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Teachers and club leaders can guide a whole group from first idea to screening in six weeks.

You do not need a huge vocabulary to tell a clear story. Master these five shots first.

Write your ending before you write your beginning - it changes everything about what you shoot.

The best performances from first-time young actors rarely come from asking them to "act."

A rough cut screening can sharpen your film, if you ask the right questions and listen well.

Singers, dancers and young models: relive the talent and fashion show from our 2018 festival.

CKFF is free to enter at every deadline. Here's what that free entry is actually being judged against.

The final week is about polish and delivery. Use this checklist to get your film out the door.

A calm, step-by-step check that catches the small mistakes that cost films a fair viewing.

The runtime decision belongs at the start of a project, not in the edit.

A walkthrough of the path from FilmFreeway to festival night.

Two short texts do much of a film's first-impression work, so write them with care.