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"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
Wonder Costumes Now Selling Anticipated Elsa Frozen Girl’s Costume
Nine year online costume store gets most in demand costume early. - June 01, 2014 - Wonder Costumes
Controversial Film 120 Days to Premiere in Hollywood June 7th
Award-winning Documentary to Hold West Coast Premiere at the 2014 Dances With Films Festival - May 31, 2014 - 120 Days
Cheer Channel Secures Tulip® Body Art® as Sponsor for "First Crush"
CCI Adds Lifestyle Accessories Provider to Sponsor Lineup. - May 31, 2014 - Story Merchant
Cheer Channel Announces GymCheer USA as Official Location of "First Crush"
Home of the California Flyers to Support Secret Diary Three. - May 31, 2014 - Story Merchant
Cheer Channel Adds Blingity Bling to Sponsor Lineup of "First Crush"
Blingity Bling to "Bling Out" Cast of Secret Diary Three. - May 31, 2014 - Story Merchant
Award Winning Documentary Film on Mindfulness, "Room to Breathe," Now on iTunes
"Room to Breathe", the award winning documentary film about the efficacy of mindfulness in the classroom is now available on iTunes. - May 30, 2014 - Room to Breathe
River Faught’s Documentary “Flesh on Fire: Addicted to a Dream” to be Released by Indie Rights
River Faught, executive producer of the award-winning feature documentary “Flesh on Fire: Addicted to a Dream” signs with film distributor Indie Rights. - May 29, 2014 - Radical Humility Productions
One Lens Film Festival Announces Its Move to Hollywood
One Lens Film Festival returns for its 3rd year and moves its one night short film festival to The ARC Theater in Hollywood, CA on September 20, 2014. One Lens Film Festival accepts short films of all genres and aims to celebrate Purpose Driven Film and the artists that create them. - May 28, 2014 - One Lens Film Festival
U.S. Film Premiere of The Ballad of Snake Oil Sam Set for May 31st, 2014 at Dances With Films Festival in Hollywood, California
The Ballad of Snake Oil Sam: A desert traveler embarks on a mystical journey in pursuit of redemption. - May 27, 2014 - Vista Point Pictures - The Ballad of Snake Oil Sam
"Your Face Global Jam" - Animators World-Wide Pay Homage to Twice Oscar-Nominated Bill Plympton
Over 100 International animators will interpret three seconds of Bill Plympton's first Oscar-Nominated short "Your Face" set to the composition by Maureen McElheron, and an added original composition by an artist to be named. Nominations are open at YourFaceGlobalJam.com for animators to interpret, with any style or technique of animation they choose, a portion of the 1987 short that launched the career of the acknowledged "King of Indie Animation" Bill Plympton. - May 24, 2014 - Bella Fe Media
Private Invitation Only Membership for Complimentary Events & Entertainment Launches in 16 US Cities & the U.K.
On the List, a private invitation only membership for complimentary events and entertainment will launch in 16 US cities & the UK on June 8, 2014. - May 23, 2014 - OTL the Comp Ticket Underground
Blackburn Casts Horror Heavyweights
Vancouver production company 3B Entertainment announces casting for the action packed horror movie Blackburn is now complete. - May 22, 2014 - 3branes
Yac-Yan Da Biznessman Gives Hip-Hop Fans 3 for 1 Releasing His New Single "Bonus," the Video and Launching His Website Simultaneously
Yac-Yan Da Biznessman releases his new single “Bonus” accompanied with eye catching visuals. The single is available today via itunes and his website www.naysaymusic.com. The single is the first off his forthcoming mixtape Good Bizness Vol.1, to be released this summer. In addition to the single and video Yac-Yan launches his new website www.yac-yandabiznessman.com giving fans the full audiovisual experience. - May 20, 2014 - naysay music
Chop Squad Film Screening
Austin Filmmaker/Actor Nick Royce Debuts "Chop Squad" Short Film Series to Jumpstart Full-Length Edgy Comedy/Action Feature; Party/Screening at Roppolo's on Sixth on 5/22; Also Open Call for Next Segment Extras & Local Film Community Networking Event - May 19, 2014 - Nick Royce Films