Amirah Tajdin: Artists Should Question Everything

Writing about authors, Annie Dillard warns: “He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write.…

9 Indie Filmmakers Talk About Higher Education

If you want to get filmmakers worked up in a hurry, talk about film school. Opinions are as varied as…

To Film School or Not to Film School: 8 Filmmakers’ Perspectives

Learning a craft is never easy, and there aren’t any shortcuts. As we’ve talked with filmmakers over the past few…

The Making of Jake Viramontez’s ‘Killing the Rock’

A sculptor doesn’t see the rock. A sculptor sees what’s inside the rock (i.e. The Sculpture). It takes a different…

Katelin Arizmendi’s Journey from Camera Assistant to DP

At some point on the way to becoming who we want to be, we have to stop being who we…

“This Is Filmmaking. There Are No Rules.”

If there is no “right way” to make a film, then is there no “wrong way” either? If you’ve seen…

Why the “Hard Road” is a Path to Better Films

If our conversation with Dan Sadgrove seems to rove a bit, bear with us. It’s what he does. “I don’t…

‘Amateur’: A Conversation with Ryan Koo

It shouldn’t surprise you that Ryan Koo didn’t go to film school. He is, after all, the founder of the…

Making a Film Without Knowing How to Make a Film

It may have started as a film school assignment, but the short film AWAY quickly became a film school in…