Authors — Filmmaker Staff
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The POV Conversation: Josh Aronson and Adam Larsen on Getting into Documentaries
Last year, to celebrate POV’s 25th anniversary, Filmmaker organized a series of conversations between documentary directors whose work had been featured on the PBS non-fiction showcase. Last month we continued this series with a fascinating discussion between filmmakers Stephen Maing and Lixin Fan. This week we will be following a conversation between Adam Larsen, whose first feature length documentary film Neurotypical is currently streaming on the POV website, and Josh Aronson, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary on deafness Sound and Fury, also a POV alum. Here the two discuss how they found their way to making documentary features. Click here to watch […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Aug 14, 2013 -
Indiegogo: Ann Marie Bryan on The Shattered Mind
Ann Marie Bryan is the writer-producer-director of the upcoming film, The Shattered Mind, which is currently in postproduction. She’s raising finishing funds for her film so she can submit to 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Filmmaker invited her to write a guest blog about her film and the campaign, and she submitted the following, in interview form. To learn more and/on contribute, visit the project’s IndieGoGo page: Support The Shattered Mind on IndieGoGo. Q: What is The Shattered Mind about? A: The Shattered Mind, based in New York, is a psychodrama and surreal story about a hard-of-hearing teenager who juggles family, […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Aug 6, 2013 -
Win Copies of To The Wonder and Mud
Finish off Friday with a free movie. Thanks to Magnolia and Lionsgate, we have five Blu-ray or DVD copies to give away of two of the most acclaimed movies of the year: Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder and Jeff Nichols’ Mud. To win copies of both before their release on August 6, all you have to do is email nick AT filmmakermagazine DOT com with the answer to the following question: Which two women worked on films directed by both Malick and Nichols in 2011? (Clue: one is an actress, the other a producer.)
by Filmmaker Staff on Aug 2, 2013 -
The POV Conversation: Lixin Fan and Stephen Maing on Telling a Story
Last year, to celebrate POV’s 25th anniversary, Filmmaker organized a series of conversations between documentary directors whose work had been featured on the PBS non-fiction showcase. This year, we continue this series with a fascinating discussion between Stephen Maing — whose debut feature on Chinese citizen bloggers, High Tech, Low Life, is currently streaming for free on the POV website — with Lixin Fan, the Chinese filmmaker whose Last Train Home, an intimate portrait of a fractured family of migrant workers in China, won him great acclaim in 2009. In the conclusion of this five-part discussion, the two discuss how to construct a story through intimacy. High […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 26, 2013 -
The POV Conversation: Lixin Fan and Stephen Maing on the Filmmaker and the Subject
Last year, to celebrate POV’s 25th anniversary, Filmmaker organized a series of conversations between documentary directors whose work had been featured on the PBS non-fiction showcase. This year, we continue this series with a fascinating discussion between Stephen Maing — whose debut feature on Chinese citizen bloggers, High Tech, Low Life, is currently streaming for free on the POV website — with Lixin Fan, the Chinese filmmaker whose Last Train Home, an intimate portrait of a fractured family of migrant workers in China, won him great acclaim in 2009. In the fourth segment of this five-part discussion, the two documentarians discuss the co-dependent relationship between the filmmaker […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 25, 2013 -
The POV Conversation: Stephen Maing and Lixin Fan on the Importance of Unpredictability
Last year, to celebrate POV’s 25th anniversary, Filmmaker organized a series of conversations between documentary directors whose work had been featured on the PBS non-fiction showcase. This year, we continue this series with a fascinating discussion between Stephen Maing — whose debut feature on Chinese citizen bloggers, High Tech, Low Life, is currently streaming for free on the POV website — with Lixin Fan, the Chinese filmmaker whose Last Train Home, an intimate portrait of a fractured family of migrant workers in China, won him great acclaim in 2009. In the third of this five-part discussion, the two filmmakers discuss how unforeseeable circumstances have contributed to their documentary films. […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 24, 2013 -
The POV Conversation: Stephen Maing and Lixin Fan on Discovering Documentary Filmmaking
Last year, to celebrate POV’s 25th anniversary, Filmmaker organized a series of conversations between documentary directors whose work had been featured on the PBS non-fiction showcase. This year, we continue this series with a fascinating discussion between Stephen Maing – whose debut feature on Chinese citizen bloggers, High Tech, Low Life, is streaming for free on the POV website from today – and Lixin Fan, the Chinese filmmaker whose Last Train Home, an intimate portrait of a fractured family of migrant workers in China, won him great acclaim in 2009. In the second of this five-part discussion, the two discuss […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 23, 2013 -
Win Copies of Ginger & Rosa and Kiss of The Damned
Filmmaker has five copies to give away of two films out on DVD and Bluray today: Sally Potter’s coming-of-age drama Ginger & Rosa and Xan Cassevetes’ sexy vampire flick Kiss of The Damned, courtesy of Lionsgate and Magnolia respectively. The first people to email nick AT filmmakermagazine DOT com with the correct answer to one of the following trivia questions will a copy of the corresponding film. Ginger & Rosa trivia question: Who was the leading lady in Sally Potter’s first feature film? Kiss of the Damned trivia question: What are the names of the debut feature films by both of Xan Cassevetes’ […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 23, 2013 -
The POV Conversation: Stephen Maing and Lixin Fan on Growing Up with Film
Last year, to celebrate POV’s 25th anniversary, Filmmaker organized a series of conversations between documentary directors whose work had been featured on the PBS non-fiction showcase. This year, we continue this series with a fascinating discussion between Stephen Maing – whose debut feature on Chinese citizen bloggers, High Tech, Low Life, airs tonight on POV – with Lixin Fan, the Chinese filmmaker whose Last Train Home, an intimate portrait of a fractured family of migrant workers in China, won him great acclaim in 2009. In the first of this five-part discussion, the two discuss their early cinematic experiences. High Tech, […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 22, 2013 -
25 New Faces of Independent Film 2013
Click here to see Filmmaker‘s 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2013.
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 18, 2013
