Filmmaker Magazine

Filmmaker is a magazine released every three months that focuses on topics connected to independent cinema. It was established in 1992 by Karol Martesko-Fenster, Scott Macaulay, and Holly Willis. Currently, the magazine is published by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), an organization that supports the independent film industry.

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NAB 2025: LED Screen Advancements, Tariff Concerns and Hybrid Lenses

3 days ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Caleb Hammond

Back to selection A Cine Cintel workshop on dollies at this year's NAB Show.
“Two Giant Oners Put Together into One Piece”: DP Hillary Fyfe Spera on

6 days ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Matt Mulcahey

Back to selection Conversations with DPs, directors and below-the-line crew by Matt Mulcahey by Matt Mulcahey in Cinematographers, Columns, Interviews on Apr 18, 2025 Daredevil: Born Again, Hillary Fyfe Spera When it comes to the work of cinematographer Hillary Fyfe Spera, you’ll find two consistent elements – 1970s inspirations and Panavision glass.
“What is Remembered… Is a Political Act that Can Be Weaponized”: Vicky Du on

6 days ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Lauren Wissot

Back to selection by Lauren Wissot in Directors, Interviews on Apr 18, 2025 DCTV, Documentary, Light of the Setting Sun, Vicky Du Vicky Du’s Light of the Setting Sun is both intimate and expansive, tragic and hopeful.
“Coziness was a Creative North Star”: Andrew Ahn on

1 week ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Isaac Feldberg

Back to selection Joan Chen in The Wedding Banquet by Isaac Feldberg in Directors, Interviews, Screenwriters on Apr 17, 2025 Andrew Ahn In approaching The Wedding Banquet, director Andrew Ahn knew his reimagining of the 1993 romantic comedy directed by Ang Lee had to navigate nuances of queer and cultural identity that he still wrestles with today.
“The Biggest Challenge Was That Janice Has Led an Incredibly Interesting and Varied Life”: Director Varda Bar-Kar on

2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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.
Trade Wars: Ian Bell on

2 weeks ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Vikram Murthi

by Vikram Murthi in Directors, Editors, Festivals & Events, Interviews on Apr 4, 2025 Ian Bell, WTO/99 The archival documentary WTO/99 functions both as historical document and prophecy of the future, chronicling the four days in 1999 when anti-globalization activists from multiple movements—labor unions, student groups, teamsters, anarchists, nonprofit organizations like Global Exchange and the Rainforest Action Network—took to downtown Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization...
“Most of Us Went to the Front for the Sake of our Children’s Future”: Alisa Kovalenko on her CPH:DOX-debuting

3 weeks ago | filmmakermagazine.com | Lauren Wissot

Back to selection by Lauren Wissot in Directors, Interviews on Apr 1, 2025 Alisa Kovalenko, CPH:DOX 2025, Documentary, My Dear Théo “Kids and sweet love are the most important thing. And not all this stuff – trenches and war. But if we’re not here there won’t be any kids or sweet love,” a grizzled Ukrainian special forces commander tells one of his charges, a fellow soldier fighting alongside him on the frontline of a seemingly never-ending war.
Sundance Institute Announces Boulder, Colorado, as the New Home for the Sundance Film Festival Beginning in 2027

4 weeks 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.