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We Don't Deserve Dogs
May 22, 2021
Matthew Salleh is the director, cinematographer and editor of We Don’t Deserve Dogs, which chronicles the relationship between dogs and
South East European Film Festival
May 22, 2021
What does the future hold for theatrical distribution, the studio system and streaming giants? A panel of industry insiders at
50 film festivals worth the entry fee film festival
May 22, 2021
A key component of the film ecosystem, the film festival is ready for a fresh start in 2021. Here's our…
May 22, 2021
The 2021 film festival landscape is all about recovery, and almost every festival expects this year to be better than
LGBTQ Film 20 Fantastic LGBTQ+ Film Festivals From Around the Globe
February 15, 2021
LGBTQ+ Film Festivals: Here are 20 of the best, brightest, and queerest film festivals around the globe to keep your…
What Film Festivals Want Marquee How to get into film festivals
January 1, 2021
What do film festivals want? How do you get into film festivals? How do you get rejected? We asked 23…
Nightstream
August 13, 2020
Nightstream unites the Boston Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, North Bend Film Festival, Overlook Film Festival and Popcorn…
John Waters Provincetown Drive-In Night of the Lepus
July 18, 2020
John Waters played the killer-bunny film Night of the Lepus at a Privincetown International Film Festival screening at the Wellflet…
Best Online Film Festivals Film Festival Virtual Screening Room
May 15, 2020
Online film festivals are proof of our shared ability to innovate to keep art and entertainment alive no matter what's…
50 film festivals worth the entry fee moviemaker film festival
April 30, 2020
We’re writing this year’s list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in relative isolation, not knowing when large…
Online Film Festival dos and don'ts Oxford anacronte
April 28, 2020
If you're going to watch — or host — an online film festival, you'll want to be conscious of these…
Joe Exotic was a cop
March 31, 2020
In today's Movie News Roundup: Film festivals move online; a new Safdie radio show; Tiger King clues sought. Also: Snyder…
May 29, 2018
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival announced 2018's juried and audience award winners on closing night, Sunday, May 27, 2018. MLFF screened…
December 12, 2017
While accepting an award from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists at the Whistler Film Festival in 2013, DIY indie…
October 16, 2017
Our inaugural list of The World's 15 Bloody Best Genre Fests will be your guide through the abyss of the…
August 21, 2017
We’re calling on you to submit your most pressing questions, and we’ll get a festival expert to take a crack…
May 16, 2017
FilmFreeway co-founder Zachary Jones discusses what makes a user-friendly fest submission service, his strategy for edging out competitors and more.
March 10, 2017
Think "San Diego" and the first thing that comes to mind is glorious weather, white-sand beaches and authentic Mexican food.
February 22, 2017
When MovieMaker gave me the chance to contribute this op-ed, I thought of 10 things I'd like to banish from…
July 27, 2016
International copyright law doesn’t exist as a single monolithic area of practice. There’s no “international copyright” that covers you everywhere.
December 13, 2015
There's lots of guts and even more glory to be had on the horror film fest circuit. Keep this moviemakers'…
April 22, 2014
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014 - Invest in these fests and you’ll see results in your career…
August 16, 2013
HollyShorts Film Festival’s co-director Daniel Sol delves into the independent origins of the festival, now in its ninth rendition, yet…
August 2, 2013
No man is an island and no festival is one, either. The Rhode Island International film festival (RIIFF), put on…