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First Draft: What “Write What You Know” Really Means

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Screenplays must be built upon…

8 years ago
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#TellMM Your Stories: Make Your Voices Heard!

Searching high and low for a social network of kindred moviemaking spirits? We want to provide that resource for you,…

8 years ago
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Thomas Beatty’s Little Tips from The Big Ask: Advice for Shooting an Indie in the Desert

Thomas Beatty's new film The Big Ask follows three couples into the desert, where they find heat, healing and possibly an…

10 years ago
  • Festivals

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2014: D through I

It’s finally here: MovieMaker‘s annual list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014 edition! We’ll be releasing…

10 years ago
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  • Producing

How They Did It: 11 Keys to Filming in a Small Town

It’s often said that creating a boot-strapped, no-budget independent film is a lot like raising a child – it takes…

10 years ago
  • Interviews

Social Proof in a Creative District: The Changing Face of Artistic Networking

“Showcase. Collaborate. Create.” The three-part slogan of Creative District reflects a perfect mirror of the production process. A newly launched…

10 years ago
  • Festivals

50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2014: A through C

It's finally here: MovieMaker's annual list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014 edition! We'll be releasing…

10 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned: Barry Sonnenfeld’s Seven Golden Rules of Moviemaking

It's the very first Things I've Learned of the year here at MovieMaker, and we're sharing seven Golden Rules of director-producer-cinematographer…

10 years ago
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Five Ways to Navigate the Shoulds & Supposed-Tos of Moviemaking by Tara Samuel

Have you read Steven Pressfield's The War of Art? If you have, spread the word. If you haven't yet, here's the gist of…

11 years ago
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  • Festivals

Kustendorf 2013: A dispatch from the mountains of Serbia by Peter Weed

The Kustendorf Film and Music festival—which runs concurrently with another snowy, high-altitude American film festival—opened Wednesday, January 16th on a…

11 years ago
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  • Video - Festivals

Sundance Dispatch 05: MovieMaker sits down with Grand Jury and Audience Award-winner Ryan Coogler of Fruitvale, the team behind the 99% documentary, and the President of Yekra

In this fifth and final episode, MovieMaker sits down with 2013 Grand Jury and Audience Award-winning director Ryan Coogler of…

11 years ago
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Sundance Dispatch 04: MovieMaker sits down with the directors of Pussy Riot and the team behind This Is Martin Bonner

In this fourth episode, MovieMaker sits down with director Chad Hartigan and stars Paul Eenhoorn and Richmond Arquette of the…

11 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Neil LaBute

In 1997, a relatively unknown yet confident young director stormed both the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals. That director was…

17 years ago