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Reel Actors Film Festival Announces Finalists for Inaugural Year
The Reel Actors Film Festival, sponsored by TalentPool International, announces the finalists for the 2006 festival. The winners will be chosen by a panel of entertainment industry judges and announced at the festival gala and benefit on October 26th on the Sunset Strip. The gala benefits Shelter for Serenity, a Hurricane Katrina charity. - October 17, 2006 - TalentPool International
Whippet-Cross Voted Top Film Director
Young Filmmaker submits the wrong version of his film to festival and wins. - October 12, 2006 - Jelly Lane Studio
Film Production Company Buys Chicago Web Development Company
Film production company, Industry, positioned for new growth in online media management. - October 04, 2006 - Industry Production, LLC.
Palm Beach International Film Festival Announces Call to Entries
Competitive Film Festival Welcomes Filmmakers Worldwide to Partake in the 12th Annual Event - October 04, 2006 - Palm Beach International Film Festival
CouryGraph Productions Receives the Accolade Award for Production of Glendale Fire Safety House
Ed Sharpe and CouryGraph Productions received the Accolade Award for the 14-minute movie documenting The Glendale Fire Department Safety House. Glendale Fire Department Volunteer Dennis Davis who teaches the fire safety class involving this vehicle was the subject of the video. - October 03, 2006 - Glendale Daily Planet
Eragon: The Launch of the International WAP site
Twentieth-Century Fox announces the first stage in the launch of Eragon, the first film of a magnificent trilogy and one of this year’s most eagerly anticipated movies. - September 22, 2006 - 20th Century Fox - Eragon
Doylestown Director Slated to Screen Film at the County Theater in Doylestown, PA
Doylestown-based director Frederic Lumiere will introduce his award-winning feature film titled "Tomorrow is Today" starring Scout Taylor-Compton (Sleepover, Gilmore Girls) and actor/screenwriter Mark Hefti (Fandom) at 7 p.m. Monday Sept 25 at the County Theater in Doylestown. When... - September 21, 2006 - Lumiere Media
David Mack Documentary DVD Available this December
The acclaimed team at Hero Video Productions™ proudly announces their latest documentary "The Alchemy of Art: David Mack" - coming this December to comic book shops worldwide. Called "One of the true geniuses of the medium" by Entertainment Weekly, Mack's work expands the... - September 14, 2006 - Hero Video Productions
4Flix.Net Provides Hundreds of Video iPod-Compatible Downloads without DRM Under $10 Per Month
4Flix.Net has launched a brand new Free*Pass monthly subscription plan, enabling consumers to download hundreds of iPod-compatible feature-length movies, TV shows, cartoons and independent films for one low price, all without cumbersome Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions. - September 11, 2006 - Word.Net Communications
Bold New Production Company Shoots to Produce Seven in 2007
Great Ideas Entertainment, a new Los Angeles film production company founded by Rich Owens, is set to produce a staggering number of films in the next year. - September 09, 2006 - Great Ideas Entertainment
High Impact Comics and Ricky E. Carralero Are Back
High Impact Partners Strikes 'Licensing Deal' with the studio’s former 'Top Gun' Ricky E. Carralero. - September 08, 2006 - High Impact Comics
Actress Candace Smith Featured in Warner Bros New Comedy “Beerfest”
Warner Bros. and Broken Lizards new comedy "Beerfest" hit theatres today across America featuring Actress Candace Smith. - August 25, 2006 - Candace Smith
UK Company Makes Cryptex for Blockbuster Movie
