Bayou City Film News

You are cordially invited to this month's TXMPA Central Texas Meeting/Mixer, this Sunday 7/25 at The Highball, featuring actors Madison Burge ("Becky Sproles") and Angela Rawna ("Regina Howard") of NBC's FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. Please join us for this fun, free industry event, and encourage your friends and colleagues to attend as well. (You can RSVP and spread the word via our Facebook page.) This month we're teaming up with our friends at SAG to spotlight Texas talent who have beaten the odds and broken through on primetime network television. In addition, we'll be celebrating the four Emmy nominations for FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and 15 Emmy nominations for HBO'S TEMPLE GRANDIN, as well as the start of production of ABC's MY GENERATION this month, so if you've worked on any of those please come so we can applaud you. And finally, we'll be raising a glass to our beloved FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, which wraps its fifth season this week.

Film Festival Strategies and Secrets for Indie Filmmakers with Chris Holland So you've made a film and now you're wanting to submit it to film festivals. But which festivals do you submit to? How do you get your film accepted? And once it is accepted, how do you get bottoms in the seats at your screening(s)? All these questions and more will be answered at SWAMP's July salon with guest speaker Christopher Holland, the author of "Film Festival Secr...ets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers." (Find it at www.filmfestivalsecrets.com.) Following his time on staff at the Austin Film Festival and at indie film distributor B-Side, Chris currently works as the Director of Festival Operations for the independent film non-profit IFP (www.ifp.org). Chris will navigate you through the film festival world to offer insights and secrets to help you determine the best path for your film. WHEN: July 27, 2010 (6:30 - 8:30pm) WHERE: Deans Montrose, 315 Fairview Street, Hou...

You are cordially invited to the world premiere of the new feature film, "A Gangland Love Story", (formerly "Elbows & Vogues") by Houston filmmaker, Greg Carter. Your attendance is requested and all pertinent information is listed below. Please RSVP notating the number of your party, including yourself, to me at shangtoni777@yahoo.com CALLING ALL LOVERS, LOW-RIDERS AND MOVIEGOERS, The new feature film, "A Gangland Love Story" by Houston filmmaker Greg Carter is off to the races. The film debuted on Warner (VOD) Video on Demand and Avail TVN on June 22, 2010 and is available through August 21, 2010. The DVD is set a July 20th nationwide release and will be available at Blockbuster, NetFlix, Best Buy, Wal-mart and Amazon.com The World Premiere is scheduled for July 20th, 2010 at the River Oaks Theatre, 2009 West Gray St., Houston, TX 77019. This 21st century fable of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" will begin @ 7:30 pm The p...

A special thank you from the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival goes out to all of you who entered your works in the 2010 Festival. The finalists will be notified by a later email. All screening times should be posted on the Festival's website by the end of July/early part of August. Tickets go on sale for all events July 7th. Prices and any and all other information is listed on our website at gulfcoastfilmfest.com

Some of the most highly trained technicians on a film set are the Grips. Good ones make the demanding, challenging, fast paced and complicated engineering that they perform to shape shadows and light look easy. They rig cameras on cars, and hang lights for the electricians in mid-air. They build building size tents that allow for the filming of a night time scene in the middle of the day, and they provide the physical camera movement that adds production value to a scene. This two-day workshop will give you a working knowledge of what the Grip Department does on a film set. Come get the hands on training and knowledge about the equipment and tools that are used everyday on a set to create the mood and feel of Hollywood films. Day one will start with a few basic but necessary knots, and how to properly set a C-stand and end with the complexities of rigging a car mount. Day two will put into practice the practical skills covered in day one with the filming of several interior and e...

Troublemaker Studios is proud to present the World Premiere of 20th Century Fox's PREDATORS directed by Nimrod Antal and produced by Robert Rodriguez, John Davis and Elizabeth Avellán on Wednesday, July 7 at 8 PM at Austin's historic Paramount Theatre. (Red carpet arrivals at 7:15 PM.) Proceeds from this event benefit the Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA) and the Austin Film Society's Texas Filmmakers Production Fund. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW TODAY through ProTix at 866-977-6849 or protixonline.com and at the Paramount Theatre Box Office. Pricing as follows: $500 VIP Sponsor package include thanks from the stage, premium orchestra seating, Q&A and official after-party at The Belmont. ($250 is tax deductible.) $250 VIP tickets include orchestra seating, Q&A and official after-party at The Belmont. $100 VIP tickets include mezzanine & balcony seating, Q&A and official after-party at The Belmont. $30 screening-only tickets include upper balcony seati...