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NFMLA Celebrates Documentary Filmmaking with Stories of Empowerment
A recent NewFilmmakers Los Angeles event celebrated documentary filmmaking through stories about empowering a culture, forced...
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How Bridge-Builder Sandra Lipski Created the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
A little over a decade ago, Sandra Lipski was an L.A.-based actor-filmmaker from Berlin who decided...
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In Dashcam, a Trump Troll Is Tormented by Anarchy in the U.K.
In Dashcam, a new horror film that just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, a...
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NFMLA Celebrates Native Cinema with an Inspiring Drag Queen, a Dying Teenager and a Hard-of-Hearing Dancer
Stories of an inspiring drag queen, a dying teenager and a hard-of-hearing dancer loomed large at...
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Baby Money Is a High-Stakes Home-Invasion Thriller, Full of Lessons for Scrappy Filmmakers
Remember that Jean-Luc Godard quote that he didn’t exactly say? “All you need for a movie...
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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes Is Like 1917 Crossed With Tenet — But Cheaper and More Fun
I should start this piece on Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, part of Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival,...
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NFMLA Celebrates Veteran Cinema With Supernatural Tales of Class Disparities, Acts of Courage and Heroes
New Filmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) celebrated the cinema of veterans with stunning tales of class disparities,...
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NFMLA Film Festival Illustrates Universal Stories of Connectedness, Social Justice and Cultural Identity
A captivating adventure into the world of our consciousness, a community’s struggle in the face of...
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World Cinema In New York City
Richard Pena (center) at the 2000 NYFF. Photo by Stephanie Berger. Dear to New Yorkers for...
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Park City in January
Peter Baxter of Slamdance In 1995, a group of energetic young moviemakers decided they wouldn’t let...
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The Franchising of a Film Festival
FirstGlance Film Festival founder Bill Ostroff is quite adept at juggling many responsibilities. When not working...
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Filling A Void
Perhaps even before George Lucas informed the movie industry that there is life after film, Issac...
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An American in Tokyo
For more than a decade, American Short Shorts President and Co-Founder Douglas Williams has been working...
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Freedom and Frustration
How long does it take to complete the making of a certain film? The answer, of...
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An Interview With DV Expo’s Scott Gentry
Scott Gentry Setting goals and taking on challenges is nothing new for Scott Gentry. At the...
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‘Populist Festival’ Matures
Ever thought you knew more-or had better taste-than a film critic or festival jury? Well, now’s...
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Screening Movies with a Message
In a world where new film festivals sprout up faster than bad Michael Bay films, the...
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Slamdance, Circa 2004
Peter Baxter of Slamdance Since its founding in 1995, the Slamdance Film Festival has established itself...
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Scaring Up Film Fans
The Exorcist–The Version You’ve Never Seen There’s no better time of year for horror fans to...
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Movies with Meaning
Monika Moreno with 2001 Angelus Award winners Shane Savanapridi (left) and Greg Marcks (right). With hundreds...
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Bringing the World of Film to NYC
Michael Gallo For many years New York moviemakers have had to travel to L.A. or Las...
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