Festivals
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Portland Film Festival 2017 Preview: Co-Founder Josh Leake Teases Highlights, Diverse Programming, and More
With this year’s edition of the Portland Film Festival kicking off tomorrow, we spoke with co-founder and executive director Josh Leake about... -
New Hampshire Film Festival 2017: Eclectic Selections and Panels Allow This Small New England Fest to Continue to Grow
Running from October 12-15, 2017, the New Hampshire Film Festival delivered an eclectic collection of films in a quintessential New England setting.... -
Crested Butte Film Festival 2017: Strong Shorts, Doc Blocks, and Beer-Slinging Round Out This Rocky Mountain Hub
I felt a bit jostled as I disembarked from the puddle-jumper out of Denver. The ride over the Rockies had been a... -
Montclair Film Festival 2017: Suburban Cinema It Hurts to Miss in New Jersey
Like a waiter out to eat at a restaurant, I get an annual opportunity to experience a regional festival from the other... -
Animation is Film: This New LA Animation Festival is on a Mission
Eric Beckman, founder of animated film distributor GKIDS, has had quite the year. This past June, the long-time theatrical distributor of the... -
Charming After All: San Diego International FF Wows with Unexpected Selections like Thelma and Resistance Is Life
On my last trip to San Diego, a friend of mine dragged me to a comedy show. “This city’s Gaslamp Quarter is... -
“Trimming the Fat”: A Slimmer TIFF 2017 Lineup Still Offers a Robust Selection of Quality Programming
This year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) chose to cut the number of films it opted to include in its lineup... -
Context and Conversation: The Discourse within Telluride’s Programming
It is a common feature of film festivals for the selections in the program to be conversant with one another. Themes emerge... -
Telluride or Die: Telluride’s Student Symposium is a Young Filmmaker’s Dream Come True, Says a 2017 Grad
I had the honor of attending last weekend’s Telluride Film Festival as a member of its 44th Student Symposium, which ran August... -
Ask a Festival Expert: Write In Your Questions About Film Festival Submissions, and We’ll Get the Best Ones Answered
Do you have questions about submitting your film to film festivals, but are too afraid to ask? This is your chance to...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
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