There is a bit a of racket in film festivals. They charge for submissions. Of course, this is designed to help cover the costs of the staff and critics who review the films as well as defer some of […]
LGBT films have always been an important part of film history and art. It has only been in the last 30 to 40 years that these film festivals have achieved a wider audience and recognition for the contributions of […]
The midwestern United States is mostly Chicago to anyone who doesn’t live there, but for locals, it’s as diverse as anywhere on the planet. From the blue collar factories of Indiana to lakes of Minnesota, this area before you […]
There are film festivals all over the world. In fact, there are thousands that are held in small towns everywhere. This wasn’t always the case. There are some festivals that were created much earlier than the rest. The Venice […]
For much of the world, instead of awards shows, it’s film festivals that bring out the stars and great new films. This is short list of film festivals around the world that are worth going to: Bahamas International Film […]
Environmental films didn’t really exist until about the 1970’s. For the most part there were few film-makers seriously looking at the earth and our place in it until the late 1960’s. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962) became the first […]
