Vanishing Angle

05/28/2026

We are so excited to welcome our new summer interns!

05/27/2026

Congrats to the festivals that made it on MovieMaker Magazine's festival list!

https://www.moviemaker.com/50-film-festivals-worth-the-entry-fee-2026/

The purpose of our annual list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee is simple: to save you time and money.

05/27/2026

Violinist/disability activist Julia LaGrand brings us inside From the Top’s Musicians with Disabilities Initiative. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the recording of From the Top’s 2026 Musicians with Disabilities broadcast and related performance and panel event.

Julia, along with From the Top host Peter Dugan, meets four young musicians who share incredible performances and speak candidly about their journeys as musicians navigating disability.

Featured young artists include:

19-year-old violinist Alexander McDowell from Durham, North Carolina

18-year-old composer Kiefer Bernard from Montclair, New Jersey

22-year-old French Horn player Macy James from Kalamazoo, Michigan

14-year-old percussionist Zion Giles from Chicago, Illinois

This effort builds on a multi-faceted initiative originally launched by From the Top in 2023 to increase inclusivity and transparency for musicians with disabilities. Central to this work is From the Top alumna and violinist Julia LaGrand, 21, who first brought this vision to the organization after sharing her story as a blind musician on the program in 2021. Julia serves as co-host, content advisor, and associate producer at From the Top.

Learn more about From the Top’s Musicians with Disabilities Initiative at https://fromthetop.org/MWD

Produced with Vanishing Angle.

SPECIAL THANKS

Access/VSA, A Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Program

Berklee College of Music

GBH

Think Outside the Vox



THANK YOU TO THE GENEROSITY OF:

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation

The Volgenau Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Mass Cultural Council

The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation

& the many individuals who support From the Top

05/13/2026

8 years ago today, Thunder Road had its international premiere in the L'ACID section of the Festival de Cannes!

05/02/2026

Our critically acclaimed film The Wolf of Snow Hollow is now streaming for free on Prime Video!

05/01/2026

Looking for bite-size weekend watches? Check out some of our short films that have received a Vimeo Staff Pick:

Shadow Brother Sunday by Alden Ehrenreich:
https://vimeo.com/1031759283

Dress A Cow by Dawn Luebbe:
https://vimeo.com/778254428

How Does It Start by Amber Sealey:
https://vimeo.com/378619616

The Robbery by Jim Cummings:
https://vimeo.com/205973976

Krista by Danny Madden:
https://vimeo.com/259943563

Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn by Hoku Uchiyama:
https://vimeo.com/29939081

Monster Roll by Dan Blank:
https://vimeo.com/45725037

Hydrangea by Jim Cummings:
https://vimeo.com/231208622

The Stop by Danny Madden:
https://vimeo.com/272139075

04/29/2026

Under The Lights won the Limitless Director Award for Community Impact at the Riverrun International Film Festival! 🏆

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04/27/2026

The Vanishing Angle Post Grant earlybird deadline is this Thursday! If you have a short in need of post help, we want to see it! Apply at https://filmfreeway.com/VanishingAnglePostGrant

04/26/2026

Happy Birthday to the incomparable Giancarlo Esposito! 🥳
Your presence, warmth, and nuance in Kill Me are perfect.
We can't wait for audiences to see it. Here’s to another year of brilliant performances. 🎂

04/22/2026

The Earth is both vast and fragile; endlessly giving, quietly enduring, and always worth protecting.