Two brothers dream of becoming filmmakers. They dream of seeing their own movies projected in front of an audience. But these young men have never even been inside of a movie theater. They have never seen a movie projected on the big screen. They have spent their entire lives in the Gaza Strip, where the only cinemas were destroyed in the 1980sTag Archive: filmmakers
Two brothers dream of becoming filmmakers. They dream of seeing their own movies projected in front of an audience. But these young men have never even been inside of a movie theater. They have never seen a movie projected on the big screen. They have spent their entire lives in the Gaza Strip, where the only cinemas were destroyed in the 1980sLast week, director Jafar Panahi’s latest movie was screened at the New York Film Festival, even as an appeals court in his native Iran upheld his sentence, calling for six years of imprisonment and a 20-year ban on filmmaking or travel outside his homeland. He’s one of several of Iran’s most prominent filmmakers who’ve faced harsh sentences in recent weeks. Now, Hollywood has come together in support of the jailed… Continue reading Academy and Other Hollywood Groups Urge Iran to Free Jailed Filmmakers
One of the annual excursions here at Fantastic Fest is a trip to shoot shotguns out in what looks to be the middle of nowhere. It sounds like the perfect set-up for a film that would play Fantastic Fest (the shotgun lovers begin dying one by one, but who’s killing them???), but when it comes to Fantastic Fest, the event is indeed real and only somewhat… Continue reading Watch: Fantastic Fest Filmmakers, Talent and More Shoot Shotguns, Texas-Style
Specialty Film Researcher Jeremy Juuso explains why filmmakers shouldn't compromise their vision in favor of attempting to appeal to a broader set of moviegoers.
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Saw this vid and thought it could be good for indie filmmakers wanting to get more attention
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