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Festival Spotlight Friday: DC Shorts Storms the Nation’s Capital by Alexandra...
Washington, D.C. is our nation’s capital, but next week it is also turning into the capital of film—short films, to be exact. DC Shorts Film Festival is celebrating their 10-year anniversary, and we’ve...
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Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week: Big Bad Art by Haven Goldstein...
This week MovieMaker is delving into the world of contemporary artwork with Big Bad Art, a lively documentary about one artist’s struggle to complete the defining project of his career: a house party....
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Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week: Eveningstar Cinema by Haven...
This week MovieMaker is mixing things up with a theater project from Seed&Spark. Instead of spotlighting a film, we’re shifting our attention to a venue – an old theater in need of a little “TLC:”...
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NewFilmmakers LA: Director Interviews by NewFilmmakers LA
Buy local. Every Thursday for the next two months, we’re going to be posting two interviews with some homegrown talent courtesy of New Filmmakers LA – short and sweet clips of wholesome indie goodness....
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NewFilmmakers LA: Director Interviews Part 2 by NewFilmmakers LA
Thirsty for local indies? Every Thursday for the next two months, MovieMaker will be posting interviews and clips of budding filmmakers based in Los Angeles. Enjoy the second installment of director...
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Halloween Retro-SPOOK-tive: Navigating the Labyrinth of Room 237
Nobody ever forgets the Overlook Hotel and its wintry garden labyrinth, that elevator slowly gushing rivers of blood, the crayon-scrawled “REDRUM,” or Jack Nicholson’s demented sneer through the fresh...
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Halloween Retro-SPOOK-tive: Drew Goddard – The Genre Slayer by Bryan Reesman
“Trick or Treat? Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat!” MovieMaker is preparing for Halloween by digging into our goodie bag of articles with this exclusive interview with Drew Goddard,...
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Halloween Retro-SPOOK-tive: Wes Craven Screams Anew by Bryan Reesman
“This is Halloween, everybody make a scene/ Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright/ It’s our town, everybody scream/ In this town of Halloween” Happy Halloween Moviemakers! Our Halloween...
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New Filmmakers LA: Director Interviews Part 4 by New Filmmaker’s LA
New Filmmakers LA is back with yet another dose of indie filmmaker interviews. This week we are featuring interviews with Super Zeroes director Potsy Poncirol and Leos Love director Alan Weischede....
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Wisdom Wednesday: Mike Newell’s Golden Rules of Moviemaking by Mike Newell
This week our golden rules of moviemaking come from none other than BAFTA award-winning director Mike Newell, director of Great Expectations, as he imparts some of the wisdom he has learned after a...
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Best of 2013: 10 Articles to Sum Up the Year in MovieMaker
2014 has been upon us for 10 whole days now. With the benefit of such distance, we at MovieMaker think it’s time to take a look back at the year that was, with our 10 favorite articles from 2013! 2013...
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Trailblazer Tuesday: Marketing Campaign of the Week, Devil’s Due by MM Editors
We’ve been trying to figure out how silly it would be to feature this viral marketing campaign for Devil’s Due as our Trailblazer Tuesday post of the week – and decided it was perfectly legitimate. For...
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New Filmmakers LA:Indie Interviews with Directors Calleros, Ceraulo,...
New Filmmakers LA is back with yet another dose of indie filmmaker interviews. This week we are featuring interviews with director Alex Calleros, director Rich Ceraulo, director Brett Eichenberger, and...
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Feature Film Project Winner: Everyone’s Going to Die by Feature Film Project
Everyone’s Going to Die, a UK indie by British film collective Jones, has been selected as the winner of MANHATTAN SHORT’s 2014 Feature Film Project. The filmmakers have won the opportunity to screen...
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New Filmmakers LA:Indie Interviews with Directors Abdulla, Argenziano,...
New Filmmakers LA is back with yet another dose of indie filmmaker interviews. Today we are featuring interviews with directors Seif Abdalla, Stefano Argenziano, Neil Christopher, and Stephon Stewart....
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Festival Spotlight Friday: The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers
Attention all moviemakers! If you thought being paid to travel around the South and screen your movie sounded too good to be true, think again. The South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent...
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Wisdom Wednesday: McG’s Six Golden Rules of Moviemaking by McG
He has directed music videos for Sugar Ray, Cypress Hill, Sublime and Wyclef Jean… executive produced more than a dozen popular television series, including Supernatural, The O.C., and Chuck… and is...
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New Filmmakers LA: Indie Interviews with Directors Brown, Gomez, Morgenstern,...
New Filmmakers LA is back with yet another dose of indie filmmaker interviews. Today we are featuring interviews with directors Dustin Brown, Daniel Gomez, Michael Morgenstern, William Beaton, Iria...
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New Filmmakers LA Part 1: Indie Interviews with Directors Murtagh, Davis,...
This week’s edition of New Filmmakers LA is stuff-packed with moviemaking wisdom. In fact, it’s so packed we had to split it into two parts! In Part 1 we are featuring interviews with directors Aaron...
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New Filmmakers LA Part 2: Indie Interviews with Directors Huckin, Kiser,...
This week’s edition of New Filmmakers LA is stuff-packed with moviemaking wisdom. In fact, it’s so packed we had to split it into two parts! In Part 2 we are featuring interviews with directors J.J....
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Jason Dohring Interview: The Actor’s Role in a Crowdfunding Campaign
The paradigm of Kickstarter success that over-worked, exhausted aspiring moviemakers cling to in their darkest moments—a beacon of hope in during the inevitable 20-day slump—is the Veronica Mars...
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New Filmmakers LA Part 1: Indie Interviews with Directors Almogar,...
This week’s edition of New Filmmakers LA is jam-packed with moviemaking wisdom. In fact, there’s so much wisdom we had to split it into two parts! In Part 1 we are featuring interviews with directors...
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New Filmmakers LA Part 2: Indie Interviews with Directors Crabtree, Ciavijo,...
This week’s edition of New Filmmakers LA is jam-packed with moviemaking wisdom. In fact, there’s so much wisdom we had to split it into two parts! In Part 2 we are featuring interviews with directors...
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50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2014: A through C
It’s finally here: MovieMaker‘s annual list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014 edition! We’ll be releasing the list in five alphabetical installments, a new one every Wednesday, for the...
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50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2014: D through I
It’s finally here: MovieMaker‘s annual list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014 edition! We’ll be releasing the list in five alphabetical installments, a new one every Wednesday, for the...
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Best Of: 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014
Feast your eyes on MovieMaker‘s complete list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2014. Despite original plan to publish the list in installments (we had already begun here and here), we’ve...
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