Dick George Associates, makers of the ‘Cryptex’ for the Da Vinci Code. - August 20, 2006 - Dick George Associates
Online DVD Rental: Its Pure Simplicity Almost Guarantees Its Success
With the convenience of the internet, vast DVD title range and low prices, online DVD rental is becoming a popular choice for renting DVD’s. With the ever increasing penetration of the internet and consumer spending over the internet following close behind, it doesn’t take a lot to... - August 18, 2006 - UK DVD Rental Guide
The Rise of Online DVD Rental
In March the UK DVD Rental Guide Website was launched. The website is devoted to providing independent advice, reviews and rankings of the major providers of online DVD rental service in the UK. The idea for the website originated from the founder’s passion for DVD's and home entertainment... - August 18, 2006 - UK DVD Rental Guide
New Online Film Service Aims to Bring Quality Content Directly to Viewers
MyMovieNetwork is a new service catered to the indie, amateur and student film makers. MyMovieNetwork is a community for film makers that provides tools to showcase their work around the world by posting their movies, highlight their work portfolios and education, network and collaborate with fellow movie makers, discuss best practices and other services. All users and visitors can watch, critique and rate the quality of the film makers and the supporting cast and enjoy the free entertainment. - August 17, 2006 - MyMovieNetwork
PR.com Interviews Actor and Born Again Christian Stephen Baldwin in an Article Entitled “Stephen Baldwin and the Extreme Sport of Jesus Christ”
PR.com Senior Editor Allison Kugel Interviews actor Stephen Baldwin and discusses religion, Christianity, Jesus Christ, politics and Hollywood. - August 16, 2006 - PR.com
Too Much Freedom? LA Freewaves' 10th Biennial Film Festival
Freewaves announces its 10th Biennial Festival of Film, Video and Experimental New Media "Too Much Freedom?" November 2006 in Los Angeles and beyond at www.freewaves.org - August 11, 2006 - LA Freewaves
Oscar Torre to Star in Lion's Gate Film "Movidas"
Oscar Torre has nabbed the lead role opposite Spanish film and television stars Fernando Colunga, Miguel Baroni and Saul Lisazo in the Lion’s Gate heist film “Movidas.” Joe Menendez is directing the Jim McNamara project. Lensing is scheduled to commence in Los Angeles in late... - August 10, 2006 - Oscar Torre
Korean TV Dramas Surprisingly Embraced by U.S. Audiences
Survey shows over 90% of Korean drama fans are Non-Koreans - August 09, 2006 - YA Entertainment
Razor Digital to Sell a Catalog of Over 100 DVD Movie Downloads on EZTakes
Razor Digital Entertainment has selected EZTakes to sell a catalog of movie downloads that consumers can easily burn to discs that will play on almost any DVD player. The Razor Digital catalog on EZTakes will include over 100 DVDs from an assortment of genres. - August 08, 2006 - EZTakes, Inc.
No Small Potatoes for Spudfest Film Festival
Attendees asked to bring Tall ’Taters to IFTI for Open House and Screening. - July 21, 2006 - Spudfest
EZTakes Has Published the World's Largest Catalog of Downloadable DVD Movies
EZTakes, the world's first DVD movie download store, has published an online catalog of more than 500 download-to-burn DVDs. - July 20, 2006 - EZTakes, Inc.
KOCH Entertainment Selects EZTakes to Sell Download-to-Own DVDs
KOCH Entertainment has selected EZTakes to sell a catalog of movie downloads that consumers can easily burn to discs that will play on almost any DVD player. The KOCH download catalog includes hundreds of DVDs, many of which have won top honors at the world's most prestigious film festivals. - July 20, 2006 - EZTakes, Inc.
