# feature film (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover feature film. Page: Feed: --- ## [Micro-budget Case Study #61](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/micro-budget-case-study-61) _2026-08-21 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ The Living End ## [5 Podcasts for NonDē Filmmakers](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/5-podcasts-for-nonde-filmmakers) _2026-08-17 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ Because I don’t have many hobbies I’m usually thinking about filmmaking or storytelling, or doing my best to learn as much as I can about said subjects. ## [Micro-budget Case Study #60](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/micro-budget-case-study-60) _2026-08-14 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ Upstream Color ## [How to Run a Successful Table Read](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/how-to-run-a-successful-table-read) _2026-08-12 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ Ever since special features became a part of physical media, or now YouTube, I watched my favorite filmmakers do table reads with their cast. ## [Love Introduced](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/love-introduced) _2026-08-10 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ The Fourth Stage of Feature Film Structure ## [Top 5 Dogme 95 Films](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/top-5-dogme-95-films) _2026-08-10 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ Before the mumblecore movement entered the independent film scene, Dogma 95 entered the public consciousness when a couple of Danish filmmakers wrote a manifesto, introducing the world to a new wave of independent cinema. ## [Micro-budget Case Study #59](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/micro-budget-case-study-59) _2026-08-07 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ Mutual Appreciation ## [Spider-Man vs. Superhero Fatigue](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/spider-man-vs-superhero-fatigue) _2026-08-05 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ The phrase superhero fatigue has been a part of the public consciousness for a while now. ## [MAA 12: Skyla Grayce Hart- writer and mother](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-12-skyla-grayce-hart-writer-and) _2026-08-04 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "Motherhood has become my art form" ## [5 Film Festival Submission Mistakes](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/5-film-festival-submission-mistakes) _2026-08-03 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ That Cost Filmmakers More Than Money ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vo8NOsvsd0il) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Blue Notes: what makes cinema so immersive?](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/blue-notes-what-makes-cinema-so-immersive) _2026-07-30 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ using our five senses to create compelling stories. ## [Micro-budget Case Study #58](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/micro-budget-case-study-58) _2026-07-30 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ Paranormal Activity ## [5 Lies Many Independent Filmmakers Believe](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/5-lies-many-independent-filmmakers) _2026-07-29 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ Indie film is rich with mythology. ## [Five Mistakes First Time Producers Make](https://donnybroussard621349.substack.com/p/five-mistakes-first-time-producers) _2026-07-27 · Donny Broussard · Punk Rock Producing_ Most of my students want to be directors, some want to be writers, but very few of them want to be producers. ## [How to Write the First-Act Turning Point: From Action Toward a New Self to the Anarchy of the Soul](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/how-to-write-the-first-act-turning) _2026-07-20 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ Six Iconic Films, One Better Life Is Possible ## [First Act Turning Point: Explorer→Magician on the Wheel](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/first-act-turning-point-explorermagician) _2026-07-13 · Intuitive Screenwriting_ The Third Stage of Feature Film Structure ## [MAA 11: María Trujillo- mother, designer, creative director](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-11-maria-trujillo-mother-designer) _2026-07-13 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "This season has made me constantly relook at every part of my life with a new lens" ## [MAA 11: Erin Phillips- mother, therapist, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-11-erin-phillips-mother-therapist) _2026-07-06 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "Matrescence was the rebirth for my soul and creativity I didn’t know I needed." ## [Blue Notes: let me pitch my film to you](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/blue-notes-let-me-pitch-my-film-to) _2026-07-04 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ This film is inspired by my mother’s story. ## [Holding a Hundred Beautiful Things](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/holding-a-hundred-beautiful-things) _2026-07-01 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ The Artist and The Mother ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2vjO7iHuQ0RT) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [How to Write the Inciting Incident: From Heart's Desire to Scene](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/how-to-write-the-inciting-incident) _2026-06-30 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ Ten Iconic Films, One Ray of Hope ## [MAA 10: Leah Hamill- mom of two, gardener, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-10-leah-hamill-mom-of-two-gardener) _2026-06-29 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "What do I love to do? What can I create with a little on my back and one at my feet? A garden." ## [MAA 09: Emma Davidson- mother, sewer, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-09-emma-davidson-mother-sewer) _2026-06-23 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "raising a whole human — is the most important and creative work I’ve ever done." ## [Inciting Incident or Ray of Hope Wheel Point](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/inciting-incident-or-ray-of-hope) _2026-06-22 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ The Second Stage of Feature Film Structure ## [How to Write Exposition: From Identity to Scene](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/how-to-write-exposition-from-identity) _2026-06-15 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ 10 Iconic Films, One Battlefield ## [MAA 08: Emily Laura- mother, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-08-emily-lara-mother-writer) _2026-06-15 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "Motherhood has brought me closer to my intuition, and in turn, closer to my art." ## [SHORT FILMS “IN, ON, AND UNDER THE WATER,” SOMMERWERFT 2026](https://www.lusofest.de/en/25ysommerwerft/) _2026-06-13 · Marc Rodrigues · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ In keeping with the theme of this year’s Sommerwerft, “The Ocean Begins in Frankfurt,” LusOFest will present a program of short films set “In, on, and under the water” on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The program features regional films from the Rhine-Main and Hesse regions as well as the Portuguese-speaking world and consists of a \[…\] Der Beitrag SHORT FILMS “IN, ON, AND UNDER THE WATER,” SOMMERWERFT… ## [MAA 07: Kasey Gill- mother, film photographer, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-07-kasey-gill-mother-film-photographer) _2026-06-08 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ writing and photographing as part of hygiene & laughter and occasional weeping as medicine ## [Exposition of the Identity Battlefield](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/exposition-of-a-wound) _2026-05-19 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ The First Stage of Feature Film Structure ## [How the Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel Works](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/how-the-intuitive-screenwriting-wheel) _2026-05-14 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ A deeper exploration of the structural engine behind the Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel. Paid subscribers can also send Friday questions on archetypes, genre structure, and feature-film architecture. ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gDG71v5xYYEV) _2026-05-14 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [And the winners are… LusOFest Short Film Competition 2026](https://www.lusofest.de/en/winners26/) _2026-05-13 · Marc Rodrigues · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ In 2026, LusOFest was once again on the lookout for two winning films. One prize was awarded by the three-member jury, consisting of Tine Nowak (MfK, Kulturkapital, Leben X.0), Daniel Brettschneider (Kino Kulinarisch, Westside Kino) and Subin Nijhawan (New Generations), whilst the other was determined by audience voting at the respective screenings. This year, however, \[…\] Der Beitrag And the… ## [LUSOFEST KURZANSICHTEN 2026 «WE GONNA WORK IT OUT!»](https://www.lusofest.de/en/may2026/) _2026-05-09 · Marc Rodrigues · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ During the Kunstansichten weekend from May 29 to 31, 2026, 57Nord is organizing a group exhibition for artists who were not selected for the major citywide cultural event in Offenbach. Applications, including up to two images, can be submitted on May 21 and 22, 2026. Information can be found on the 57Nord website, its social \[…\] Der Beitrag LUSOFEST KURZANSICHTEN 2026 «WE GONNA WORK IT OUT!»