Don't miss your last chance to see us at Booth 408. The SXSW EDU 2025 Expo is free and open to the public on Wednesday, March 5!

We’ll be sharing our newest resources for teaching with film and amazing free giveaways for you. We can't wait to answer your questions about teaching with film & partnering with us to make film-based educational materials. Tell your #Austin #educator & #filmmaker friends we'd love to meet them, too! 1/3

#SXSWEDU #SXSWEDUExpo #Austin #SWSW #Film @education

We would love to connect with more filmmakers in the Fediverse!

If you are a filmmaker, please say hi. And if you follow great filmmakers, please share your recommendations.

Thank you!

Edited to say: Boosts on this are welcome and appreciated. Thanks again!

#FollowFriday #AskFedi #Film #Filmmaker #Filmmakers #Filmmaking #IndieFilm #IndieFilmmakers #IndieFilmmaking #Directors #Director #FilmDirectors #DirectorOfPhotography #Producer #Producers #FilmProducer #SocialImpact #SocialImpactProducer @film

‘Inside the Master's Imagination: Hayao Miyazaki's 50 Favorite Children's Books’

There's no chance any of us will approach the filmmaker's genius, but understanding the creative DNA of his work might provide you some new and unexpected tools of your own.

#reading #books #childrensbooks #filmmaker #filmmaking #hayaomiyazaki #miyazaki #japanesecinema #animation #ghiblistudio #studioghibli

https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/inside-the-masters-imagination-hayao

Are you a #filmmaker using #kdenlive? Let us know about your project!

Regardless of whether you are working on making shorts with your mates, features or corporate ads, online or TV shows or music videos, we want to see and promote them all!

We are building a showreel made up of clips from projects edited with Kdenlive. We aim to encourage more artists to move beyond expensive, closed systems to a free way of making movies.

Help us help the next generation of filmmakers! #videoediting @kde

So far I have one friend. Any writers or teachers out there who would like to connect? I am a constructivist English educator currently teaching in non-traditional spaces and at the Community College of Vermont. #Englishteacher #writer #filmmaker #Vermont

Are you a social impact filmmaker who wants to expand the reach and lifespan of your film? Journeys in Film is the leading creator of educational resources for narrative and documentary films. We partner with premier filmmakers to create customized impact materials that promote proactive learning and spark community awareness around important social issues.

Explore how we can help you harness the storytelling power of your film in 2025. Contact us to learn more.

https://journeysinfilm.org/contact_us/

@film #Film #FilmMastodon #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #SocialImpact #FilmProducer

I noticed that I should have a pinned post, introducing myself:

I am a filmmaker with a love for storytelling through animation and live action. You might know me from 'Under The Apple Tree' or 'The Smile'.

And I write, paint, do urban sketching, compose music and what have you. Never a dull moment.

:)

www.erikvanschaaik.com

"In the early 1920s, a #Jewish #filmmaker set out to create a movie that would counter the rising #antisemitism of the time.

The result was “Breaking Home Ties,” a #silentfilm about #Russian Jewish immigrants in the Lower East Side that depicts #Jews and Jewish practice in a sensitive light.

“Breaking Home Ties” premiered at the Astor Hotel near Times Square in 1922. For its time, it was seen as a rare, well-rounded depiction of Jewish characters, and a glimpse into the lives of struggling immigrants.

Shortly after its premiere, however, “Breaking Home Ties” vanished into obscurity. That is, until it was discovered in a #film archive in #Berlin in 1984. And now, after an extensive restoration over the span of decades, “Breaking Home Ties” will once again hit the silver screen as part of the New York Jewish Film Festival"

https://www.jta.org/2025/01/14/ny/a-lost-film-about-jewish-immigrants-on-the-lower-east-side-returns-to-the-big-screen-in-nyc

'Masc II: Mascs Plus Muchachas' - celebrating a subculture through cinema

The #BerkeleyArtMuseum and #PacificFilmArchive is hosting Masc II: Mascs Plus Muchachas, a #film #series running January 17 to February 23. #Curated by #filmmaker #JenniOlson, it explores the #culture of #butchlesbians, #transmen, and #gendernonconforming people through #cinema.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #UCBerkeley #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture

https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=events&id=337349&sc=arts_events

I'm hoping to use Raspberry Pi 5 to train filmmakers, but I have trouble installing apps. I particularly want KIT Scenarist/Starc (screenwriting), Audacity (audio editing), Kdenlive (video editing) and Gimp or Krita for photo editing. But looks like I have to be online to install anything, and with our slow internet, it will be a pain to do this in 8 or 10 machines. Anyone with ideas? #raspberry #kdenlive #krita #filmmaker

Excited to begin a new chapter on Mastodon.
#Art
#Artist
#Film
#Filmmaking
#Hollywood
#LosAngeles
#Beauty
#Photography
#Education
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From the Archives:
THEO VAN GOGH (director)

https://www.altfg.com/theo-van-gogh-director/

Having my tea while my breakfast congee is cooking & watching one of my fave YouTube channels, the #FridayNightSemites podcast.
Hosted by #Palestinian #comedian Sammy Obeid & #Jewish #filmmaker Josh Healey.

Currently watching this episode:

Noam Shuster-Eliassi: The Israeli Comic Laughing in the Face of Apartheid

Noam Shuster-Eliassi is a self-described “traitor comedian” – an Israeli artist, activist, and all-around cultural troublemaker who isn’t afraid to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Growing up in Israel’s only intentional Jewish/Palestinian community called Neve Shalom / Wahat as-Salam (‘Oasis of Peace’), Noam refused to join the Israeli army and instead became an organizer against the occupation. Now, she’s turning her unique perspective into comedy that takes on everything from Israeli censorship to the contradictions of what she calls the “peace industry.” Think of her humor as the antidote to Israel’s polished PR—challenging, honest, and unapologetically bold.

In this episode, Noam breaks down her one-woman show, Coexistence My Ass (yes, that’s really the name), the reactions to her pro-Palestine material, and the toll of being a loud voice for human rights and equality from Gaza to the West Bank and inside present-day Israel itself. She also dishes out some wild stories from her time at East Jerusalem’s “Corona Hotel” quarantine, shares what it’s like to speak at international peace summits without pulling punches, and dives into her own, not-so-sanitized take on Israel’s official narratives. This conversation gets real about the risks (and occasional rewards) of using comedy to cut through apartheid, dehumanization, and the unspoken hierarchies baked into Israeli society.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=64atewhC8vE