Also amongst the nominees are Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak for BIRDS OF WAR, nominated for Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary which was represented at Raindance this year. Massive ...

A character can command an entire novel and still fail on screen. The problem isn’t necessarily the character. It’s how the writer brings that character to life. Novelists have extraordinary freedom.

Our horror challenge is back, and we’re ready to shake things up with a sixty second film: “An Unexpected Twist”.

Tomorrow we celebrate the winner of our Raindance One-Minute Horror Short competition by suggesting how to make them longer.

A lot of filmmakers pay for their own projects with someone else’s footage: a brand video, a wedding, a YouTube channel that needs a weekly edit. Client work keeps you cutting every day and gets paid.

"Subtitles" used to mean one file. Now a festival or distributor may ask for closed captions, open captions, SDH and audio ...

Everyone loves a good Halloween-themed horror, but what about horror films set mainly in summer, in broad daylight or crowded situations?

One of the reasons I loved animation was the ability to tell stories. The other was the constant reward of learning something ...

Shooting slow-motion cinematography is a very rewarding experience. When you see the smiles on peoples faces as they see ...

If you already post on YouTube, put a 30-second cut out as a Short or a teaser before the full trailer, then open its ...

Most indie post-production schedules are built around work: assembly, rough cut, fine cut, picture lock, sound, colour, ...