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“Lost Nation: The Ioway” Filmmakers Win Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival Top Awards
Award-winning film screens in town that inspired title. - April 11, 2008 - Fourth Wall Films
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Closes with Record Attendance
The 11th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org) drew to a close on Sunday, April 6 with record breaking attendance. Full Frame distributed 28,965 tickets at this year’s Festival compared to 26,895 last year. With a deliberate focus on allowing attendees better... - April 11, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
Kevin Booth, the Award Winning Producer/Filmmaker, Appears on Nationally Syndicated Alex Jones Show Today
Kevin Booth is interviewed by Infowars nationally syndicated radio talk show host, Alex Jones. - April 11, 2008 - Sunset Corporation of America
Cherry Bowl Drive-in: A Step Back Into the Fabulous 50’s Drive-in Celebrates 55 Years of Family Entertainment
The Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre celebrates their 55th year of providing family-friendly entertainment in Northern Michigan. Double features start at dusk, but come early for homemade food, shopping and entertainment. Open Fridays & Saturdays in May and September and daily all summer long. (231) 325-3413, www.cherrybowldrivein.com - April 10, 2008 - Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre
Announcing the 2008 Texas Film & Video Grants
Texas Film & Video Grants is a program designed to provide financial assistance to independent and emerging media makers who live in the State of Texas. Assistance is provided to artists whose work shows potential, skill, and creativity. Awards are distributed on a per-project basis; up to a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per project. - April 10, 2008 - Texas Filmmakers Corporation
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Festival Award Winners
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org) has announced the 2008 Festival award recipients. - April 09, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
Award Winning Documentary, American Drug War: the Last White Hope is Revealed by Panelist on the Real Time with Bill Maher HBO Panel
Esteemed panelist on the popular HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher refers to the American Drug War film in last episode. - April 08, 2008 - Sunset Corporation of America
Edwin Freeman Starring as Mister Cee in "Notorious"
Edwin Freeman, announces that Fox Searchlight has just hired him for the role of Mister Cee in the upcoming biopic 'Notorious.' - April 03, 2008 - Clout PR Firm
Kirk Bowman, Paul Beeson and Danilo Mancinelli Are Successful Indie Filmmakers Who Have Collaborated and Will Release New Feature Films to the Public
Biography and a little background on these independent filmmakers. - April 03, 2008 - Foul Shot Productions
Rare "Gone with the Wind" Letters to be Sold
An important collection of Gone With the Wind letters and memorabilia are now being displayed at Circa Savannah an will be sold to interested parties. - April 01, 2008 - C. Savannah, LLC
Original Johnny Mercer Music Contracts for Sale at Circa Savannah
An important collection of one of America's favorite lyricist, vocalist, and composer who contributed to many Broadway musical productions and Hollywood films is available for purchase as Circa Savannah. - April 01, 2008 - C. Savannah, LLC
11th Annual Film Festival to Showcase Curated Sidebar
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced a curated sidebar for the 11th annual Festival April 3-6 in downtown Durham. - April 01, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
2008 Thin Line Film Fest Seeks All Forms of Documentaries
Thin Line Film Fest 2008 announces its Call for Entries. This year's festival will be held September 24 - 28 in Denton, TX. Thin Line Film Fest is an international, documentary-inspired film festival embracing the fluid nature of the documentary and celebrating the films and filmmakers redefining the genre. Thin Line Film Fest is seeking any film that adheres to the "style" of documentary filmmaking; including traditional documentaries, “mockumentaries,” “docu-fictions,” and “docudramas.” - March 29, 2008 - Texas Filmmakers Corporation
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 2008 Panels and Workshops
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced the line-up of Panels and Workshops for the 11th annual Festival April 3-6 in downtown Durham. - March 28, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
ASI’s Extreme Loading® Technology Allays Implosion Concerns
Extreme Loading® Technology was used to predict the collapse of St. Francis Hospital scheduled for demolition in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania last weekend. The building’s demise was historic to that locale, but for Applied Science International (ASI), the hallmark event is about the technology that showed the public what would happen beforehand – a new structural analysis technology now available to practicing engineers internationally. - March 27, 2008 - Applied Science International, LLC
Jon Izen's Black and White Wins NYICFF Audience Award
