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June 16, 2017
My DP and I quickly agreed that there was no other way to shoot our "gothic fairy tale" Midnighters than…
June 13, 2017
I repeatedly ask myself one question as I ready for a film festival premiere: What’s my goal at the festival?…
June 12, 2017
New and non-actors don’t put up a lot of walls and barriers in their performances. This technique yielded the most…
November 15, 2016
I just got back from IFP Film Week, where many of you asked me about film submission: “How can we…
November 1, 2016
DP Pietro Villani found himself in a tricky situation when shooting Leila Djansi's Like Cotton Twines on location in West…
November 4, 2013
The ninth edition of the Film Independent Forum, put on by Los Angeles-based nonprofit Film Independent, took place October 25-27,…
September 19, 2013
If you don't premiere at Sundance, can you still mount a successful festival run? Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez thinks so.