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January 2017 was a historic month for political reasons we don't need to tell you about here. In the world…
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50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2016: now plotted out on this interactive map! So you've read about…
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Close your eyes and concentrate on the sounds around you: the humming of the refrigerator, footsteps from the floor above,…
"And that's really the thing, can you make people emotional, make people feel something, maybe even have tears... and get…
When we compile the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list every year, we start by imagining you: an…
When I started working on the documentary feature Fursonas, I had no idea what I was getting into. Actually, I’m…
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“If there’s anything else in life that you can do and be happy with, go do that. Because this is…