Category: Indie Film Projects
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Trinidad Born Circus Extraordinaire to STAR in Short Film Directed by Emmy Award-Winning Woman Filmmaker
Eight-time southeast Emmy award winning filmmaker Lauren Musgrove to direct film based on the book “Estranged Behaviour” by Tanita Ross-Cady LOS ANGELES — After Purple Magnet Productions director Lauren Musgrove read the book, she knew the story had to be on the big screen. While searching for the perfect lead, she came upon Darielle Williams, a Trinidad born circus professional and…
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Cheeky Short WICHITA Wraps Phenomenal Festival Run In Montreal With A Major Sale To Canal+.
(Los Angeles, CA) – November 6, 2021. L.A. based director Sergine Dumais’ directorial debut short WICHITA, written and produced by Bo Price, ends its 1-year festival tour with great impact in Montreal after having screened at over 50 film festivals and been awarded 25 awards. The quirky short stars Maxim Roy (O’, 19-2, Lance et Compte,…
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I AM MORTAL Movie Triggers Global Dialog
LOS ANGELES — On November 19, Origin Entertainment and Yellow Barrels, will release I AM MORTAL, a Sci-Fi adventure that takes place in our distant future, in an age where humans have enjoyed years of peace, prosperity, and immortality due to a genetic vaccine called The Code. In this utopian society, a small band of rebels dares…
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Academy Awards® Qualifying Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia and Amuse Inc Are Inviting the World to Submit Musical Short Film Projects
The Best Pitch Winner Will Receive Prize Money and a Chance for Production TOKYO — The Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of the largest international short film festivals in Asia and accredited by the Academy Awards, is pleased to announce its third annual “Musical Short Film Competition” in collaboration with Amuse Inc, a company that inspires and spread…
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Up-and-coming film director Haley Johnson funds thesis film with cryptocurrency
The Rise of NFTs and Leveling the Playing Field by Relieving the Financial Burden of Film Funding LOS ANGELES — Last Friday, recently graduated director, Haley Johnson, released her thesis film 12:34, featuring rising music artist, Ritt Momney, (If) the Book Doesn’t Sell. After a series of unfortunate events, Haley was left with only two weeks to take her film from…
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The Jewish Film Project to Livestream “I Danced for the Angel of Death: The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story” For Fundraising Event
BALTIMORE — The Jewish Film Project will livestream “I Danced for the Angel of Death: The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story” to the public on November 3, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. The film will be followed by a virtual conversation with Dr. Eger and Talli Dippold from the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center. The free livestream event is sponsored…
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Vilcek Foundation program puts spotlight on immigrant filmmakers at HIFF 2021
The New American Perspectives program celebrates immigrant artists in contemporary film and cinema at the Hawai’i International Film Festival The Vilcek Foundation will present the New American Perspectives program at the 41st Annual Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF) in Honolulu. The festival opens on November 4 and will conclude on November 28, 2021. The New American Perspectives program shines…
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What New at CactusPix? Our latest Projects Update!
PHOENIX, AZ – CactusPix Motion Pictures has provided an update on current and future projects that are being developed and will soon go into production. “Imminent Contact,” the upcoming series based on the CUPIC series. Progress has resumed on this project after a brief delay. We are working hard to complete pre-production. …
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Mysterious Stephen King Novel Adaptation MUTE Calls On Sins And Confession In A Suspenseful 22-Minute Short
(London, UK) – October 20th, 2021. The London Rocks Film Festival will be hosting the World Premiere of Stephen King’s MUTE short film adaptation directed by Kyle Dunbar and starring veteran actor Andrew Bee. Bee exudes gravitas and mystery in the leading role of Monette, a recently separated book salesman who confides his grim story…
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Filmmaker, LAW Watford Acquires Film & TV Rights to MLK Biography “The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age”
Filmmaker Lawrence “LAW” Watford‘s Divine Write Pictures has optioned the film, television and digital rights to the book The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr. The biography, which was published by Chicago Review Press in 2018, explores the life of young Martin Luther King Jr. during his formative years as a student at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. The book made waves when…