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NERJYZED GAME STUDIOS DEBUT GAME TITLE
BATON ROUGE, LA (November 17, 2008)--Nerjyzed Game Studios invites you to the official debut announcement of the console edition of the Black...
WCEF HIRES LOCAL FILMMAKERS
World Cultural Economic Forum Hires Local Filmmakers to Archive 2008 Conference Supporting New Orleans’ Cultural Economy Along The Way ...
FATS DOMINO DOCUMENTARY TO AIR ON PBS
NEW ORLEANS --- A documentary that includes footage of Fats Domino's last public performance will begin airing on public broadcasting stations...
CANAL PLACE TO HOST BIG EASY SHORTS FESTIVAL
TheBig EasyShorts FestivalNov. 15th-16thCanal Place TheatersPresenting short films of all types... horror, thriller, comedy, drama, dark comedy,...
MORE DIGITAL FILMMAKING CLASSES FROM NOVAC
NOVAC's Digital Film Institute Fall Schedule is here! Dear Louisiana Mediamakers!The Nation's least expensive Apple Authorized...
AUDIOSOCKET, INC. OPENS MUSIC LICENSING O FFICE IN NEW ORLEANS
Audiosocket, Inc., an industry leader in independent music licensing, has opened an offi ce in New Orleans. This offi ce, the company’s first...
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED - SPECIAL BENEFIT SCREENING
From Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme and starring Anne Hathaway, be a part of a special benefit screening of Rachel Getting Married. When Kym...
NOVAC PRESENTS THE 18TH LOUISIANA SHORTS FEST
A media arts festival with a focus on youth media programs and career development.October 17th and 18th at the Louisiana Humanities Center at Patrick...
LOUISIANA LAUNCHING ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM
Program to train for film industry Louisiana will launch a $2 million pilot program in the next few months to train new workers in the film, music,...
STUDIOS PREP MAJOR FILM PRODUCTION
Cameras ready to roll despite SAG stalemate By MICHAEL FLEMING - VARIETY After mostly sitting on the sidelines since the June 30 expiration...
DOCUMENTARY COMING TO LAPLACE
The documentary film "Walking on Dead Fish" will come home Friday.The independent movie about the East St. John High School Wildcats...
AP - TERRY BRADSHAW NARRATES FOOTBALL DOCUMENTARY
The story of 20 high school football players forced to play for the same team after Katrina blew them from their hometowns drew laughter and tears...
NOVAC'S 18TH LOUISIANA SHORTS FEST FOCUSES ON YOUTH MEDIA PROGRAMS
The New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) will present the 18th year of the Louisiana Shorts Fest, a local media festival focused on work by and...
NY-THE IMAGINATION MOVERS
Unleashing Their Inner Children to Rock the World Like many new parents suddenly immersed in the strange world of kiddie entertainment, the four New...
HOLLYWOOD SOUTH!!! WHITAKER CAN'T STAY AWAY
His next N.O. project: 'Love Song' with Renée Zellweger He only recently left town after shooting the locally set "Hurricane Season"...
FEAR FESTIVAL IS COMING SOON!
A Film Festival for Effects Artists, Practical Effects, Visual Effects, Sound Design, Animation, Costuming &...
VOODOO PICTURES WILL TURN SAINTS SEASON INTO MOVIE
Voodoo Pictures announced today that it has acquired the film rights to Patron Saints: How the Saints Gave New Orleans a Reason to Believe (Center...
HOLLYWOOD SOUTH ON BENSON'S HORIZON GOAL OF NEW PARTNERSHIP: TO MAKE A MOVIE IN NEW ORLEANS
For his football team, it's still preseason, but for New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson's fledgling film and TV production company, it's...
UNO COMMEMORATES KATRINA ANNIVERSARY WITH STUDENT FILM SCREENING
Including Refreshments and a Q&A with the FilmmakersScreenings begin Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 at 7:00pm.Kirschman Hall Room 137, Univeristy...
HORIZON ENTERTAINMENT TO RELOCATE ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS TO THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS REGION
Horizon Entertainment to Relocate Atlanta Headquarters to the Greater New Orleans Region Partnership with Louisiana Media Company, LLC represents...
MICHIGAN REBATE RECRUITS FILM SHOOTS; LOUISIANA INCENTIVES LURE FILM, TV PRODUCTIONS
Michigan rebate recruits film shootsLouisiana incentives lure film, TV productionsThe largest production rebate in the U.S. could result in nearly...
OXFORD AMERICAN SEEKING NOLA FILMS
From Derek B. Jenkins of the Oxford American: I'm tracking down post-Katrina films for the Oxford American, and I was hoping you could clue me into...
THE ABDUCTION OF JESSE BOOKMAN SWEEPS THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
FILM WINS THE GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR BEST PICTURE AND MEL JACKSON WINS BEST ACTOR AWARD Los Angeles, CA / Baton Rouge, LA (August 12, 2008)...
DIGITAL PRODUCTION CLASSES TO START SOON!
