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RALEIGH, N.C.  A North Carolina film has been named an official selection of this year's Vail Film Festival.  "Certain Proof:  A Question of Worth" is a documentary produced by Footpath Pictures.


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MANTEO -- By movie-making standards in 1921, Manteo qualified as a far-flung backwater, a tiny island reachable only by boat. Hardly anyone there hadever owned a camera, let alone seen a motion picture.


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NEW BERN, N.C. – February 2011 - Awaken Pictures, Inc, an emerging movie, television, and documentary production company, recently released “Memorial,” a documentary from the compelling Black History Series "Freedom Lost: Restoration."  The project consists of a series of documentary shorts and a feature film focusing on African Americans living in James City and New Bern (the Colonial Capital of North Carolina, now celebrating its 300th Anniversary).


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Jeffrey Lyons, best known as co-host of “Sneak Previews,” will be a visiting scholar today through Nov. 8 at the School of Communication in the College of Fine Arts and Communication.

Linda Kean, director of the School of Communication, has been working with Phillip Horne of the IBX Development Foundation and Frank Dooley of the Eastern North Carolina Film Foundation since the summer coordinating Lyons' visit. The famed critic is to begin teaching on Tuesday for instructor Charles Twardy's feature writing class, which is geared toward arts and culture reporting. There, Kean said Lyons probably will discuss his career, tell students how he broke into the industry, and show interview footage and article clippings.

Read more:  http://www.reflector.com/news/lyons-lecture-visiting-scholar-ecu-162540

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2010 BLU MOON INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Sponsored by Magnolia Arts Center and the ENC Film Commission

The Blu Moon Independent Film Festival seeks submissions for its 2010 installment. Professional, Amateur, and Student filmmakers of all ages, skill levels, and genres are welcome to submit for awards and cash prizes. Submissions are free but limited to one per filmmaker or group.

All submissions are encouraged to be 10 minutes or less and must be received by October 1, 2010. Pre-screening will take place October 8th through the 9th for judges. The red carpet final screening will be held on October 10th at 7:00 PM at the Greenville Museum of Art. The top 10 films will be shown as finalists at the awards ceremony. These films will then compete for a grand prize, viewer’s choice award and additional category prizes including:

• Comedy
• Documentary
• Drama
• Grades K-12
• 48-Hour Contest*

*This is a special category assigned for participants in our 48-Hour Film Contest. You must be registered for that contest to be considered for this category.

Additionally, due to comments from previous years we are experimenting with two new categories. Filmmakers may designate these categories, but we will not be awarding prizes for them:

• Experimental: Animation
• Experimental: Art
• Experimental: Horror

Please complete our submission form, and send your submitted DVD entries to
Blu Moon Film Festival
1117 Bryson Drive
Greenville, NC 27834

In the upstairs bath of a 220-year-old home one cotton field away from the Perquimans River in Hertford, N.C. , a knot of 7-year-old boys crowds around Nancy D. Rascoe.  She is “Miss Nancy” to them. And right now, shortly after breakfast, she is closely examining their sink.

“Look, children, so you’ll learn,” she says, drawing out velvety North Carolina vowels. And the trio with first names right out of a sleepy Southern novel – Smedes, Jack and Hazen  – leans in attentively as Miss Nancy wads a bit of tissue and shows them how to wipe a stray dab of toothpaste right out of the bowl.

Read more:  http://hamptonroads.com/2010/08/youngsters-learn-manners-ettiquete-summer-camp#rfq

The Eastern North Carolina Film Commission congratulates ECU grad on writing, directing and producing new film that spotlights North Carolina’s Inner Banks

Galvanized Films and 3L Productions are proud to announce that the independent film The Jailhouse, starring C. Thomas Howell, will be theatrically released in ten states and at least 16 theaters on May 4th, 2010.  The film is a psychological thriller set in the fictional rural town of Colton, NC.  Tickets are specially priced at only $5 each, regardless of time.  The film will only be shown twice a day, Tuesday (May 4th), Wednesday (May 5th), Thursday (May 6th) and Sunday (May 9th).   Show times are to be announced soon.

The Jailhouse stars C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders, Red Dawn, The Hitcher, Soul Man), Rey Valentin (Generation Kill, NCIS), Lindsey Mckeon (One Tree Hill) and Darren Dalton (The Outsiders, Red Dawn).

The Jailhouse was shot in Burgaw, North Carolina.  The film and Mr. Lewis are currently represented by Los Angeles-based American World Pictures.  The Jailhouse has been sold in a number of overseas markets, including Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and the Middle East. 

The Jailhouse official website:  http://www.thejailhousemovie.com

The Jailhouse is scheduled to be screened in the following U.S. cities:

Royal Palm – Bradenton, FL
Island 7 – Fernandina, FL
Wynnsong 15 – Durham, NC
Carmike 12 – Greenville, NC
Carmike 14 – Hickory, NC
Carmike 16 – Wilmington, NC
Wynnsong 12 – Winston-Salem, NC
Broadway at the Beach – Myrtle Beach, SC
Chapel Hills – Colorado Springs, CO
Carmike 14 – Ft. Smith, AR
Carmike 9 – Minot, SD
Carmike 12 – Kennewick, WA
Oakwood 12 – Eauclaire, WI
Carmike 15 – Apple Valley, MN
Wynnsong 15 – Moundsview, MN
Horizon 10 – Traverse City, MI

Synopsis:  Throughout the 1900's, a jailer and his family occupied the first floor of the jailhouse in Colton, NC while criminals loomed above on the second floor.  Certain events 30 years ago led to its closure.  Present day, the Colton Sheriff allows new deputy Seth Delray (C. Thomas Howell) and his family to live rent-free at the old jailhouse while their house is being remodeled.  Shortly after the Delray's move in there is a fire at the current jail forcing the Sheriff to make the tough decision to house six inmates back at the old jailhouse.  Within a matter of days, Seth Delray's life changes forever.

The film’s producers will be giving away tickets to see the film to Facebook fans.  Facebook users are encouraged to become a fan, which will automatically give them the chance to win tickets.  User can join by searching for ‘The Jailhouse’ on Facebook.

For more information:
Heath Franklin
910.620.7671

“The Expert” offers a message for viewers:  We all have the potential to be experts at something. Sometimes we have to go the distance to find it.

NEW BERN, N.C. (October 22, 2009) - Awaken Pictures, Inc., an emerging movie, television, and documentary production company based in North Carolina’s Inner Banks is streaming a new comedy web series called "The Expert" on the Internet every Monday for five weeks.

"The Expert" was filmed North Carolina and follows the misadventures of a frustrated man named Gregory (played by Chris Hemeyer), who goes from job to job and embarks on a hilarious quest to find his expertise.  The laughs begin when he stumbles at everything from walking the dog and being a handyman to babysitting his nephew Charlie (played by Zerah Swift), an energized toddler who’s more than a handful.  "The Expert" is a comedy that teaches us that we need to laugh at our own shortcomings to make it through this journey.


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SB 943 Boosts Film Production Tax Credit to 25 Percent, Protects Jobs for North Carolinians


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