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Peter McDowell is the director-producer of Jimmy in Saigon, a new documentary about the mysterious death and radical life of
The Cutting Room Floor filmmaker Victoria DeMartin got the first inkling of the idea for her story of an editor…
To help get your next campaign ready to launch, an insider walks you through the biggest changes to the crowdfunding…
Which of today's leading fests fit your needs and go your speed? Find out with MovieMaker's 50 Film Festivals Worth…
Horror is one lucrative pie. Here, two investing experts from Horror Equity Fund (HEF) give you the tools to carve…
Movie Maker Academy is a response to the questions Nick Polizzi and Jeff Shojai were fielding from indie filmmaker friends…
Absent from the limelight for over 20 years, Alejandro Jodorowsky chose to step away from cinema rather than bargain with…
"'WARped' is a project I’ve been developing with my producing partners for over a year now," says Phillip Jordan Brooks.…
Whether it’s your best friend’s parents, a bank willing to finance a backstop deal, a production company putting in gap…
MovieMaker’s Crowd Funder of the week is Stuck., a comedy about personal growth and relationships from Jillian Armenante, David Mickel,…
In 20 Weeks, a Los Angeles couple must decide whether or not to move forward with their pregnancy after their…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last seven years, you or someone you know has ventured into…
In Learning to Drive, Michael has always wanted to drive a car, just like his brother. The problem is that…
Life in a Walk is football coach-turned-filmmaker Yogi Roth's voyage to understand his personal hero—his father, Will.
Crowdfunding is the great leveller of the playing field. Without it, the same people decide again and again what movies…
Twinsters follows Anaïs Bordier and Samantha Futerman, two adoptees living on opposite ends of the earth, who in 2013 discovered…
After spending several years in Taliban country for his film Saving Mes Aynak, Brent Huffman hopes to bring more attention…
Two nurses walk into a bar… No, seriously, we did. And we really did conceive the bones of our documentary,…
The aptly named Dream Downtown Hotel, in the hip meatpacking district of New York City, hosted Winston Baker's 7th Annual…
Even low-budget indie films funded on Kickstarter will have a shot at theatrical distribution. Demand-based theatrical screening organizer, Gathr, is…
MovieMaker’s Crowd Funder Pick of the week is An American in Texas, a dramatic exploration of youthful rebellion from Texas…
It is no secret that successfully crowdfunding a film takes a lot of time and dedication. Sometimes it even seems…
Emily Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, explains why knowing how to crowdfund is more about the crowd than the…
This week on MovieMaker, crowdfunding authority John T. Trigonis, Category Marketing Manager of Film, Web and Video at Indiegogo, takes…