Studiofest

  • Movie News

How the One-Man Show Behind Indie Horror Flick Sator Suffered His Way to Success (Video)

Jordan Graham has truly suffered for his art. He's the writer-director-and-everything-else one-man show behind Sator, a 2019 indie supernatural horror…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

StudioFest’s 2021 Festival Happened Inside Virtual Reality Headsets (Video)

StudioFest held this year's film festival virtually. No, not on Zoom — inside the fantasy world of virtual reality headsets. To…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The Crown Rules the Emmys + Scenes From a Virtual Reality Film Festival

Takeaways from the Emmys, and scenes from a film festival in virtual reality. Also magic. All in today's Movie News…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How I Earned the Job of Directing My Lifetime Movie, You’re Not Safe Here

Rachel Annette Helson is a director and actress in New York City. Her directorial debut feature film You’re Not Safe…

3 years ago
  • 2021 Coolest Film Festivals

The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World 2021, Presented by FilmFreeway

Each year when we compile this list of the coolest film festivals in the world, we try to come up…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How Zola Writer Jeremy O Harris Overcame the Fear of Failure — and Broke Tony Awards Records

Zola writer Jeremy O. Harris says that getting rejected freed him up to write what he wanted to. Harris and…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Lotawana: Indie Film Sets Out to Be the First Movie Sold as NFTs

The new indie film Lotawana has a very 2021 claim to fame: The filmmakers believe it to be the first-ever movie to…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Forgeries With Wes Anderson; Johnny Depp Loses; Is Nomadland Unstoppable?

In today's Movie News Rundown: Meet the woman who makes cinematic forgeries for Wes Anderson and Steven Spielberg; Johnny Depp…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The 17-Year Secret to Indie Success, From Coatwolf's Evan Glodell

After Evan Glodell made Bellflower, a 2011 Sundance debut that went on to earn two Indie Sprit Award nominations, he…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The Single Word of Direction Cathy Yan Used on Both Dead Pigs and Birds of Prey

In directing both the Chinese indie Dead Pigs and the Warner Bros. superhero film Birds of Prey, director Cathy Yan…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The Single Word of Direction Cathy Yan Used on Both Dead Pigs and Birds of Prey

In directing both the Chinese indie Dead Pigs and the Warner Bros. superhero film Birds of Prey, director Cathy Yan…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

How The Wanting Mare Built a Microbudget Fantasy World in a Warehouse

Nicholas Ashe Bateman proves with his poetic fantasy drama The Wanting Mare that you don’t need Hollywood to bring a…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Rundown: Jon Ossoff Used to Make Movies; Jordan Peele on Quitting Acting; How to Start a Film Festival

In today's Movie News Rundown: Jon Ossoff was a moviemaker before his run for Senate in Georgia; Jordan Peele has…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Film Festivals Weren’t Meeting Their Needs. So They Started One

https://shows.acast.com/moviemaker-interviews/episodes/studiofest-founders-jess-jacklin-and-charles-beale A few years ago, filmmakers Jess Jacklin and Charles Beale felt like the film festival circuit wasn't working for…

3 years ago
  • Festivals

Two Strangers Tried to Make a Movie Together. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

https://youtu.be/h8Wogpry48Q "Is it possible to put a writer and a director that have no working history – and potentially very…

3 years ago
  • November Rundown

The Rundown: A Writer-Director Clash; The Mandalorian Rules All Franchises; R.I.P. David Prowse

In today's Movie News Rundown: R.I.P to Darth Vader actor David Prowse; The Mandalorian rules all other franchises; and behind…

3 years ago
  • Oct Rundown

Movie News: David Guillod Arrested Again; Movies in a Ballpark; Borat Babysitter Fundraiser

In today's Movie News Rundown: Film producer David Guillod, already facing rape charges, has been arrested again; a good idea…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Indie Film Mistakes; Words from The Rock; UK Studios Reopen

In today's movie news: A group of filmmakers share the inside dirt on how to get your movie made without…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Advice for Indie Filmmakers: Avoid These 4 Mistakes (Video)

Everyone makes mistakes. As a moviemaker, you can learn from your own, but it'll be cheaper and less painful to…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Introducing Demystified – All the Answers About How to Sell Your Film

Maybe you’ve finished your movie. Maybe you’re just thinking about it. Either way, the new series Demystified, produced by StudioFest…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

StudioFest Offers a Chance to Make a $50K Film

StudioFest, a unique traveling film festival that gives moviemakers the chance to make a $50,000 film, is open for applications…

4 years ago