Month: February 2023
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Oscar-shortlisted AAPI Filmmakers Buck the Trend at NY’s Justice Film Festival
Oscar-shortlisted documentaries Bad Axe and 38 at the Garden kickoff opening night, followed by the New York premiere of UNCONDITIONAL (Prisca). The event starts at 5pm, March 1, 2023, on the first day of the Justice Film Festival at DCTV's Cinema for Documentary Film in New York's Chinatown.
Smash Virtual Production Studios Electrifies Chicago with a Master Class in Virtual Production
Smash Virtual Production Studios along with Synapse Virtual Production Studios, Framestore and Framestore Pictures hosted a Master Class last week in Virtual Production at Smash Virtual Production Studios, Chicago's first dedicated LED soundstage, introducing the Midwest to cutting edge filmmaking techniques that are reshaping film, TV and commercial production around the world.
Tau Tau Menghan : New Way of Breaking Through the Lens for Female Young Directors
When ‘Breaking Through the Lens ‘joined by one of the most active Berlin Indie production rebels-Tau Tau Menghan during Berlinale 2023, together they demanded radical reforms in the system of filmmaking in some major European countries to support the under presented female filmmakers.
IMAX Delivers Heroic Global Opening with $24 Million Debut of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”
IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that Disney/Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" debuted with a $24 million four-day worldwide opening in IMAX — more than the previous two "Ant-Man" films combined. The latest cinematic journey into the Quantum Realm scored a $12.2 million four-day Domestic IMAX opening, good for an outsized 10% of the overall Domestic box office.
‘The Gods 2: The Dark Side’ lands on streaming platform
Echelon Studios' latest release, the highly-anticipated The Gods 2: The Dark Side from acclaimed actor and director-screenwriter, Mykel Shannon Jenkins (The Paper Tigers), is available to stream for free from today.
Cinedigm Acquires All North American Rights to Lithuanian Slasher ‘Pensive’
Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to the morbid horror film Pensive out of EFM. The Company plans to release the bloody slasher on its horror streaming platform, SCREAMBOX, which is powered by Bloody Disgusting, later this year as a SCREAMBOX Original.
Review – Mickey Hardaway Directed by Marcellus Cox
Written and directed by Marcellus Cox, Mickey Hardaway is a feature length drama that stars Rashad Hunter, David Chattam, Stephen Cofield Jr. and others.
27th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards WINNERS
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) announced winners of its 27thAnnual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 14 categories of film, television, commercials, music videos and animation features, during a black-tie dinner gala at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday night, February 18, 2023.
The Ones Left Behind – A peak into the lives of single Mothers in Japan
As divorce rates continue rising all over the world, a new problem seems to be emerging as a direct consequence of this; an ever-increasing number of single-parent families. Nowhere is this more evident than in Japan.
Meet the Low-Budget Movie Producer/Director From India – Athreya Ram
Athreya Ram is an independent filmmaker in California. He is 25 years old and originally from India. He moved to Los Angeles in 2016, when he was 18 years old. He has been working in this industry since he was 14, back in 2013.