Scott Macaulay

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Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Filmmaker Magazine

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“We’re All Fighting to Tell Our Stories”: Daniel Tantalean’s Cannes Producer Diary #2

2 weeks ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

Back to selection The view from Église Notre-Dame by Scott Macaulay in Festivals & Events on May 20, 2025 Cannes Film Festival 2025, Daniel Tantalean, The Gotham Film and Media Institute In the Summers producer Daniel Tantalean is a 2025 Gotham Cannes Producer Network Fellow and is blogging about his experience at the festival here at Filmmaker. Like his first post, this second entry takes the form of a letter written home to his fiance.
“You Think You’re Scared of These Creatures, Well, Look Into Our Own Dark Hearts”: Sean Byrne on His Cannes-Premiering Shark Attack Horror Film, Dangerous Animals - Filmmaker Magazine

3 weeks ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

Back to selection by Scott Macaulay in Filmmaking on May 17, 2025 Cannes Film Festival 2025, Dangerous Animals, Horror, Sean Byrne For most viewers, sharks and horror cinema were permanently conjoined with Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film Jaws, one of the first wide release summer blockbusters, and one with shocks far more intense than its PG rating would indicate.
“A Redemption Story That Gets Derailed By a Revenge Story”: Ariella Mastroianni and Ryan Sloan on

1 month ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

Click here to read our spring 2025 issue, featuring Caught by the Tides' Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao, our annual spotlight on locations and more... Back to selection by Scott Macaulay in Actors, Directors, Interviews, Producers, Screenwriters on Apr 19, 2025 Ariella Mastroianni, Gazer, Metrograph, Metrograph Pictures, Ryan J. Sloan There are a set of rules that have long-guided ultra-low and microbudget production.
“The Biggest Challenge Was That Janice Has Led an Incredibly Interesting and Varied Life”: Director Varda Bar-Kar on

2 months ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

Back to selection Janice Ian: Breaking Silence by Scott Macaulay in Filmmaking on Apr 7, 2025 Documentary, Janice Ian, Janice Ian: Breaking Silence, Music Documentary, Varda Bar-Kar Even if you don’t count yourself has a diehard Janice Ian fan, the singer-songwriter’s songs, such as her 1967 hit “Society’s Child,” when they appear in Varda Bar-Kar’s compelling bio-doc, Janice Ian: Breaking Silence, will strike a memory chord, so ubiquitous they have been across radio playlists for more than...
“The Biggest Challenge Was That Janis Has Led an Incredibly Interesting and Varied Life”: Director Varda Bar-Kar on

2 months ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

Back to selection Janice Ian: Breaking Silence by Scott Macaulay in Filmmaking on Apr 7, 2025 Documentary, Janis Ian, Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, Music Documentary, Varda Bar-Kar Even if you don’t count yourself has a diehard Janis Ian fan, the singer-songwriter’s songs, such as her 1967 hit “Society’s Child,” when they appear in Varda Bar-Kar’s compelling bio-doc, Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, will strike a memory chord, so ubiquitous they have been across radio playlists for more than half...
Seven Documentary Organizations Sign Letter Decrying DOGE National Endowment for the Humanities Cuts

2 months ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

Back to selection by Scott Macaulay in Filmmaking on Apr 4, 2025 Documentary, DOGE, International Documentary Association, National Endowment for the Humanities Seven filmmaker support organizations, including the International Documentary Association, Women Make Movies and Third World Newsreel, have signed a letter protesting Trump administration cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities that will affect both independent documentary filmmakers and non-profit organizations.
Sundance Institute Announces Boulder, Colorado, as the New Home for the Sundance Film Festival Beginning in 2027

2 months ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

by Scott Macaulay in Festivals & Events on Mar 27, 2025 Boulder, Sundance Film Festival, University of Colorado Boulder The Sundance Institute announced today that Boulder, Colorado will, beginning in 2027, be the new home for its Sundance Festival. Commented Amanda Kelso, Sundance Institute acting CEO in a press release, ““Boulder is an art town, tech town, mountain town, and college town. It is a place where the Festival can build and flourish.
Watch Now: Eight Short Films from Filmfort 2025

2 months ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

by Scott Macaulay in Festivals & Events on Mar 27, 2025 Adam Conversano, Brooks Dierdorff, CK Thornton, Dylan Pailes-Friedman, Filmfort Film Festival, Grant Conversano, Jess Anderson, Joslyn Jensen, Maziyar Khatam, Philip Rabalais Filmmaker is proud to continue our annual partnership with the Filmfort Film Festival by exclusively hosting eight short films from this year’s lineup, which will be available to view on our site through Saturday.
“The Power of a ‘Like’ When Someone Needs It Is More Powerful Than We Realize”: Tracie Laymon On Her Heartwarming

2 months ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

Back to selection Bob Trevino Likes It (courtesy Roadside Attractions) by Scott Macaulay in Filmmaking on Mar 26, 2025 Barbie Ferreira, Bob Trevino Likes It, FilmFestKnox, John Leguizamo, Roadside Attractions, Tracie Laymon To this cranky viewer constantly engaged in a battle to limit his social media time, the concept of Tracie Laymon’s debut feature, Bob Trevino Likes It, almost feels like time-travel science fiction, a trip back to a world where social media provides positivity and good...
An Interview with Jake Mahaffy

2 months ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Scott Macaulay

Back to selection Jake Mahaffy on set (photo by Eric Sutton) by Scott Macaulay in Filmmaking on Mar 18, 2025 Jake Mahaffy, Spring 2025 Filmmaker: We selected you in 2005 for our 25 New Faces list after you premiered War at Sundance 2004. In that film, you really embraced the micro-budget philosophy you espouse in this book, deciding to shoot not the script but the world and characters around it.

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Articles

“We’re All Fighting to Tell Our Stories”: Daniel Tantalean’s Cannes Producer Diary #2

“You Think You’re Scared of These Creatures, Well, Look Into Our Own Dark Hearts”: Sean Byrne on His Cannes-Premiering Shark Attack Horror Film, Dangerous Animals - Filmmaker Magazine

“A Redemption Story That Gets Derailed By a Revenge Story”: Ariella Mastroianni and Ryan Sloan on

“The Biggest Challenge Was That Janice Has Led an Incredibly Interesting and Varied Life”: Director Varda Bar-Kar on

“The Biggest Challenge Was That Janis Has Led an Incredibly Interesting and Varied Life”: Director Varda Bar-Kar on

Seven Documentary Organizations Sign Letter Decrying DOGE National Endowment for the Humanities Cuts

Sundance Institute Announces Boulder, Colorado, as the New Home for the Sundance Film Festival Beginning in 2027

Watch Now: Eight Short Films from Filmfort 2025

“The Power of a ‘Like’ When Someone Needs It Is More Powerful Than We Realize”: Tracie Laymon On Her Heartwarming

An Interview with Jake Mahaffy

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