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DIY Monday: Script Criteria Checklistby Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein and Laura Scheiner 26 Aug 2013 | 11:12 am
As you probably know, finishing (or finding) a script is only the beginning of any moviemaker’s odyssey from page to screen. With so many different funding paths and workflows once you are in product...
Festival Spotlight Friday: Montreal World Film Festival Embarks on Year 37 by Kelly Leow 24 Aug 2013 | 02:29 am
The Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF), which kicked off yesterday and runs through to September 2, is a particular gem in the festival circuit, widely respected for its cosmopolitan scope and 37 yea...
Coolest Film Festivals: Vote For The Most Fabulous LGBT Festsby Lara Colocino 22 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
For the past few months, MovieMaker has been running the “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals” contest, asking our readers to nominate and vote for the festivals they think are the coolest in the world. Vot...
Editor’s Weekend Pick: Short Term 12 by Destin Daniel Cretton 22 Aug 2013 | 11:20 pm
MovieMaker‘s pick of the films out in theaters this week is the award-winning, heart-pumping Short Term 12, and we’re celebrating its release with an exclusive article by writer-director Destin Daniel...
MovieMaker Reader Spotlight: Writer-Director Brian Lee Brown by Jennifer Kim 21 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
Today’s special Reader Spotlight puts the focus on long-time MovieMaker reader Brian Lee Brown, a small-town independent filmmaker based in Needles, CA whose compelling story had to be shared. Enough...
Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week: Be Natural 21 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
MovieMaker’s Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week is Be Natural, a revelatory documentary on Alice Guy-Blaché, the woman who filmed one of the first narrative films in 1896 (some say before Geo...
Coolest Film Festivals: Vote For The Fiercest Female Women’s Fests by Lara Colocino 20 Aug 2013 | 03:23 am
For the past few months, MovieMaker has been running the “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals” contest, asking our readers to nominate and vote for the festivals they think are the coolest in the world. Vot...
DIY Marketing Monday, Episode Two: Do Film Festival Awards Matter? by Sheri Candler 20 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
To the fledgling filmmaker, any kind of award from a jury of their peers or an enthusiastic audience matters a great deal. Being presented with a festival award gives a sense of validation that the w...
Festival Spotlight Friday: HollyShorts Film Festival is Tinseltown’s Independent Heart by Kelly Leow 16 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
Here’s a recipe for a successful short film festival: Throw two ambitious 24-year-olds, a phone call, a cheaply-rentable theater, and a projector together and mix well. The following interview with Ho...
Editor’s Weekend Pick: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints by David Lowery 16 Aug 2013 | 12:11 am
MovieMaker’s Editor’s Weekend Pick is Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, written and directed by the multi-talented David Lowery, also starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints tells th...
