The Joys of the Regional Festival: Why You Should Attend Small Market Festivals (And How to Pick Out the Great Ones)
Moviemakers can’t attend every festival they get into. This is a matter of numbers: It is very rare to have any budget...
Küstendorf 2017: Emir Kusturica Brings His Weird and Wonderful Festival to its 10th Year
On a preserved film set in the mountains of western Serbia, the cobblestone streets and alleys of the picturesque hilltop village of...
Sundance Film Festival 2017: See Celebs Confront the Snow in Our Portrait Gallery
Diehard Sundance Film Festival fans often point to the democratizing nature of Park City, Utah’s brutal weather as one of the event’s...
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017: La La Land Stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are the Perfect Team
Range is one of a performer’s most valuable assets. A Jewish neo-Nazi; a drug-addicted teacher; a lonely man attached to a doll....
Dixie Flicks: How Justin Wheelon Persuaded Skeptical South Carolinians to Embrace Southern City Film Festival
How does a Southeastern film festival land a spot on Film Freeway’s top 100 best-reviewed festivals list after its first year? “We...
MovieMaker Minute: Drake Doremus Got Newness From First Day of Shooting to Sundance Premiere in 100 Days
Our MovieMaker Minute series of videos are brief little nuggets of inspiration and advice from some of our favorite filmmakers. The final...
MovieMaker Minute: Why Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name Was Shot Using Just One Lens
Our MovieMaker Minute series of videos are brief little nuggets of inspiration and advice from some of our favorite filmmakers. Luca Guadagnino’s...
Oaxaca FilmFest 2016: Mole, Mescal, Magic and a Memorable Selection of Films
When the invite for the 2016 Oaxaca FilmFest came in, I didn’t need much convincing to schedule the trip. The festival occupies...Sundance Film Festival: 10 Park City Breakthroughs 2017
Let these 10 faces be your antidote to every name who elbowed his film into the Sundance Film Festival line-up as so-and-so’s..."Trial By Fire:" 25 Years Later, Quentin Tarantino Looks Back on How Reservoir Dogs Tested Him at Sundance
A fervent audience crowded the Eccles Theater to witness one of American Independent cinema’s most widely acclaimed enfant terribles return to the festival...
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an...8Inside the Issue: Cinematography
What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an...Inside the Issue: Directing
Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about...