Stories By James Kaelan
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Directing
Let the PA Direct (Almost): Why Collaborating with Your Crew is Your Greatest Strength
September 1, 2015As a confident movie-maker, don’t hesitate to ask your film crew for help. They aren't your...
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Things Learned
Bound for the Frontline: MovieMaker Senior Editor James Kaelan Steps Down to Join the Independent Film War
August 14, 2013“In the town of Osijiek, Croatia, Eduardo Flores, a correspondent for the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia...
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Articles
MovieMaker Editor’s Pick: Back to the Future in Computer Chess
August 1, 2013MovieMaker’s Editor’s Weekend Pick is Computer Chess, though we can’t resist sending a shout out to...
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Articles
Revenue Record: Yekra Crushes with Online Doc
July 8, 2013Like everyone else trying to forecast the economic landscape of independent film, over here at the MovieMaker offices,...
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Articles
Coachella: Triumphs, failures, and lessons from the inaugural AMFM Fest
June 19, 2013The inaugural AMFM Fest, which shares a valley with the Coachella Art and Music Festival, may...
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Articles - Festival Beat
Bringing Film to Coachella: AMFM Fest aims to bring film, art, and more music to the Coachella Valley
June 5, 2013AMFM Fest, the new acronymic festival in the Coachella Valley, might just be aiming to overthrow...
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Articles - Directing
This Film Isn’t Real: Maja Milos’ Tiger Award-winning debut, Clip
April 18, 2013On a Saturday afternoon at AFI Fest last November, I walked into a 4:15 PM screening...
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Nairobi Half Life: Back by popular demand!
April 9, 2013By popular demand, Nairobi Half Life—Kenya’s first official submission for the Academy Awards ® and the...
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Articles - Producing
Accepting Applications: Dogfish, the world’s first film production accelerator
April 9, 2013Back in 2005, Paul Graham and Trevor Blackwell, two tech pioneers who’d made fortunes in Silicon...
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The Wild Bunch: Eight new Midnight Marauder posters for Sam Peckinpah’s masterpiece Western
April 5, 2013I don’t claim to be a Sam Peckinpah expert or a film critic by any means....
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