In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor It has almost become a cliché to discuss how the pandemic is VR’s big chance and accelerator. Yes, of course, we are all overdosing Zoom zombies, and the online parties feel […]

Two of the events I was most looking forward to seeing this year at SXSW Interactive were Jason Brush’s talk, Filmmaking as User Experience and Michel Reilhac’s “Meet the Insiders” panel, “Storytelling + Interactive.” Brush teaches at UCLA’s Department of Film, Television and Visual Media and is Executive Vice President of Creative & UX at POSSIBLE. Reilhac, who I have written about before at Filmmaker, is an independent transmedia director, story writer and consultant, and one of the most passionate and eloquent voices for new forms of interactive storytelling. Unfortunately, as is often the case at SXSW, once I put […]

Keynote speeches from IFP’s Filmmaker Conference–taking place during Independent Film Week–will be premiering on IFP’s new YouTube channel. The live video stream can be accessed here. Keynotes streamed live include: James Schamus (CEO of Focus Features) & Christine Vachon (Producer, Killer Films) – Sunday, September 16th @ 4PMET JC Chandor (Director, Margin Call) – Monday, September 17th @ 10AM ET Michel Reilhac (Transmedia Producer) – Wednesday, September 19th @ 10AM ET Orlando Bagwell (the Ford Foundation) – Thursday, September 20th @ 10AM ET To get reminders of these events, as well as new videos about filmmaking every Tuesday and Thursday, subscribe to IFP Digital.