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The following selection of Slamdance 2016 moviemakers have features playing in competition, which (as per Slamdance’s rules) means that they are first-time feature directors with budgets under $1 million.
When we decided to revive the department and were casting about for a new title the words of veteran independent film education superstar Dov Simens kept coming back to me: “You’re an independent producer and someone asks you what you have going on. Here’s what you say: ‘I have numerous projects in various stages of development.’”
MovieMaker’s Holiday Gift Guide is here to help you find the perfect present for the aspiring independent filmmaker(s) in your life.
MovieMaker is launching a new department for feature films in development. We’ll spotlight films that are entering production, and if your project is still looking for elements to get going (e.g. gear, locations, extras), go ahead and ask for it!
Lamotta: The Bronx Bull investigates the life of Jake Lamotta, the middleweight boxing champion, from his youth to his retirement.
MovieMaker Advent Calendar: Two-For-One Subscriptions, Plus a Free Gift (New Items Announced Weekly)
The MovieMaker Advent Calendar has officially begun. We’re offering two print subscriptions for the price of one, plus a holiday giveaway prize.
MovieMaker will publish a list of essential moviemaking apps in our Winter issue.
In Learning to Drive, Michael has always wanted to drive a car, just like his brother. The problem is that he has Down syndrome.
MovieMaker sent out a survey with three questions for a wide swath of directors whose films are playing at AFI FEST 2015.
In our last edition of The Scariest Scene of All Time, the director and writer of Creep and The Overnight, Patrick Brice, shares his cinematic fears.
MovieMaker Magazine releases its first-ever annual Guide to Making Horror Movies eBook edition.
Today, Christopher Landon, director of horror-comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, dredges up his deepest cinematic fears.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension co-producers Jason Blum and Oren Peli dredge up their deepest cinematic fears.
“One of the first lessons in horror filmmaking I remember really taking to heart,” says Emily Hagins, “came from watching The Evil Dead (1981) when I was 10 years old.”
Look at Us Now, Mother! is a feature documentary about the transformation of a highly charged mother/daughter relationship from Mommie Dearest to Dear Mom, from hatred to love. It’s a story about forgiveness.
Today, the co-directors of horror- romance Spring, Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, dredge up their deepest cinematic fears.
Today, Joe Dante, director of horror classics like Gremlins, Piranha and The Howling, dredges up his deepest cinematic fears. Dante’s latest horror feature was this summer’s Burying the Ex, starring Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene and Alexandra Daddario.
Today, the co-directors of child-zombie horror-comedy Cooties, Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, dredge up their deepest cinematic fears.
In Hawk the Hunter, the sequel to 1980 cult classic Hawk the Slayer, Hawk swears to avenge the death of his father, killed by the hand of his firstborn, Voltan. Into Hawk’s hand his dying father places the magic Mindsword. Hawk has not only his father’s death to avenge but also that of his beloved fiancée Eliane.
These 25 Coolest Film Festivals from around the planet, picked from nominations by our 2015 Panel of Cool, have the purity of vision to guarantee experiences that you’ll think and talk about for years to come—ones that just might change your life.
Haptic Animation Amplifier will be a one-stop shop for animators expanding their independent careers, and for outsiders learning about animation in the Northwest.
This week, Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (Columbia University’s School of the Arts, Class of ’94 and ’95) share their wisdom. The husband-and-wife team, who met at film school, have written and directed 2003’s American Splendor and 2007’s The Nanny Diaries, amongst other films. Their latest collaboration, Ten Thousand Saints, premiered at Sundance this January and opens today.
This week, James Wong (Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, Class of ’83) shares his wisdom. Amongst his many credits, Wong is a writer and executive producer of television hits American Horror Story and The X-Files, writer of Final Destination, and writer-producer of Final Destination 3.
This week, Bao Nguyen (School of Visual Arts, class of ’11) shares his wisdom. The director’s documentary on Saturday Night Live, Live From New York!, opened in theaters on June 12.
