A filmmaker documents building a short movie with generative AI after abandoning Unreal Engine assets, covering the trade-offs between image beauty and precise control. Readers get candid, detailed workflow experiments comparing video prompting strategies and image models.

Montréal filmmaker Noah Leon writes about the practical realities of independent filmmaking, from distributing his documentary Love Notes to Newton through Vimeo On Demand to using an iPhone as a serious camera. The posts are personal, candid and grounded in his own production experience and budgets.

WellerVision is an animation studio's newsletter from a filmmaker sharing the making-of notes, folklore inspirations and festival news behind atmospheric stop-motion shorts. Readers get personal, craft-focused reflections on design, music and storytelling choices behind each film.

A festival-focused newsletter that profiles independent short films playing at FilmQuest, pairing filmmaker interviews with key takeaways about production choices, influences and story origins. It gives readers an inside look at how small-crew shorts get made and what their creators were thinking.