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Some of the strongest youth submissions we see were shot on a phone. Here's what actually matters instead.

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."

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

A walkthrough of the path from FilmFreeway to festival night.

The audience can't always articulate what it wants — and the people funding it aren't the ones watching it.

What used to be a novelty slot is becoming a programming category with its own audience.

It's not a competition category — and that's exactly the point.

The screening is the excuse to be in the room. The room is the point.

Professionals remember the kid who asked a sharp question more than the kid with the best gear.