Guest Filmmaker Monthly Blog kicks off with Heidi Van Lier

Each month the Slamdance Film Festival Blog will host a special guest blog from one of our alumni filmmakers. The filmmakers can blog about anything film related. We're easy, ready, willing and tipsy enough to share the independent filmmaking experience from the perspective of our amazing alumni stash. This being the first special guest blog, we had to ask someone who just can't break free from the fixed grasp of Slamdance.....Heidi Van Lier.

Heidi Van Lier is an indie filmmaker living in Los Angeles. She has made 3 feature films, “Chi Girl” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival, “Monday” which screened as a special screening at the Slamdance Film Festival, and “American Decaf” which will make the festival rounds in 2009. Heidi now programs for the Slamdance Film Festival, produces and directs Slamdance TV (Slamdance.com click Slamdance TV) during the festival, and continues to counsel 10-15 filmmakers about festival strategy every year. Her new book The Indie Film Rule Book is available at lulu.com ( HYPERLINK "http://www.lulu.com/indiefilmrulebook" www.lulu.com/indiefilmrulebook) and is a strategic guide for indie filmmakers. Go buy one now!