Black and White, the iLaugh.com microseries featured at the 2008 New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF), walked away with the festival's prestigious Audience Award for viewers aged 8 to 14. Directed by March Entertainment's Jon Izen, Black and White is a wacky, ultra-short... - March 27, 2008 - March Entertainment Inc
Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank Will Have Re-Release on May 6th, 2008
The re-release of Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank to home video. - March 26, 2008 - Foul Shot Productions
"Lost Nation: The Ioway"-- Film Makes Oklahoma Premiere
Documentary explores dramatic saga of Oklahoma's Ioway Tribe. Film producers and Ioway Tribal Members to appear at Oklahoma premiere event. - March 25, 2008 - Fourth Wall Films
Feature Film Foul Shot Creating Some Buzz
Foul Shot Productions and the release of Foul Shot to US Home Video on January 1st, 2008. - March 25, 2008 - Foul Shot Productions
Fleur De Lis Film Studios Pays Tribute to American Heroes on Medal of Honor Day
Fleur De Lis Film Studios Honors American Heroes on Medal of Honor Day; Announces Partnership with The Rock Entertainment in Producing Medal of Honor TV Series - March 24, 2008 - Fleur De Lis Film Studios
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Ticket Sales
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced that Advance Tickets are available for purchase through Wednesday, April 2. Advance Tickets are the first opportunity to secure individual tickets, and they are available until Wednesday, April 2, after which online... - March 24, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
Curse of the Pink Panties II to Begin Production in Fall of 2008
Production companies Cranium Candy Entertainment and Foul Shot Productions has announced a sequel to Curse of the Pink Panties. The sequel will bring back gangster and jewel smuggler Guido as the spirits are back again to torment the ladies as the curse returns. Damien Donnelly was the executive... - March 23, 2008 - Foul Shot Productions
Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank Will Have a Sequel with the Title Angela's Cannibal Curse
Cranium Candy Entertainment and Foul Shot Productions has announced that they will begin pre-production for a sequel to the highly successful Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank. The working title is Angela’s Cannibal Curse with the alternate title of Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank II. Kirk... - March 23, 2008 - Foul Shot Productions
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Festival Schedule
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced that the 2008 Festival schedule is now available on their Web site at www.fullframefest.org. The schedule includes a brief synopsis of each film, as well as photos and screening times. Special programs throughout the... - March 23, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
Meet the Browns Star Lands EEW Magazine April Cover
Singer-Actress Tamela Mann is Featured in April Issue of EEW Magazine. - March 22, 2008 - EEW Magazine
Capstone Entertainment Group, Angry Mob Productions, and China Bell Productions to Produce Feature Film "The Orchard"
Independent film production announcement for new romance "The Orchard." - March 21, 2008 - Capstone Entertainment Group
Award-Winning Documentary "To Touch the Soul" Screening at On Location: Memphis International Film Festival
"To Touch the Soul" will screen on Sunday, March 30, 1:10 p.m., at Malco Studio on the Square, 2105 Court Avenue, Memphis, Tenn., as part of the On Location: Memphis International Film Festival. - March 20, 2008 - Cut Loose Productions
Gary Sturgis to Co-Star in Chicago Pulaski Jones
Bad Guy Does a Funny - Gary Sturgis co-stars in Cedric the Entertainer's Directorial Debut written by Kel Mitchell and Janis Woody - March 18, 2008 - Gary Sturgis
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Releases Podcast on 2008 Event
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced the release of a podcast on the 11th annual Festival. - March 18, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
TSN Studios Premiers Demolition Visual Effects Service to Film Production, Entertainment and Gaming Industries
New technology saves time and money - Shortens schedules from months to weeks, even days – Improves realism for demolition, impact and destruction effects. - March 15, 2008 - TSN Studios, LLC
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Curated Series
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced that the curated series for the 2008 festival will focus on the theme of migration. Full Frame selected Lourdes Portillo, an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker whose films have focused on the search for Latino... - March 14, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
Actor Patrick Stewart Offers Rave Review for Best Picture Oil + Water
Actor Patrick Stewart was so impressed by Oil + Water, winner of Best Picture at the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival in Los Angeles, that he called for audiences “to find this movie and to watch it again and again.” Stewart, a renowned Shakespearean actor who famously played... - March 14, 2008 - The Heliconia Press
Trey Moore Hires WeRoqq Publicity & Promotion
