Notes for a New Independent Film Movement

(Book of Film Essays will be Published in 2020)

Below is a Complete List of Film Essays as they will appear in Book Format, titled: ‘Notes for a New Independent Film Movement.’

All Rights Reserved (2020)

Notes for a New Independent Film Movement

By Gabriella Orlando Bregman

CONTENTS:

PART 1

THE AUTEUR: AN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS PUBLICATION

The Auteur: An Independent Filmmakers Publication INTRODUCTION (2019)

Business Model of Film Theory & Film Criticism Publication The Auteur

Hollywood Is Not Dying; The US Independent Film Industry Is (Part 1 of 2.)

Hollywood Is Not Dying; The US Independent Film Industry Is (Part 2 of 2.)

Independent Filmmaking as PERSONAL IDENTITY FILMMAKING & Since Documentary has become the New Independent Filmmaking (Part 1 of 2.)

Independent Filmmaking as PERSONAL IDENTITY FILMMAKING & Since Documentary has become the New Independent Filmmaking (Part 2 of 2.)

PART 2

LIST OF FILM ESSAYS

A Few Notes on Independent Filmmaking (Including: A Little Rant on the Need for Quality Film Critics and Media Literacy) (2019)

A Few Notes on Montage vs. Mise En Scene (2019)

The Superhero and American Exceptionalism: The Roots of the Superhero Phenomenon lie in the Combination of Christian Religion and White American Nationalism (2019)

The Importance of Keeping a Journal (2020)

A 4-Point MANIFESTO, for a New Independent Film Movement (2020)

COVID-19 Update (The Auteur: An Independent Filmmakers Publication) (2020)

John Cassavetes Film Retrospective (2001) (2018)

My 2018 Oscar Pick for Best Picture (2018)

A Note on the State of Women in Film (2016)

The 2016 Valentine’s Day Filmmakers Manifesto (2016)

PART 3

LIST OF LGBTQ FILM ESSAYS

A Few Notes On LGBTQ Filmmaking (2017)

On ‘Moonlight’ and the Subject of Positive Representation (2017)

The Male and Female Gaze, from a Trans-Masculine Perspective (2020)

The Timelessness of Transgender Film Classic ‘Boys Don’t Cry,’ from the Perspective of a Trans-Masculine Filmmaker of Brandon Teena’s Time (2020)

Some Thoughts on the State of Lesbian Filmmaking in the US (part 1 of 5) INTRO (2018)

Some Thoughts on the State of Lesbian Filmmaking in the US (part 2 of 5)(2018)

Some Thoughts on the State of Lesbian Filmmaking in the US (part 3 of 5) LGBTQ FILMS/ INFLUENCES (2018)

Some Thoughts on the State of Lesbian Filmmaking in the US (part 4 of 5) The Crucial Importance of Trans-/ Gender Nonconforming Visibility and Representation In My Youth (2018)

Some Thoughts on the State of Lesbian Filmmaking in the US (part 5 of 5) CONCLUSION (2018)

PART 4

ORIGINAL WRITINGS

Resume/FILM BIO: Gabriella Bregman (2018) (2018)

Film Organization QUEER FEMALE FILMMAKERS LOS ANGELES - A Media Site & LA Film Mixers (2018) (2018)

SCREENPLAY Excerpt (2008)

Scenes of Idolatry and Resentment (2004)

End of 2018 Update; WontBeErased (2018)

2018 Update on Documentary ‘The Queer Case for Individual Rights’ (2018)

2020 Update on Feature Documentary ‘The Queer Case for Individual Rights’ (2020)

Just In Case. (A Few Notes on my Experiences with, and Understandings of, Societal and Systemic Racism and Sexism.) (2020)

All Articles Written by Gabriella Bregman (TM). All Pictures Owned by Gabriella Bregman (TM). All Rights Reserved (2020)

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Brief Bio:

My name is Gabriella Bregman, I am a Writer-Filmmaker-Producer.

I identify as a Gender Nonconforming Lesbian, (“non-op”) Trans-Masculine, am Bi-Racial (white & Asian,) from the Netherlands, and Los Angeles-based.

My pronouns are: they/them/theirs.

I also go by Orlando, as in Gabriella Orlando Bregman, (in a nod to Virginia Woolf.)

I am currently in production of a Feature Documentary titled ‘The Queer Case for Individual Rights’ through Los Angeles-based Film Production Company Bregman Films.

The Documentary is about LGBTQ US-Immigration Exclusion-Policy, including my personal story of US immigration discrimination as International Film Student under DOMA (Defense Of Marriage Act, 1996–2015.)

It is based on the book ‘The Queer Case for Individual Rights & Other Essays’ (2020.)

The John Cassavetes Film Retrospective ‘Gena and John: A Cassavetes Retrospective’ at the Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles is a Bregman Films Production (2001.)

I am the Founder of a Nonprofit Film Organization The Auteur (2020)(theauteur.org) and an accompanying Film Theory & Film Criticism Publication The Auteur: An Independent Filmmakers Publication at medium.com/theauteur

A small book of Film Theory essays titled ‘Notes for a New Independent Film Movement’ will also be published in 2020, including a 4-Point Film Manifesto for a new Independent Film Movement.

And a related, untitled Feature Documentary project is in early development stages.

Thank you for reading,

Gabriella Orlando Bregman

The Auteur: An Independent Filmmakers Publication