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Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" did not only lead the Online Film Critics Society nominations, it was also the big winner at the 15th Annual Online Film Critics Society Awards.

The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) has announced the winners of their annual award and the top prize went to Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist." The helmer also received the Best Director award.

Many people have tweeted or commented how much they enjoyed reading Part 1 of our Filmmakers Notebook Q&A with Marcella Selbach, who is also known as @movieangel, so I'm sure you’ll find Part 2 equally interesting. Plus there is a surprise request from the lady herself at the end of the article.

My Co-Producer John Donovan and I had a fascinating discussion with Openfilm's Brenda Nieborsky and Bart Weiss, Director of the Dallas Video Fest at the International Film Festival Summit in Las Vegas.

Developing marketing plans for independent features and shorts is becoming a necessity for filmmakers, especially in view of the current financing and distribution challenges facing them. As co-producer of "Accused " I've been handling promotion, which has proven in some ways to be a juggling act. At this point we are in the final stages of editing on this project and I have recently begun working on a preliminary campaign for another short that's in pre-production, so I thought I'd share a few observations.