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‘Angel City Slasher’ Starring Michael Diaz and Karen Escobar Puts Independent Thriller Filmmaking in the Spotlight
One Mic Mondays: Charlotte's 20-Year Hip-Hop Hub Documentary
Production
featured
Grief Meets the Cosmos in New Sci-Fi Drama 'Colors We Made'
Award-winning Bronx filmmaker Amanda Morell “iiritu” explores love, loss, and memory in an intimate new short film inspired by true events.
Dr Priyanka Mallick's Fashion Film 'Cosmic Energy' Honored at ICJ International Award 2026
awards
Exclusive Interview: Spotlight by The Macoproject Film Festival
Cast & Crew
Breaking News
One Mic Mondays: Charlotte's 20-Year Hip-Hop Hub Documentary
Dr Priyanka Mallick's Fashion Film 'Cosmic Energy' Honored at ICJ International Award 2026
‘Angel City Slasher’ Starring Michael Diaz and Karen Escobar Puts Independent Thriller Filmmaking in the Spotlight
'The Roast Pork Butt': From Worst Date Ever to Festival Winner
New Sci-Fi Pilot 'Soul Wars' Explores Astral Projection and Alien Worlds
'Perfect Purpose' Earns Seven Nominations at 168 Hour Film Festival
'Monsters Inc' meets 'The Office' in 'After Life Crisis' Now on Tubi TV
For Professional Audiences: Think Bigger, Grow Bigger at Fantoche 2025
Freestyle Digital Media Acquires Documentary 'The House Next Door'
The Film Festival Doctor’s Live Podcast Tour To Kick Off At HollyShorts
Fantoche 2025: International Animation Film Festival Announces 89 Animated Shorts
Filmmaker Steve Strangio Launches Short Film Initiative to Spark Creative Collaborations
Grief Meets the Cosmos in New Sci-Fi Drama 'Colors We Made'
Award-Winning Director Richard Bazley Announces New Feature Film 'Bambola'
'Shrapnel' Secures Official Selections at Cinestesya Film Festival and Lift-Off Sessions 2025
Broadway’s Reese Bogin to Appear in ‘The Unburdened’ Short Film
Festivals
KIZOKU Exchange Launches Strategic Film Submission Cycle
KIZOKU Exchange opens submissions, indexing films by intent and strategic value rather than plot. (Draft — held as advertorial with an expired deadline.)
Mark Starks Makes Cyber-Noir Short 'The Neon Ghost' on a $0 Budget with SAG-AFTRA Voice Cast
New Release
'Dark Reckoning': SJ Creazzo's Psychological Thriller Starring Kristanna Loken and Martin Kove
New Release
Chicago Filmmaker Arnetta Randall Releases New Short 'Love to Love You Baby'
Production
'Alley Boy' Enters Post-Production: A Gritty Crime Drama Exploring Legacy, Power and Redemption
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Landon Ashworth, Colin O'Brien and Jess Weixler to Star in Autism-Themed Drama 'Father Son Time'
Autism-themed drama 'Father Son Time' begins filming this month in Los Angeles, starring Landon Ashworth, Colin O'Brien and Jess Weixler in a road-trip story about an autistic father trying to reunite his family.
Production
When Absence Becomes a Place: Crowdfunding a Surreal Black-and-White Short
A father’s unanswered calls turn into an abyss. 'STAIRS 2: The Sunken' is a surreal black-and-white short where silence becomes pressure and absence becomes a place. Filmmaker Angelo Giordano is crowdfunding it, with his own father in the lead.
fundraising
Award-Winning Screenwriter Sijun Cui Explores Faith and Cosmology in 'God Is Coming'
Australian writer and screenwriter Sijun Cui earns international recognition for his award-winning fantasy screenplay 'God Is Coming,' a cinematic exploration of faith, philosophy and humanity’s relationship with the divine.
International
Sci-Fi Thriller 'Insentient' to Screen at TCL Chinese Theatre
Vince Remo’s sci-fi thriller 'Insentient' — about a computer-generated woman who gains self-awareness through a smartphone interface — will screen at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Feb. 27.
Festivals
'The Search for Gillian Gold': Feature Film in Development, Now Crowdfunding
'The Search for Gillian Gold' is an indie mystery-thriller in development from filmmaker Stuart Wheeldon. Set in Derbyshire, it follows an archivist drawn into a vanished journalist’s final story, and is now crowdfunding with casting underway.
fundraising
Wingman Launches with International Premiere Ahead of U.S. Rollout
Australian audiences were first in the world to see the new comedy 'Wingman', launching in cinemas ahead of its international rollout across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
New Release
'The Roast Pork Butt': From Worst Date Ever to Festival Winner
This romantic comedy short—based on a real date gone wrong—is racking up nominations and laughs on the indie circuit.
Film Festivals
KIZOKU Exchange Launches Strategic Film Submission Cycle
Sci-Fi Thriller 'Insentient' to Screen at TCL Chinese Theatre
Edgy Micro Shorts 'Everything Is Possible' and 'Melynie Duckfliss' Stir Up Inaugural Dutch AI Film Awards
Call for Entries: Cookies & Comedy Film Festival Returns to Pittsburgh on Pi Day 2026
Crowdfunding & Fundraising
When Absence Becomes a Place: Crowdfunding a Surreal Black-and-White Short
'The Search for Gillian Gold': Feature Film in Development, Now Crowdfunding
Lovecraft Adaptation ‘The Recorded Case of Joe Slaader’ Now on Kickstarter
'We Could Be Heroes' Brings Gamer Culture, Indie Film, and Community Investment Together
Op/Ed
Hollywood’s Reset: Why Indie Filmmakers Should Be Hopeful
Bryan McClure
The Battle of Attrition: Surviving the Entertainment Industry
Bryan McClure
It’s Always About the Story: Why Content Is King
Bryan McClure
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