If Your Debut Film Is Not Your Dream Film, then this is the corollary: Your first film is a piece of evidence. Not art therapy. It’s not a manifesto. Not a cry for validation. Evidence. Here are the ...

Momentum doesn't arrive one day on its own, as if confidence, clarity, or permission quietly taps them on the shoulder and ...

If you have been reading our founder’s Substack, you will here a lot about a new film movement coming out of America, and now in the UK, called “Nondē” Meaning Non-dependent filmmaking. Remember that ...

Film production isn't just about cameras, action, and scenes; it's about people. And people need care, support, and reliability.

I’ve learned that it’s never just the films that make a festival unforgettable. its the 7 Types of Film Festival Attendees. Matybe one is you?

Branding used to be a dirty word in indie film. “Real” filmmakers were supposed to focus on the art and leave the branding to those mythical marketing departments that only exist in Hollywood office ...

Every horror fan has their first time. For Henry Wong, it was watching Scream on a forbidden VHS tape at his grandparents’ house. As he recalls in his Esquire (Autumn 2025 edition) feature, “you never ...

In this blog post we’ll explore four key horror sub-genres: psychological horror, supernatural horror, slasher films, and body horror. We’ll discuss how they craft their narratives to shape audience ...

The festival this year honours features in 10 categories: Best International Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Discovery Award for Best Debut Feature (the Elisar Cabrera Award), Best Debut Director, ...

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History doesn’t move in a straight line—it spirals in recurring cycles of growth, awakening, unraveling, and crisis. This fascinating pattern, observed by historians William Strauss and Neil Howe, ...