Summer 2017

  • Summer 2017

Dream-Come-True Scenario: Scenarios USA Pairs Students with Big-Name Professional Talent

Scenarios USA, a national nonprofit with an educational mandate, teams its annual writing contest winner with a working filmmaker to…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

The Laws of Nature, the Study of Violence: Taylor Sheridan Takes Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen to Wind River

“There's an interesting thing about this business,” says Taylor Sheridan. “It tells you what you're supposed to be doing. A…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2017: It’s Quaint at First Glance, but SLO Has a Lot Going On

Long after the boysenberry aromas of a San Luis Obispo-made Zinfandel were washed from my palate, the local flavor of…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2017: An Oasis of Intimacy in the Vast Mountain Night

A diehard ski racer, Dave McCoy built the first of his portable rope tows on 11,053-foot Mammoth Mountain 80 years…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

Thin Line Fest 2017: A Festival Where "Run, Don’t Walk" Takes on a Literal Dimension

When I learned my documentary What Happened in Vegas, about police corruption in Las Vegas, had gotten accepted to the…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Omaha Film Festival 2017: 13 Reasons Why This Midwest Festival is Never Middle of The Pack

As a veteran of one sweep around the festival circuit, I’ve been to some wonderful festivals… and a few that…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Oxford Film Festival 2017: This Mississippi Gem Instantly Wins Over All Newcomers

With my debut feature, Gold Star, accepted to the Oxford Film Festival, my experience began before my plane wheels even…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

International Film Festival for Environment, Health, and Culture 2017: Get The Royal Treatment at This Ceremony

“WishMakers” is a documentary about the Tulip Winery, established in an adult special needs residential community in the Village of Hope, Israel. Producing a film that celebrates life without regard…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

LA Femme International Film Festival 2017: An Oral History of a "By Women, For Everyone" Festival

The idea for LA Femme International Film Festival, for women directors, writers and producers, came to me in 2004 as…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

Roswell Film Festival 2017: Come Out to This Fledgling New Mexico Festival, And You’ll Want to Believe

I had a Roswell, New Mexico local relate this story to me: He was on vacation near Transylvania when a…

7 years ago