All posts tagged "Festival Spotlight"
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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... -
What’s a Festival Worth? Improve Your Film Festival ROI
Plying the film festival circuit has become as much a part of the independent moviemaking process as crowdfunding, cinematography and editing. Unfortunately,... -
Festival Spotlight Friday: FirstGlance Philadelphia
MovieMaker’s second Festival Spotlight is another east coast staple, FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia. FirstGlance has two homes (soon to be three!) in... -
Festival Spotlight Friday: Queens World Film Festival
This week’s Festival Spotlight goes to Queens World Film Festival—a fest that has seen it all. Queens World Film Festival has bounced...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8