Category: Filmmaking
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It’s Time to Talk About GROK Imagine: Part Two
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Today you are going to become Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, or simple George Méliès, the French magician turned filmmaker who gave the world “A Trip to The Moon,” complete with rocket-induced black eye. Of course if we think rockets, we think Rocketman, formally known as Elon Musk who bought Twitter, dubbed…
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News: David Harbour will star in Cooper Raiff’s THE TRASHERS
NEWS: 30WEST just revealed that David Harbour (“Stranger Things,” Black Widow) will star in Cooper Raiff’s The Trashers. Raiff, whose sophomore debut Cha Cha Real Smooth starring Dakota Johnson was picked up by Apple TV+ after Sundance, will direct from a script by Adam R. Perlman (“Billions”), with rewrites by Raiff. The feature shoots this…
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HONEY BOY Director Alma Har’el gets green light for MOCKINGBIRD
by Screenmancer Staff Alma Har’el (Honey Boy) is set to direct her passion project, the feature adaptation of Walter Tevis’ seminal science fiction novel, MOCKINGBIRD, for Searchlight Pictures. Academy Award® winner J. Miles Dale (Nightmare Alley, The Shape of Water) and Robert Schwartz (Iron Will, Blizzard) are producing along with Har’el and her partner Christopher Leggett. Alejandro Laguette and Rafael…
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POV: Natasha Maidoff, Filmmaker & Creative Coaching Tips
By Natasha Maidoff, Filmmaker & Creative Coach Creativity is natural, I believe, to all of us. But most of us don’t give ourselves the time to let ourselves work on the projects that nag at us. Or return to a project that we haven’t touched for the past decade. My solution is to pick up…
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Uma Thurman & Samuel L. Jackson Reteam for Nicol Paone’s THE KILL ROOM
NEWS: On the heels of their momentous Pulp Fiction reunion at the 94th Academy Awards® this past weekend, Yale Entertainment just announced that Academy Award® nominee Uma Thurman (Kill Bill, Batman and Robin) and Academy Award® winner Samuel L. Jackson (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Marvel’s The Avengers, The Hateful Eight) will star in…
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Spotlight: Coyote Motel & Nashville trio’s cinematic watermark is THE RIVER
by Screenmancer Music With Award Season over for 2022, seed projects lay the groundwork for creatives looking forward to the next round of film festivals and trophies. That said, Screenmancer Spotlights the Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville’s “The River: A Journey in Storytelling Music, Light and Dance” from Filmmaker Ted Drozodowski. Guitarist Drozdowski…
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Project Involve 2022: 30 Filmmakers picked by Film Independent
LOS ANGELES, CA: Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, has selected 30 filmmakers for Project Involve 2022. Project Involve is a free nine-month program for writers, directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, animators, programmers and entertainment executives from diverse backgrounds. During the program, participants meet one-on-one with film industry mentors, create short films,…
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Film Independent’s 6 filmmakers for first-ever directing intensive announced
LOS ANGELES, CA: Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, announced today the 6 filmmakers that were selected for the inaugural Episodic Directing Intensive that took place online February 15-17, 2022. The three-day program welcomed veteran directors, showrunners, and executives to share their experiences and knowledge of the episodic directing landscape. The…
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RED ROCKET’s Chris Bergoch & FF919 gang at afterparty shot on an iPhone
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent In the spirit of Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch’s first breakout film TANGERINE, last night Film Fest 919 founders Randi Emerman and Carol Marshall lined up with RED ROCKET Screenwriting Honoree Chris Bergoch and festival pals from an afterparty for some impromptu iPhone filming. This weekend’s footage followed a…
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FILM INDEPENDENT: Five projects & Five filmmakers take Producing Lab spots
LOS ANGELES, CA: Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, announced today the filmmakers and projects selected for the organization’s annual Producing Lab. A total of five filmmakers and five projects will be supported. Now in its 21st year, the Producing Lab recognizes the importance of creative independent producers to the…
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Artificial script readers hit Hollywood, wait, it’s just Largo
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent When an exclusive invite to try new a AI breakthrough for screenplays popped up from Largo.ai, of course we had to try this new service. Here’s an excerpt of the pitch: “You can watch our workshop in Cannes to get an idea on the usage of AI during a…
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GIDDY STRATOSPHERES a Day on the Set from Director Laura Jean Marsh
by Laura Jean Marsh, Filmmaker Screenmancer Exclusive: We queried GIDDY STRATOSPHERES director Laura Jean Marsh about doing a behind-the-scenes look at the making of her new film, that opened Sept. 14 from Gravitas Ventures. To set up Marsh’s reveal on how she wrote GIDDY STRATOSPHERES during the first lockdown in the UK, here’s some official…
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The 37th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival full Fall line-up is here
Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), presented annually by Visual Communications (VC), has announced the complete lineup for the 37th edition of the Festival, which is set to take place Sept. 23 to Oct. 2, 2021. The Festival, which announced dates last week along with the first set of confirmed films,…
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Joe Raffa’s behind the scenes of his new film DOWNEAST
Screenmancer Exclusive: While New England mob films might seem unusual given the Puritan heritage, DOWNEAST is a new film that mixes the subcultures of Lobster fishing and opiate smuggling and joins the ranks of THE DEPARTED, MYSTIC RIVER, and others set in the US Northeast, specifically Maine. Screenmancer is proud to offer a behind-the-screen look…
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Dark Slope CEO Raja Khanna wants to give you a Reality TV grant
by Screenmancer Staff Dark Slope Studios, the Toronto-based virtual production and metaverse gaming company, today announces the launch of their virtual production fellowship. Announced by CEO Raja Khanna at the Banff World Media Festival, the studio will be open to accepting format pitches for the next technology-driven prime time reality show obsession. Applications will be…
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