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50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2025
June 4, 2025
Our list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2025 offers standout festivals, hidden gems and opportunities to get…
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May 22, 2021
Chloé Zhao makes Oscars history, Anthony Hopkins pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman, that Judas and the Black Messiah weirdness, and…
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May 22, 2021
A key component of the film ecosystem, the film festival is ready for a fresh start in 2021. Here's our…
May 22, 2021
The 2021 film festival landscape is all about recovery, and almost every festival expects this year to be better than
May 16, 2017
FilmFreeway co-founder Zachary Jones discusses what makes a user-friendly fest submission service, his strategy for edging out competitors and more.
April 19, 2017
When we were putting together this year's edition of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, we decided to…
April 17, 2017
We expect a lot from festivals these days. Here are 50 that deliver: MovieMaker's 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry…
February 22, 2017
When MovieMaker gave me the chance to contribute this op-ed, I thought of 10 things I'd like to banish from…
February 22, 2017
We wanted to take a second to hear from you, our moviemaking readers: What, in YOUR opinion, makes a film…
February 2, 2017
The festival occupies a spot on our “50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” list, yes—but I would have gone…
November 2, 2016
We've plotted out each of our 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, starting in Canada and ending in Europe,…
April 6, 2016
When we compile the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list, we imagine you: an independent moviemaker heading into…
May 7, 2015
The Oaxaca FilmFest is one of the best film festivals I have had the pleasure to attend in my 15-plus…
April 8, 2015
The 50 film festivals worth the entry fee in 2015. MovieMaker Magazine's annual list of the venues where attendees get…