By MM Staff on April 16, 2018
Stamping the MovieMaker seal of approval on each destination in our annual guide to the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee...
By MM Staff on October 16, 2017
The language of fear, like that of music, is universal. Put all the people who’ve weathered hurricanes’ swift destruction of communities, withstood...
By MM Staff on April 17, 2017
Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I think they...
By MM Staff on November 2, 2016
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2016: now plotted out on this interactive map! So you’ve read about (and submitted...
By MM Staff on April 6, 2016
When we compile the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list every year, we start by imagining you: an independent moviemaker,...
By Heidi Honeycutt on December 17, 2015
Now that your genre film has gotten into a festival, how will you survive it? 1. If your horror film is screening...
By Heidi Honeycutt on December 13, 2015
No continent in the world hosts as many horror film festivals as North America, so the task of selecting a handful to...
By MM Staff on April 8, 2015
Was it worth it? Indie film, by definition, resides on the margins. It’s a medium of miracles, of squeezing so much from...
By MM Staff on November 17, 2014
Our annual list of the world’s weirdest and most wonderful cinematic celebrations: the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World. It’s the...