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Saturn Newport Beach Film Festival
October 20, 2024
The West Coast premiere of Saturn at the Newport Beach Film Festival yielded tears and applause by the time credits…
Cigarette Surfboard
October 19, 2024
Cigarette Surfboard looks at the environmental toll of cigarettes casually cast aside on our planet's beaches – and surfers' attempt…
Newport Beach Film Festival
October 18, 2024
Christoph Waltz, the two-time Oscar winner beloved for his portrayals of tough guys and bad guys, made his world premiere…
Strange Darling Giovanni Ribisi
August 22, 2024
Giovanni Ribisi is concerned that I’m watching Strange Darling, his feature debut as a cinematographer, all by myself in his…
Fresh Kills Jennifer Esposito 2
July 23, 2024
Fresh Kills director Jennifer Esposito mortgaged her house to make her acclaimed debut — a different kind of mob family…
July 17, 2024
The 30 Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada include some of the most elite institutions in the movie…
PlotTwistsRunway
January 16, 2024
Runway A.I. can create compelling visual sequences in seconds. What does it mean for the future of filmmaking?
Plot Twists Christie Real | Laser
January 9, 2024
To welcome 2024, we’re highlighting some of the biggest plot twists in filmmaking of this new year — things no…
January 4, 2024
Filmmakers have more opportunities than ever to take advantage of virtual worlds — if they have the right cameras. So…
Virtual Production
January 3, 2024
Welcome to the new year — and to some of the biggest moviemaking plot twists of 2024. In this continuing…
LED Volume SCAD Savannah XR Stage
January 2, 2024
LED Volume screens have been in use for years, but their availability to the masses are one of the biggest…
Blow Up My Life by Ryan Dickie and Abigail Horton
November 21, 2023
Ryan Dickie and Abigail Horton thought Blow Up My Life might be shot on a large scale, but the pandemic…
Indie Filmmakers Advice
October 11, 2023
Indie filmmakers advice on breaking in, featuring Sarah Spillane, Carter Smith, Noam Kroll, Adi Shankar, Ben Tedesco, Abigail Horon and…
Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada
July 26, 2023
Before we get to our list of the Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada in 2023, a few…
Joe Lo Truglio Outpost
June 5, 2023
A guy walks into a bar… There’s no joke here. It’s how I met Joe Lo Truglio, a comedic actor…
15 Screenplay Competitions That Are Submission-Worthy
April 30, 2023
(Update: Since this article’s publication, the Writers Guild of America has gone on strike, raising questions about whether it’s acceptable…
Best Places to Live and Work as a moviemaker
January 25, 2022
We’ve roamed North America for the ideal cities for living a good life and making movies. Presenting our Best Places…
Best Film Schools in the US and Canada 2021
July 21, 2021
MovieMaker presents our annual survey of the best film schools in the U.S. and Canada destined to unlock your moviemaking…
Screenwriting Competitions
May 22, 2021
That screenplay you wrote in quarantine is ready for some healthy competition. Time for our annual 15 Submission-Worthy Screenwriting Competitions…
April 19, 2021
We asked top screenwriting competitions three simple questions in order to help you understand what screenwriting compeitions want — and…
Daryl Davis Accidental Courtesy documentary
July 27, 2020
Daryl Davis is a Black musician who befriends Klansmen to make them see that Black Lives Matter. Accidental Courtesy tells…
April 22, 2020
Give your screenplay a final pass and apply to one of these 15 screenwriting competitions that could change everything for…