FestivalsInterview: Indie Memphis Artistic Director Miriam Bale on How a Festival of Great Taste is Showing Off Its Local FlavorA destination for adventurous filmmmakers and filmgoers is opening up its well-curated selection to audiences everywhere.byStephen SaitoOct 20, 2020
FestivalsThe 25 Fall Festival Films You Can – and Should – See at HomeA unique opportunity has opened up to see the best films of 2020 early on your own time from your own couch.byStephen SaitoSep 28, 2020
FestivalsThe Promise of Access: How the rePRO Film Festival is Opening Up the Conversation Around Women’s Reproductive HealthFreed from the limitations of a physical event, a first-year fest is taking advantage of its reach to connect audiences with resources to ta...byStephen SaitoAug 11, 2020
FestivalsHuman Rights Watch Festival 2020 Puts Power Back in the Hands of the PeopleThe long-running festival dedicated to exposing human rights abuses around the world hits home this year in more ways than one by moving onl...byStephen SaitoJun 11, 2020
FestivalsInterview: Anna Roisman & Michael Muntner on Making a Lasting Impact with Quickie FestThe co-founders talk about the short film festival in New York that's led to bigger and bigger things.byStephen SaitoJun 28, 2019
FestivalsInterview: Maria Reinup on Keeping Audiences on Their Toes at New York’s What the Fest!? FestivalThe veteran festival programmer talks about the excitement of building a festival in New York focused on fringe fare that can reveal the who...byStephen SaitoMar 19, 2019
FestivalsInterview: Clémence Polès & Natalie Fält on Giving Women the Spotlight — and Practical Career Tips — at the Female Filmmaker FestThe founders of this exciting new festival at Los Angeles' Downtown Independent talk about creating a diverse showcase to celebrate the expe...byStephen SaitoOct 10, 2018
FestivalsInterview: Camden Film Fest Programmers Ben Fowlie & Samara Grace Chadwick on Creating a North Star for Doc FilmmakersProgrammers Ben Fowlie and Samara Grace Chadwick explain how the Maine-based film fest has become a place where docs aren't only shown, but ...byStephen SaitoAug 29, 2017
FestivalsInterview: Pamela Yates on Leading the “Resistance Saga” at the Human Rights Watch Film FestOn the eve of a one-of-a-kind event at the Human Rights Watch Film Fest in New York, the filmmaker talks about documenting injustice during ...byStephen SaitoJun 8, 2017
FestivalsTrue/False ’17 Dispatch #2: “Stranger in Paradise,” “Communion,” “Miss Kiet’s Children,” and “Brimstone & Glory”An exuberant celebration in the streets was just the precursor for what was going on in the theaters in downtown Columbia, Missouri during t...byStephen SaitoMar 9, 2017