A July 28 launch party for filmmakers and film aficionados will kick off efforts leading toward the second annual Downtown Tyler “Show Us Your Shorts” Film festival. The event is set for 6 to 8 p.m. at Gallery Main Street at 110 W. Erwin. Filmmakers, supporters of independent films, potential volunteers and sponsors are all [...]

Join writers, film lovers and Yale Professor Marc Lapadulain a journey through several classic and successful films analyzed using video clips, discussion and text. Learn the tactics of writing and selling a feature-length screenplay.   Saturday July 28, from 1:30pm to 6pm near the Bethesda metro station $100 course fee includes 4.5 hours of class, [...]

On the heels of announcing that Zachary Quinto and his Before the Door Pictures banner (Margin Call) will be opening the 8th annual HollyShorts Film Festival with the premiere of the PERIODS. comedy film series, the festival’s organizers announced Monday that Joe Carnahan (The Grey, The A-Team, Smoking Aces) will be the recipient of the [...]

Decade long executive director of Tribeca Film Festival and executive VP of Tribeca Enterprises Nancy Schafer recently moved on from her post, writing a piece about her time with the organization, watching its evolution and where it might go in the future. For the past 10 years, I have been part of an excellent team [...]

Rooftop Films seeks volunteers for its 2012 Summer Series, May – August. As a non-profit arts organization, Rooftop depends on volunteers like you for its growth and success. Volunteering with Rooftop is a great opportunity to see fantastic films, find out about the inner workings of film festivals, and meet the Rooftop staff and the [...]

Blue Nile Entertainment, an independent film production company, announced today that it is currently looking for completed feature-length limited-location, supernatural horror scripts with budgets not to exceed $1 million. Both WGA and Non-WGA writers may submit. “After the success of our first film, we are so excited to be in development on our next feature, [...]

This heartfelt letter from co-founder and Director of Cinequest Halfdan tells the tale of Somaly Mam and how she inspired a cause.  If you are so inclined, donate to Cinequest for this project by following this link to the original article and choose your donation level.  Please join us on an empowering journey to transform [...]

Quvis Technologies Inc, a provider of digital cinema software, announced the availability of Wraptor DCP services. Available immediately, Quvis now offers indie filmmakers a fast, reliable and attractively priced alternative for creating, archiving and distributing studio quality DCPs. With all cinemas expected to convert to digital projectors by 2015, the Digital Cinema Package (DCP) is [...]

With a view to facilitating the access of the film industry to the Cantonese film markets in Guangdong Province and neighbouring areas, the Hong Kong Film Development Council (FDC) has helped secure the enhancementof the measure under the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement to lift the quota and allow synchronised release of [...]