A WRAP: Film, Video & Digital Media News from Oakland County, Michigan 01/17/13

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News

YouTube offering Sundance Film Festival shorts online
USAToday.com, 01/17/13

Call for Entries: The Jaxon Film Fest Wants Michigan Films for its 2013 Season
Melodika.net, 01/17/13 

Film events: 'Searching for Sugar Man,' 'Space Junk 3D'
Detroit Free Press, 01/17/13

‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ New Hi-Res Still, Behind-the-Scenes Images
StitchKingdom.com, 01/16/13

Documentary film 'When We Went Mad!' in production in Detroit

Fox2Detroit.com, 01/16/13

Movie launched by Detroit filmmakers lands a Guinness World Record

Detroit Free Press, 01/16/13

West Michigan movie 'I Wish' gets extended run in Grand Rapids at Celebration Cinema Woodland
MLive.com, 01/16/13

Kickstart Sunday - "When We Went MAD!"
FilmPulse.com, 01/13/13

Filmmaker Julie Dash takes up guest faculty residency at Wayne State
Wayne.edu, 01/11/13

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Cass City Cinema

Hitchcock
Thursday, Jan. 17 at 6:45 & 9:00 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18 at 6:45 & 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 6:45 & 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 20 at 5:15 p.m.

The Sessions
Thursday, Jan. 17 at 9:15 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:00 & 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7:00 p.m.

Searching for Sugar Man
Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 9:15 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 20 & 27 at 5:00 p.m.

Friends of Modern Art/Flint Institute of Arts Theater Film Series

Sleepwalk With Me
Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m.

Detroit Film Theater

Beauty Is Embarrassing
Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18 at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 20 at 4:30 p.m.

Sister
Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 20 at 2:00 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 25 at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26 at 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 27 at 4:30 p.m.

DFT 101: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 4:00 p.m. 

Mitten Movie Project

Tuesday, February 5, 7:30 p.m.
Main Art Theater
118 N. Main St., Royal Oak
Pre-sale tickets $8 by e-mailing mangilc@yahoo.com, Door $10

Michigan Film Festivals

Arab Film Festival
Jan. 24 - 26, Dearborn
Detroit Dreaming Film Festival
Jan. 25 - 27, Detroit
Orchard Lake Student Film Festival
Feb. 1, Orchard Lake
Central Michigan International Film Festival
Feb. 8 - 10 & 14 - 17, Mount Pleasant
10th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival
February 24, Kalamazoo
Uptown Film Festival
Mar. 7 - 9, Birmingham
Ann Arbor Film Fest
March 19 - 24, Ann Arbor
45th Michigan Student Film & Video Festival 
April 27, Detroit Film Theatre
3 Minutes in Lyon Film Festival
May 31 - June 2, Lyon Township
Waterfront Film Festival
June 13 - 16, South Haven  

Film and TV Events

MPA January Member Meeting 

“Best Methods: Taxes & Insurance for Small Business Owners Independent Contractors”

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
Orange Dragin Studio
1090 Wheaton, Suite A Troy MI, 48083

Be aware of ever changing tax law as it affects us as small business owners, freelancers or seasonal employees. Patti Kahn of Kahn & Associates and Jon Steinberg of Steinberg Insurance will discuss issues we all face arranging our taxes and figuring out how to insure productions, equipment and other assets.

Admission for MPA members - free. Non-members, $7 at the door - $5 paid in advance. Sponsored by the AICP. 

Wayne State University Iranian Students & Scholars present 
An Evening of Film & Dance 
featuring
"All Quiet on the Front Line"
A Film By Anna Djavaheri
Friday, Jan. 25th at 6 p.m. 
The Paul Schaap Lecture Hall 
Wayne State University 
Department of Chemistry 
5101 Cass Ave, Detroit
Free Admission

Call for Entries
Newport Beach Film Festival
April 25 - May 2, 2013
Newport Beach, California
Standard Deadline - Dec. 21, 2012
Final Deadline - Jan. 18, 2013

The 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival will spotlight over 350 films from over 40 different countries to over 52,000 attendees, as well as premiere galas, an industry seminar series, spotlights, and question and answer sessions with filmmakers. Submit your film now for the chance to be part of the 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival! 

Digital Arts, Film and Television
ANIMATION & VIDEO CAMP
for students Grades 3-5
August 5 – 9, 2013
Huntington Woods Recreation Center
26325 Scotia Road, Huntington Woods
To register, call 248.541.3030

Television Links

All-American Muslim 
Autoweek's Vinsetta Garage 
Ariel, Zoey & Eli, Too 
Ask Dr. Nandi 
The Girls Bathroom 
Hung 
Hardcore Pawn 
Inside Out by Marissa Nahas 
Lee Martin's "The Midnight Hour" 
Michigan Marquee 
Under the Radar Michigan

Digital Media Links

Adventure Club Games 
Pixo Entertainment 
Reactor Zero 
Scientifically Proven Entertainment
SpeedShape 
Triquetra-Games 
Vectorform 
Pixomondo

Movie Links

Alleged 
Apparitions 
Beauty Queen 
The Bully Chronicles 
The Citizen 
Clayman 
Detention of the Dead 
Dogman 
The Five-Year Engagement
Freaky Deaky 
The Giant Mechanical Man 
Hide Away (A Year in Mooring) 
I, Alex Cross 
Jane of All Trades 
Jinn 
The Lake Effect 
LOL 
Love and Honor (AWOL) 
Margarine Wars 
Meltdown 
Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy 
Only Lovers Left Alive 
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure 
Oz the Great and Powerful 
Prom-iscuous 
Sparkle 
Touchback 
Virginia 
Waterwalk 
The Zombie Factor