Each year, L.A.-based organization Film Independent hosts the Film Independent Forum, a three-day conference for independent...

A decade ago, the primary focus of independent horror moviemakers was making a good horror movie,...

You love documentaries. And what better way to satisfy your doc habit than by plunking down...

Congratulations. Count yourself among the generation of moviemakers for whom Video on Demand (VOD) has progressed...

VOD platform YEKRA announced today the launch of the customizable digital YEKRA theater, which, in keeping...

Here’s the more-or-less standardized path for moviemakers: You raise funds and rally your friends to make...

Even low-budget indie films funded on Kickstarter will have a shot at theatrical distribution. Demand-based theatrical...

A friend told me that the life of a film doesn’t really begin until after it...

Director-producer Vlad Yudin’s documentary, Generation Iron (narrated by Mickey Rourke), follows the top seven professional bodybuilders...

Swimming through the tides of new digital tools and distribution entities has become something of a...

Emily Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, explains why crowdfunding is more about the crowd than...

At a panel at the USC School of Cinematic Arts this June, Steven Spielberg, and George...

To the fledgling filmmaker, any kind of award from a jury of their peers or an...

In Part One (of this interview, we talked to Colorado-based Tattoo Nation director Eric Schwartz about...

As part of Moviemaker.com’s hosting of Tattoo Nation (released this week on our site!) we were...

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a compelling new rock documentary about one of Memphis’...

Like everyone else trying to forecast the economic landscape of independent film, over here at the MovieMaker offices,...

Young adulthood has long represented a rich source of inspiration for moviemakers. This confusing and confused life stage offers moviemakers ample...

Are DVDs the Vinyl Records of Indie film? Factory 25 thinks so! “I pretty much grew...

Horror movie remakes are a dime a dozen these days, with retreads of such genre classics...

Superhero movies tend to come in just one of two flavors: Exceptional and terrible. They either...

CBGB Movie Coming to the Big Screen Oct 2013. If you haven’t heard of the New...

Indiegogo’s Crowdfunding Guide is a must-read for moviemakers looking to self-finance their masterpieces. Jason Brubaker wrote...

Independent production company Leeden Media has announced that it is eschewing traditional distribution offers for its...