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A First in Philippine Action Cinema

A Filipino-American movie maker in Hollywood goes back to the Philippines to start a project that will help bring back the action genre to already struggling movie industry. - August 02, 2014 - Elite Virtual Forces

The Awesome Fest Presents: Bruce Campbell’s Horror Film Festival

The Awesome Fest Presents: Bruce Campbell's Horror Film Festival, set for Thursday, August 21–Sunday, August 24, alongside Wizard World Chicago Comic Con in Rosemont, Ill. It will feature the best in independent horror cinema with a full slate of film premieres, panels, special guests, movie marathons, and of course, Bruce Campbell. - August 02, 2014 - Fan Expo HQ

Cupsogue Pictures to Produce "The Miracle"

Cupsogue Pictures are pleased to announce that it will be producing Sammy Mendel’s upcoming picture "The Miracle." Cupsogue’s CEO Gene Fallaize will serve as executive producer on the project, which follows the story of a grieving Jewish scribe who has his life changed by an... - July 31, 2014 - Cupsogue Pictures

Novus Content Distributes "Freeway: Crack in the System"

Novus Content film distribution releases “Freeway: Crack in the System” on October 17, 2014, a documentary film directed by award winning filmmaker Marc Levin of Blowback Productions. “Freeway: Crack in the System,” for which the upcoming feature film “Kill the Messenger” (October 10, 2014 release) starring Jeremy Renner, Ray Liota and Mary Elizabeth Winstead is based on, documents the fascinating life of one of the most well-known drug lords in America. - July 31, 2014 - Novus Content

It's a Fashion Fling at the Ava Gardner Festival, Oct 3-5

The Ava Gardner Festival is planned for October 3-5, 2014 in historic downtown Smithfield, NC with the new "Ava's Closet" exhibit, a "Fashion Fling" opening night reception with Sinatra-style music by the Carolina Crooner, food and beverages, free movies, heritage tours and more. On Saturday, Oct. 4th the festival is collaborating with the Clayton Piano Festival which is featuring Ava in "Show Boat" and her love for flamenco music. - July 30, 2014 - Johnston County Visitors Bureau

David S. Hogan Cast in The Rectory

Actor David S. Hogan has been cast to play the co-starring role of Mark Kerr-Pearce in the feature film The Rectory. - July 30, 2014 - The Rectory Feature Film

AlphaDogs Dishes Up Final Audio for Last Supper

The best cinematography and visual finish can be ruined by inadequate audio post-production, an outcome that separates the amateur from the professional filmmaker. - July 30, 2014 - Alpha Dogs Post Production

Special Boston area Film Screening of Ways to Live Forever to Benefit Supporting Cancer Organizations

World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation (formerly OTCBB:WWMO) will be presenting a special Boston-area screening of the award-winning film Ways to Live Forever. Based on British author Sally Nicholls’ best-selling novel, the surprisingly uplifting story centers on Sam, a spunky 12-year-old... - July 29, 2014 - World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation

Launch of a New Film and Software Production Company Frozen Panda Productions Fills the Void Between Film and Technology

Frozen Panda Productions LLC, has announced that through the award winning talented hands of Mischa Auzins, they will embark in creating a new concept of film productions, online interactivity and distribution. - July 26, 2014 - Frozen Panda Productions LLC

"Underwater Dreams" and Voto Latino Team Up to Promote the VL Innovators Challenge in Collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation, MSNBC and AMC Theaters

The Competition Re-Grants up to $500,000 for Community Tech Projects. - July 24, 2014 - Voto Latino

Indie Film by LA Female Director Embarks on Global Film Festival Tour from Its Debut at Cannes, LA, Madrid to New Hope, PA

Indie Film, The Ballad of Snake Oil Sam continues its journey to New Hope Film Festival, Friday July 25, 2014. - July 24, 2014 - Vista Point Pictures - The Ballad of Snake Oil Sam

The Glasses 2 Movie Stills Released

360 Sound and Vision Releases Movie Stills from The Glasses 2 - July 24, 2014 - 360 Sound and Vision Ltd

Filmmakers Sara Landas & Holli Rae Launch a Kickstarter Campaign to Finish Their Transformative Documentary to Empower Womankind

The Goddess Project must raise $50,00 by August 22,2014 to finish the film. - July 24, 2014 - The Goddess Project

Summer Fever Hits Red Carpet

Native recording artist / model "Lady X" makes stylish appearance at sports and entertainment event. - July 23, 2014 - Lady Xplicit

AlphaDogs Digital Service Station® Provides Alternative Solution for Delivering Content

Getting the correct tools in place to cover the plethora of delivery specs that now exist in today’s marketplace while ensuring projects are delivered on time and within the allotted budgets can frustrate even the most seasoned professional. - July 23, 2014 - Alpha Dogs Post Production

The Glasses 2 DVD Release on July 22, 2014

360 Sound and Vision’s, The Glasses 2, will be released on July 22, 2014 on DVD. - July 16, 2014 - 360 Sound and Vision Ltd

