Volume 28, Issue 7 / July 2024

From Industry to Art

For this issue Offscreen places a wide focus on some lesser discussed aspects of the film industry which often are hidden from the more glamorous side of the industry, especially for young filmmakers trying to break into a career from university or freelance, short film territory. Filmmaker, producer, podcaster Cameron Kit is a young veteran of independent cinema and has worked hard to establish herself as a producer of narrative and documentary films with her production company YOYOS. In the opening article she interviews actor-director Esther Um to pick her brain as a Festival Strategist to explore avenues that can help young filmmakers navigate the sometimes overwhelming process of submitting your new film to film festivals. Twenty-five year old filmmaker Tzvi managed this process much quicker than most when his feature debut Killer of Men (2022) was shepherded through its post-production by veteran Hollywood producer Cary Woods. Tim Brinkhof interviews Woods about his ability to pick out the next great young filmmaker. Navigating the path from film school in Montreal, Quebec to Hollywood (Walt Disney, Sony Pictures, Pixar) is the subject of our interview with animator Emilie Goulet. How the film industry chooses to memorialize and archive its past is important because it allows us to see how an industry reacts to social change. These changes are reflected on by screenwriter and frequent Offscreen collaborator Tom Stempel as he reflects on his visits to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Beverly Hills. The issue concludes with Aubrey Solomon's broad view assessment of whether today's changing landscape of film exhibition (theatrical, streaming, ancillary markets, etc.) can sustain the sort of long-term careers film directors have had from the 1940s to today. (Donato Totaro, ed.)