My education in film began at a very young age. With a brother and sister that were several years older than me, I was constantly inundated with films that I was probably too young to see… but that I loved and obsessed over all the same. It felt like Star Wars was always on, and… Continue reading Kylie Eaton, Director of ‘DISPEL’, tells us Why we need more women in film
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DIRECTING ‘BEN-HUR’ –
INTERVIEW WITH TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV
It’s never an easy path for a kid who falls in love with movies and spends their whole life wanting to be a director. For every Peter Jackson, Edgar Wright or Gareth Edwards there are countless more we never hear from. But spare a thought for Russian director Timur Bekmambetov. Interview by Drew Turney While Jackson… Continue reading DIRECTING ‘BEN-HUR’ –
INTERVIEW WITH TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV
DOP JASON WINGROVE ON SHOOTING WITH SONY’S FS7
Director and cinematographer Jason Wingrove’s commercials and shorts have picked up gongs at festivals worldwide, garnering Clio, Axis, MADC, ATV, AWARD, ACS, Worldwide Film Festival and Cannes advertising awards. Recently this talented Director/DOP made the decision to use the Sony FS7 as his camera of choice. Wingrove explained, “I’ve used the FS7 on dozens and dozens of high end commercials… Continue reading DOP JASON WINGROVE ON SHOOTING WITH SONY’S FS7
KURDISH FILMMAKER FACES SIX YEARS IN PRISON AND 223 LASHES FOR KISSING SCENE
The struggle filmmakers face just trying to get their projects off the ground is difficult enough, but imagine facing six years in prison and 223 lashes for your film. This is the sentence facing 30-yr old Kurdish film director, Kaiwan Karimi, in Iran. News of Karimi’s sentencing comes from Kurdish media outlet Rudow, which reported that the judge presiding… Continue reading KURDISH FILMMAKER FACES SIX YEARS IN PRISON AND 223 LASHES FOR KISSING SCENE