Maddy Kadish

  • Producing

Switching Gears: Lighting and Gear Company Draco Broadcast Launches New Direct-to-Consumer Rental Services

As a moviemaker, you’ve probably used Draco Broadcast gear without even realizing it. Draco Broadcast is a leading manufacturer of…

5 years ago
  • Moviemaking

ISET Trendsetters: VR Moviemakers Jessica Brillhart and Gabo Arora’s Five Tips for Working in a Brave New Medium

As VR breaks new territory, matures as a medium, and the market for VR storytelling grows, it edges ever closer…

6 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Vocal Expression: Zoe Lister-Jones on Making Her Spirited Feature Debut, Band Aid, With an All-Female Crew

The feature film Band Aid represents not only Zoe Lister-Jones’ directorial debut, but also her voice—in more ways than one.…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

On Demand and Supply: Brush Up on Digital Distribution Basics, Courtesy of Leading Aggregator Distribber

Distribution is the end goal of every moviemaker, yet for many the slog of getting a film onto a screen—any…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Letting Sparks Fly: Sundance’s Three-Year-Old Ignite Program Gives Young Moviemakers Space to Grow

As Sundance settles comfortably into its fourth decade, the festival hopes to draw—and shape—new filmmakers and audiences, particularly as methods…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

Casting From Your Couch? Mobile Casting App UpCast Aims to Cut Your Time Spent Finding Actors

As mobile technology shakes up everything from dating to banking, Drew Doyon, founder and CEO of UpCast, wants to do…

7 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews

Albany’s Own: As You Are Announces a Promising Talent in Director Miles Joris-Peyrafitte

As You Are is a story about isolation, fracturing relationships and the need to belong. From first-time filmmaker Miles Joris-Peyrafitte,…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

“No Filter”: Director So Yong Kim Gives Her Stars and Setting No Embellishment in Lovesong

With her film Lovesong, director So Yong Kim shows us how old friendship can morph into awkwardness when lives take…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

A Friendly Ear: Audio Network Adds a Human Touch to Music Licensing

Audio Network is working hard to be your music licensing guide. Launched in 2001 as an online music library for…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

Vegas Upgrade: VEGAS Pro Editing Software Gets a Comprehensive Boost in its 14th Edition

Berlin-based MAGIX has given VEGAS Pro editing software the love it may not have received from Sony. MAGIX acquired the…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Capturing The Free World: A Quick Chat With Cinematographer Bérénice “Bear” Eveno

Cinematographer Bérénice Eveno, a.k.a. Bear, uses her camera to represent the complex themes of The Free World—freedom, confinement, isolation and…

8 years ago
  • Summer 2016

The Business of Web Series: What are the Returns on Online Episodic Content — Monetary or Otherwise?

In early 2016, comedian Louis C.K. released his original series Horace & Pete exclusively on his website, louisck.net. Users paid…

8 years ago
  • Spring 2016

We Want You (to Help Make Movies): Global Media Makers Poses Filmmakers as Agents of Cultural Exchange

Indie moviemakers often take on other roles—entrepreneur, advocate, teacher. Add cultural ambassador and diplomat to that list for some of…

8 years ago
  • Spring 2016

Duty-Free Cinema: Art-House Hollywood Theatre Comes to the Portland International Airport

This spring the Hollywood Theatre, a nonprofit, Prohibition-era movie house in Portland, Oregon, will open an annex at Portland International…

8 years ago