Good and Bad Seeds: How Reenacting Crimes for the Vancouver PD Helped Me Grow My Indie Pot Thriller
As a struggling actor in my early twenties my agent hooked me up with a gig acting for the local police department. They would hire...
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2015
Was it worth it? Indie film, by definition, resides on the margins. It’s a medium of miracles, of squeezing so much from so little, of...
Art House Convergence 2015: Conference Pumps Blood into Indie Theaters
The Art House Convergence (AHC) began nine years ago, when the Sundance Institute invited 12 theaters to participate in their Sundance Art House Project. Since...
Rip City Rendezvous: Portland Film Festival Writes its Own Narrative
When Portland Film Festival director Josh Leake called me to say he wanted my first independent feature to debut as the opening night premiere, it...
The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2014
Our annual list of the world’s weirdest and most wonderful cinematic celebrations: the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World. It’s the feeling every moviemaker...
Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014, Big Cities: #8. Portland
It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our Top 10 Big Cities, Top...
Festival Spotlight Friday: Portland Film Festival is the Artist Colony of Your Dreams
This week for MovieMaker’s Spotlight we’re celebrating a film festival in a town which guests rave about for its beautiful scenery and welcoming folk. Nope,...
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an academic setting are...
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What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an impassioned team of...
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Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about his role in...