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“I Tried to Make the Film So Everyone Can Find Their Own Bowie”: Brett Morgen...
Documentary innovator Brett Morgen once again pushes the boundaries of creative non-fiction filmmaking with his latest doc, Moonage Daydream. Morgen was given access by the artist’s estate to over five...
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Adventures in Festival Babysitting: The Need for Day Care at Film Festivals
Being a parent and working in the film industry is tough. Being a parent at a film festival, with your child in tow, is another matter. Thanks to a fully supported day care facility in Cannes called...
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The Cannes Marche and the Independent Agency-Led Virtual Market Rethink Film...
Two virtual markets will run side by side next week, marking an unprecedented moment within the film industry. In efforts to reunite global sales forces and together inject a much needed burst of...
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Unpredictable Tides: Distributors Talk Streamers, Foreign-Language Films in...
With Toronto wrapped, New York upcoming and Sundance on the horizon, the film festival season is here, and distributors — particularly the traditional arthouse distributors — are facing tougher...
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Changing Documentary Release Strategies, the Rise of Podcasts and Climbing...
A reminder that the documentary world is rapidly evolving was once again made clear at this month’s 26th edition of the Sheffield Doc/Fest. At the festival’s two-day pitch event, the MeetMarket, as...
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“You Have to Forge Your Own Path”: Rick Linklater Headlines an Austin Film...
As a native Texan and dutiful SXSW attendee traveling to the Czech Republic, I was thrilled to hear that Richard Linklater and the Austin Film Society would be the subject of a Tribute at this year’s...
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History Battles with “Fake News” at the 2018 Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) concluded its 53rd edition on July 7th, and with it a solid line-up of both Western and Eastern European fare. Romanian director Radu Jude (Aferim!) won...
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Diversity, Immersion and the Rise of Short-Form Content: A Report from the...
As it does every year, the 25th edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest offered more than just a stand-out mix of documentaries. Yes, there were many feature highlights — among them opening night film A Northern...
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Inclusion Riders, Female-Led Projects and the Beginnings of Change around...
CANNES – Given the news events of the last year, it’s no surprise that the deficit of women and people from ethnic, disabled, and LGBT backgrounds working within the film industry has been a focus at...
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“It Went from ‘He Can’t Breathe’ to ‘He is Really Cold'”: Director Joe Penna...
Los Angeles-based writer/director Joe Penna has made a name for himself in the YouTube world with his popular channel MysteryGuitarMan. Combining his passion for music and stop-motion animation, the...
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From NYU to Cannes: Egyptian Filmmakers A.B. Shawky and Dina Emam on Their...
Egyptian writer/director Abu Bakr (A.B.) Shawky and his filmmaking and real-life partner Egyptian producer Dina Emam made an impact weeks before their first feature, Yomeddine, even screened in Cannes....
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“We are All Cracked Vessels”: Writer/Director Lynn Shelton on Her First...
After several years working in television, veteran independent filmmaker Lynn Shelton (Laggies, Your Sister’s Sister, Humpday) returns to the big screen with Outside In, a tense relationship drama...
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“I’ve Left Countless Messages on His 1-800 Number…”: Tommy Avallone and Max...
New Jersey-based filmmaker Tommy Avallone is gathering serious buzz at SXSW for his The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man, a doc charting Bill Murray’s impromptu drop-ins on...
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At SXSW, Sundance Shares Columbus Distribution Figures and Offers DIY...
Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative released today a case study for one of its inaugural films that premiered at Sundance last year: Columbus, from :: kogonada, who appeared on...
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“Storytelling is in Our DNA”: Darren Aronofsky’s Ten Rules for Independent...
“Storytelling makes us human, it’s in our DNA,” said writer-director Darren Aronofsky in a keynote panel at SXSW. Giving Filmmaker a shout-out along the way, Aronofsky recalled his early days at...
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BVOD (Blockchain Video on Demand), “Crewfunding” and VR Enthusiasm at the...
Artificial intelligence (AI), the blockchain and mixed reality were at the center of the recently completed Berlin Film Festival’s newly expanded Horizons section. Taking place within the European Film...
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“To Dominate out of Fear is Our Worst Characteristic as Humans”: Heidi Ewing...
Directing partners Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady — selected for Filmmaker‘s 25 New Faces in 2005 — first came on to the filmmaking scene with heartfelt documentaries The Boys of Baraka and...
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“My Approach is More Novelistic than Journalistic”: Director Frederick...
Now 87, Frederick Wiseman is showing no signs of slowing down. His most recent documentary Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, which gives an inside look at the esteemed institution, has been...
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Brett Morgen on Jane, Syncing Philip Glass’s Score to Chimp Sounds and...
Brett Morgen prides himself on adventurously pushing artistic boundaries in documentaries such as The Kid Stays in The Picture, where he used photo animation to capture Paramount producer Robert Evans’...
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Five Questions for Stronger Director David Gordon Green
David Gordon Green finds it difficult to focus on one type of project at any given time, and as a result, frustrates his agents in working out how to market him. But the Arkansas-born, South...
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