It’s the classic filmmaker dilemma: do you go big and aim for the star-studded festivals, or do you keep it local and build from the ground up?
Here’s the honest answer: both have their place, but the real trick is understanding why you’re submitting in the first place.
The big festival advantage
Submitting to larger, often Oscar-qualifying festivals can be a huge boost. It’s...
Review of David Fleming's soundtrack for Anaconda.
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TEAFF 22: The very good, the good and the not so good films
Missing out on the second day of screening, being indisposed, I resumed viewing on the third day, committed to seeing all five films screened that day.
Deal at the Border (Kyrgyzstan: Dastan Zapar Ryskeldi)
Part of the country focus on Kyrgyzstan, this was a gem of a movie. How often do you have a protagonist...
The Sundance Institute have unveiled the 2026 Screenwriters Lab (January) and Screenwriters Intensive (March) Fellows with a total of eleven projects (A whopping 3,800 screenplays were submitted) that will get to troubleshoot their projects (on paper) the weekend before the final Park City edition of Sundance.
Opens the 76th Berlin International Film Festival The Berlinale 2026 kicks off with the world premiere of the third feature film by award-winning Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat on February 12 at the Berlinale Palast [...]
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
On the night of Dec. 14, 2025, by about 8:44 pm on that fateful Sunday night before Hanukkah, 99% of Hollywood knew or believed that Rob Reiner had been a victim of parricide. Texts have been flying since.
But in those crucial hours post-slaying, in a small town like Hwood, even the fringes heard the “rumor” that no one other than...
TEAFF 22: The very good, the good and the not so good
At international film festivals, as, I guess, in released films that I watch as a critic, I have found that one yard-stick has remained constant. Of films I see, the really remarkable ones lie in the range of 10-20%. The rest are either just about watchable or prompting a walk-out after about 20 minutes of endurance. So, a good...
The Spanish Film Academy announced this Tuesday the nominees for the 40th edition of the Goya Awards, which will be presented on February 28 in Barcelona. Actress Toni Acosta and actor and producer Arturo Valls were responsible for unveiling the contenders in the 28 categories from the headquarters of the Spanish Film Academy, at an event overseen by notary Eva Fernández Medina.
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Eleven Projects to Be Developed at Annual January Screenwriters Lab; Nine Projects to Be Supported at Screenwriters Intensive in March PARK CITY, UTAH, January 16, 2025 — Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the fellows selected for the 2026 Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive programs, which foster creativity and bold risk-taking, empower emerging voices, and […]
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