About Natalia Leite

Natalia Leite’s primer for making your mark—and a living—as an indie moviemaker continues with a map to finding feature funding.

Trying to break in with your first feature? Here, an indie moviemaker and her contemporaries share tales of rejection, resilience, and resourcefulness.

You’ll never “feel ready” to film a rape scene, says M.F.A. director Natalia Leite, but you can prepare to create an authentic and powerful one. Here’s how.