A WRAP: Film, Video & Digital Media News from Oakland County, Michigan 05/01/14

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A WRAP

 Film, Video & Digital Media News from Oakland County, Michigan
Keeping the Michigan Production Community informed since 2009

News

A-Z guide to Michigan on screen
BattleCreekEnquirer.com, 05/01/14

Film notes: New Belgium Brewing movie tour, Caleb Slain's new short film, more
MLive.com, 05/01/14

Known for Rare, Eclectic Film Collection, Thomas Video Ending 40-Year Run
Patch.com, 04/30/14

Iconic cult-movie store Thomas Video in Royal Oak closing after 40 years
Detroit Free Press, 04/30/14

Li Bingbing & Stanley Tucci In New TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION Stills
ComicBookMovie.com, 04/30/14

Pixar director is guest artist at Michigan Youth Arts Festival
WMich.edu, 04/30/14

Michigan Matters: Michigan Movies
Seg. 1: Director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad of Exxodus Pictures “JINN” 
Seg. 2: Director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad and Producer Benjamin Dresser of Exxodus Films 
Seg. 3: Linden Nelson, Michigan Motion Picture Studios, and his son, Stanford Nelson who is producing his first movie, “Eloise.”
Seg. 4: Margaret O'Riley, the Commissioner for the Michigan Film Office
Detroit.CBSLocal.com, 04/27/14

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FOMA Films
at the Flint Institute of Arts
Tim's Vermeer
Friday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 4 at 2:00 p.m.

Mitten Movie Project
Tuesday, May 6, 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
Enter our monthly drawing to win 2 free passes to the Mitten Movie Project at film@oakgov.com

Redford Theater
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Friday, May 16 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m. & 8 p.m.

It's coming . . . 
Midnight Madness at the Main Art Theater, Royal Oak - every Friday and Saturday night 
May 23 & 24 - Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
May 30 & 31 - Robocop (1987)
June 6 & 7 - Exit Through The Gift Shop
June 13 & 14 - Princess Mononoke
June 20 & 21 - The Breakfast Club
June 27 & 28 - Good Fellas
July 4 & 5 - Grease Sing-Along
July 11 & 12 - EraserHead
Tickets on sale now

Detroit Film Theater
The Twilight Samurai
Friday, May 30 at 9:30 p.m.

Trailer Park

Cinetopia 2014 Trailer

Dogman 2: Wrath of the Litter
Into the Storm
Margarine Wars
Misled
Only Lovers Left Alive
Papou
Parts Per Billion
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Michigan Film Festivals 2014

Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival
April 27 - May 8, West Bloomfield, Ann Arbor & Flint
Cinetopia 
June  4 - 8, Ann Arbor
GloryReelz Christian Film Festival 
June  6 & 7, Royal Oak 
Waterfront Film Festival 
June 12 - 15, South Haven
TromaDance Detroit
June 13 & 14, Detroit
Media City Film Festival 
July  8 - 12, Detroit & Windsor
Traverse City Film Festival 
July 29 - Aug. 3, Traverse City
Tulipanes Latino Art & Film Festival 
Sept. 1 - 14, Holland
Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival 
September 25 - 28, Bay City
Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival 
Oct. 23 - 25, Grand Rapids
Jaxon Film Festival
Nov. 1 & 2, Jackson

Indie Wire Film Festival Directory

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Oakland County, Michigan, home of 

MMPS

Michigan Motion 
 Picture Studios
Pontiac, Michigan

Film and TV Events

2014 Focal Point Video Workshop
June 23-27, 2014
Royal Oak High School
1500 Lexington Blvd, Royal Oak
High School – Adult
$600 – $50 Discount for Early Registration
In one week participants will work with video from concept to finished product. All skill levels are welcome and course work can be geared to accommodate specific interests and needs. This workshop qualifies for University Credit hours through Central Michigan University for an additional fee.

Plans are coming together for
Meaningful Play 2014
October 16-18 in East Lansing.
The call for submissions is available (submission deadline July 1), registration is open (early registration ends Sept. 8), and we are finalizing the keynote line-up (look for an announcement soon). 

Movie Links

The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Treasure
The Adventures of Mickey Matson & the Pirates Code
Alleged 
Apparitions
Approaching Midnight 
Beauty Queen 
Beside Still Waters
Bestseller
Bilal's Stand
Brick Mansions
Bring Back Summertime
The Bully Chronicles
Chasing Jimmy
The Citizen 
Clayman 
Detention of the Dead
Detroit Unleaded
Division 19
Dogman 
Dogman 2: Wrath of the Litter
Family Weekend
The Five-Year Engagement
Fractured
Freaky Deaky 
The Funeral Guest
The Giant Mechanical Man 
Gran Torino
Guns, Drugs and Dirty Money
Hide Away (A Year in Mooring) 
I, Alex Cross 
It Follows
Into the Storm

Jane of All Trades 
Jimmy P.
Jinn 
Lake Eerie
The Lake Effect 
Landlord
LOL 
Lost River (How to Catch a Monster)
Love and Honor
Madman or Martyr
Margarine Wars 
A Matter of Faith
Meltdown 
Misled
Need for Speed
Needlestick
Only Lovers Left Alive 
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure 
Oz the Great and Powerful 
Papou
Parts Per Billion
Past Due
Prom-iscuous 
Real Steel
Robocop
Rumors of Wars
Saugatuck Cures
Silver Bells
Sparkle 
Ticket to the Circus
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Touchback 
20 Years of Madness
Virginia 
Waterwalk 
Writer's Block/Happy Ending
The Zombie Factor

Television Links

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

Web Series

Detroit Rubber
Don Cheto

Digital Media Links

Pixo Entertainment 
Reactor Zero 
Scientifically Proven Entertainment
Triquetra-Games 
Vectorform 

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