Dramatic Feature Writer/Director/Producer: Marc Fienberg Budget: $2 million (approx.) Production: 25 days, Oct–Nov 2007 Financing: Private Equity Shooting Format: 35mm Screening Format: 35mm World Premiere: 2008 Ft. Lauderdale International Film…
What better way to get to know this year’s unique crew of Festival filmmakers than to pick their brains with a poll? We quizzed our filmmakers in the LA Film Fest’s LA Muse section,…
EDITOR’S NOTE: the below piece originally ran in January of this year. We’re re-posting it here with minor edits. Thanks to guest author Hamed Hokamzadeh. *** It sometimes feels like…
Documentarians face a tall task: the story is unfolding right in front of you and you have to capture it. So many problems rear their heads on a documentary set. The lighting might be…
Last week at Sundance I caught up with first-time filmmaker Matt Sobel to discuss his fascinating debut feature Take Me to the River, which stars Robin Weigert, Josh Hamilton, Richard…
A contemporary Western about the unlikely friendship between a young woman and an aging black cowboy set amid the dusty Texas rodeo circuit, Bull marks the second collaboration between writer/director…
Yesterday, Film Independent and Global Media Makers proudly debuted an exclusive glimpse at some of the great experimental video work produced by the program’s international Fellows during their month-long sojourn…
On September 18 Newlyweeds hits theaters at the Film Forum in New York. It’s the story of a couple whose relationship revolves around their pot addiction and the difficult choices they…
Filmmakers are image-oriented people (and we don’t just mean in terms of fashion, prestige or reputation, though there’s certainly that as well.) For a filmmaker—whatever their background—experiences are captured and…
Action movies may not be everyone’s cup of pyro-packed, slo-mo exploding tea. But fistfights, fast cars and high-flying feats of swashbuckling stunt work have been a part of the foundations…
The slick, fast-talking Hollywood agent is one of the most recognizable archetypes in all showbiz lore. Usually, these deal-making denizens of Century City’s glimmering glass skyscrapers are only depicted as…
Love is universal. Transcending beyond the parameters of what is acceptable. It knows no bounds. Do you remember the first time you felt it? The first time it consumed your…