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Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes to Valle Crucis, NC

By Dan Thornton on June 18, 2013 6:54 PM | No Comments

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a traveling show of films on the environment. It will be coming to Valle Crucis, North Carolina at the end of this month in conjunction with Riverfest. There will be 10 short films along with music, food, a raffle, and a moonlight river float.

A climate of change is the theme for this years lineup. The raffle will be for outdoor gear and there will also be a star party after the films to view the stars in the dark skies of Valle Crucis.

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New Bern Independent Film Festival

By Dan Thornton on July 26, 2012 3:11 AM | No Comments

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The New Bern Independent Film Festival is accepting submissions until July 30th and entry is free. So get you entry in right away. They are looking for both features and shorts.

The films will be screened on October 13th at Craven Community College Campus in the Orringer Auditorium.

Send your film on a non-returnable DVD to:

Beth Gosnell

NBIFF

1001 Yacht Court

New Bern, NC 28560

Quite A Conundrum - Charlotte Premiere

By Dan Thornton on May 22, 2012 9:36 AM | No Comments

Quite A Conundrum, winner of the Feature Film Award at the New York International Film & Video Festival, will have it's Charlotte, NC premiere in July.

The movie by director Thomas L. Phillips of T-Street Productions is a dark comedy about two twenty somethings who care about nothing but themselves and what chaos they can cause. But that so-called normalcy gets tossed out the window when an unexpected and devastating event occurs at a nighttime pool party.

Details

July 20th - Charlotte, NC
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Drinks and food with with guests chatting and mingling. Local artist art show.
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Quite A Conundrum screening.
9:30 - 10:00 pm: Q&A with th cast and crew of the film with a no holds bar question session.

Tickets are only $5 as there is no profit being made from this screening.

Tickets will only be sold online in advance and you will be added to the guest list.

Ticket prices go to cover theater rental, with any profit being donated to: ANERICAN CANCER SOCIETY in honor of Thomas's sister Mimi Marie Phillips.

Stay tuned for the location and how to purchase tickets!

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Indie Grits Film Festival - Columbia, SC

By Dan Thornton on April 12, 2012 12:04 PM | No Comments

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The Indie Grits Festival begins next week and the Indie Grits Film Festival will be part of it. Presented by Nickelodeon Theatre the festival will also include art, food, music, and crafts. In it's sixth year the festival provides an opportunity for southern filmmakers with an independent film mentality.

Calendar of Events

Tickets

Indie Grits Festival

April 19th through April 29th

Columbia, south Carolina

ActionFest - Asheville, NC

By Dan Thornton on April 2, 2012 1:37 PM | No Comments

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Enjoy the scenic beauty of Asheville while attending the ActionFest Film Festival. Celebrating action films with 4 days of explosions, gun battles, martial arts, and a huge body count. If you like action movies don't miss it. Oh, and did I mention the mountains of Asheville are a great place to vacation.

ActionFest

April 12th - 15th

Asheville, North Carolina

Tickets

Projecting Hope Film Festival

By Dan Thornton on March 11, 2012 12:39 PM | No Comments

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The Projecting Hope Film Festival presented by Cities4Life is underway in Charlotte, NC. Screenings are at the Ayrsley Cinemas and admission is free.

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South by Southwest Starts This Weekend

By Dan Thornton on March 7, 2012 5:01 PM | No Comments

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Film, music, and interactive are the three main ingredients of this conference and festival located in the heart of Texas. Austin will host thousands of fans over the course of it's 10 day run.

South by Southwest

Friday, March 9th - Sunday, March 18th

Austin, Texas

6th Street At Night (Photo Credit: James Buchan)

This is a big festival with over 5,000 events so it's impossible to see everything. Plan your visit wisely.

Below are some links to get you started.

