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Festival Spotlight: HollyShorts Film Festival shows indie heart
Here’s a recipe for a successful short film festival: Throw two ambitious 24-year-olds, a phone call, a cheaply-rentable theater, and a projector... -
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 you to imagine a strangely colored... -
Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals: Vote Here To Decide Our Five Runners-Up
For the past two weeks, MovieMaker has been running Coolest Film Festival vote-offs, asking our readers to vote for the “25 Coolest Film Festivals—”... -
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. The festival aims to broaden its... -
Make Your Voice Heard: Vote Now for the Second Round of Coolest Film Festivals!
You’re probably aware that every fall, for the better part of a decade, we’ve published a list of the “25 Coolest Film... -
MovieMaker Wants Your Vote: The Voting Process Has Begun for Coolest Film Festivals!
You’re probably aware that every fall, for the better part of a decade, we’ve published a list of the “25 Coolest Film... -
Festival Spotlight Friday: San Antonio Film Festival Celebrates 19th Year
Low key mix of good movies, good people and good times at the 2013 San Antonio Film Festival. San Antonio is probably... -
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, June 23rd Our new Festival Spotlight... -
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 have been too ambitious. But the... -
2013 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund Grantees Announced
Gucci Tribeca Documentary fund gives moviemakers artistic and financial freedom. Funding a feature film is never easy. Funding a documentary is even...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8