All posts by Liz Manashil
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The Story of Ingrid: What It’s Like to Make a Documentary on a $15K Budget
I met Morrisa Maltz during SXSW in 2016 when she came to a panel on micro-budget filmmaking that I put together and... -
A Teller’s Market: How To Tell Your Own Story and Lay Bare Your Personal Brand
Tasked with unpacking the most overlooked, underestimated part of film marketing and distribution, I considered examples of what previous MovieMaker writers had... -
Transparency Quid Pro Quo : A Breakdown of Sundance Creative Distribution Fellowship Submissions
Liz Manashil and Jess Fuselier, managers of the Sundance Creative Distribution Fellowship and the Research & Education for the Creative Distribution Initiative, respectively, take... -
The Creative Distribution Fellowship: How Sundance Institute Is Working to Build Moviemakers From the Ground Up
Here’s something I’ve noticed in our world of storytelling: There are tons of fellowships out there. There are fellowships for screenwriting. There... -
Total Transparency: My Film Bread and Butter Has Almost Recouped Its Expenses—With These Revenue Streams
I am 32 years old. I am 32 years old. I am 32 years old! I avoid disclosing my age. All the...
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25th Anniversary
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...