Why Difficult Films Are the Only Ones Worth Making

Danny Madden (a.k.a. Ornana) has one rule: Make films the hard way, or don’t make them at all. “Sometimes it’s…

9 Filmmakers on What They Got Right and Wrong

We’ve spent more than four years of talking with some of the best filmmakers in the world, and there are…

Director Jim Cummings on Making Unignorable Films

In Jim Cummings’ breakout one-take short film, Thunder Road, a heroically unselfconscious police officer (played by Cummings) takes the stage…

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Making Your Next Film

Deciding to not make a film is hard. We’re living in the golden age of people making films — thanks…

Jim Cummings’ Guide to Making a Feature Film

There’s maybe no one more qualified to be leading the charge for independent filmmakers these days than Jim Cummings. Since…

A Filmmaker’s Guide to Solving Problems

Problems, if anything, are a lesson. Whether we’re defeated by them or come up with a genius solution, afterward they…

17 Filmmakers Share Things They’ve Learned

We know, we know. It’s another “Best of 2018” list. But, we think this one is a little different because…