Cosmopolitan's 2007 SC "Bachelor of the Year," actor and model signs with PR firm to promote his role in "Leatherheads" and leading-roles in several Indie films. - March 14, 2008 - WeRoqq Publicity & Promotion
Back to the Movies
Voice Coaches, an organization that provides industry-leading voice over training and classes across the United States and Canada, recently hosted professional voice over recording sessions for "Against The Wind,” a ten minute short film created by Fountainhead Pictures in association... - March 14, 2008 - Voice Coaches
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Career Award Recipient
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced that the recipient of this year’s Career Award is William Greaves. The Career Award presentation will include a showing of Greaves’ first film, “The First World Festival of Negro Arts,” as well... - March 13, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 2008 Special Programming
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced Special Programming for the 11th annual Festival April 3-6 in downtown Durham. Special Programming will include 15 films by notable filmmakers that will bring special guests to the Festival including Phil Donahue and Elvis... - March 12, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
Los Angeles-Based Screenwriting Contest Helps Short Script Screenwriters Advance Their Careers
Winner of the 2008 Movie Script Short Contest will get their Short Script Produced and entered into top film festivals around the world. - March 09, 2008 - Movie Script Contest
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces New Docs Film Roster
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced the 2008 film selections for the New Docs program of the Festival. More than 1,200 films were submitted for competition, marking the largest number of entries the Festival has received in its 11-year history. To view... - March 06, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
HungryFlix.com Expands HD Offerings by Doubling File Size to 1GB
HungryFlix.com, the Internet’s first distributor of independent video content for portable devices, is continuing to drive innovation in the movie download space by announcing that content providers can now upload movies of up to 1GB in size. This will enable content providers to provide HD quality video downloads for movie fans everywhere. - March 05, 2008 - HungryFlix
Nathan Whitehead to Score D4
Long-time collaborators team up for Director's first feature - March 05, 2008 - Nathan Whitehead
Road Dog Pictures Releases "The American Poop"
Road Dog Pictures is proud to announce the official DVD release of their movie production – "The American Poop" with North American distribution through Peace Arch Entertainment Group. - March 05, 2008 - The Fire Apes
Classic Film Series Begins 6th Year on March 8 at the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York
The historic Lafayette Theatre in Suffern New York is opening its 6th season of showcasing Hollywood’s classic films beginning March 8 with Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. - March 04, 2008 - Lafayette Theatre
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 2008 Opening Night Film
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced that the festival will screen the U.S. premiere of Samuel Goldwyn Films' and Red Envelope Entertainment's “Trumbo,” as its opening night film, sponsored by Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc., on Thursday,... - March 03, 2008 - Full Frame Documentary Festival
Rocky, the Wrestling Grizzly, Featured in Will Ferrell's New Movie "Semi-Pro"
Famed animal trainer Randy Miller goes down in history as receiving the first ever World Stunt Academy Award for his tiger attack work when he was the stunt double for Russell Crowe in the spectacular movie "Gladiator". Now he is once again showing off his amazing talents as the stunt... - March 02, 2008 - predators in action
Dawna Lee Heising and Joycelyne Lew Host “Eye on Entertainment” at 2008 “Night of 100 Stars”
18th Annual “Night of 100 Stars” Oscar Gala Was Hosted by Norby Walters the Beverly Hills Hotel to Celebrate the 80th Annual Academy Awards. - February 29, 2008 - Eye on Entertainment
First Documentary to Focus on Religious Conversion Nears Completion
Release of the new Pew Forum survey underscoring high degree of “faith switching” in America, stirs intense interest in the film Leap of Faith - February 27, 2008 - Humble Films, Inc.
Rising Actor Jabari Johnson Attending 2008 Cannes Film Festival
Fresh face, Jabari Johnson will be attending this year's Cannes film festival. - February 27, 2008 - Jabari Johnson
Designer Coffee Selected for Celebrity Gift Bag
Celebrities to enjoy a taste of luxury at this year’s Oscars® - February 24, 2008 - Sanani Coffee Company
Indie Comedy “Raging Hormones” Now Available on NetFlix
Independent Film, “Raging Hormones,” a micro-budget feature that won the “Best Comedy” award at the New York Independent Film Festival is now online at NetFlix.com. The DVD and movie trailer is also available at: www.RagingHormonesMovie.com. - February 24, 2008 - Thrill Street Entertainment, Inc.
Professional Online Film Community IndieFilmChat.com Launches
An online community for film fans and film industry professionals that offers commentary and insider observations on the state of independent film. - February 23, 2008 - LifeSize Entertainment