Multiple Award Winning Lifetime Channel Documentary on Mary Magdalen Now Available on DVD
This Award Winning-Documentary tells the story of Mary Magdalen and contrasts what was said about her in the subsequent millennium. - July 20, 2006 - V.I.E.W./Arkadia
DVD Documentary Tells the Inside Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
This multi-award winning documentary chronicles the excruciating experience endured by 52 American captives held hostage by Islamic radicals from 1979 to 1981. The story is told by the actual captives. - July 20, 2006 - V.I.E.W./Arkadia
'4th Dimension' Filmmakers Interviewed at TheFilmChair.com
Writer/Director's Tom Mattera and David Mazzoni 'indie interview' now online. - July 19, 2006 - TheFilmChair.com
New Science Fiction Film Features Voice Changing Technology
A skilled Animator uses MorphVOX in his latest Science Fiction production. Voice-changing software is used to create many of the voices in the new film. - July 18, 2006 - Screaming Bee Inc
Feature Drama ‘Boy Who Never Slept’ Released Online for Free as Open Source Movie
The movie, raw video footage, final footage, extras, audio files, and script were released for free, making Boy Who Never Slept one of the world’s first fully open-source, full length movies. - July 05, 2006 - Aurora Mae Writing Services
The Frat Movie is Holding One of Its Last Casting Calls Before Filming Begins
Westley James Freeman Kershaw is CEO of CRFreeman, Inc. and creator of a the feature film called The Frat. CRFreeman is looking for Investors and Sponsors for their feature film, soundtrack, merchandise, promotion, release parties and their multi city college tour. The size of a person's... - July 03, 2006 - CRFreeman, Inc
Gary Sturgis (P.D.R.) is Set to Co-star in Daddy's Little Girls for Lions Gate - Call Him Daddy
Best-known for his portrayal of pivotal drug dealer, Jamison Jackson, in Perry's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," Sturgis returns to play drug dealer, Joseph Woods. "This guy makes Jamison look soft; and he has a partner, kind of like Bonnie and Clyde." describes Sturgis. Gary says... - June 19, 2006 - Gary Sturgis
Temple Productions Announces New Mock Documentary Film About an Alleged UFO Coverup
Do UFOs exist? They do according to "The Top Secret UFO Project," R. J. Thomas' mock-documentary about a filmmaker's search for the truth behind a 1956 UFO incident in Colorado. - June 19, 2006 - Temple Productions
L.A. Indie Scene's First Annual Film & Music Festival at Cinespace, Hollywood - Dec 06
L.A. Indie Scene officially announced its first annual film and music festival today. Venue is not yet confirmed, but the first choice so far is Cinespace in Hollywood, which is also a restaurant. Call for entries started yesterday, and selected submissions will be announced on the company's official website, as well as the company's My Space profile at www.myspace.com/laindiescene. - June 14, 2006 - L.A. Indie Scene
Free Internet Resource Teaches Self Defense against a Knife Attack
Dragon Claw Publications announces the release of its most recent free self defense instructional videos- unarmed self defense against a knife attack, in response to requests at www.freeselfdefensevideos.com. - June 13, 2006 - Dragon Claw Publications
Brain Damage Films Portal Goes Live Selling Downloadable DVDs on EZTakes
Brain Damage Films, a leading independent horror movie production and distribution company, is selling a large collection of movie downloads on EZTakes. Consumers can now purchase, download and burn these movies to DVDs that they can watch by using almost any DVD player. - May 25, 2006 - EZTakes, Inc.
Movie Buff Website Re-launches
Moviewebcards.com - rated a "Hot Site" by USA Today when it launched in 2004 - has re-launched and it's even hotter. Its address is http://www.moviewebcards.com. - May 24, 2006 - Moviewebcards.com
Can Anything stop AIDS?
AIDS is infecting our young people at an alarming rate. What can be done? The documentary film, Tracy's Choices, offers a solution. - May 19, 2006 - Max Books
Tempe Entertainment has Started Selling Downloadable DVD Movies on EZTakes
Tempe Entertainment picks EZTakes to sell movie downloads that consumers can burn to DVDs that will play virtually anywhere. - May 18, 2006 - EZTakes, Inc.
Singa Home Entertainment has Published 100 Downloadable DVD Movies on EZTakes
Singa Home Entertainment, an independent film distributor, has made its 100th download-to-own DVD movie available on EZTakes. - May 18, 2006 - EZTakes, Inc.
Digital Short Film Selected for Screening at 2006 Cannes Film Festival
Engineering Firm Post-Produces a Digital Short Film that Will be Screened at 2006 Cannes Film Festival. - May 17, 2006 - Durrenberger Engineering, Inc.
