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The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2018
What is it you’re after—the art of cool, or the cool of art? The fact is, all of the most imaginative, surprising,... -
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival: Jury Members, Including MovieMaker’s Tim Rhys, Announce 2018 Award Winners
The fourth annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) announced this year’s juried and audience award winners on its closing night at the... -
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2018
Stamping the MovieMaker seal of approval on each destination in our annual guide to the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee... -
Sponsored Editorial: Master the Art of Film and Television Production at Sacred Heart University
The Film and Television Master’s Programs (MFA and MA) offered by the School of Communication and Media Arts at Sacred Heart University... -
VEGAS Pro 15: Providing Filmmakers a Unique and Fully Customizable Workflow
The latest version of VEGAS Pro 15 once again establishes the software as a leading video and audio editor for professional filmmakers... -
The 2018 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: We Take the Pulse of Nine Narrative Features Playing in Park City
The 34th Sundance Film Festival received 3,901 feature-length submissions, and selected 110—the line-up that largely sets the tone for the year in... -
AFI Fest 2017 Wrap: Team MovieMaker’s Favorites From Another Characteristically Strong Showing
Due to its placement in late Fall and the strength of its programming team, AFI Fest has always felt like a who’s-who... -
Indie Spirit Nominations: 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards Name Their 2017 Film Picks
The Film Independent Spirit Awards announced the nominations today for the 33rd edition of the awards, which honor indie cinema with particular... -
ICYMI: The Best of October 2017 on MovieMaker.com
October 2017 was an especially spooky month on Moviemaker.com. With the brand new introduction of The World’s 15 Best Genre Fests, tips... -
MovieMaker’s 2018 Guide to Making Horror Movies eBook: Now on Sale!
MovieMaker Magazine’s 2018 Guide to Making Horror Movies is the third in our annual series. This year, we invited Creep 2 collaborators Mark Duplass...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...2