Total Transparency: My Film Bread and Butter Has Almost Recouped Its Expenses—With These Revenue Streams
I am 32 years old. I am 32 years old. I am 32 years old! I avoid disclosing my age. All the time. And I’ve...
How They Did It: Burning Annie Arrived at Distribution After a Long, Long Decade Of Catastrophes
If an indie film is lucky enough to get distribution at all, the release is its one shot, a match you can’t strike twice. Yet...
Deliverance! A Distribution Checklist of Deliverables
Production wraps, post-production is completed, and a film finally plays to the public… a moviemaker’s proudest moments. In between these peaks, though, is the long...
Reflections on 16 Years of Horror Festing: Screamfest’s Founder and Director Shares Veteran Insights
Congratulations! Your film has been accepted into a film festival. Now what? For starters, absolutely rally, promote, attend the festival and support your fellow filmmakers’...
Moviemaker’s Third Annual Guide to Digital Distribution
Congratulations. Count yourself among the generation of moviemakers for whom Video on Demand (VOD) has progressed from novelty act to main attraction—an essential component to...
The Great Wiseman Travesty Finally Ends: At 84, Documentarian Breaks On Through to VOD Side
Few would argue if you called Frederick Wiseman one of the world’s greatest living documentarians. And few would also be the approximate number of people...
Turning Fans Into Programmers: Customizable Digital YEKRA Theater Launches
VOD platform YEKRA announced today the launch of the customizable digital YEKRA theater, which, in keeping with the company’s previous single-film YEKRA player, can be...
Film Independent Forum 2013: Interview with Film Independent President Josh Welsh
The ninth edition of the Film Independent Forum, put on by Los Angeles-based nonprofit Film Independent, took place October 25-27, 2013 at the Director’s Guild...
Getting to The Other Shore: the Inspiring Diana Nyad Documentary (Part Two of Interview)
We’re back with Part Two of our interview with director Timothy Wheeler and producer Kevin Abrams as they talk about their stunning Diana Nyad documentary,...
Getting to The Other Shore: the Inspiring Diana Nyad Documentary (Part One of Interview)
We’re celebrating the opening of our latest VOD offering, The Other Shore, with a splash: a two-part interview with director Timothy Wheeler and producer Kevin...
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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...
Inside the Issue: Directing
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...