Blatant Studios Director, Jesse Davidge, Launches Kickstarter About His Uncle's Discovery of 100-Year-Old Sternwheeler, the AJ Goddard

Jesse Davidge is making a documentary about his uncle, Doug Davidge, and his discovery of the AJ Goddard, a sternwheeler that was lost for over 100 years. The wreckage was discovered at Lake Laberge, Yukon back in 2008 and recently became a Yukon Historic site. Using the crowd funding site, Kickstarter, Doug and Jesse will be raising funds throughout July and August. - July 12, 2014 - Blatant Studios

Dinner with Lloyd Released on DVD

A documentary about the legendary director Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Films. - July 11, 2014 - 360 Sound and Vision Ltd

AlphaDogs Movie Night Interrupted by Mysterious Stranger

Finding a trusted partner who can work with you from concept to finish and has a genuine interest in making sure your project looks and sounds its absolute best is key to getting your work noticed. - July 10, 2014 - Alpha Dogs Post Production

Get Discovered! East Coast X Film & TV Festival to Debut This August in Virginia Beach, Va.

This four-day event combines seminars and workshops by award-winning industry veterans, live auditions, opportunities to pitch venture capitalists and independent movie screenings. It provides a networking platform for anyone who wants to be discovered – filmmakers looking for distribution, producers looking for financing, actors looking to connect with casting directors and anyone who is a fan of film and television. - July 07, 2014 - East Coast X Film & TV Festival

Documentary About the AJ Goddard Sternwheeler Discovery Launches Kickstarter by Blatant Studios

Kickstarter Fundraiser Launch for the Discovery of Lost Ship. Two young Vancouver filmmakers ready to tell a story of lost Gold Rush era sternwheeler and the adventurers who found her. Amateur archaeologist Doug Davidge spent 19 years and a small personal fortune searching for the sunken... - July 07, 2014 - Blatant Studios

Gerson Therapy Documentary Reveals Unexpected Secrets for Combating Chronic Illness

Documentary “Heal Yourself, Heal the World” to be released 7/8. - July 04, 2014 - Passion River Films

Tragicom Studios Movie Explores Link Between the Technology Industry and the Rise in Autism with Futuristic Eugenics Thriller, "Mindblinders"

Austin/NYC based Tragicom Studios new movie is set in a world where autism is the new normal and is cultivated by a global technocracy. Begs the question whether current autism epidemic tracks exactly the trajectory of the high technology industry. Women seeking a mate might find this futuristic thriller both entertaining and informative. - June 30, 2014 - Tragicom Studios

Will Medicinal Psychedelics Send “Neurons to Nirvana”?

New documentary explores the possibilities of psychedelic psychotherapy. On DVD 7/1/14. - June 30, 2014 - Passion River Films

INDIECAN10k Female Seeking Success

Winner of the Indiecan10k challenge in BC needs support to make her female-led film about music and love in a technology-driven era. - June 25, 2014 - Female Seeking Male

Eli DeGeer to Star in Eric Stanze's Road Trip Odyssey "Stoplight"

Filmmaker and actress Eli DeGeer will play the lead role in the upcoming feature film "Stoplight" directed by Eric Stanze. - June 25, 2014 - Wicked Pixel Cinema

ARIDO Jewelry Honoring Kelsey Scott for Her Contribution in Film & TV Industry

ARIDO Jewelry will present Kelsey Scott with the GEM Award for her role in the Oscar winning film 12 Years A Slave, during a private dinner party in New York City, July 2, 2014. - June 23, 2014 - ARIDO Jewelry

Leading Man Jonathan Stoddard Celebrates Launch of New Website

Jonathan Stoddard today announces the online presentation of his website, designed by the acclaimed creative teams at Kissed Creative and Your Acting Website. - June 23, 2014 - Kissed Creative

Blackburn Wraps

Shooting for Blackburn, an action-packed horror movie from 3B Entertainment and director Lauro Chartrand (Born to Raise Hell) has completed. - June 20, 2014 - 3branes

Machete Media Productions Next Project, a Documentary "Nyack Needs A Skatepark" Announced

While producing “Nyack Needs A Skatepark” documentary, Machete Media Productions will intermittently release short videos promoting local skateboarders. - June 19, 2014 - Machete Media Productions

Hot Demos From Boris FX, Axle Video, SmartSound and Fitness In Post at the June Editors' Lounge

From streamlined media management, to powerful visual effects, to integrated sound library plugins, to health tips for editors, this month’s lounge will be brimming with valuable knowledge for production and post-production professionals - June 18, 2014 - Alpha Dogs Post Production

Movie Stars and Former Sweethearts Maggie Wagner and Daniel Baldwin Head to New York City for the World Premiere of "The Wisdom to Know the Difference"

Former sweethearts and now co stars..actors Maggie Wagner and Daniel Baldwin along with his brother Billy and Lou Diamond Phillips are in "the Wisdom to KNow the Difference" opening at the Manhattan Film festival on June 20. - June 13, 2014 - Magwag Productions

Film Distribution Opportunity for the 99% of Film Makers Searching for an Audience

Film Distribution Opportunity for the 99% of Film makers Searching for an Audience and who want to commercially exploit their creation. Morph invites submission of film projects which have been previously rejected or overlooked by mainstream distributors. - June 12, 2014 - Morph Distribution

"Birthday Crashers" Official Selection of the Manhattan Film Festival 2014 Screening at Quad Cinemas on June 21st @ 3:00pm

"Birthday Crashers," a short film written by David Klein and Directed by French Director Etienne Goldet, known for his short "Freaky Saturday Night Fever" with Gary Busey, and Produced by Chiron Films, Inc., Cee French Harth and Paul Harth, will be screening at the Quad Cinema... - June 08, 2014 - Chiron Films, Inc.

