0:26 CEST · Articles, Features · No Comments
    The Festival Experience: One Blogger, One Day @ Tribeca

    It’s Shala from Life Between Films. Here for you to enjoy is another edition of ‘One Blogger, One Day’, the collaboration series by bloggers attending film festivals. This year for the recent Tribeca Film Festival, the festival started by Robert DeNiro as a way to support NYC after 9/11, four bloggers (Iba, Shane, Erica, and I) got together to document their personal experiences. Here is our stories:

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  • The Festival Experience: Enjoy Tribeca 2014 At Home

    by Shala · Apr 15, 2014 at 0:25 CEST · Articles, Featured, Features · No Comments
    The Festival Experience: Enjoy Tribeca 2014 At Home

    Hellloooo. It’s Shala from Life Between Films, your handy-dandy film festival contributor. This week kicks off the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) in New York City!  The festival is gearing up again to be heavy with special events outside of the regular film screenings including filmmaker/actor/industry panels, the Tribeca Drive-in, the Tribeca Family Street Festival, the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day, and special film...

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  • The Festival Experience: One Blogger, One Day @ Sundance

    by Shala · Feb 1, 2014 at 21:07 CET · Articles, Featured, Features · No Comments
    The Festival Experience: One Blogger, One Day @ Sundance

    Hey, there. Shala from Life Between Films. I started a collaboration series last year for bloggers attending film festivals to write a journal entry of sorts of one day in their life while they attended. We have since done this project for the Tribeca Film Festival as well as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). This time around it’s just me and another blogger named Iba, each attending Sundance 2014 with press credentials....

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  • The Festival Experience: Enjoy Sundance 2014 at Home

    by Shala · Jan 15, 2014 at 5:14 CET · Featured, Features · No Comments
    The Festival Experience: Enjoy Sundance 2014 at Home

    Hey, its Shala from Life Between Films with more festival info for you. Sundance 2014 is set to take over Park City, Utah this week, this year with 121 feature films representing 37 countries with 54 first-time filmmakers. While you may not be able to attend in person, there are a number of ways that you can experience the festival from wherever you are:…

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  • The Festival Experience: One Blogger, One Day @ TIFF

    by Shala · Oct 6, 2013 at 17:58 CEST · Featured · No Comments
    The Festival Experience: One Blogger, One Day @ TIFF

    Hello. It’s Shala from Life Between Films. As a collaboration project between fans of film and film bloggers attending this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, three people (Daniel, Sean, and myself) documented our personal experiences, constructing a diary of sorts to chronicle the festival from the perspective of one person for one day. This may include all that we did, saw, and screened around Toronto on that particular day....

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  • The Festival Experience: What would you like to see next?

    by Shala · May 28, 2013 at 17:13 CEST · Featured, Features · No Comments
    The Festival Experience: What would you like to see next?

    Hi, it’s Shala from Life Between Films. I started this feature earlier this year when I volunteered to act as the film festival contributor for LAMB and share some of my knowledge and experiences regarding film festivals around the US. I have had fun with it, and I hope at least someone out there has enjoyed reading. Currently, ‘The Festival Experience’ highlights a few of the major festivals around North America (Sundance, Tribeca,...

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  • The Festival Experience: One Blogger, One Day @ Tribeca

    by Shala · May 7, 2013 at 23:56 CEST · Articles, Featured, Features · 1 Comment
    The Festival Experience: One Blogger, One Day @ Tribeca

    As a collaboration project between fans of film and film bloggers attending this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, I (with the input from others) had a thought of documenting personal experiences, constructing a diary of sorts to chronicle the festival from the perspective of one person for one day. This may include fun things done around NYC, the film(s) screened and the impressions from them, or participation in all the special events...

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  • The Festival Experience: Special Events of Tribeca 2013

    by Shala · Apr 14, 2013 at 22:35 CEST · Articles, Featured, Features · 2 Comments
    The Festival Experience: Special Events of Tribeca 2013

    Hey, its Shala from Life Between Films with more festival info for you. The kickoff of Tribeca 2013 is only days away, and as I mentioned in my festival guide, there is alot to see and do in association with the Tribeca Film Festival outside of the film screenings. Tribeca is all about the merging of film with other facets of entertainment; this year’s festival is no exception. Take a look at some of the cool things that the 2013...

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  • The Festival Experience: A Guide to the Tribeca Film Festival

    by Shala · Mar 12, 2013 at 22:36 CET · Articles, Featured, Features · 8 Comments
    The Festival Experience: A Guide to the Tribeca Film Festival
    Hello there. It’s Shala from Life Between Films. As we move into spring (hello, warm weather!), I’m back again, this time discussing the best ways to navigate the biggest film festival of the season in North America (sorry SxSW) - the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF)....

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  • The Festival Experience: A Guide to the Sundance

    by Shala · Jan 14, 2013 at 23:55 CET · Articles, Featured, Features · 2 Comments
    The Festival Experience: A Guide to the Sundance
    Hey there. It's Shala from Life Between Films. I am now officially a new LAMB site contributor, focusing on film festival information, guides, and overall festing tips. So, if you ever wanted to attend a film festival, are attending soon, or have the possibility of attending one in the future, keep an eye out for my future featured posts....

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