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Kickstart New England: The Nesting Doll
Local filmmaker Jeffrey Palmer seeks supporters and contributes for his short film The Nesting Doll.
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Stepping Up Your Film Career
Whether you’re someone who’s been working in film for years or you’re a newbie, you’re likely ready to kick your film career up a notch. Our panel of pros will discuss the state of the independent film industry in the 21st century, offering some tips for funding, producing, and distributing your films.
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Be What You Talk About
Suzy Cosgrove interviews writer/director Raeshelle Cooke about her film Wrath City, about what inspired her to make it, and about the conversations she is hoping it will start.
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Comedy | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts | New England | Short Films
2017 Festival Interview: What My Friends Do on a Saturday Night
Screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival, What My Friends Do on a Saturday Night is a parody of Game of Thrones viewing parties, which uses complicated relationships and intricate party etiquette to fashion comedic situations. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, the short’s director, Ryan Weed, enlightens us on the inspiration for his short and on what pushed him to pursue film.
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2017 Festival Interview: Pan-
Screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival, Pan- is a beautiful portrait of a pansexual individual’s struggles and her journey of self-discovery. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, the director of the film, Dennis Tsai, talks about about how his college experience inspired the film and about the excitement of screening his movie at a local film festival.
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Documentary | Festival Interviews | Interviews | Massachusetts | Short Films
2017 Festival Interview: Pizza Birdy Bath Waterfall
With his documentary Pizza Birdy Bath Waterfall, director Tim O’Donnell takes viewers inside the world of Tommy, a man with Landau–Kleffner syndrome—an extremely rare neurological disorder. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com O’Donnell shares how a harsh critique of his photography led him to become a filmmaker and how his sister inspired this film.
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Experimental | Festival Interviews | Film Festivals | Interviews | New England | New York | Short Films
2017 Festival Interview: Anastasia
Sean Han depicts a hot-headed teen’s attempt to escape her abusive foster home with his film Anastasia, which is screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, he talks about his process for casting Anastasia and shares his advice for aspiring filmmakers.
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Drama | Females in Film | Filmmaking | Interviews | Local Industry | New England | New York | Screenwriting | Short Films | Vermont
Cross-Cultural Filmmaking: The Hanji Box
In her latest narrative release, The Hanji Box, Nora Jacobson delves into cross-cultural filmmaking and explores international adoption.
Read more...Adoption, Hanji Box, Korea, Nora Jacobson, Screenwriting, Vermont Filmmakers
Documentary | Editing | Females in Film | Interviews | Massachusetts | Rhode Island | Short Films
IFFBoston Interview: Imagine Kolle 37
Sabrina Zanella-Foresi shares how she got into the proper headspace to edit the documentary/narrative hybrid Imagine Kolle 37, which is playing at IFFBoston 2017 as part of the “Shorts: D=Delta: Documentary” lineup.
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Filmmaking | Interviews | Rhode Island | Short Films
Getting it Right the First Time
First-time Pawtucket, RI filmmaker Carol Conley exorcises demons with her short Penitence, screening at the Rhode Island International Film Festival this month. NewEnglandFilm.com talks with Conley about how she came up with Penitence, her process as a first-time filmmaker, and the reasons why this project is so important to her.
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