This year’s HollyShorts Film Festival opening night will be co-hosted by on-air personality Carly Steel (EPIX, TV Guide Network) with EXTRA’s Ben Lyons, scheduled to take place on Thursday August 9th at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre (6925 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028) in Hollywood. Steel continues to make a name for herself as one of [...]

A local independent film company making a feature film this summer in the Valley is seeking extras for a scene to be shot in Northampton Saturday, Aug. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Media Education Foundation, at 60 Masonic St. Set in the near future, the film, titled “The God Question,” is about [...]

Don’t delay, submit today and take advantage of Wild & Scenic Film Festival’s earlybird special! Submit your inspiring work to the Wild & Scenic Film Festival by August 2 and pay only $45. While submissions are happily accepted through September 15, fees increase August 3 and again on August 31. To date they have already [...]

The Film Society of Lincoln Center recently announced the schedule for Orientation: A New Arab Cinema (August 24-29). The upcoming series is the result of a new partnership between FSLC and the Dubai International Film Festival, presenting a series of recent feature films and shorts that have been supported by the Dubai Film Market. Among [...]

It’s the list that independent filmmakers aspire to be on, it’s the list that gets it right time and time again, it’s the list we anticipate with baited breath. Yes, the list has just been revealed. What is it, you might ask? It’s the list of names on the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” [...]

No matter how many film festivals you’ve seen, we don’t know that you’ve seen one quite like this.  Couch Fest Films ranks in the top 5 for innovative, screwy, and all around super creative venues for independent film showcasing and, if you have an open mind, you should be a part of it! Celebrating its [...]

According to MidHudsonNews.com, Collar, a full-length independent feature film produced by Willy-Gilly Productions of Goshen will have its world premiere at the Paramount Theater in Middletown on August 4. Production company president Nan Gill-Wilson and her husband David Patrick Wilson hope the movie will shine a spotlight on what they call “Hollywood on the Hudson!” [...]

There’s something about Jazz that always gets a scene buzzing, a group dancing, and a nation thinking.  According to the authorities that be, there is no definition for the musical art form dubbed Jazz and Blues:  it is learned, changed, lost, and learned all over again in a cycle that only someone who understands that [...]

The LA Shorts Film Festival is an Academy recognized fest and well worth being a part of!  Their submission deadline is quickly approaching; don’t miss your chance to showcase at LASFF and be recognized by the film authorities that be!  Below are the submission requirements, to submit visit the LASFF webpage. 2012 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Films [...]

Watching “The Dark Knight Rises” at a midnight screening last night in Nolan’s own Gotham City was a surreal experience. On a larger scale, the film tells the story of a catastrophic terrorism that results in a chilling alienation of the world’s most prominent city. It’s a thought which must haunt New Yorkers realistically every [...]