Summer 2011 | Filmmaker Magazine

Summer 2011 Table Of Contents

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25 New Faces of Independent Film - 2011

Welcome to the 14th edition of Filmmaker’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Steve James returns to his native Chicago to look at a group of ex-cons who have formed an organization dedicated to wiping out the violence that has plagued their streets in THE INTERRUPTERS. By Jason Guerrasio | Photograph by Henny Garfunkel

HIGH OCTANE

For Evan Glodell, surviving a bad breakup by making a movie wasn’t enough — he also built the camera it was shot on and the car featured in its story. Dubbed the mad scientist of this year’s Sundance, he takes Septien director Michael tully through the apocalyptic fever dream that is BELLFLOWER. Photograph by Henny Garfunkel

GRAVITATIONAL PULL

Director Mike Cahill and star Brit Marling co-wrote Sundance’s most unexpected hit, ANOTHER EARTH, a lo-fi, sci-fi fable about forgiveness, self-knowledge and our perpetual quest for a new beginning. By Scott Macaulay | Photograph by Henny Garfunkel

SECOND LIFE

For Miranda July’s second feature film, THE FUTURE, the performance artist and director mixes humor, fantasy and psychodrama to explore the anxieties of adulthood. By Alicia Van Couvering | Photograph by Henny Garfunkel

TEHRAN AFTER DARK

After spending her childhood traveling back and forth between Iran and the U.S., writer-director Maryam Keshavarz examines the sexual rebellion of today’s Iranian teens in her Sundance audience award-winning CIRCUMSTANCE. By Jason Guerrasio