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Festival Beat: Deep in the Heart Film Festival Hosts Seminars on Super-8 Shooting and Tours Through the Town’s Top Film Locations
Somewhere between the bluebonnets and magnolia trees, a film festival is growing in Waco, Texas. Celebrating...
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Festival Beat: Elevated Programming Makes Jury Duty Fun at Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2019
Having narrowly escaped jury duty this past spring, I volunteered myself for another. No, not for...
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Nordic International Film Festival 2019 Preview: What to Expect This Fall From The Largest Nordic Fest Outside of Europe
As the largest Nordic festival outside of Europe, Nordic International Film Festival (NIFF) is “working towards...
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Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019: 13 Moviemakers On The Joys and Perils of Making Short Films
By providing a space where short films can be appreciated without competing for attention alongside feature...
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ReadingFilmFEST 2019 Preview: A Look at What to Look Forward to on the Central PA Fest’s Fifth Anniversary
Heading into their fifth year, ReadingFilmFEST is a fall festival generating a unique smaller more intimate...
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Festival Beat: Intimate Guest Appearances, Lively Panels, and Eats Aplenty at San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
When I was a kid, I loved going to summer camp. I ate… a lot. Even...
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Festival Beat: International Auteur Works and Surreal Live Performances at Küstendorf Film and Music Festival 2019
The 12th annual Küstendorf Film and Music Festival opened with a flourish in the form of...
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Festival Beat: Unique Human Stories and an Underdog Ethos Fuel Slamdance on the Proud Park City Fest’s 25th Anniversary
Three bloody marys in, sitting next to my 77-year-old mother on the plane, all I was...
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Fest Beat: An Ever-Expanding Audience and a Surprise-Filled Slate Highlight Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2019
A short hour and a half drive north of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara is one of...
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Fest Beat: Brick Oven Pizzas and a Cinephilic Second Family Await at Edmonton International Film Festival 2019
As I approached the city of Edmonton, an image flashed in my mind of the day...
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Newport Beach Film Festival 2019: SoCal’s Center for Cinema Celebration Turns the Big 2-0 This Year
If the Newport Beach Film Festival could be described in a phrase, “Think globally, act locally”...
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Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival 2018: Tapas and Red Wine Flow At This Immersive European Hub
The 2018 Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival was an all-inclusive immersion in, and education on, the...
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Fest Beat: Indie Memphis Showcases Auteur-Driven Programming, Live Music, and Rich Banana Pudding
When you’re finishing a movie, the rest of the world fades into white noise. That doesn’t...
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Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival 2018: Boundary-Pushing International Fare Thrives Amid Foliage of Upstate New York
A sleepy college town in late fall. Changing leaves and crisp air. It’s a peaceful autumn...
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Montana Int’l Film Festival 2018: Eclectic Curation and After-Hours Karaoke Make Year One as Natural as Nature Itself
I’ve heard that Montana is a quest of sorts: beautiful in scope, yet full of potential...
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Milwaukee Film Festival 2018: Cream City Hosts Cream of the Crop in Local, Awards-Contending, and Lost Silent Cinema
Milwaukee may not be the first city that jumps to mind when thinking of the film...
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AFI Fest 2018 Wrap: Team MovieMaker‘s Favorites From This Year’s Festival
In experimenting with all forms of moviemaking, this year’s AFI Fest slate managed to spread the...
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San Antonio Film Festival 2018: The 24-Year-Old Texan Fest Continues to Grow in Size and Stature
San Antonio has an interesting history when it comes to movies. The first film to win...
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AFI Fest 2018 Preview: International Masters and New Voices Come to Hollywood with Boundary-Pushing Stories
Year after year, cinephiles in Los Angeles eagerly await the announcement of AFI Fest’s list of...
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Novel Ideas: Moviemakers Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair on Adapting a Book for the Screen and Building Atmosphere
In September, director Jeremy Saulnier and screenwriter Macon Blair attended Fantastic Fest 2018 to present Hold...
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Fantastic Fest 2018: Peak Programming and Premieres and a Self-Reflective Tone Shape the Austin Hotspot’s 13th Year
At its heart, Fantastic Fest is not simply a film festival: It’s a weeklong experience of...
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MovieMaker’s 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World in 2019, Presented by HorrorHound
It’s a glorious time to be a horror fan and a horror moviemaker. As proof continues...
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Festival Beat: Beyond Fest Founders On Building A Genre Festival From Goblin to Cronenberg
Among their many eccentric counterparts over the years, insect politicians, Haddonfield historians and bitchin’ scary German...
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2018 Beyond Fest Preview: Five Screenings to Catch at Los Angeles’ Expertly Programmed Genre Festival
Returning for the sixth time, Beyond Fest continues to build on its reputation as the home...
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