Filmmaking Movies

Since its release in 1968, Planet of the Apes, the masterful film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, and its subsequent...

The arrival of a beautiful new stranger in town prompts two boys to spend their summer holidays enticing the young woman to act in a short-film....

A filmmaker takes revenge on a festival that has rejected her year after year. But her revenge will not be bitter, cruel or violent. Instead she will...

BRICKS IN MOTION is a feature length documentary that explores the lives of individuals involved in the hobby of creating stop-motion animated films...

An amateur filmmaker grapples with clashing personalities as he attempts to film a Christmas special

This documentary is not a straightforward portrait of Armenian film director Sergei Paradjanov's life, but rather a fluid celebration of his talent...

M. Emmet Walsh discusses his memories of making Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat and his career in film.

Panning shot of a room while a group of people discusses film while eating at a table.

The Meltdown Memoirs depicts the production of the movie Street Trash along with cast and crew interviews 20 years later.

A short documentary on Jerome Kern and the making of Till the Clouds Roll By.

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Barta’s masterpiece.

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between...

A documentary about the career of director Jack Arnold at Universal-International Studios. (An early version of this film, only 20 minutes in length,...

An insightful short documentary about eight young filmmakers, just out of film school who all have a romantic outlook about Cinema but are equally...

An essay film by filmmaker and archivist Sari Braithwaite, [Censored] offers an overview of film censorship in Australia, told through an...

A satire about the difficult way films are made in the Netherlands. The focus is on the painstaking way in which aspiring filmmakers, have to see the...

Discussion of the making of the film Summer Stock (1950).

A compilation of the most spectacular TV moments thanks to the presence and evocation of Jean-Luc Godard on the small screen. Godard's presence has...

Jeppy Bass is the story of a college student's struggles to make his thesis short film, entitled 'Damn Fine Cup'. After getting a behind-the-scenes...

The Other Side of Porcupine Lake follows Ingrid Veninger as she makes her sixth feature film, Porcupine Lake. From writing and casting through...