A WRAP: Film, Video & Digital Media News from Oakland County, Michigan 03/15/13

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A WRAP: Film, Video & Digital Media News from Oakland County, Michigan

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News

Oz The Great And Powerful eyes $100m international milestone
ScreenDaily.com, 03/15/13

Screening planned in Lake Orion for film about two boys with autism
Oakland Press, 03/15/13

Two Michigan Films Approved for Film Incentives
MichiganFilmOffice.org,03/14/13

EXCLUSIVE CLIP! Kristin Chenoweth Gets Desperate in 'Family Weekend'
iVillage.com, 03/14/13

Promoting a thriving film and video community in West Michigan
RapidGrowthMedia.com, 03/14/13

Red Dawn - Chris Hemsworth Interview
Red Dawn Film, 03/14/13

An exclusive extended clip of Oz The Great and Powerful
Disney, 03/13/13 

Olesya Rulin: 'Family Weekend' Debuts March 29th!
JustJaredJr.com, 03/12/13

Residents star in locally filmed and produced movie
CandGNews.com, 03/12/13

Chess Set Art – A Beautiful Documentary App about Chess Sets
NoBrainerAppReviews.com, 02/27/13 

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Cass City Cinema

St. Patrick's Day Special
Kill the Irishman
Sunday, Mar. 17 at 5:15 p.m.

Amour
Friday, Mar. 15 at 6:45 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 16 at 6:45 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 17 at 5:00 p.m.

K-11
Friday, Mar. 15 at 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 16 at 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 17 at 3:30 p.m.

The Impossible
Friday, Mar. 15 at 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 16 at 9:00 p.m.

Academy Award WINNER for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Searching for Sugar Man
Friday, Mar. 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 17 at 3:15 p.m. 

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

The Master
Friday, Mar. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 17 at 2:00 p.m.

Detroit Film Theater

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Friday, Mar. 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 17 at 2:00 p.m.

Caesar Must Die
Friday, Mar. 15 at 9:30 p.m. 
Saturday, Mar. 16 at 9:30 p.m. 
Sunday, Mar. 17 at 4:30 p.m.

DFT 101: Sansho the Bailiff
Saturday, Mar. 16 at 4:00 p.m.

Mitten Movie Project

Tuesday, April 2, 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

DETROIT WINTER 
will screen on Comcast TV channel 90
in all of SE MIchigan viewing area on
Saturday, Mar. 23 at 10 p.m. 
Written by Gil McRipley, directed by Barbara Troy, executive produced by Elizabeth Keener (The 'L' Word)  features Jaclyn Strez (best actress, 2012 Michigan Film Awards), Michael Brian Ogden and Elizabeth Keener. DETROIT WINTER was funded in part by a Michigan Film incentive.  

Michigan Film Festivals

Ann Arbor Film Fest
March 19 - 24, Ann Arbor 
12th Annual Francophone Film Festival 
March 20 - 24, Kalamazoo
Broke Student Film Festival
April 5, Lawrence Tech, Southfield
45th Michigan Student Film & Video Festival
April 27, Detroit Film Theatre
Grand Rapids Film Fest
May 15 - 19, Grand Rapids
3 Minutes in Lyon Film Festival
May 31 - June 2, Lyon Township
Waterfront Film Festival
June 13 - 16, South Haven|
Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival|
October 24 - 26, Grand Rapids

Ides

Events

Michigan Film Office
Advisory Council Meeting

Tuesday, March 19th
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 (noon)
at Compass College for Cinematic Arts
41 Sheldon Blvd SE, Grand Rapids, 49504

If you are an individual who needs special accommodations or arrangements at this meeting, please contact the Michigan Film Office (see below) as soon as possible and before the date of the meeting, to notify us of any special assistance you may need. 
Please call or write: Michigan Film Office 
Attention: Michelle Begnoche
300 N. Washington Square
Lansing. Michigan 48913 
Phone: (517) 373-3456

The 45th Michigan Student Film and Video Festival sponsored by DAFT brings recognition and support to K - 12 media students. Help us keep this Festival alive!

Michigan Production Alliance (MPA) Production Algebra P.A. Boot Camp
Hosted by the Association of Independent Producers (AICP)
Saturday, Mar. 23
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
SAG/AFTRA Offices
21599 W. Eleven Mile Rd, Ste. 300
Southfield, MI 48076 
Overview of what is expected of Production Assistants on both film and video sets, set and client etiquette, use of radios and forms, discussion about local production companies, organizations and unions and the different resources they have to offer. This event benefits the non-profit MPA – cost includes P.A. Handbook and 1 year membership in MPA for $105. Contact Philo 313.447.0566 with questions. Registration and details at http://www.mpami.org

ONTV Short Film Production Group
Attention High School students: 
ONTV (Lake Orion) is hosting a week-long Short Film Production Group. Learn the basics of scripting, planning, shooting, editing, and effects while completing a short film. The group will meet April 1-5, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. There is no fee. Please register by 3/25. 
Call (248) 693-3377 today!

International Game Developers Association Detroit
Dinner lecture night
Wednesday, April 17 
7 - 9 p.m.
Baker College
34401 S. Gratiot Avenue
Clinton Township
Food and drinks will be served.

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

Pixo Entertainment 
Reactor Zero 
Scientifically Proven Entertainment
Triquetra-Games 
Vectorform 

Movie Links

Alleged 
Apparitions 
Beauty Queen 
The Bully Chronicles 
The Citizen 
Clayman 
Detention of the Dead 
Dogman 
Family Weekend
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