Queens World Film Festival returns to the Museum of the Moving Image with an opening night program featuring international short films from Italy, Belgium, and Australia as well as the work of Queens filmmakers. Special guests and honorees include Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who will be recognized for his years of service to Queens and [...]

Click Here To Submit Showtime’s Tony Cox Screenplay Competition recognizes an emerging screenplay as the best from the pool of submissions each year. The competition gives writers the opportunity to have their scripts read by a prestigious jury, receive top industry recognition, participate in a Festival focused specifically on screenwriting, including a Mentor’s Brunch with [...]

Kicking off in just over two weeks, the Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival has made all its major announcements which leaves just one thing: seeing the awesome films! Included in its programming are a short film competition organized by NPR’s Elvis Mitchell and feature length films including opening night’s The Butterfly’s Dream. Here’s a snippet [...]

Are you an aspiring filmmaker and a Florida resident (or non-resident college/university student)? Enter for your chance to be featured in a special program at this year’s Gasparilla International Film Festival! Rules & Guidelines Theme: Go local. Focus on the faces and places, the telling details and the big pictures in the Tampa Bay area. [...]

We’ve made new friends at the independent filmmaker supporting company Zoomtilt, who below share the story that inspired their mission to aid independent filmmakers in a new and unique way: A few years ago, my friends Dan and Jake had a great idea for a script. It was about two brothers who were wildly different [...]

South By Southwest (SXSW) announced recently a healthy 109 films added to their features lineup! They join previously announced films and more films are to come including their Midnight Features and Short Film programs. The official release highlights several films to look out for including Bryan Poyser’s The Bounceback (pictured below). For a complete list [...]

We missed this announcement earlier this month, but there’s always time to appreciate such overwhelming support for independent film on the part of the strongest part of this community: the fans! The milestone of $100,000,000 in pledge dollars for over 8,000 indie film projects just goes to show that, despite the naysayers, this industry is [...]

Looking for an indie fix in the Washington D.C. area tonight? West End Cinema will host the gripping documentary Stolen Seas, with panel discussion after the screening. For more information on this event and to purchase tickets head over to the West End Cinema event page. Thymaya Payne’s “riveting” documentary feature about Somali pirates, Stolen [...]

Crowdfunding comes at a time when the film industry needs the support of their fans the most. As a result passionate filmmakers like those of SEED: The Untold Story may still bring hidden stories to life, from a small inspiration to a full grown idea. Although this project has reached its goal, the final hours [...]

The HollyShorts Monthly Screening series once again graces Los Angeles, California, with the same great taste in films and raffle prizes!  In two days, join HollyShorts at the Showbiz Store and Café for a screening, open bar and raffle including a vote for which films you’ll see at this year’s HSFF.   The event begins at [...]