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How We Made Our Road-Trip Drama Land of Gold for Just $1 Million, With Help From the Cherokee Nation

Nardeep Khurmi wrote, directed and stars in Land of Gold, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Festival and is now…

4 months ago
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair Writer-Director Jane Schoenbrun Reflects on the Line Between Art and Commerce

Jane Schoenbrun is the writer-director of We're All Going to the World's Fair, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film…

2 years ago
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The Scary of Sixty-First Editor Sophie Corra Took Inspiration From Pre-Code Hollywood

Sophie Corra is the editor of The Scary of Sixty-First, the feature directorial debut from Dasha Nekrasova. In this feature,…

2 years ago
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Jim Cummings on How to Make DIY Films and Put ‘Hollywood’ Out of Business

Jim Cummings is the co-writer, co-director and co-star of The Beta Test, with PJ McCabe. In this feature, Cummings explores…

2 years ago
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Keeping Company and Keeping Hope Alive as Independent Filmmakers

Josh Wallace (director, co-writer) and Devin Das (co-writer, producer, actor) are the filmmakers behind Keeping Company, a horror-comedy that follows…

3 years ago