Festivals
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Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival 2017: This Multicultural Delight’s Sixth Edition Kicked Into High Gear
Taking off from Barcelona, my plane crested a sea of clouds, thick and white like tundra. Here and there, the Mediterranean sparkled below through patches...
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Preview: Portland International Film Festival 2018
Living in Portland, Oregon has its advantages if you’re a film geek. Plenty of beautiful scenery, delicious food, incredible beer, legal weed and most importantly, an...
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YoFiFest 2017: It’s Easy To Get Lost In The Movies At This New York City-Adjacent Fest
Yonkers, just north of New York City, might conjure images of political intrigue, Son of Sam, or the quirky characters in Neil Simon’s play (and...
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Tacoma Film Festival 2017: The Odds Of Meeting Your Next Creative Partner Are High At This Northwestern Indie Hub
Like ships coming in to dock at the city’s urban port, burgeoning moviemakers arrived at Tacoma Film Festival’s 12th annual edition to import their diverse...
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Hands Up: Spotlight on Whistler Film Festival 2017
While accepting an award from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists at the Whistler Film Festival in 2013, DIY indie filmmaking queen Ingrid Veninger made...
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New York Festivals 2017: There’s A Prize For Everyone and Everything At This Awards Gala in Vegas
The New York Festivals Awards take place during the annual National Broadcasting Convention (NAB) Show, held each spring in Las Vegas. Helmed by Executive Director...
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Black Cat Picture Show 2017: This Cat Knows Where It’s At
The Black Cat Picture Show film festival is a strange slice of paradise hidden in the small town of Augusta, Georgia. It’s held at Le...
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deadCenter Film Festival 2017: Oklahoma City Is the Biggest Star Of This Consistently Great Event
Film festivals are as good as their programmers and audiences, and the deadCenter film festival has an abundance of excellence in both. From the very...
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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 of the past...
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Woods Hole Film Festival 2017: Where the Call of the Sea Is Matched By the Call of Cinema and Science
When Woods Hole Film Festival Director Judy Laster invited me to work for her 26th annual festival, I jumped at the chance. As a Massachusetts...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
1Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...