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Why You Should Attend Film Festivals in 2020 and Which Ones to Attend

It’s a new year, and you’ve probably made your fair share of resolutions. But we have one more for your…

8 Tips for Getting Into Film Festivals, from a Sundance Programmer

Drea watches more than 350 films every single year and plays an active role in whether they’re successful or not.…

No Strings Attached: On Making Documentaries

Lately, there is a movement toward highly constructed, pristinely executed “nonfiction” films. These films capture real people, real places, and…

Life after Sundance: A Conversation with AJ Hochhalter

Success is a funny thing. It’s nebulous and elusive. Often confusing, occasionally poisonous. In the words of the great Joni…

Wendy Cohen on the Golden Age of Documentaries

Wendy Cohen has dedicated her life to promoting films that make a difference. You might call them advocacy films or…

It’s Up to You to Make Filmmaking More Inclusive.

It’s easy to feel helpless when it comes to the lack of diversity and inclusion in filmmaking. How do you…

If You Aren’t Failing, Then You Aren’t Trying.

It’s that time of year again. From Sundance to the Oscars, the Globes to SXSW and Tribeca, nominees and winners…

The 5 People Every Creative Needs in Life

Creativity and loneliness seem to go hand in hand. Some even believe loneliness is essential to creativity — not only…

Director Jim Cummings on Making Unignorable Films

In Jim Cummings’ breakout one-take short film, Thunder Road, a heroically unselfconscious police officer (played by Cummings) takes the stage…

Jim Cummings’ Guide to Making a Feature Film

There’s maybe no one more qualified to be leading the charge for independent filmmakers these days than Jim Cummings. Since…