Jun 02

Filmmaker 5 with Alexander Freeman: My Own Normal

Documentary film My Own Normal, directed by Alexander Freeman, shares his personal story as he navigates fatherhood, relationship, family conflict, and working as a filmmaker while living with cerebral palsy. This autobiographical film take us inside the familiar life of any new father, from the struggles of self doubt to the joy of father-daughter playtime. And it […]

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Mar 24

Filmmaker 5 with Lin Yihan: SHI RI FANG GU / Sojourn to Shangri-La

An elaborate fashion shoot is planned on the beach, but the backdrop built in advance has been swallowed by the sea overnight. While a young assistant tries every means possible to find it again, the this film within a film almost imperceptibly slips into the magical. Following a successful screening at the prestigious Berlinale Film […]

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Jan 25

Exclusive Interview with Laura Gabbert and Doug Pray: The Power of Film

The Power of Film is a six-part series hosted and curated by renowned UCLA professor emeritus, founding chair of UCLA’s Film and Television Producers Program, and one of the founders of the UCLA Film Archive, Howard Suber. Each 40-minute episode in The Power of Film dives deep into the art of storytelling by examining the […]

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Jan 23

Filmmaker 5 with Daniel Barosa: Boi de Conchas / The Shell Covered Ox

While mourning her missing sister, Rayane balances helping her fisherman father and practicing for the school’s music festival – provided she doesn’t become an ox first, a misfortune assailing several teenagers in the area. Short film Boi de Conchas borrows its title from a folkloric manifestation born in Ubatuba, Brazil, about an Ox named Ratambufe, […]

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Jan 15

Filmmaker 5® with Ary Zara: An Avocado Pit

Larissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night, in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition of one another, they dance their differences away till morning light. Short film An Avocado Pit tells an empowering story, free from violence and filled […]

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Nov 28

Filmmaker 5 with Scott Hamilton Kennedy and Neil deGrasse Tyson: Shot in the Arm

In the spring of 2019, before anyone had heard of COVID-19, filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy began investigating the global measles epidemic. He began filming a documentary with top public health officials—including Tony Fauci, Paul Offit, and Peter Hotez—and compiling rare interviews with anti-vaccine activists—like Robert Kennedy, Jr., Andrew Wakefield, and Del Bigtree—who were persuading parents […]

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Sep 11

Filmmaker 5 with Margreth Olin: Songs of Earth (Fedrelandet)

Songs of Earth (Fedrelandet) is a majestic symphony of sight and sound with filmmaker Margreth Olin’s 85-year-old father at its center. Acclaimed director Olin spends a year with her father Jørgen a lifelong trekker who guides us through Norway’s most spectacular valley — the place he grew up and where generations have been living alongside […]

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Sep 09

Exclusive Interview – Director and Star of The Umbrella Men: Escape from Robben Island

The Umbrella Men: Escape from Robben Island, a Known Associates Entertainment production, offers the return of the beloved ensemble cast from the film 2022 film The Umbrella Men. Reuniting the cast in the spirit and setting once of the beautiful old quarter of Cape Town, South Africa – the Bo Kaap – the language, identity, […]

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Sep 09

Exclusive Interview: Cast and Director of Death of a Whistleblower

When Luyanda’s no bullshit reporting style lands her in trouble at work, an independent journalist, Stanley, tries to recruit her for research on a top-secret exposé related to the 1996 Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its aftermath. Soon Luyanda finds herself left in possession of Stanley’s laptop. Driven to carry on Stanleys’ work, she enlists […]

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Sep 08

Filmmaker 5 with Eva Thomas: Redlights

Short film Redlights – written, produced and directed by Eva Thomas – sees best-friends Tina (Kaniehtiio Horn) and Amber (Ellyn Jade) wrapping up their night at a local bar and heading to Tina’s car, when Amber realizes she has forgotten her purse. Tina volunteers to go get it while Amber waits in the car. When […]

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