Almost every new filmmaker has the same plan: Finish the movie, get it into Sundance or SXSW or another major…
Film festivals require a strategy. It's accepted as gospel among independents that a feature film is the result of dogged…
Stamping the MovieMaker seal of approval on each destination in our annual guide to the 50 Film Festivals Worth the…
First-time producer Brandon Jackson, whose film This is Honduras premiered at Chagrin Documentary Film Festival in 2016, likens the festival…
Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I…
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2016: now plotted out on this interactive map! So you've read about…
When we compile the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list every year, we start by imagining you: an…
Was it worth it? Indie film, by definition, resides on the margins. It’s a medium of miracles, of squeezing so…
Feast your eyes on MovieMaker's complete list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2014. Despite original…
It's finally here: MovieMaker's annual list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014 edition! We'll be releasing…