Filmmakers Collaborative

August 26, 2020

Capturing "Beauty on the Wing"

“Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly” is a 56 minute narrated film, directed by FC member Kim Smith, that unfolds along the shores of Cape Ann…

May 29, 2020

Webinar Preview: Meet Scilla Andreen

With our June 4 Webinar (12:30pm to 1:30pm, ET) on film distribution, featuring the insights of IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen, fast approaching, we caught up with Scilla to discuss IndieFlix…

May 1, 2020

The Art and Science of Archival Storytelling

Sheila Curran Bernard is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and filmmaker with credits on nearly 50 hours of prime time broadcast and theatrical programming, work that is often leveraged…

March 26, 2020

A Conversation with Director Edmund Milligan Marcus

“Lucky Milo” is the story of former US Marine Milo Imrie ( pictured below) and his post-active duty struggles with PTSD and mental health issues. The film’s writer/director, Edmund Milligan…

March 11, 2020

FC Academy is hiring!

FC Academy is an educational program created by Filmmakers Collaborative that is geared toward teaching students ages 8 – 18 how to make short films. We believe that introducing kids…

February 4, 2020

Say Hello to Gabriel Polonsky

To label Gabriel Polonsky an artist and illustrator is an understatement (as you’ll discover as you read on!) According to the Facebook book page for his company, GP Studio Arts,…

January 28, 2020

Meet Paul van der Walt

Paul van der Walt, FC member and FC Marketplace advertiser, writes music and creates sound design for films, games, television, commercials and various music libraries. He also releases music as…

January 10, 2020

Introducing Eastern Script

We recently welcomed Eastern Script as the newest vendor in the FC Marketplace! We couldn’t be more pleased to have them. We chatted with Eastern Script’s owner and founder, Anne…

December 13, 2019

Because Data Is King!

Over the past year, filmmaker and producer Michael Forstein created and launched The Film Festival Database, an online resource for filmmakers and film festival organizers. The response from…

December 3, 2019

Meet Lori Tobin

Producer Lori Tobin is a filmmaker, anti-vaping activist, and a proponent of children’s health. She is the founder of SporTobin, a Hull-based apparel company featuring custom made workout clothes. Lori…

November 6, 2019

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple discusses NEW HOMELAND

Every summer since 1914, Camp Pathfinder, a summer camp located on a small island in the wilderness of Canada’s Algonquin Park, invites a community of boys and young men from…

July 23, 2019

FC Proud to Partner with BUILD Boston

Filmmakers Collaborative, through the FC Academy filmmaking workshops, recently entered into a relationship with BUILD Boston. BUILD is dedicated to creating a more diverse future workforce by ensuring students in…

June 12, 2019

A Conversation with Joshua Seftel

FC member Joshua Seftel is a 2017 Emmy nominee and Peabody Awards Finalist for creating the landmark series “Secret Life of Muslims.” The timely and poignant documentaries which combat Islamophobia…

May 10, 2019

Meet FC Member Holly Stadtler

Holly Stadtler began her career in news and worked for six years for NBC Nightly News in Washington, DC as a Unit Manager and Production Manager. She was in the…

April 8, 2019

Meet Nubar Alexanian

Nubar Alexanian is a highly acclaimed photojournalist and filmmaker who, for the past 40 years, has worked for magazines in the U.S & Europe including Life Magazine, The New York…

March 29, 2019

Meet Jackie Olive

In 2001, filmmaker Jackie Olive attended a photography exhibition that altered her perspective and put her on the road toward directing a documentary, “Always in Season,” that would go on…

February 15, 2019

FC Member Lucy Egisserian: Giving Voice to the Silenced

Looking back on what inspired her to make her first documentary film, Lucy Egisserian recalls volunteering at the Salem Film Festival in 2012. There was something about the energy of…

January 28, 2019

Meet Debbie Wright

The roads that lead people to becoming documentary filmmakers are as varied as the topics of the films they produce. We recently chatted with filmmaker and FC member Debbie Wright…

January 16, 2019

Catie Foertsch's MEATGRINDER

FC member Catie Foertsch is a long-time video producer who has recently expanded into documentary film production. Currently, she is working with Sgt. Travis Weiner and Capt. Tommy Furlong, both…

December 31, 2018

Meet FC Member Meghan Shea

We were happy to welcome veteran filmmaker Meghan Shea into the FC Member community this past summer. Meghan is an award winning documentary film director and producer. She began her career…

September 18, 2018

A conversation with NEH Grant recipient Kathryn Dietz

Late last month we proudly announced that, with our support, filmmaker and long-time FC member (and former Executive Director) Kathryn Dietz was awarded a grant of $500,000 by the NEH…

September 13, 2018

Beyond Diplomacy:Building a Sustainable Peace

Do you want to contribute to a program to promote peaceful solutions to conflict? Beyond Diplomacy: Building Sustainable Peace A Feature Length Documentary About Peacebuilding in Four Countries After suffering…

July 17, 2018

Serving Up the Truth about Food and Farming

Matt Wechsler, along with his producing partner Annie Speicher, are the filmmakers behind the 2016 documentary, “Sustainable.” The film was a passion project for them, combining their roles as food…

June 1, 2018

Heeding the Call of "The 11th Order"

Joshua DeFour has been making films since college, eventually dropping out of a journalism bachelor’s program in December 2010 to join the U.S. Marine Corps as a combat videographer and…

May 9, 2018

Experience "Mountain"

