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August 6, 2024
Mayans MC showrunner Elgin James talks the Austin Film Festival Ghost Ranch Writer's Retreat, his fascinating life story, and the…
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee
April 16, 2024
The 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee is here to help you devise the ideal festival submission strategy to…
Austin Film Festival
November 7, 2023
The Austin Film Festival has announced the audience, jury, and screenplay award winners from the 2023 film and script competitions
Austin Film Festival
November 7, 2022
Welcome, Violeta!, written by Fernando Fraiha & Inés Bortagaray, won the Narrative Feature Jury Award at the Austin Film Festival.
Kimmel to Host Oscars Again
November 7, 2022
How to get A-listers to work cheap; Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars again; new DC Films chief James Gunn…
Influencer Horror; Tastefully Psychosexual
November 2, 2022
A new Avatar trailer; Influencer gets the influencer horror genre just right; how to make a modern-day psychosexual thriller; R.I.P. Julie…
June 30, 2022
We’re confident that the following list of 15 Film Festivals You Can Enter for Free will have a great opportunity…
15 Submission-Worthy Screenwriting Competitions 2022_675x450px_FF LOGO ONLY
April 26, 2022
This list of screenwriting competitions will help you spend your valuable time writing, not researching screenplay contests.
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2022
April 19, 2022
Our annual list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2022 considers how much the festival will boost…
April 19, 2021
We asked top screenwriting competitions three simple questions in order to help you understand what screenwriting compeitions want — and…
May 30, 2019
Test your screenplay might with our inaugural round-up of the 15 toughest and most rewarding screenwriting contests, presented by Coverfly.
May 2, 2019
For our fourth straight year, MovieMaker has partnered with Austin Film Festival to highlight the 25 Screenwriters to Watch in…
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April 24, 2019
If the film festival is a fit, you must submit. With MovieMaker's 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in…
January 31, 2019
Screenwriter Tony Gilroy shares the best and worst parts of being a writer-director, how stupid he felt calling "Action" for…
April 30, 2018
MovieMaker has again joined forces with Austin Film Festival (AFF)—that rare forum where writers get as much glory as they…
April 16, 2018
Which of today's leading fests fit your needs and go your speed? Find out with MovieMaker's 50 Film Festivals Worth…
March 22, 2018
Austin Film Festival 2017 got screenwriters out of their heads and gave them a place get inspired by fantastic panels,…
October 19, 2017
Half the business of being a writer isn't just sitting down by yourself. It's also going in a room and…
May 5, 2017
When it rains it pours, and in April 2017, showers of weirdness and wisdom came down on MovieMaker.com. Christian Bale,
April 25, 2017
We wanted to follow up on some of the screenwriters to watch from 2016, to see just how bright and…
April 24, 2017
For the second year running, we’ve teamed up with the Austin Film Festival to spotlight 25 screenwriters (or writing duos)…
April 17, 2017
We expect a lot from festivals these days. Here are 50 that deliver: MovieMaker's 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry…
January 26, 2017
The Writer's Conference at the Austin Film Festival is for many the social, networking, educational and inspirational event of the…
November 28, 2016
When you work so closely with someone on something so subjective, how do you avoid tearing your partner’s hair out…