22-year-old Rhode Island School of Design graduate Gabriel Bellone spent most of his college years saving up money through various…
The winners of the 2023 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival were announced on Sunday night at the close of a lively…
William Forbes and Douglas Skinner's eye-catching documentary Name of the Game sheds light on the little-known history of the male…
Marat Parkhomovsky's drama Tel Aviv won two awards and Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas' ghost comedy The Civil Dead won the…
Clay Tatum discovered pre-production on his debut feature film, The Civil Dead, to be much different than he had envisioned.…
Kevin Spacey agrees to "voluntarily appear" before U.K. courts; Top Gun: Maverick sets Memorial Day records; Bo Burnham releases new…
The Noise of Engines writer-director Philippe Grégoire recalls watching a sex scene during a film at a festival, and feeling…
Moviemaker Kevin T. Morales, whose ‘90s high school comedy Generation Wrecks is coming soon, tweeted something recently that we strongly…
The documentary Larry Flynt for President, the sci-fi mystery Ultrasound and the Holocaust drama Isaac were among the big winners…
Ultrasound is a complex, stylized sci-fi gem that rewards repeat viewings. With confident direction, a strong visual identity and strong…
Residue, the debut feature from Merawi Gerima, took home the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature award at Mammoth Lakes…
Having narrowly escaped jury duty this past spring, I volunteered myself for another. No, not for a DUI case like…
Film festivals require a strategy. It's accepted as gospel among independents that a feature film is the result of dogged…
The fourth annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) announced this year’s juried and audience award winners on its closing night…
Stamping the MovieMaker seal of approval on each destination in our annual guide to the 50 Film Festivals Worth the…
Are film festivals getting better? That is, are they providing you—independent moviemakers—more of the things you want and need? I…
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2016: now plotted out on this interactive map! So you've read about…
Somewhere in the mountains of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, off Route 395 near Yosemite National Park, is the Mammoth Lakes…
When we compile the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list every year, we start by imagining you: an…