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Lonely Wolf International Film Festival Announces Final Additions to 2023 Fest

Adrian Perez, founder of the Lonely Wolf International Film Festival, is elated to announce the final additions to its 2023…

5 months ago
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Paul Thomas Anderson On a Move to TV; Cha Cha Real Smooth and Other Sundance Hopefuls; Kevin Spacey Pays Up

Paul Thomas Anderson gets candid about working in television and ponders the ideal runtime; Writer-director-star Cooper Raiff follows up the…

2 years ago
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‘Not Your Mama’s Diversity Program’: How Indeed’s Rising Voices Fellowship Helps BIPOC Moviemakers (Video)

When it came to creating the Rising Voices initiative — a collaboration between the job listing website Indeed, Lena Waithe's…

3 years ago
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NoBudge Founder Kentucker Audley Launches New Streaming Service That Shares Majority of Profits With Moviemakers

NoBudge founder Kentucker Audley understands that one of the last things anyone wants is to pay for another streaming service.…

3 years ago
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Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019: 13 Moviemakers On The Joys and Perils of Making Short Films 

By providing a space where short films can be appreciated without competing for attention alongside feature films, Palm Springs International…

5 years ago
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How They Did It: Navigating the Turbulent Waters of the Oscar-Nominated Short “Lifeboat”

In 2015 our creative team set out to produce "50 Feet from Syria"—focused on the civilian impact of the Syrian…

5 years ago
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Creative Culture 2018: Moviemakers of the Future

The Jacob Burns Film Center followed its inaugural year of Creative Culture with a group of talented filmmakers poised for…

6 years ago
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Louisiana Film Prize: An Event Unlike Any Other, Offers $50K to Prove It

Autographed photos line the walls of the small coffee shop inside the Hilton Hotel in Shreveport, Louisiana. The attendant tells…

6 years ago
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A Fellow Conspirator: One of Werner Herzog’s "Good Soldiers" Takes Us Inside His Moviemaking Workshop

“I used to think of myself as a pilgrim, though now I am trying to be a good soldier of…

7 years ago
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Tribeca West for This Jersey Fest: Northeast Film Festival 2016

They’ve begun calling it Tribeca West. Not West Coast, though: Teaneck is a beautiful suburb just west of the New…

7 years ago
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Festival Spotlight Friday: DC Shorts Storms the Nation’s Capital by Alexandra Eide and Jennifer Kim

Washington, D.C. is our nation’s capital, but next week it is also turning into the capital of film—short films, to…

11 years ago
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Festival Spotlight: HollyShorts Film Festival shows indie heart

Here's a recipe for a successful short film festival: Throw two ambitious 24-year-olds, a phone call, a cheaply-rentable theater, and…

11 years ago
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Festival Spotlight Friday: Catch Next Year’s Oscar Shorts at the Rhode Island International Film Festival by Nicole Malek

No man is an island and no festival is one, either. The Rhode Island International film festival (RIIFF), put on…

11 years ago
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Five Reasons Why Short Films Are Still Essential

I wrote and directed my first short film, Lacking Lewis, in early 2005. The supposed “final” cut, ready later that…

13 years ago