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A boutique newslabel (label + magazine) that makes, releases and writes about movies and music.

By Adam Kritzer

· Launched a year ago

🤖 ROBOT BABY 🤖 World Premiere

Check out the first ever Filmstack community-made music video!

Jun 18•Adam Kritzer and M. I. Devine

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You're Invited To The Filmstack X Tribeca Meet-Up

Bringing together filmstackers with like-minded film folks not yet on the 'stack. A collab with the Tribeca Film Festival!

May 25•Adam Kritzer

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"Given how broken things are with the industry and distribution, I think it’s madness not to experiment."

A conversation with Alain Martin, writer/director of "The Forgotten Occupation"

May 14•Adam Kritzer

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Brought To You By FilmStack: A Collaborative Release Experiment

Sep 25, 2025•Adam Kritzer

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What Filmmakers Can Learn from Musicians

May 8, 2025•Adam Kritzer

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"Weapons" Is A Marketing Masterclass

Sep 11, 2025•Adam Kritzer

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Don't Play Their Game

Jan 22•Adam Kritzer

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Making "Lost Cause" "Chapter 4"

Mar 20•Adam Kritzer

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Latest

"WTF is #FilmStack and NonDē?"

May 6 @ artXnyc. Be there or be square.

May 1•Adam Kritzer

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"What if we treated the film festival circuit like the theatrical distribution of the film?"

Chatting with Cameron S. Mitchell ahead of the NYC premiere of his new documentary

Apr 23•Adam Kritzer

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Contribute To A Community-Made Music Video

Send us original and archival (public domain) footage and we'll use it in the video for the first single from Famous Letter Writer's upcoming EP

Apr 2•Adam Kritzer

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Making "Lost Cause" \ Chapter 4

A producer's checklist of (almost) everything that must be done in pre-production for a low-budget narrative feature film (with examples + downloadable…

Mar 20•Adam Kritzer

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Insider Trading

To announce a (real) new project by AMAUTEUR, I created a trade publication as fake as the rest ‘em

Mar 5•Adam Kritzer

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The Definitive Film Festival Guide

Save yourself time, money and headaches

Feb 19•Adam Kritzer

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How To Cast A Movie, Regardless Of Budget (Chapter 3)

Four casting case studies plus a guide for casting your own movie

Feb 10•Adam Kritzer

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AMAUTEUR

A boutique newslabel (label + magazine) that makes, releases and writes about movies and music.