Anna Kazejak’s 3rd feature The Word had its UK premier at Raindance 2014; here the Polish filmmaker shares her experiences of working at home and in Denmark. I’ve been making films for 13 years. After my 2nd year in film school I said to my friends ‘let’s make a feature film’. I thought it’s better just to […]
If you get nervous at the mere mention of porn then I suggest you pull up your bootstraps and get over it. We’re all adults here (I hope) and it’s fair to say that porn, while it makes some people fidget, is just a normal aspect of society. And frankly speaking, porn and porn filmmakers […]
Once the preserve of bearded, baseball cap-wearing men over 40, the notion of what a film director looks like has broadened to accommodate women, amateurs, students and ingénues. Ultimately, the landscape of filmmaking has shifted to encompass, and arguably champion, the everyman. The average Joe can now pick up a digital single-lens reflex camera and tell […]
The Moët British Independent Film Awards announced this year’s nominees last Monday and John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary received a total of four nominations. With McDonagh himself up for two awards in the Best Director and Best Screenplay categories, we thought we’d fill you in on a few facts that you might not already know about […]
It’s no laughing matter. Comedy can be tough. Like Chuck Norris tough. Birthing a career as a comedy actress can include about a dozen trimesters. Having delivered many such roles in my career, I can confirm some of the possible symptoms and discomforts: nausea, back pain, cramps, dehydration, inexplicable cravings and a few other unsavory […]
Esra Saydam and Nisan Dag co-wrote and co-directed Across the Sea. They met and trained in the US but they returned to their home country of Turkey to make this, their first feature. They talk about the hurdles they had to overcome and how they got started. (Esra) Living away from Turkey for many years, […]
For the past year I have kept my feelings on Frozen bottled up inside for fear of being burnt at the stake. Given the Elsa-pocalypse that was this past Halloween I consider myself justified in doing so. The truth is I think the film is hugely overrated. So, in anticipation of the upcoming Deconstructing Frozen’s Script […]
Over the last few weeks the attention of millions of cinema lovers in India has been on the once slightly crusty but now much revamped, Mumbai Film Festival. But meanwhile, away from all the highbrow hoo-haa, one of Bollywood’s’ lost children was having a party of its’ own with the sensational world premiere of The […]
I’ve always been a proponent of the idea that you don’t need too much “book learning” to become a great writer. Sure, a class every once in a while can’t hurt, but I stand behind the idea that the only way to become a better writer is to write. However, if you’re looking to pursue […]
This article was previously published in the official festival catalogue of Raindance Film Festival and WebFest. However, the secrets of online marketing should not be limited to print media, so read up on our tips now: Make Online Distribution Work Online distribution sounds like an ideal situation for filmmakers, as they can reach an audience […]
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