Female Action Director Announces Signing of Raw Leiba (Marvel© Franchises’ Killmonger – Black Panther Movie) to film FORCE©

DeMar Productions is proud to announce the upcoming production of the action crime drama, FORCE© starring Raw Leiba (The Heat, Conan the Barbarian, Game of Thrones etc.,) directed by Dena Rivera, (one of the few female actions directors in the world). - June 07, 2014 - DeMar Productions

Bio-Pic "Frida," at Senate Theater at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 7

“Frida,” the bio-pic of Frida Kahlo, Mexico’s most prominent artists and wife of painter Diego Rivera, whose murals are a major attraction at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), will be shown at Detroit’s Senate Theater at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 7. The Senate Theater is at... - June 06, 2014 - Detroit Theater Organ Society

LGBT Activist Maurice Tomlinson Fights Jamaica’s “Abominable Crime” Law

Pulitzer funded documentary “The Abominable Crime” will be available on DVD on 6/10. - June 06, 2014 - Passion River Films

Project Past Life - Goes Live! on Indiegogo

To support filming effort planned for the UK, Defining Video Productions has started crowd funding effort on Indiegogo.com. The project started as a grassroots web-based documentary effort that has suddenly taken off to something more significant. Now there is Project Past Life as a viable TV show / Documentary with great potential. A network executive at Adeys.TV says “The show has promise for a remarkable following.” - June 05, 2014 - Defining Video Productions

Cult Film Director John Swanbeck to Present Transformative Technique for Acting for-Camera at SAG Summer Intensive

In the workshop, titled “How to Think Like the Camera,” Swanbeck will show actors how to pop on screen by learning to understanding how the film camera thinks, what it responds to, and how actors can make an emotional connection with it. He will share some of his cinematic tools that actors can use with their traditional process to create unforgettable cinematic characters. - June 05, 2014 - BlueSwanFilms

AIDS Research Alliance Announces “Lunch with LeVar Burton” Winner

AIDS Research Alliance is pleased to announce its winner of the “Lunch with LeVar” Giveaway. Athena Tang, a music teacher in the Fremont Unified School District in Northern California, will be having lunch with LeVar Burton at one of his favorite L.A. hotspots later this summer. The... - June 05, 2014 - AIDS Research Alliance

It’s Lights Camera Action for Magical Dreams Production’s Jaane Kyun... The Unanswered Question

Magical Dreams Productions Pvt. Ltd. has kick started the production of their film Jaayne Kyun in full swing. The first leg of the film is getting shot in Punjab. The movie stars Soha Ali Khan and Vir Das in the lead and is a true-life story of a family’s survival on the night of October... - June 05, 2014 - magical dreams

"The Suicide Theory" Shocking Darkly Comedic Neo-Noir Film from Australian Filmmakers to Die for

World Premiere at Los Angeles' Dances with Films Festival Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 7:15pm at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres Hollywood & Highland. Actors Steve Mouzakis’ Star Turn as “Steven Ray,” a Depressed Hit-man, and Leon Caine’s Nuanced Portrayal of “Percival,” His Suicidal Client, Are Not to be Missed. - June 03, 2014 - Seven8 Media

Science Celebrity Geoff Notkin Appearing at Phoenix Comicon This Weekend

Author and science writer Geoff Notkin, who starred for three seasons on the international hit television series "Meteorite Men," today announced his appearance schedule for this weekend’s Phoenix Comicon. The annual event, taking place June 5-8 at the Phoenix Convention Center and... - June 03, 2014 - Aerolite Meteorites, LLC

The Three Times Moving Short Film Trilogy Concludes with a Time Forgotten

June 30th 2014 sees the online premiere of the romantic drama short film Three Times Moving: Time Forgotten- the conclusion to the Three Times Moving Trilogy. - June 02, 2014 - Lee Neville Entertainment

Interviews with Sundance Winners and a Review of Aaron Paul and “Breaking Bad”

"Film Theory and Modern Art": includes interviews with the winners of 2014 Sundance Film Festival: Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter) and Janicza Bravo (Gregory Go Boom). Also, an essay from an acclaimed film academic, Bert Cardullo, “Modish Artifice vs. Modern Art.” Featuring a review from the Editor, Anna Faktorovich, of a television series, “Breaking Bad,” with a debate on if it’s great art or disastrous pop filmmaking, and the acting methodology of the supporting lead, Aaron Paul. - June 02, 2014 - Anaphora Literary Press