Nothing gets our pulse pounding faster than viewing a documentary that defies stuffy notions of what the genre is “supposed” to look and feel like. One such offering is the…

April 25, 2018

Co-Directors Tim O’Donnell and Jon Mercer discuss “Life Without Basketball”

Attendees at the Independent Film Festival Boston on Sunday, April 29 are in for a special treat. Screening that afternoon at 12:45 will be a work-in-progress version of co-directors Tim…

March 20, 2018

Celebrate Spring with Two Film Fests

New Englanders could be forgiven for experiencing some cognitive dissonance this week as the calendar says “spring,” but the temps insist that winter still has us in its grip! While…

March 7, 2018

IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund now accepting applications

The IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund, supporting feature-length explorations of original, contemporary stories that integrate journalistic practice into the filmmaking process, is now accepting applications for production grants up to $100,000!…

March 6, 2018

An Interview with Tom Phillips of OBT Music

Music can have an indispensable influence in the impact of a film’s storytelling. Whether it is used to punctuate, create a mood, or reflect an atmosphere or era, a film’s…

December 20, 2017

Filmmaker Interview: Diana Rodgers

For the past 15 years, Diana Rodgers has lived on a working organic farm raising vegetables and pasture-based animals. In 2010, she realized the solution to her Celiac Disease and…

November 30, 2017

Filmmakers Collaborative Board Treasurer Needed

Filmmakers Collaborative is currently seeking a skilled, experienced and energetic accountant with a passion to work with the independent filmmaking community to act as Board Treasurer. Please click here to view a complete…

November 28, 2017

Filmmaker Interview: Garrard McClendon

In his debut documentary, Chicago talk show host, Garrard McClendon, tells the story of his parents being murdered just before he goes on-air. After celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary, Wayman…

September 21, 2017

"Celling Your Soul" Increasingly Relevant

Late last month, as summer began to wind down and students across the nation prepared to return to classrooms, the newly perennial debate bubbled up again over the role of…

August 29, 2017

Lorraine Hansberry Documentary To Have World Debut at TIFF: An Interview with Tracy Heather Strain

Congrats to FC member Tracy Heather Strain and team! Her documentary film SIGHTED EYES/FEELING HEART about playwright and civil rights trailblazer Lorraine Hansberry will make its world debut at the…

August 17, 2017

Remembering Barbara Gullahorn Holecek, Award-Winning Documentary Producer for PBS, NOVA

One of Filmmakers Collaborative’s longtime members Barbara Gullahorn Holecek passed away on Friday, August 4, at Beth Israel Hospital. Barbara was an intrepid adventurer, making films all over the world, among…

August 3, 2017

Cool Docs for Summer's Hottest Month

As the dog days of summer descend, Outside magazine recently served up some thoughts on a few of the hottest documentaries premiering over the next month. First out of the…

July 28, 2017

Announcing Hometown Heroes Film Rally Presented by Seed&Spark and The Duplass Brothers

Great stories happen everywhere. And great films can be made anywhere. Enter Hometown Heroes — a crowdfunding rally looking for the next generation of filmmakers making movies with local community and resources:…

July 25, 2017

Legal Considerations for Filmmakers

Back in June, we hosted a lively discussion called Legal Consideration for Filmmakers, led and moderated by Sandra Forman. Sandra is a Boston-based entertainment attorney with a primary focus on…

July 12, 2017

Max Ribbans, Juggling Filmmaker

We are so pleased that our Filmmaking Summer Camps have been such a hit. This year’s offerings have booked up quickly, though there are still spots available for the rest…

June 26, 2017

Summer Film Festivals

Is there any place more wonderful than New England in the summer? Rhetorical question, of course. And we’re sure that summer is pretty darn amazing in many parts of the…

June 9, 2017

BOSTON World Premiere Raises $76,000 for Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation

LA Roma Films is delighted to announce the World Premiere of the documentary BOSTON has raised $76,000 for the Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation. Funds raised will be used to…

June 7, 2017

Massachusetts Film and TV Incentive Program

Many of you may have heard rumblings about how the Massachusetts Film and TV Incentive Program may be impacted by upcoming state budget negotiations. To give you sense of the…

May 29, 2017

Memorial Day

Today marks the 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birth. It is fitting then, seeing whereas it is also Memorial Day 2017, that we might consider this JFK quote as…

May 22, 2017

FC Fundraising Workshop

We had a great turnout on May 17 for our “Developing Your Film Fundraising Strategy,” hosted by FC Board Member and Independent Consultant, Ronn Smith. Ronn talked about demystifying the…

May 15, 2017

Funding Sources Get Reprieve

Independent filmmakers were among the many who watched and waited, with great concern, as Congress worked to arrive at a spending bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2017. The…

April 28, 2017

An Interview with FC Founder Michal Goldman

As we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Filmmakers Collaborate, we could think of no better person to chat with about this august occasion than Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and FC…

April 21, 2017

Angelo Unwritten to screen at IFF Boston

“Angelo Unwritten” tells the story of Angelo, a gifted yet troubled youth, and Laura and Phil, his final set of foster parents, whom he meets after living in several foster…

March 8, 2017

Matt Damon to Narrate Boston Marathon Documentary

The film premieres on April 15 in Boston, two days before the annual marathon commences. “Boston” will then receive a one-night theatrical premiere on April 19 through Fathom Events. “Matt…

September 21, 2016

Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket!

Here’s Part 1 of a Behind the Scenes look at Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket! More to come! #AnnabelleHooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoNW5_57DMo