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Weekly news, events, and gigs for independent filmmakers.
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You Rock!
THANK YOU
No Friendly Filmmaker updates to report this week, aside from my gratitude to you all! Special hugs to the Community Members and Ko-fi Friends. I have some major blogs coming for everyone next time!
Oct 11
"OLD FRIENDS" PREMIEREEASTON, MA
Filmmaker Allison Rothwell built a team to...
Oct 10, 2025
Pure Gigs
THANK YOU
This week has seen a lot of trouble shooting on the community platform and I wanted to publicly thank everyone who submitted a form, sent an email, or texted me to ask a question. Every problem solved makes the site more awesome for everyone! Every teeny optimization matters, and ma...
Oct 03, 2025
Amazing Buffalo!
The "Mother Grimm" screening at AFF!
AMAZING FEST NEWS
Our trip to this year's Amazing Fantasy Film Festival was incredible. Most of the cast and crew of "Mother Grimm" made it all the way out to Buffalo for the weekend, to take in as many indie films as we could possibly see, and to share our ...
Sep 26, 2025
Screenings and Gigs!
Mother Grimm BTS throwback!
MOTHER GRIMM BTS
As we look forward to the Amazing Fantasy Film Festival screening "Mother Grimm", which is nomated for...
* Amazing Short Feature* Amazing Director* Amazing Female Performance for Isabel Deschamps* Amazing Female Performance for Sissy O'Hara
... I ...
Sep 12, 2025
Back to School!
Happy September!
AMAZING NEWS
(pun intended!)
The Amazing Fantasy Film Festival (in Buffalo next week, deets below) just release its list of nominations. Jason Lake, (first time director, I remind you!) has A LOT to be proud of. This film really is a wonderful piece, and I'm happy to announce t...
Sep 05, 2025
Ko Re!
Anime, anyone? "ko re!" means "take that!", as in, this is one super exciting issue!!
COMMUNITY MILESTONE
You might have seen on the blog entry this week, we hit a pretty amazing milestone in the Community. This week, for the first time, we posted gigs to the Community that were either filled ...
Aug 29, 2025
Summer Break
Taking a break this week!
Let's just touch base with the Community news!
SHAWNA FOUNDATION
One more time, just repeating a message from the Shawna Foundation Newsletter: If you love SSFF and MIFF like I do, please record a 60-sec video or audio message (or write a note/poem/haiku/skyletteri...
Aug 23, 2025
Pure Community
No News this week! Just check the bottom of this email for streamlined resources, and let's dive into the Community nitty gritty.
SHAWNA FOUNDATION
ICYMI, just repeating a message from the last Shawna Foundation Newsletter: If you love SSFF and MIFF like I do, please record a 60-sec video o...
Aug 15, 2025
Community Wins
Apologies! I always feel bad when the newsletter is delayed, but I'd rather do a good job than send out something half-baked. The film community has been absolutely BUZZING these last few weeks! Here are some highlights:
SUMMERWEEN RECAP
The screening party was delightful! Thank you to every...
Aug 09, 2025
SUNDAY!
SUMMERWEEN
Last call! The screening is this weekend!
Two horror-themed shorts ("Call Me After Dark", and "Mother Grimm")
Q&As with both filmmakers
Surprise Prize for Best Costume
Raffle Grand Prize valued over $500 includes a new Edelkrone Wing slider!
plus food, fun, and more!
Get your ti...
Aug 01, 2025
July News
SUMMERWEEN
Remember to join us Sunday August 3rd, when the sun is out, traffic is nice, parking is free, and there's no other Halloween Party competing for your attention!
Don your favorite costume, come watch two horror-themed shorts ("Call Me After Dark", and "Mother Grimm"), cross your fin...
Jul 25, 2025
Summer Slim!
SUMMER SLIM
This month is busy planning the Summerween event for Friendly Filmmaker, so news is going to be light as I focus on organizing the event.
MOTHER GRIMM TRAILER
In case you missed the trailer for "Mother Grimm", you can watch it here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL0ba4txcqV/
It w...
Jul 18, 2025