All posts tagged "EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL"
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50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2019
It’s accepted as gospel among independents that a feature film is the result of dogged commitment to a singular vision. And it should be.... -
Edmonton International Film Festival 2017: The Fest Grind Feels Less Brutal, More Rewarding at This Canadian Hub
The festival circuit is a beating. Like traveling salesmen of the past, we, the indie moviemakers of the world, travel from town... -
Festival Beat: The Love is Real and Personal at the Edmonton International Film Festival 2017
You’ve heard it said that Canadians are the nicest people in the world. Well, let’s get more specific: Edmontonians are, especially those... -
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2017
Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I think they... -
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2016: Plot Your Festival Course on This Interactive Map
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2016: now plotted out on this interactive map! So you’ve read about (and submitted... -
Canada Dreaming: Seasons Change, but Edmonton International Film Festival is Ace Year After Year
It’s fall and the leaves are changing color. Dying, some might say. It’s the morning after the opening night party of the... -
Good and Bad Seeds: How Reenacting Crimes for the Vancouver PD Helped Me Grow My Indie Pot Thriller
As a struggling actor in my early twenties my agent hooked me up with a gig acting for the local police department.... -
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2016
When we compile the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list every year, we start by imagining you: an independent moviemaker,... -
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2015
Was it worth it? Indie film, by definition, resides on the margins. It’s a medium of miracles, of squeezing so much from...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...1Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...