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This New Site Lets You Know Which Films Are Generating the Most Buzz at Film...
Hundreds of great films hit the major film festivals every year, and if you're a cinephile like -- pretty much everyone here, then you want to know which ones all of the festival-goers are talking...
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First Films Announced for 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF's 40th festival is just around the corner, and they've announced the first round of films playing this year. So far it's just the Galas and Special Presentations, and as usual for these kinds of...
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SNL and Emily Blunt Perfectly Capture What a Short Film Festival Q&A is Like
Apparently Richard Linklater and Charlie Kaufman are inspiring every single short film being made today. Film festivals can be a lot fun. Not only do you get to watch some truly creative and engaging...
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8 Ways to Maximize Your Film's Festival Premiere
Your movie was accepted into a top-tier film festival. Now the extra legwork begins. The 2018 film festival cycle is almost upon us. Less than five weeks before the 2018 Sundance Film Festival kicks...
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New York Film Festival Announces New Films from the Coen Brothers, Jean-Luc...
New York's preeminent fall film festival, taking place September 28th through October 14th, announces its Main Slate selections. After the announcing of the films screening in this year's Toronto...
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2019 Sundance Film Festival Announces Shorts, Episodic, and Special Event...
It's beginning to feel a lot like January. The news keep rolling in: last week, we announced the feature-film slate for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, taking place in Park City, Utah from January...
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Feeling Lonely? This is the Film Festival For You
If you've got a film short film about loneliness, consider submitting to the Unlonely Project this winter. We all use art to work out any demons that linger on in the mind, and loneliness is one of...
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Are Indie Film Festivals Worth it?
What you get out of them really depends on what you want to put in. We’ve all been there. And by “there” I mean as a struggling independent filmmaker trying to shoot a short film (or perhaps a...
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The 6 Best Film Festivals That You Should Attend
Which film festivals are the best investment of your time and money? Find out here. It’s a great time to be an independent filmmaker. Film festivals, once rare events scattered around the globe, are...
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No Film School vs. Joker, Marty vs. Marvel, and Your Short vs. Festivals
Finding some sanity in a filmmaking community civil war. A lot of major discussion points happened over the last week. We also get into macOS update Catalina and how it could affect you, plus break...
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An Overview of Funding a Sundance Feature
What are the key steps to financing a Sundance feature? I'm here to shed some light on the steps to funding and producing a film that potentially can make it into the Sundance Film Festival. I'll...
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Attend the Great Beating Heart of American Independent Film
We also talk about an interesting new lens, an 8K Drone, and... Grownups 3!? Should you attend Sundance even if you don't have a film there? YES! We tell you why, how, and provide some tips about...
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I’m a Festival Programmer. Here are 5 Lessons I've Learned From Being on the...
These are the 5 most important lessons a festival programmer can teach you. We all know it: The festival world is a depressing grind. You spend thousands of dollars making a short, and hundreds more...
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Why Are So Many First-Timers Flocking to This Global Online Film Festival?
Tribeca Enterprises' first foray into digital screenings raised some questions about the future of the film festival circuit. But it also opened many viewers' eyes to what the festival experience has...
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Sundance 2021 Will Go Online, Expand to Partner Cities
We're seven months away from Sundance 2021. How is the festival going to be different this year? What does the 2021 version of the renowned festival look like in the middle of a global pandemic and...
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Film Festivals in a New Era: 5 Keys to Virtual Success
While internet technology cannot replicate theatrical projection, and virtual engagement is no replacement for a live festival experience, COVID-19 turned the world, and film festivals, upside down....
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How to Make a Trilingual Film with Little Prep on the Other Side of the Country
"I am a huge proponent of deep collaboration from the beginning. And so I think auteur theory is just a bunch of bullshit, basically." The short film Parachute, screening this month at online...
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What Does "DCP" Stand for in Film?
Everything you need to know about a Digital Cinema Package (AKA “DCP”). Congrats! You’ve done it! After years of studying the classics, honing your cinematography skills, reading great blogs like No...
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