Dead Of Winter 2026 (summer edition!)
Horror Films!
If you missed the Shawna Shea Film Festival last week, this weekend offers you another chance to catch the screenings of some epic films made by the local indie film community, including Mother Grimm by Jason Lake and Manic by Amelia Favata. (...
SSFF 2026 in Worcester!
Indie Films!
It's finally here! The indie film event of the year!The Shawna Shea Film Festival! Friendly Filmmaker didn't submit a film this year, but I helped out on 4 that are screening.Mother Grimm by Jason LakeNoctis Monstorum by Patrick Rahall & Ashes Homon RahallIn...
Sneak Peek!
Next week is the World Premiere of first time filmmaker Amelia Favata's "Manic", which is a beautiful and trippy psychological thriller. If you've been following the socials, you've probably seen some arresting stills and posters, but I bet you haven't seen our interview!(Mostly, be...
Celebrate!
Wishing you all a happy Independence Day weekend! Here's to the creative sparks in us all! 😁🎬📸🙌🎆🎇
JULY 16-18
SHAWNA SHEA FILM FESTIVALWORCESTER, MA
The annual event of the year! Many amazing films by local filmmakers will be screened and celebrated!For one, Amelia Favata's debut...
Answering Filmmaker Questions
Conversations
This week, I had a great question today from a first-time producer who wanted to know more about the logistics and rules (if any) of making a movie from the beginning.
Maybe you're in that boat? Stepping out of your comfort zone to BUILD a project, mo...
On the set of "The Bird Puppeteer"
Admin Stuff
This week has been FULL of paperwork for various projects I'm in, and it reminded me just how much administative work is involved in filmmaking sometimes. 🫤😮💨
Soooo... I've ALSO been building a list of tools that every filmmaker needs at one point...
Boston 48 "Best Of 2026" Screening!
Fun Night!
Team Friendly Filmmaker's film "Thumbderdog" was screened at the "Best Of" screening for this year's Boston 48 Hour Film Project! What an incredible night overall!
The Boston 48 film community has so many friends that already know each other, so ...
June 12!
Private Screening
I meant to add this to yesterday's newsletter!
We have another awesome film coming out of Third Act Productions! (Which, their films have pulled tears out of me. So good.)
JUNE 12
STUDIO TOUR AND "EXIT" SCREENINGSHREWSBURY, MA7pm
Karin Trachtenberg wanted to share...
Come to the June 8, Boston 48 "Best Of 2026" Screening!
The Finals!
Team Friendly Filmmaker's film "Thumbderdog" was accepted into the Best Of 2026 screening for this year's Boston 48 Hour Film Project! That means, the team of judges honored us with at least one nomination. Like every year, we ...
Glitz and Glam, baby!
On Set
Skipping the news updates this week! I'm on set, I'll fill you in next time :-)
JUNE 8
BOSTON 48 HOUR FILM BEST-OF SCREENINGS & AWARDSSOMERVILLE, MA6:30pm - Crystal Ballroom at the Somerville Theater
The Boston 48 Award Nominee films screen again! And then awa...
Friendship Always Wins
Major Achievements
As promised last week, I wanted to talk about some truly amazing things that the Friendly Filmmaker Community has achieved -- both here in the Newsletter, and in the Paid Community. 2026 is only half over, and we've seen some beautiful and unexpected fe...
What a great night!
Two Thumbs Up!
Thanks to the Boston 48 HFP production team (headed up by Andrew Osborne) for an amazing series of 48 Screenings this past week at the historic Somerville Theater! It was so much pure fun to see our film with an audience. THUMBDERDOG was incredibly well reciev...
