Bailey Garno

If you’re making a film for the first time, music licensing can feel like an entirely different language. You’ll hear terms like: • sync • publishing • master • one-stop • clearance …and suddenly you're asking yourself, "Should I have studied law?" But before diving into the licensing process, it helps to understand one important thing: songs are like pie. Now you're thinking: "Great. I should've gone to culinary school." Not exactly. Songs are like a pie if you understand that you need...

At the Adobe House with APM Music's Social Media Manager, Ezra Broder Day three started early with a morning screening of Union County , directed by Adam Meeks and starring Will Poulter. The film is quiet, heavy, and deeply immersive in a way that makes you forget where you are while watching it. By the time the credits rolled, the room was visibly moved. During the Q&A, several individuals from the real-life Union County Adult Recovery Program—who are featured often in the film—were...

It’s 12:11 a.m. on Monday, January 26, and I’m wrapping up Day two at the Sundance Film Festival, a day that felt less about rushing between screenings and more about conversations, community, and showing up for filmmakers. The day started with the Producers Celebration, at The Park. I met filmmakers and producers from all over, including Siera, who traveled from Indonesia with a project called Levitating , and Ted and Bunny, who are here with The AI Doc (seeing later this week). There...