Filmmaking Movies

A documentary film about cult director José María Zabalza. How he made pictures with very little money and was granted little...

A group of frustrated actors, writers and directors take to the desert to make a film about themselves, then get lost in it.

Filmmaker Alexander Freeman who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of two, was raised by his loving and supportive parents but the one...

Terrytoons animated short film directed by Frank Moser

Short film by Sandi Mitchell showing footage of the ruins of the NFB's Halifax office after it was destroyed in a fire in 1991.

The misadventures of a group of filmmakers who try to make a documentary about the campus ghost.

A documentary about the making of the first Star Wars film (and to a lesser extent Empire and Jedi) including a look at some of the deleted scenes,...

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

Marcos, an independent film and video editor, works editing late into the night. On a typical night at work, he has a seizure that causes him to lose...

Julian has agreed to help Henry make his first film--but, on the day of shooting, Julian shows up having taken four tabs of LSD. Across the streets...

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...

Andrew, a sound recordist, fuels his obsession with a young actress through nefarious means. When Andrew’s flirtations are turned down by...

The summer of 1960 was a critical moment in the history of film, when the fly-on-the-wall documentary was born. The Camera that Changed the World...

A short documentary about the making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'.

The film chronicles filmmaker Joel DeMott, significant other/film partner Jeff Kreines and filmmaker Mark Rance as they head to Michigan to make a...

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

Against a collage of excerpts that span thirty-four films, a filmmaker reflects on the community he has built over more then a decade of low-budget...

An intimate look at cinematographic creation, this visual essay shares with us secrets of the legendary Canadian animator Norman Mclaren and his...

A comedy drama following Annie Freeman, an actor who must navigate misogyny and ageism in the film industry. With no appropriate acting roles...