Through African Eyes: The European in African Art and more at the DIA

[ April 18, 2010; 4:00 am; ] Opens April 18, 2010
April Programs at Detroit Institute of Arts

The special exhibition Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500-Present organized by the DIA, opens April 18. Storytelling with ecological themes, live music and great art are also part of activities for all ages.

Programs are free with museum admission unless otherwise noted. For more [...]

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 [...]

Casting Call: “Big Brother” At the Silverdome in Pontiac

Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Wanna be on Big Brother? Head to WWJ-TV’s open call for Big Brother 12 on Wednesday, April 7th, from 2-7pm at the Silverdome in Pontiac, for your chance to audition! YOU MUST BRING A COMPLETED APPLICATION TO AUDITION.
Download application at http://llnw.static.cbslocal.com/station/wwj/BB12Application.pdf
Applicants must be 21 and over.
Please review the official application [...]

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 [...]

URGENT CASTING: Male/ late 30’s to 50’s /Ann Arbor / Rehearsals Underway!

Searching for an actor for Sir Willful Witwoud in The Way of the World
It’s The Way of the World by William Congreve, the classic Restoration comedy. I’m the director. I’m tackling it as the story of Mirabell and Millamant, two arch-libertines of a society of libertines who decide to find a way out of that [...]

Free Film: Point of Least Resistance by Fischli and Weiss at MOCAD

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
The Point of Least Resistance (1981, 29 min.)
Dir. by Fischli and Weiss (courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery, New York)
This short film, the first collaboration by the playful Swiss duo of Fischli and Weiss , presents an offset, noir-ish Los Angeles, in which two animal [...]

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 [...]