THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Mexico): Learn the rules of La Vida Loca as two brothers join the international gang known as MS-13. 2009 WEBBY WINNER for BEST DRAMA SERIES.

JURY INTERVIEW WITH ZAK PENN: The writer-director behind X-Men: The Last Stand talks about how he first broke into Hollywood.

180 by Darren Miller and Fred Every (South Africa): Mr. Shaw finds himself in the trunk of a car and faced with a life or death decision. JURY WINNER from our ON THE ROAD competition.

FATHER'S DAY by Jonathan Newman (UK): Father and son share a certain understanding. GRAND PRIZE WINNER from our MUSTANG STORIES competition

TEN FIRST DAYS by Matthew Kalish (USA): Dani and Ben live out a full relationship in 10 days. JURY WINNER for THE FIRST DAY competition.
 
 
 
 
   
 

NEW COMPETITION OPENS
CONVINCE US TO PRODUCE YOUR FEATURE

All you have to do is send us some really impressive shorts! This round's Feature Film Competition theme is THE OTHER SIDE. The Other Side of the tracks. The Other Side of an argument. The Other Side of your personality that no one's ever seen. Maybe just The Other Side of the coin. Show us your flip-side in a 1 to 3 minute film and upload it to our site by SUNDAY, AUGUST 2. You could win $500, plus a chance at more prizes, including a feature film production - with you at the helm - and Filmaka producing!                                                      




...AND JUDGING YOUR FILM

VOTE NOW THROUGH JULY 7
ALL MEMBERS CAN CAST BALLOTS

AND THOSE WHO ENTERED THIS COMPETITION MUST VOTE TO STAY IN IT! That's right, we take our civic responsibility seriously at Filmaka. You must support your peers - after all, you don't want just anybody walking away with $500 cash plus $1000 in production funding! Make your opinion heard! Ten winners will be determined purely through peer votes and will have the chance to go on to the Jury Level where they will have their next short funded and then watched by the heavy hitters on our FILMAKA JURY. Three Jury Winners will go on for a shot at winning a feature!


ENTRY WINNERS CHOSEN
WORK ON JURY FILMS BEGINS

We hit a rough patch trying to sort it all out, but in the end, our true grit saw us through the squeeze - eighteen films have been chosen as our Hard Times Entry Level winners. For this sponsored round of the Feature Film Competition, we are requiring our winners to stick with their same concept for their sequel - their Jury Level film. The DIGITAL RIGHTS GROUP will be looking specifically for ideas that can be developed into an ongoing series.

MEMBERS WIN WEBBY
WATCH THE WEBBY WINNING SERIES

Series creators and Filmaka members LUIS BERNAL SALAZAR , RODRIGO LOPEZ ALDANA and ARTURO GONZALEZ ALONSO attended the 13TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS in NYC on June 8! They met host Seth Meyers, head writer for SNL, made their required "five-word speech," and accepted their Webby for BEST DRAMA SERIES for THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LA VIDA LOCA. This original series about brotherhood and revenge was inspired by the real-life Mara Salvatrucha international gang. Watch all episodes plus interviews with the director and cinematographer on La Vida Loca's series page.

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Find out what Filmakas are doing when they're not on the site. Catch up on productions, events and awards our members are involved in when they're not uploading. See pics and posters you can't find on our regular pages.
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DIRECTV FILM CHALLENGE
READY, GET SET...

Twenty talented filmmakers will be receiving the greenlight in the next few days to start production. Each film will receive $5,000 in funding and four or five weeks to take it from page to screen. These original scripts will be shot in Hi-Def and the completed films will go on to compete for a total of over $50,000 IN PRIZES. Ten winners will be chosen, including a 1st place winner who will receive $15,000 cash! Winning films may also be shown on DIRECTV.                                                                                              




SOLD HIS FEATURE
DAVID BRYANT'S TERRIFYING SUCCESS

Filmaka member David Bryant co-produced and co-directed the horror film - along with Richard Stiles & Sebastian Smith. After spotting it on their website, the film was bought by Grindstone and is being released by Lions Gate July 7 in the US and Canada. Says David "The fantastic opportunity that Filmaka has offered filmakers like myself and the competition between us serves to push all of us into producing films that are the best we can do." Find more on David's projects in progress at MENAN FILMS.

HIRED BY FORD
JONATHAN'S SAGA CONTINUES...

JONATHAN NEWMAN knocked all our socks off with his grand-prize winning "Father's Day" in the Ford Mustang Stories Competition last fall. Apparently, we weren't the only ones he left an impression on. SHOOT magazine added their kudos at their seventh annual New Directors Showcase this week in New York City! The event featured an evening screening, panel discussion and reception at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater. The showcase honors 38 up-and-coming filmmakers, from freelancers like Jonathan to an Academy Award nominated producer. You can watch the series of films about drift racing Jonathan directed as a part of his Ford Mustang Stories Grand Prize at www.the2010mustang.com

YOUR RESUMÉ