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Milwaukee Film Festival 2017: From Star Vehicles to Indie Circuit Darlings
If you’re thinking of beer every time you mention Milwaukee, you’re not the only one. This...
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The Perfect Cocktail: Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival
Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) was born to be original. The festival’s name may lead...
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Festival Spotlight Friday: San Francisco Frozen Film Festival is Hella Chill
No one can say that the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (SFFFF) is short on spirit....
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Festival Spotlight Friday: Los Angeles Film Festival Celebrates 19th Year
The Los Angeles Film Festival began with a bang June 13 and runs through this Sunday,...
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Coachella: Triumphs, failures, and lessons from the inaugural AMFM Fest
The inaugural AMFM Fest, which shares a valley with the Coachella Art and Music Festival, may...
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Bringing Film to Coachella: AMFM Fest aims to bring film, art, and more music to the Coachella Valley
AMFM Fest, the new acronymic festival in the Coachella Valley, might just be aiming to overthrow...
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Screenin’ in the Rain: Notes on Cannes 2013, Part I
It wasn’t until the midpoint of a drizzlier and gustier than usual edition of the Cannes...
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If Only I Could Cannes:
9 Cannes premieres to look out for (that I won’t get to see till they come to New York)Festival de Cannes is upon us. Like me, you wish you were there. Or unlike me,...
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Newfilmmakers Los Angeles: LA’s only monthly film festival moves to the AT&T Center
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles — LA’s only monthly film festival — has relocated its screening series from...
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Nairobi Half Life: Endorsed by the Kenyan Embassy
Washington, D.C.—This morning, the Embassy of Kenya in the U.S. announced its support for Nairobi Half...
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RxSM: The self-medicated film festival is one of the best things to do in Austin, TX
Of the myriad things to do in Austin, film festivals are near the top of the...
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Vegas Indie Film Festival!: The “premiere” Vegas film festival has a giant set of bulbs
Vegas Indie Film Fest! (VIFF!), which happens in the spring of each year, programs an impressive...
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Cinequest 23: 86 US and World premieres constitute the Cinequest line-up
If Cinequest were a film, the plot would be too complicated to condense into an elevator...
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Palm Springs International Film Festival: This Palm Springs film festival programs the best in international cinema
I have a propensity for severe landscapes. Minimalist architecture excites me. Between a rain forest and...
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Indie Memphis Film Festival: The premiere Memphis festival offers brilliant docs and backyard keggers
I am always excited when I get the chance to return to Memphis. After spending nine months...
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Humphrey Bogart Film Festival: Bogie returns to Key Largo for this beach-side festival
The first weekend in May, 2013, fans of the cultural icon Humphrey Bogart—the man that the...
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Big Apple Film Festival: This NYC film festival supports microbudget moviemakers in the Big Apple
You basically have to be crazy to make movies in a city as chaotic and bustling...
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Austin Film Festival: The best film festival in Austin?
In 2009, my first feature, ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction, screened at the Austin Film Festival...
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Cinequest 2013: 4k technology and an international lineup make the Bay Area festival unmissable
Now in its 23rd year, Cinequest Film Festival (CQFF) is devoted to discovering exciting up-and-coming moviemakers,...
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Focus Forward: Helping documentary moviemakers share their visions
With its impressive pedigree and thought-provoking line-up, Focus Forward is quickly emerging as one of the...
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Rotterdam 2013: Hivos Tiger Award-winner Daniel Hoesl discusses Soldate Jeannette
The 2013 International Film Festival Rotterdam, as always, awarded some of the most progressive young filmmakers...
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Kustendorf 2013: Kneecapping the press and directors
Emir Kusturica, founder and director of the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival, pulled in a number...
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Kustendorf 2013: A dispatch from the mountains of Serbia
The Kustendorf Film and Music festival—which runs concurrently with another snowy, high-altitude American film festival—opened Wednesday,...
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Sundance Dispatch 05: MovieMaker sits down with Grand Jury and Audience Award-winner Ryan Coogler of Fruitvale, the team behind the 99% documentary, and the President of Yekra
In this fifth and final episode, MovieMaker sits down with 2013 Grand Jury and Audience Award-winning...
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