Movie Maker - USA (2020 - Spring)

CONTENTS

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8 SPRING 2020 MOVIEMAKER.COM

FEATURES

28. Mother of Invention
    Run director Aneesh Chaganty,
    co-writer Sev Ohanian, and
    producer Natalie Qasabian on
    their mother-daughter thriller,
    and the power of creative
    limitations
    By Tim Molloy


29. How ‘Girl in Nightclub’
    and ‘Girl Who Gets Murdered’
    Made Promising Young
    Woman
    Director Emerald Fennell and
    star Carey Mulligan on their
    “fun popcorn movie that also
    turns the thumbscrews”
    By Tim Molloy


30. This Story, This Way
    A seasoned documentary
    producer and director takes
    MovieMaker inside the
    mysterious process of grant-
    writing for documentary film
    By Alysa Nahmias


31. 50 Film Festivals
    Worth the Entry Fee, 2020
    Spectacular festivals to look for-
    ward to, when we can finally get
    together to watch movies again
    By MM Editors


32. MovieMaker’s
    15 Submission-Worthy
    Screenwriting Competitions
    of 2020, Presented
    by FilmFreeway
    Give your screenplay
    a final pass and apply to one
    of these competitions that
    could change everything
    By Greg Gilman
    56. The Violent Sounds
    of Painted Bird
    Director Václav Marhoul and
    sound supervisor Pavel Rejholec
    on the immersive soundscape
    of their black-and-white
    World War II drama
    By MM Editors
    58. How Charm City Kings
    Director Ángel Manuel Soto
    Learned to Ride with
    a Big Studio
    How he respected his film’s
    Baltimore setting, while pulling
    from his Puerto Rican roots
    By Carlos Aguilar
    61. Welcome to Storyland
    It’s time to rethink the way
    we create—and the way
    we share our creations
    By Alexandre Amancio

COLUMNS & DEPTS.

6. Notebook


7. Contributors


8. In the News
   See what publications around
   the country are saying about
   our “Best Places to Live and
   Work as a Moviemaker”
   winter feature


9. Book Excerpt:
   This Is Not My Memoir
   In this exclusive excerpt,
   André Gregory takes us
   inside the development
   of My Dinner with André
   By André Gregory
   and Todd London
   16. What’s in Your Kit?
   The Green Knight’s director
   of photography unveils his
   very specific equipment
   By Andrew Droz Palermo
   18. Flash Forward
   The New Mutants might
   be delayed, but Henry Zaga’s
   rise can’t be denied
   By Todd Gilchrist
   20. How They Did It: Zola
   How Zola editor Joi McMillon
   captured the energy of
   an infamous Twitter thread—
   cinematically
   By Joi McMillon
   24. How They Did It:
   The Vast of Night
   Podcasts meet old studio back-
   lots in a sci-fi thriller throwback
   By Andrew Patterson
   62. Festival Beat
   From Park City to a mountain-
   top in rural Serbia, a look back
   on the winter festival season
   71. Location, Location,
   Location
   74. Festival Spotlight
   When the pandemic struck,

the San Luis Obispo Interna-

tional Film Festival pivoted

online, and set an example

76. School Board


77. Call for Entries /
    Marketplace


78. Ad Index


79. Things I’ve Learned
    as a Moviemaker
    French-Serbian director
    Emir Kusturica says the next
    moviemaking generation must
    learn the form and not be afraid
    to confront commercialization
    By Emir Kusturica

Welcome

to the issue

ILLUSTRATION BY

VICTOR BIZAR GÓMEZ

ON THE COVER

Doula, Therapist,

Naysayer:

12 Things Every

Indie Producer

Needs to Be

The World Is Full

of Secrets director

on how to guide

a movie—from

a distance

By Graham Swon

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