While funding films is as difficult as it ever was, technology has lowered the hard costs of production to such a degree that there is now a literal
Festivals
Twenty years ago, SXSW was born as a music festival in the self-proclaimed capitol of live music, Austin, Texas. The film component of the festival
People couldn't stop talking about the changes around Silverdocs since its inception in 2003. The Fourth Annual SilverDocs AFI/Discovery Channel
The Los Angeles Film Festival returned to its downtown digs last month, with its parent company, Film Independent, in a bit of a flux with the
What do Elmo, former gang members, gypsy Romanian school children, bullies, a horse whisperer and crowdsourcing all have in common? They were the big
To get a sense of just how intensive and comprehensive the Sheffield Doc/Fest has become, take a look at a single time slot. At 5:00 p.m. on Friday
The True/False Film Festival (T/F) in Columbia, Missouri enjoyed its third incarnation this past February. Already hailed as a haven for nonfiction
A girl stands in a desert landscape, swirling a hula hoop easily round her slender hips, intent on the Rubik's cube she swivels round and round
On a flight to Montana, I sit next to a 30-something man with crew cut, tattoos and work boots. "Going home to Missoula?" he asks. "No," I answer.
In a world increasingly crowded with film festivals, the 48th Flaherty Film Seminar was an odd bird. More like a cult indoctrination session than a