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That same year the American independent filmmaker Sean Baker premiered his comedy caper Tangerine, shot on an iPhone 5s, at Sundance, aligning the emerging category of the cell phone movie with a tradition of scrappy, low-budget ingenuity.
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Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The industry first broke into my social circle, in Shanghai, in January, when a German filmmaker friend was hired to join a set in Xi’an, the ancient capital known for its terra-cotta warriors.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Kormákur is an Icelandic filmmaker whose breakout was the 2006 crime drama Jar City and who has a tendency to bounce around both genres and continents.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
The filmmakers say the project seeks to explore how such crises might inform human responses.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The industry first broke into my social circle, in Shanghai, in January, when a German filmmaker friend was hired to join a set in Xi’an, the ancient capital known for its terra-cotta warriors.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Kormákur is an Icelandic filmmaker whose breakout was the 2006 crime drama Jar City and who has a tendency to bounce around both genres and continents.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
The filmmakers say the project seeks to explore how such crises might inform human responses.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Filmmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filmmaker. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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