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Charleston International Film Festival

By Dan Thornton on March 4, 2012 2:05 PM | No Comments

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It's almost time for the Charleston International Film Festival. As winter ends and the the flowers start to spring to life so too will Charleston with filmmakers and fans. In just a few short weeks the historic streets of Charleston will be busy with movie makers and goers attending workshops, screenings and after parties.

Festival At A Glance

Tickets and Schedule

Charleston International Film Festival

April 11th through April 15th

Sottile Theatre and Cinnebarre

Charleston, South Carolina

Film Submissions: Cucalorus Film Festival - Wilmington, NC

By Dan Thornton on March 2, 2012 10:15 AM | No Comments

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Featuring all varieties of shorts and feature length movies the Cucalorus Film Festival is accepting submissions for it's 18th annual festival to be held November 8th through 11th in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Known for it's irreverent attitude as well as the parties, music, and trock n' roll atmosphere. You won't find the red carpet treatment here. Instead it's all about the audience and artist interaction.

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2012 Academy Award Winners

By Dan Thornton on February 27, 2012 7:41 AM | No Comments

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Best Picture

The Artist Thomas Langmann, Producer

Actor In a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin The Artist

Actress In a Leading Role
Meryl Streep The Iron Lady

Actor In a Supporting Role

Christopher Plummer Beginners

Actress In a Supporting Role

Octavia Spencer The Help

Animated Feature Film

Rango Gore Verbinski

Cinematography

Hugo Robert Richardson

Art Direction

Hugo Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)

Costume Design

The Artist Mark Bridges

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EcoFocus Film Festival - Athens, GA

By Dan Thornton on February 26, 2012 12:32 PM | No Comments

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The EcoFocus Film Festival, a celebration of environmental films, is coming in late March. In addition to holding the film festival every year EcoFocus also works with local schools to inspire environmental stewardship and provides films to schools for that purpose.

This year they will have 19 feature length films and 22 shorts on environmental issues from around the world. Many of the events during this 9 day event will be free or as little as $5.

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Greenville International Film Festival

By Dan Thornton on February 11, 2012 1:04 PM | No Comments

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Greenville, South Carolina has a vibrant arts and music scene. Starting this year it also has an international film festival. GVIFF is a non-profit organization that unites filmmakers and film lovers from around the world. Don't miss it!

Film Categories

Narrative Feature
Narrative Short
Documentary
Animated Film
Latino Film
Green Film
Native American / Indigenous Film
Spiritual Film
Foreign Film
Student Film
Emerging Filmmaker

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Show Us The Way Film Contest

By Dan Thornton on February 10, 2012 12:36 AM | No Comments

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Levi's, along with the American Film Institute is sponsoring a short film contest called Show Us The Way. In this contest you will submit your treatment for the film and if you are one of the six winning participants you will receive $5,000 to make the film and an additional $5,000 in Levi's wardrobe for the film. A mentor from the American Film Institute will also spend ten hours guiding you with their experience as filmmakers.

All six films will have the opportunity to be screened at the 2012 AFI Fest sponsored by Audi and each director will be flown to the event, all expenses paid, to present their vision.

All in all a nice bunch of perks to help you produce a five minute short film about a tomorrow that is better than today.

Checklist

Film should be no longer than five minutes.
Deadline for submission of film treatment: March 30th, 2012
Things to consider in completing your submission.

Where will you get equipment from?
Where will you get or how much money will go toward music license?
How many days will be spent shooting?
How will you safely approach production challenges (children, stunts, crowd scenes, etc...) if any?

You must be 18 years old or older.
Legal resident of the U.S. or Puerto Rico
Read the complete list of rules.
Submit your film plan.

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Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

By Dan Thornton on February 8, 2012 12:53 AM | No Comments

The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival begins today in Atlanta, Georgia and continues through the 29th of February. Opening night will be at the historic Fox Theatre where there will be an Opening Night reception and and live auction for Red Carpet VIP guests and Young Professionals as well as the film My Best Enemy .

