Extra: Catherine Epstein talks with Fort Bliss producer and cinematographer Adam Silver
Fort Bliss follows a single mother trying to reconnect with her son following her 15-month deployment in Iraq as a…
Author: Maddy Kadish
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2015: Claudia Myers
Director Claudia Myers takes on the story of a female army medic and mother in her powerful dramatic feature Fort Bliss, starring Michelle Monaghan. Writer Catherine Epstein delves into the challenges Myers faced in bringing such a complex narrative to the screen.
Extra: Finding Your Flock…er, Your Tribe
Back in 2011, 10-to-Watch-2013 producer Katie Tibaldi was working on the TV series Are We There Yet when she met…
Extra: An Interview with cast members from I Dream Too Much – Eden Brolin and Danielle Brooks
The Independent seeks out the collaborators, mentors, colleagues, and friends of our 10 to Watch filmmakers in order to hear more about how they inspire others working in independent film. Steven Abrams talks with Eden Brolin and Danielle Brooks about what they learned from working with 10 to Watch’s Katie Cokinos.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2015: Katie Cokinos
Katie Cokinos returns to Austin, the scene of her ad-hoc film school in the red hot ’90s, for the world premiere of her directorial debut, I Dream Too Much, which puts her on our 10 to Watch for 2015. The Independent’s Steven Abrams caught up with her at SXSW to talk about the transition from script to screen and how in film, too, directors must kill their darlings.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2015
Our 10 to Watch Filmmakers of 2015 all in one place! Every day for 10 straight days we’ll announce a new filmmaker to keep an eye on in the coming year. With the help of YOU plus industry colleagues, we’ve selected artists who are breaking new ground, either in their own career or in the form at large.
Sundance 2015 – Underdogs On Parade
Staff writer Neil Kendricks assesses the feature-length films that stuck with him at Sundance 2015, including The Bronze, Call Me Lucky, Finders Keepers, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, and Sembene!
Sundance 2015 – Robert Redford + George Lucas = Inspiration
Staff writer Neil Kendricks recaps how Robert Redford and George Lucas became icons of contemporary cinema during a candid conversation at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance 2015 – Shorts That Pack a Punch
“With short films, you have to show your entire world in a split second,” said producer Rasmus Kastberg after the screening of his animated short Tupilaq at Sundance 2015. Maddy Kadish highlights this and a handful of other films from this year’s program of 60, selected from 8,061 submissions.