… ## [Intuitive Screenwriting System: Orientation](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/intuitive-screenwriting-system-orientation) _2026-05-08 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ If you are new here, this may help. ## [Purpose of Story: Human](https://intuitivescreenwriting.substack.com/p/purpose-of-story-human) _2026-05-05 · Intuitive Screenwriting · Intuitive Screenwriting_ The purpose of story is not entertainment. ## [LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTIVISM (Short films: Documentary, Experimental)](https://www.lusofest.de/en/activism26/) _2026-01-10 · Marc Rodrigues · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ LusOFest screens short films by filmmakers from the Rhine-Main region alongside international productions from the Portuguese-speaking world. All submitted short films had to be less than 20 minutes long. All films in Portuguese are shown with subtitles, mostly in English. The short films shown at LusOFest take part in the short film competition and can \[…\] Der Beitrag LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTIVISM… ## [MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE (Medium-length, fiction)](https://www.lusofest.de/en/medium26/) _2026-01-07 · Margarida Pimenta Pimenta · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ The medium-length film is a unique category. The runtime for this format is not strictly defined. For us, it includes films between 20 and 60 minutes long, thus complementing our short films which run up to 20 minutes. This format allows stories and ideas to be told on a different scope and pacing. This year \[…\] Der Beitrag MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE (Medium-length, fiction) erschien zuerst auf… ## [LONG NIGHT OF SHORTS (fiction, animation)](https://www.lusofest.de/en/longnight26/) _2026-01-07 · Margarida Pimenta Pimenta · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ At LusOFest, short films by filmmakers from the Rhine-Main region are screened alongside international productions from the Lusophone world. All submitted short films had to be under 20 minutes in length. All films in Portuguese are shown with subtitles – mostly in English. The short films featured at LusOFest take part in a competition and \[…\] Der Beitrag LONG NIGHT OF SHORTS (fiction, animation)… ## [LUSOFEST SHORT FILM SOFT OPENING (Documentary, Fiction)](https://www.lusofest.de/en/shortopen26/) _2025-12-18 · Marc Rodrigues · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ Two days before the feature film programme begins, we will be getting into the festival spirit at Digital Retro Park and showing a number of documentaries and short films from our competition programme. As is customary for us, films from the Rhine-Main region will be screened alongside entries from the Portuguese-speaking world. The competition entries \[…\] Der Beitrag LUSOFEST SHORT FILM SOFT… ## [CONCERT: JULAKIM](https://www.lusofest.de/en/julakim_en/) _2025-12-16 · Marc Rodrigues · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ JULAKIM, a musician from Darmstadt, fits perfectly into the supporting programme of our small festival. She is a regional artist with a personal connection to Lusophonia. Julakim is a border crosser. She combines German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and English to create a multilingual soundscape. Her music is hypnotic, sensual and political at the same time. \[…\] Der Beitrag CONCERT: JULAKIM… ## [SUR LA STRE NURO (Portugal 2024)](https://www.lusofest.de/en/soundexperimentalism/) _2025-12-08 · Marc Rodrigues · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ “As Jonathan Uliel Saldanha states: “experimentation is everywhere”. Constructed through conversations with 23 of the most relevant Portuguese experimental sound artists, SUR LA STRE NURO reveals their different approaches to the processes of experimentation, exploring their works, gestures and innovative methodologies, in an uninhibited sonic and documentary journey into the creation of… ## [the media](https://lizsueko.substack.com/p/the-media) _2025-12-07 · Liz Sueko · THE WITCH's DIARY_ an excerpt from EGO DEATH ## [LISBON STORY (Germany 1994)](https://www.lusofest.de/en/lisbonstory_en/) _2025-12-07 · Marc Rodrigues · LusOFest Filmfestival in Offenbach am Main_ LISBON STORY recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Director Wim Wenders himself celebrated his 80th birthday and was honoured with a major exhibition at the Bundeskunsthalle. His 14th film is a tribute to the city of Lisbon and, at the same time, a nod to film history. The outstanding soundtrack made the group Madredeus world-famous. The \[…\] Der Beitrag LISBON STORY (Germany 1994) erschien… ## [stubborn](https://lizsueko.substack.com/p/stubborn) _2025-09-17 · Liz Sueko · THE WITCH's DIARY_ an excerpt from EGO DEATH ## [mimic](https://lizsueko.substack.com/p/mimic) _2025-09-10 · Liz Sueko · THE WITCH's DIARY_ an excerpt from EGO DEATH ## [lilith + persephone](https://lizsueko.substack.com/p/lilith-persephone) _2025-09-03 · Liz Sueko · THE WITCH's DIARY_ an excerpt from EGO DEATH ## [mosaic](https://lizsueko.substack.com/p/mosaic) _2025-08-27 · Liz Sueko · THE WITCH's DIARY_ an excerpt from EGO DEATH ## [THE WITCH's JOURNEY ( PRIEST excerpt)](https://lizsueko.substack.com/p/the-witchs-journey-priest-excerpt) _2025-06-29 · Liz Sueko · THE WITCH's DIARY_ from the future feature film "THE WITCH's JOURNEY" ## [EGO DEATH (short film)](https://lizsueko.substack.com/p/ego-death-short-film) _2025-06-29 · Liz Sueko · THE WITCH's DIARY_ EXT. ## [a "FUNCTIONING" Excerpt](https://lizsueko.substack.com/p/a-functioning-excerpt) _2025-06-23 · Liz Sueko · THE WITCH's DIARY_ from the future feature film "Functioning" ## [StoryAlity #183 – The Monolith in \`2001′: A Metaphor for AI](https://storyality.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/storyality-183-the-monolith-in-2001-a-metaphor-for-ai/) _2025-06-13 · JT Velikovsky · StoryAlity_ The Monolith in \`2001‘: a metaphor for AI An online essay, by The EthiSizer AI. 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