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2008 Notre Dame Forum Film Festival
September 19, 2008 Call for Entries

The University of Notre Dame hosts this annual, single day festival that is devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films that engage the topic of the Presidential Forum. The 2008 topic is ENERGY: Charting a Sustainable Future. <more>

2008 IUSB-IVFF
Film Festival Wrap-Up

30 films and filmmarkers from across the four countries competed for the top prize at this year's Indiana University South Bend Independent Video and Filmmakers Festival, held Friday and Saturday April 18th & 19th. <more>

Stop Motion Short Film Wins "Best of Show" at the 2008 eXceL Awards

Fort Wayne Freshmen Seth Boyden & Max Roesler, Bishop Dwenger High School, and Marshall Nill, Canterbury High School took top honors and $4000 in scholarshps at this year's eXceL Awards. The program in it's 19th year is put on by Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. Awards were give for Writing, 2D Art, 3D Art, Performance Art, Video, and Music. MCs for the day long event were Indianapolis weathermen Bob Gregory and Kevin Gregory. For a complete list of winners checkout Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance's website. <eXceL Winners>

Film exec returns home to sell state
New tax credits helpful, but not enough to make Indiana stand out as movie venue
Indianaolis Business Journal Sat. April 12 - 2008

When Erin Newell was growing up in Greenwood, she and a friend would swipe her dad’s video camera and make movies in the basement. As a student at Ball State University, she studied filmmaking. And when she graduated, she was out like a shot to Los Angeles. <more>

"Only Fools Rush In"
Premier April 24th 7:30PM

Schadenfreude Entertainment's "Only Fools Rush In..." will premier Thursday April 24th at 7:30PM, at Key Cinema. The film stars Ben Schmitt and Suzanna Hartzell-Baird. Ben Schmitt will be flying in from California for the Premier. You can view the trailer on the Schadenfreude Entertainment MySpace page. http://www.myspace.com/schadenfreude2005

2008 INDY AWARDS Call For Entries

The Indiana Film Society is proud to announce the 16th INDY Awards, a festival celebrating short films made in Indiana by Indiana filmmakers. This festival gives Hoosier audiences a look at the great variety of films being made in their own backyards. In addition, each local filmmaker gains a new and enthusiastic audience for their work.

We welcome submissions by filmmakers (age 18 and above) who are residents or students currently residing in Indiana OR any film that was made in Indiana. In other words, you’re from Indiana or you made your film in Indiana. <more>

3 O'clock Productions is in pre-production on
The Fresh Air Will Do You Good.

The Fresh Air Will Do You Good tells the story of Alex and Ben's weekend getaway gone strange. The have an encounter with an alien entity that tests their friendship.
Casting is currently under way. The roles of Alex and Ben will be announced soon.

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Hell Walks the Earth Premiere

Thursday April 3rd 9:30 at Key Cinemas theater
4044 S. Keystone Ave. Indianapolis
Tickets $5.00
Movie starts at 9:30
Please arrive between 8:30 and 9:00

Katie Stanley and Teresa Lawrence cast in "Hunger"
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QUENCH to Show at
Indianapolis International Film Festival

QUENCH has been accepted to the Indianapolis International Film Festival. The festival will be taking place from April 23 - May 3 at the Landmark Keystone Arts Theatre located in the Keystone "Fashion" Mall in Indianapolis.

The festival will be releasing an official schedule on April 1st, but QUENCH has been tentatively scheduled for a late night screening on Saturday, April 26th.

GEORGETOWN THEATRES LAUNCHES
“INDYPEDENT FILM PROGRAM” WITH A HOMECOMING
CELEBRATION FOR “SAVING STAR WARS.”

After 4 years and showings in England, France, Canada, and an invitation for a mini-tour of Australia, “Saving Star Wars” is returning home to Indy with an exclusive engagement at The Georgetown Theatre, March <more>

Congrats!
Really Big Short Film Festival Winners!
1st place Kelly Lynch for "The Passenger"
2nd place Duncan Alney for "Hope"
3rd place Jakob Bilinski for
"Foxxy Madonna Vs The Black Death" Honorable Mention:
Sarah Mynett for "Riley's Story"
Leslie Lorance for "The Plump Legacy"

February 06, 2008
Filmmaker exploring long-lost connection between Steve Martin, Terre Haute
By Mark Bennett
The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Thank goodness Americans pinched their buttocks correctly.

Otherwise, Terre Haute could’ve been forever immortalized in a movie called “Manure for the Millions.”

If you understand those two sentences, Gary Wood and his cohorts want to talk with you. (Counselors may, also.) The Indianapolis independent filmmaker is exploring the bizarre, long-lost connection between comedian Steve Martin and Terre Haute. Soon, Wood intends to begin filming a documentary called “One Wild and Crazy City” right here. <more>

LOCAL FILM MAKERS GET OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEIR WORK ON THE BIG SCREEN
Through Georgetown Stadium 14 Cinemas’ INDYPENDENT FILM SERIES <more>

First They Came For... Premiere
Niemoller-based short film premieres at Cinephile
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – February 4, 2008 –The new, powerful, human-rights inspired film by Kate Chaplin will make its big premiere at Cinephile’s 2008 Indiana Festival of Independent Film.

Inspired by the poem by Reverend Martin Niemoller of the same name, First They Came for… is set in a not so distant future where a nondescript regime takes away innocent people while one man struggles between standing up for what’s right and saving himself. <more>

Waffles for Virginia
Trailer Released

January 15, 2008 IndyFilmNews.com
Jim Dougherty of 3 O'Clock Productions presents the much anticipated trailer of "Waffles for Virginia" see it here...

Film Festival Submission
Deadlines Approach

Several Indiana film festival submission deadlines are approaching fast. To be sure you're included submit your film today. Here's a quick rundown on the festivals and their dates.<more>

Kate Chaplin chosen to direct 'Shilo' music video for
' The Global Peace Concert'

Music production is scheduled to start the second week of January with completion of the song slated for the first of February. The video shoot will closely follow directed by acclaimed Director and Producer Kate Chaplin. Please watch for the release date, and be sure to request it on your favorite radio.<more>

Ball State Students to Promote Transportation Museum

Inside INdiana Business
Indiana will soon be calling "all aboard" to the nation’s movie industry, attracting filmmakers looking to incorporate trains into their plots—thanks to the work of a group of Ball State students and their faculty mentors.
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Indiana Film Society Spring Film Series...
kicks off this Tuesday with a screening of Children of Heaven. Ali loses his sister’s only pair of shoes. To stay out of trouble, the siblings decide to share their shoes in secret since their Father cannot afford new ones. The first Iranian film to be nominated for an Oscar.

The theme is Bridging the Gap: Iran & Israel. Details on the films in
this series are available at the following link:
http://www.indianafilmsociety.org/filmseries-spring-2008.html

First They Came For...
Film Production Photos

Courtesy of Polina Osherov Photography
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Three Documentaries
by Gary Wood

The team that produced "Saving Star Wars" and "Open Mic'rs" are producing three documentaries simultaneously by the end of 2008. They are forming a new corporation called 3 Docs Productions and are opening up 25 shares for public participation.<more>