U5 Records Presents: The Skinny
Boston bassist Ben Kogan returns home with his college rock band from Miami to tour the Northeast states. Shows stops include Maryland, Pennsylvania, The Bitter End in New York City, Harper's Ferry in Boston, The Broken Moon Music Festival in Maine and others. University of Miami graduate Ben Kogan returns home to tour with rock band. - May 17, 2006 - The Skinny
Mercutio: The King of Cats Receives Top Honors at Worldfest 2006
Mercutio: The King of Cats, scribed by local San Diegan Christophver R, has received the Silve Remi Award for dramatic adaptation in the screenplay category at the WorldFest International Film Festival. Mercutio, the property of Fair Verona Films, is entertaining interest from major Hollywood studios for a co-production deal to produce the screenplay as a major theatrical release. - May 11, 2006 - Alan Ames and Associates
Direct Grass Roots Marketing Impacts Indie Film
In an age where even the major studios are struggling for revenue, a small door has opened for independent filmmakers with well crafted, low cost and commercially targeted movies such as AWAKEN THE DEAD, a new high caliber horror-action movie from Silver Storm Productions LLC and writer/director... - May 11, 2006 - Silver Storm Productions
Story Watchers Club ‘Keys To Imagination’ Receives the Bronze Award from Family Review Center
Family Review Center announced that StoryWatchers Club has been awarded the Bronze Award, for their DVD known as ‘Keys To Imagination’. - May 09, 2006 - Family Review Center
GarageBand Software Tutorials & Training Download & DVD-Video
GetGoingTraining.com today announced the release of “Get Going with GarageBand 3”, a DVD-Video and QuickTime video download offering in-depth training and tutorials for the amazingly popular music creation software package, GarageBand 3 from Apple Computer's iLife06 software suite. Free Video Previews at GetGoingTraining.com - May 06, 2006 - GetGoingTraining.com
New Filmmaker Releases Trailer Online for a Free Full Length Feature Film, Titled “Boy Who Never Slept”
The trailer for a new full length feature film was released today. The trailer is available online and will be accessible to anyone who uses the Internet. Produced by new filmmaker Solomon Rothman and writer Aurora Mae, the film is titled “Boy Who Never Slept.” - April 30, 2006 - Aurora Mae Writing Services
Newport Beach Film Festival to feature "AxTelevision," a New Media Concept for Kids
This wacky behind-the-scenes show takes a group of kids into the strange workshop of puppet creature designer Steve Axtell and his crew. Together they go through the process of writing, making puppets & sets, creating music, computer animation, special effects and end up making the short film, "Come Outta that Shell." When the process is finished the kids and the crew sit down together with popcorn to watch the finished movie. Winner of multiple awards including Parent's Choice. - April 16, 2006 - Axtell Entertainment
Award-Winning Documentary, Normal People Scare Me - A Film About Autism, Kicks Off World Tour in New York and Canada
"Normal People Scare Me," a feature-length documentary based on the award-winning short film of the same title kicks off its world tour in New York and Canada next week. The film produced by Joey Travolta, is co-directed by 17-year-old filmmaker, Taylor Cross, a high school student with... - April 14, 2006 - Normal Films
IIE Begins Filming Scritp-Contest Winner, Last Call
Image Icon Entertainment continues to support the independent film community of New England by filming Last Call. Selected from almost 1,500 scripts that were submitted as part of IIE’s first annual Production and Screenplay Contest, Last Call is the first of the four short-film script... - April 06, 2006 - Image Icon Entertainment
Jilted Film Festival to Open on the Eve of the Tribeca Film Fest - NY, NY
The Jilted Film Festival™ – the first film festival for comedy shorts that have been rejected by at least one festival – will take place Tuesday, April 25th at Sugar, a bi-level bar, lounge, and restaurant located at 311 Church Street between Walker and Lispenard Streets in... - March 31, 2006 - Brooklyn Tree Productions