All posts by Valentina Valentini
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Park City 2015: 13 Picks from Sundance and Slamdance
After three exalted decades, Sundance maintains its spot on the international film festival circuit as the premiere U.S. event of the year,... -
Festival Strategy 101: Plot the Right Course for Your Film
We’ve all heard the tired homily about a Sundance premiere being the festival holy grail, without which your film is dead on... -
Innovator’s Beat: The Cream of the Tech Crop at NAB 2014
Make your next birthday wishlist with our product picks from the annual NAB Show tech summit. A few years ago it was... -
Park City 2014: 10 Picks From Sundance and Slamdance
This is a very big year in Park City, Utah, with Sundance celebrating its 30th birthday and Slamdance its 20th as of... -
Sundance 2013: Six Unmissable Films Premiering in Park City
We preview six narrative features to play at Sundance 2013. C.O.G. First Adaptation of David Sedaris’ Work Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez There... -
Crowdfunding 2.0: How to Stand Above the Crowd
As far as fundraising for your film goes, we all know that a decade ago you couldn’t reach a woman in Calgary...
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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...1Inside 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