Filmmaker Interview: ERICA TREMBLAY, writer/director/producer of FANCY DANCE
ERICA TREMBLAY was inspired early on by stories she was told by family members and her community from the Seneca-Cayuga Nation. Storytelling transitioned to
Remembering Roger Corman, the Godfather of Indie Film
The independent film world has lost one of its all-time icons: Producer, director, distributor, and mentor, ROGER CORMAN. With over 400 produced films to
Filmmaker Interview: FRANCIS GALLUPPI, writer/director/producer of THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY
Self-taught filmmaker FRANCIS GALLUPPI has honed his skills making the most of remote locations, from a deserted highway (2019’s short High Desert Hell), to
Filmmaker Interview: JOANNA ARNOW, writer/director/star of THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
JOANNA ARNOW has shared her unique comedic voice through both the page and the screen. As a fiction writer and comic artist, Arnow’s work
Filmmaker Interview: RYAN MARTIN BROWN, writer/director of FREE TIME
As a co-founder of the Florida and Brooklyn-based filmmaker collective 5th Floor Pictures, RYAN MARTIN BROWN has worn practically every hat one could wear
Filmmaker Interview: ESTHER POVITSKY, writer/producer/star of DRUGSTORE JUNE
ESTHER POVITSKY has forged an extremely prolific career in comedy, with standup success (her Adam Sandler-produced Comedy Central special Hot for My Name premiered
Filmmaker Interview: BILLY LUTHER, writer/director of FRYBREAD FACE AND ME
When documentarian BILLY LUTHER wanted to move from unscripted to narrative filmmaking, he took inspiration from his coming-of-age as a Navajo, Hopi, and Laguna
Filmmaker Interview: MEL ESLYN, writer/director/producer of BIOSPHERE
Gaining experience on a film set is always a good idea before taking on the mantle of director. And filmmaker MEL ESLYN has experience
Filmmaker Interview: BOMANI J. STORY, writer/director/producer of THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER
BOMANI J. STORY started his creative output at a young age, writing short stories as a child and finding early inspiration in an 1818
Filmmaker Interview: FRANKLIN RITCH, writer/director/star of THE ARTIFICE GIRL
Like many indie filmmakers, FRANKLIN RITCH made a proof-of-concept to help sell his vision of a potential feature debut. Unlike a lot of other
Filmmaker Interview: LIZ CARDENAS, producer of ACIDMAN
As a producer, LIZ CARDENAS has a specialty in using a project’s ingrained constraints to its advantage, from the minimalist isolation of David Lowery’s
Filmmaker Interview: JAMIE DACK, writer/director/producer of PALM TREES AND POWER LINES
With an evocatively-titled screenplay, two powerful leading roles, and a Cannes-approved short to work off of, JAMIE DACK had a lot going for her