independent filmmaking

5 min read 2021-12-20 23:09:53

How the CAAM Fellowship Changed Three Emerging Filmmakers in 2021

Every year, as a part of the CAAM Fellowship, Asian American documentary filmmakers develop their projects under the guidance of their mentors, and

4 min read 2021-12-09 19:15:15

Earlier this year, we joined SP member, Sundance director and New Shoots alumni Eleanor Mortimer on location at Victoria Park, London, as she filmed

6 min read 2021-12-02 03:30:00

'Castle Falls' Director and Actor Dolph Lundgren shares with Script's Editor Sadie Dean his emotional connection to his character, working with actor

3 min read 2021-12-01 23:23:28

Filmmaker Sean Alami has decided to shoot a short film utilizing the Cinematic mode of the new iPhone 13 Pro and to see if this sophisticated toy can

1 min read 2021-10-29 00:37:30

Documentary filmmaker Grace Lee has launched a new podcast called Viewers Like Us. A riff on the familiar PBS slogan “This program was made

1 min read 2021-10-22 02:00:00

Script's Editor Sadie Dean interviews 'Punch Drunk' filmmaker Emily Lerer about her very personal connection to the story, her collaboration with her

1 min read 2021-10-15 02:21:35

Asian American representation, yellow face, and homophobia may feel like the topics of the day, but filmmaker Arthur Dong has been addressing these

1 min read 2021-10-13 23:39:54

Five years since embarking on their documentary-in-progress, Unseen, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo is finally starting to feel seen as a filmmaker, and as

1 min read 2021-08-27 00:15:01

On July 10, 2020, filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir commented on Matthew Heineman’s Facebook post: “This is a great project. I said this to Matthew

1 min read 2021-08-19 03:22:00

Leaving home to attend college can be a stressful, daunting experience under the best of circumstances. But for Baneen Khan, it was a life-changing

1 min read 2021-08-12 00:00:13

What does it really look like when mothers are responsible for doing both professional work and the labor of raising kids and overseeing their

1 min read 2021-07-23 20:14:56

SP’s career development short film competition, New Shoots: Filmmakers, is open for submissions four times a year (January, April, July and

1 min read 2021-07-08 23:21:03

CAAM will have two films in the 2021 PBS Short Film Festival, running from July 12-23. For the tenth annual festival, we are proud that the films

1 min read 2021-06-24 02:21:18

In Jan. 2021, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) announced its partnership with Firelight Media and Reel South in spearheading The Hindsight

1 min read 2021-06-24 01:47:14

The CAAM-produced PBS documentary series Asian Americans is one of the first winners announced by the 2021 Peabody Awards, one of most prestigious