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In ‘My Scary Indian Wedding,’ Ramone Menon Smartly Merges Tradition and Superstition

Ramone Menon grew up in what he describes as a "fairly modern and liberated household" in India — but it…

8 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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The Best Short Film Festivals in the World 2022

Short films are crucial for aspiring moviemakers: Film students cut their teeth shooting shorts with their classmates. A “proof of…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

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
  • Moviemaking

A New Indie Model: The Founder of Chicagoland Shorts Program On Why the Shorts Business Must Change

The short film occupies an awkward place in contemporary American cinema. Unlike the short story, which is widely regarded as…

7 years ago
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The Pros of Cons: Screening Shorts at Gaming and Comic Book Conventions

Here’s the more-or-less standardized path for moviemakers: You raise funds and rally your friends to make a short film. You…

10 years ago
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  • Festivals

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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Coolest Film Festivals: Vote For The Shortest Short Film Fests Around

For the past few months, MovieMaker has been running the “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals” contest, asking our readers to…

11 years ago
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  • Articles - Moviemaking

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