Films

Schedule

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

February 8th thru February 29th

Venues

The Fabulous Fox Theatre
Regal Cinemas Atlantic Station Stadium 16
Lefont Sandy Springs
Georgia Theatre Company Merchants Walk
United Artists Tara Cinemas 4
United Artists North Point Market 8

Tickets

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2012 Oscar Nominations

By Dan Thornton on January 24, 2012 9:18 AM | No Comments

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The nominations are in for the 84th Academy Awards.

Best Picture

The Artist Thomas Langmann, Producer
The Descendants Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Scott Rudin, Producer
The Help Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
Hugo Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
Midnight in Paris Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
Moneyball Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
The Tree of Life Nominees to be determined
War Horse Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Actor In a Leading Role

Demián Bichir A Better Life
George Clooney The Descendants
Jean Dujardin The Artist
Gary Oldman Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt Moneyball

Actress In a Leading Role

Glenn Close Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis The Help
Rooney Mara The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams My Week With Marilyn

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DOCUTIME Film Festival - Wilmington, NC

By Dan Thornton on January 22, 2012 1:14 PM | No Comments

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The University of North Carolina at Wilmington and WHQR 91.3 FM Radio are presenting the DOCUTIME Film Festival this coming weekend in Wilmington. Tickets can be purchased for a single program or you can get an all day pass.

Scheduled Films

Prgram A: 10:00 am - 11:15 am

Pray The Devil Back To Hell

Program B: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Unfinished Spaces

Program C: Shorts 1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Petropolis Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sand
Electric Shadows
Cat Listening to Music
Slow Tango
Flying People
Sharp Edge Blunt

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Film Submissions: Charleston International Film Festival

By Dan Thornton on January 3, 2012 7:58 AM | No Comments

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Submissions for the Charleston Film Festival are due by January 18th. The festival will be held in scenic downtown Charleston, South Carolina on April 11th through 15th.

Films

Feature films must be 50 minutes and over in length.
Short films must not exceed 50 minutes in length.
The festival will accept films of all genres.
The festival will consider all films regardless of any commercial, theatrical or television play in the US.
World and US premieres are not required. Please see note above about Charleston screenings.
All films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English for festival presentation.
Works-in-progress will be considered.

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Film Festival Submissions: Real to Reel International Film Festival 2012 - Kings Mountain, NC

By Dan Thornton on December 20, 2011 10:47 AM | No Comments

The Real to Reel International Film Festival is accepting submissions. The 2012 festival will be held July 18th through July 21st in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

Categories

Documentary
Feature Length (Over 61 minutes)
Shorts (Under 60 minutes))
Animation

Entry Deadlines

Professional

Early Bird - 2/3/12 - $40
Final - 4/23/12 - $50

Student/Amateur

Early Bird - 2/3/12 - $20
Final - 4/23/12 - $25

Submission Instructions

Entry Form

Deadline for submissions to Atlanta Film Festival this week.

By Dan Thornton on December 11, 2011 1:49 PM | No Comments

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The last opportunity to submit your film for the Atlanta Film Festival to be held in March will end this Friday.

You still have some time to submit via the Withoutabox extended deadline.

Withoutabox extended deadline is Friday, December 16th.

Atlanta Film Festival Submissions

Beneath The Waves Film Festival - Norfolk, Virginia

By Dan Thornton on December 6, 2011 4:52 PM | No Comments

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This is a festival for filmmakers who have work that ties in with the festival's ocean, marine, aquatic theme or issue. You do not have to have underwater footage in the film. They are looking for films from students, filmmakers, scientists, advocates, etc... Anyone with a story to tell about marine life or those that work in support of it. Submissions are due by January 20th, 2012 and the festival will be held in late March.

Selected top entries will be shown on the IMax screen at the Nauticus IMSX Theatre and will include audience participation with the filmmakers about their films. There will also be a workshop on conservation filmmaking where you can learn how to integrate research and film. The Beneath The Waves "Shore Drive Series" is handful of chosen films that will be shown in community theaters across the country as a mini-series event.

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