Media City Opening Night w/ Filmmaker Kevin Everson

Kevin Everson presents his new feature film “Erie”
Official Selection, 2010 Rotterdam International Film Festival
Tuesday, May 25th / 2010. Screening at 8:00 PM

Mathilda Washington and candle
Emerging as only the fourth feature in the extra-prolific filmography of Kevin Everson, the images that unfold in Erie can be clearly linked to his ongoing focus upon the [...]

Short Film Contest In Traverse City Offers $1,000 Prize

Deadline for submissions is June 20, 2010
Do you think Traverse City is great? Of course you do! Do you want to make a short film that shows why? You know it! It could make you and a whole bunch of local folks feel great … and it could land you some cold, hard cash.
FIM Group, [...]

Spring Classes at the BBAC Start April 12th

For some it is the brackets of March madness and for others it is the sprouting of buds. But sure signs of spring are also evident at the BBAC where the season of creativity blooms April 12 with a new crop of classes designed to refresh and reinvigorate the artist in us all.
Spring art classes [...]

Detroit Writer’s Guild Entertainment Writing Seminar at WSU

Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m
The seminar is for all who wish to write movies and songs that complement scenes for movies. Learn what’s happening in Detroit’s world of opportunities in film, how to write movies and develop theme music. Be enlightened by Ms. Erica Hill, Film Detroit; Zelmer Bothic III, [...]

Tim Flattery: Film and Television Production Artist at CCS

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 6 p.m.

College for Creative Studies will host a Toyota Lecture on Design by film and television production artist and CCS Alumnus Tim Flattery on Tuesday, April 6 at 6 p.m. In a landmark and unique career that has spanned over two decades, Tim Flattery is a modern day renaissance man [...]

Final Cut Pro Video Editing Class

Starts March 31, 7-9:30pm
Detroit Film Center and Y-ARTS are partnering to offer basic instruction in Final Cut Pro, the leading desktop digital video editing software.
Classes meet for 6 sessions starting Wednesday March 31, 7-9:30pm
Classes take place at the Boll Family YMCA Y-ARTS media lab.
Limited space available. Course fee $300. Deadline for registration is [...]

Evrything To Live For at the AAFF

At the Michigan Theate
Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
The short film “Every Thing To Live For” is screening this Thursday, March 25 at 7PM in the Out NIght Program at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
ETLF is a melodrama made from a reel of found 8mm film, a loosely remembered romance novel and a [...]

Film Training Available for Detroit Residents

Federal Funds support hands-on education in film production
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced that city residents are now eligible to apply for training to work in Michigan’s growing film industry thanks to a $438,000 U.S. Department of Labor Community-Based Job Training Grant that will be administered by the Detroit Workforce Development [...]

Detroit Independent Film 6 Day Festival and Awards

March 2nd through Sunday, March 7th, 2010
“The 8th Samurai”, a behind-the-scenes retelling of Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai
masterpiece “The Seventh Samurai”.
Celebrating Michigan’s finest, the 1st Annual Detroit Independent Film Festival (DIFF) presents its line-up for 2010.
The first year festival includes over 80 films including the U.S. Premiere of George A. Romero’s newest Survival of [...]

The Strategies, Pitfalls and Politics of Film Festivals

A Panel Discussion
Sunday March 7 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM
Hosted by Connie Mangilin
Mitten Movie Project Curator
Panelists include: Mike Madigan, Robert Joseph Butler, Chuck Grady & Suzanne Janik
Connie Mangilin hosts a panel on the strategies, pitfalls and politics of film festivals. This film festival panel will take place at the Burton Theatre (3420 Cass [...]