All posts tagged "Dances with Films"
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Three’s Company: A Busy Weekend Of L.A. Film Fests Highlights The City’s Multiculturalism and Fierce Independence
Repertoire theaters, star-studded evenings, plenty of multiplexes and art houses theaters, as well as a never-ending stream of festivals make Los Angeles... -
How They Did It: Eliza Sherman’s Revenge Made, Then Ripped Off a Prosthetic Arm Without Paying an Arm and a Leg
No-budget indie moviemaking is hard enough as it is, but when you decide to throw in visual effects, it can really test... -
How They Did It: The Director of One Less God Used "Re-Voicing" Tricks to Fine-Tune Foreign-Language Performances
The attacks of November 2008 in Mumbai brought India and much of the world to a standstill. Although India has endured repeated... -
What’s Indie Moviemaking in Two Words? "Pragmatism" and "Bricolage," Says the Director of Pop-Up
What does “independent” really mean? If your film stars Jennifer Aniston, and had a $30 million budget, does it really qualify as... -
Festival Preview: Dances With Films 2015 Sweeps Up a Storm in Hollywood
After thriving in the temperamental city of Los Angeles for nearly two decades, the fiercely independent film festival Dances With Films opens May... -
Festivals: The Founding and Future of Dances With Films
It started on a dark and stormy night…no wait… that’s another story. Dances With Films started with festival founders, Michael Trent and... -
Best Of: The Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2013
This week we’re announcing our 2013 Coolest Film Festivals in the World results, voted by YOU, two categories per day – leading...
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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...3