Browsing: Filmmakers

NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with the filmmakers of “NAZA,” a documentary that features interviews with Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers who describe targeting Palestinians in Gaza.

A new indie streaming platform called The Drive-In gives filmmakers and TV creators the freedom tomonetize their work without signing over their rights.

CULTURE – ART 27 September, 2026   05:15 NEWS DESK QAMISHLO 0:000:00

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” released in July, has grossed nearly a billion dollars in the U.S. alone, which, heading into fall, has Matt Belloni and others in Hollywood experiencing an unusual emotion: mild optimism.

JAN. 20, 2026 – A crew member on set during filming of Hallmark’s new Biltmore Christmas movie. (Photo: WLOS Staff)

Fifteen UK-based writers, directors and producers have been selected for BFI NETWORK@LFF 2026, the British Film Institute’s flagship development programme for early-career filmmakers moving towards their first feature.

A first-time director stares at a spreadsheet at midnight, coffee gone cold, trying to figure out how a $180,000 dream fits into an $11,000 reality. It’s a scene familiar to almost anyone who has tried to make a movie outside the studio system. The camera package, the location fees, the sound mixer who actually knows…

Left to right: Juan Martinez, Saron Bahre and Leandro Rutigliano, students in FSU’s College of Motion Picture Arts, are among a select group of emerging cinematographers nominated for a 2026 Student Heritage Award from the American Society of Cinematographers.

The Asian Film Awards Academy has selected 16 emerging filmmakers from around 450 applicants for its 2026 International Film Camp, with eight projects set to receive HK$300,000 each to produce new short films.

In Romans, the Apostle Paul wrote about the earth pointing to God’s “eternal power and divine nature.” The Koomans, two filmmaking brothers, certainly sensed that while making their newest movie, “Daniel and the Fiery Furnace.”