Short films are a big part of the film industry, but often don’t get the same amount of attention that features do. Yolanda Barker talks with filmmakers and film organizations to hear their thoughts on the future of the medium. If you are a filmmaker with dreams of making a fiction feature film, at some stage […]

In this world of indie film making, even crowdfunding is evolving. When I did my first crowdfunding campaign five years ago, asking Joe Soap to donate funds to my film was akin to begging, but now crowdfunding is something of an initiation rite for independent filmmakers. These days, no idea is too great or small […]

As a new feature in The Spread, each month we’re going to give you the low down on a film festival we believe has unique industry merit. This month, Yolanda Barker puts the spotlight on the Albuquerque Film and Media Experience, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. When I arrived at the A.F.M.E festival in New Mexico, […]

“STEP INTO THE FUTURE OF FILM” the headline read… Fresh from a film festival in the New Mexican desert, where I’d been bathing in the glory of classical filmmaking, the Emerge press release piqued my interest. New Mexico said the future of film was a return to 35 mm; I suspected this would say something different. Part of […]