Dances with Films

  • Movie News

Nostalgic Teen Drama Escaping Ohio to Have World Premiere at Dances With Films

Jessica Michael Davis's heart-string-tugging indie romance Escaping Ohio will have its world premiere at Dances With Films. On Saturday, July…

11 months ago
  • Movie News

How Werner Herzog Inspired Us to Make Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 is a documentary about how the comedy world tried to bring laughter back after the horror…

3 years ago
  • Festivals

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…

7 years ago
  • How They Did It

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…

7 years ago
  • How They Did It

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…

7 years ago
  • Directing

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…

8 years ago
  • Festivals

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…

9 years ago
  • Festivals

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…

10 years ago
  • Fall 2013
  • Festivals

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…

10 years ago