Reality Deprivation will be hosting while Lucid SFX Development (LSD) walks class members through digital production.Course is broken down into...
FINAL CUT STUDIO CLASSES
Dear Louisiana Filmmakers!The Nation's least expensive Apple Authorized Training Center is now located in New Orleans, Louisiana! NOVAC and the...
FILM ABOUT DC COMICS GUNSLINGER 'JONAH HEX' MAY SHOOT IN TOWN
With his offbeat indie drama "I Love You Phillip Morris" fresh off an eight-week New Orleans shoot, West Coast producer Andrew Lazar...
MOVIE AND TV CREWS HELP LOUISIANA RECOVER
NEW ORLEANS — A record number of major feature films and television pilots are being filmed in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana, creating...
MCCONNELL: LA.'S FILM BUSINESS STILL GROWING
Louisiana will outperform its past film production again in 2008, a state entertainment industry official said.At midyear, about $300 million worth...
SAMSUNG MOBILE FRESH FILMS KICKS OFF 2008 NATIONAL TEEN FILMMAKING PROGRAM
Uncovering America's Next Film Phenoms Teen-Created Films Judged by America and Hollywood...
HBO SETS DRAMA SERIES IN TREME WITH FOCUS ON CITY'S MUSICIANS
HOLLYWOOD -- In a move that could boost the city's psyche and pump millions into its economy, cable giant HBO is developing a new TV drama to be set...
NEW ORLEANS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY
For Immediate Release Contact: Jennifer C. Johnson,...
CALL FOR ENTRIES - TFI SLOAN FILMMAKER FUND CALL FOR ENTRIES
The TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund will provide up to $140,000 in support of innovative and compelling filmmaking that explores scientific, mathematical,...
WHEN PICKING FILM PROJECTS, NEW ORLEANS NATIVE STEPHANIE ALLAIN FOLLOWS HER HEART
It's all about emotion for movie producer Stephanie Allain. Always has been. It was that way more than a decade ago when, as a newly appointed...
VAMPIRE MOVIE PRODUCER GETS NEW ORLEANS IN HIS BLOODSTREAM
When it set up shop in New Orleans this spring, the buzz surrounding the Universal Pictures dark fantasy "Cirque du Freak," starring Salma...
SCOUTING NEW ORLEANS
If you have to leave home to get your film made, what better place to spend that time than in New Orleans? This is what filmmakers are saying as they...
SHOOTING 12 ROUNDS IN NEW ORLEANS
Director Renny Harlin did not hold back on his recent action thriller, 12 Rounds which recently wrapped in New Orleans. From streetcar...
STUDY: PACE OF HURRICANE RECOVERY ACCELERATING
BATON ROUGE - The pace of the recovery in communities damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita is accelerating, "as money and long-term...
'CHESS' PLAYERS
New Orleans-shot indie film is one of two in the works about the Chess Records label Saturday, May 31, 2008 By Mike ScottGideon Amir has every right...
LOCAL 3-D PRODUCTION AT LEADING EDGE OF FILM TREND
Built out of stacked metal cargo containers skinned with a veneer of Hollywood magic, the race-track grandstand rising out of the weeds and...
HOLLYWOOD SOUTH NOTES: CAGE TO SHOOT 'BAD LIEUTENANT' IN N.O.
Brad Pitt did it last year with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," and now Nicolas Cage will get to enjoy some home-cooking, as he...
FILM INDUSTRY ON PACE TO BREAK RECORD YEAR IN
Film industry on pace to break record year in 'Hollywood South'By STACEY PLAISANCE, Associated Press WriterNEW ORLEANS --- Justin Timberlake, Salma...
NOAH WYLE IN NEW ORLEANS FOR 'LIBRARIAN' SHOOT
Noah Wyle in New Orleans for 'Librarian' shootBy STACEY PLAISANCE, Associated Press WriterNEW ORLEANS --- Noah Wyle, perhaps best known as Dr. John...
HOLLYWOOD NOW SERVING CAJUN STUDIO MONTHLY
Studio Monthly...
NEW ORLEANS WELL REPRESENTED IN HBO MOVIE
Federal Coordinator Donald E. Powell Addresses Louisiana Film and TV Graduates New Orleans, LA: Donald E. Powell, the president’s top official...
LOUISIANA'S SMASH HIT:THE STATE'S BUDDING FILM INDUSTRY IS A BLOCKBUSTER.
LOUISIANA'S SMASH HITThe state's budding film industry is a blockbuster, unfazed by a strike, a federal probe or even hurricanesBy Julie...
FEDERAL COORDINATOR DONALD E. POWELL ADDRESSES LOUISIANA FILM AND TV GRADUATES
Federal Coordinator Donald E. Powell Addresses Louisiana Film and TV Graduates New Orleans, LA: Donald E. Powell, the president’s top official...
A Film Festival for Effects Artists, Practical Effects, Visual Effects, Sound Design, Animation, Costuming &...
