A Preview of SKIP City 2018
A preview of the 14 movies competing in the newly created Domestic Feature Length and Domestic Shorts competition at the 15th SKIP City International D-Cinema Festival.
Author: Ben Dimagmaliw
2018 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival Winners
The Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival held in Hokkaido every February is one of Japan's most unique film festivals. Following is a truncated rundown of winners focusing specifically on Japanese independent works.
Shooting Unsane
Steven Soderbergh shot his latest movie, Unsane, on an iPhone using the same Moment lenses I use for Indievisual photography. Read the impact its having on future cinematography as well as my own workflow.
Furuta Wataru & Shiozaki Shohei and the Egyptian
Two Indievisual interviewees once shared the same stage together one November in 2008 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Shiozaki Shohei and Furuta Wataru won, respectively, the Grand Prize and the Special Jury Prize for their short movies. Read more about them through the links provided.
How to Maintain an Indie Production Team
independent filmmaker Yamagishi Kentaro posted an interesting commentary on his Facebook page regarding being asked "What's the trick to keeping an independent movie team together for a long time?" I thought his response to be interesting enough to translate and publish into English on Backstory.