Bayou City Film News

The Houston Film Commission released this years winners list for the annual Texas Filmmakers Showcase. "Cinnamon" by Timothy Edwards - Austin TX "Into The South" by Micah Robert Barber - Austin TX "Mentiroso" by Will Shipley - San Antonio TX "Once It Started It Could Not End Otherwise" by Kelly Sears - Galveston TX "The Order Of Things" by Chris Spisak - Houston TX "The Whale" by Jaime Chapin - Denton TX "Z And Beau" by Carlyn Hudson - Austin TX The selected projects for the 2012 Texas Filmmakers Showcase premiering at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday June 24th, 2012. The Texas Filmmakers Showcase is a special screening event consisting of the best of Texas short films and videos under 40 minutes in length, presented to studio executives, agents and producers in the Hollywood film community. The filmmakers whose projects are selected to participate will be flown from Texas to Los Ang...

With over thirty years experience in the technical, visual and production aspects of film, television, CGI and traditional photography, a career that encompasses every type of film/video production including feature films, television series, animation, video games, documentaries, commercials, visual effects, and Imax films, Bruce Block is truly one of the Masters of Film. Mr. Block teaches at USC's School of Cinematic Arts and at AFI. His Hollywood credits include HOW DO YOU KNOW (2010), THE HOLIDAY (2006), SPANGLISH (2004), SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (2003), WHAT WOMEN WANT (2000), AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997), and PRETTY IN PINK (1986). He consults on projects for companies such as Disney Animation Studio, Dreamworks Animation Studio, EA Games, Google, Hasbro Toys, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm Ltd., Nickelodeon, Pixar... So what is Visual Structure? Just as a writer is concerned with story structure, a moviemaker must be concerned with visual structure. Vi...

The Houston-based entertainment production companies, T-CAT Films, AMBITION Entertainment and iBELIEVE Enterprises, are currently in preparation for a June Movie Premiere at AMC 30 - Dunvale for the feature film “Because I Love You”, a crime drama that will keep you on edge. To include an Official After Party at the Drake. The crime drama “Because I Love You” is helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Joseph A. Elmore Jr. With over 10 years in the industry, Elmore, an award winning Writer/Director began his film career as a screenwriter. His first feature was the award winning Docu-Drama "Water's Rising," released on DVD in April, 2007. Joseph followed up with the romantic comedy, “Speed Dating”, which won the 2010 audience choice award in the Pan African Film Festival. Serving as Executive Producers are Theta Catalon, Erick Edmonds and Tonyai Palmer. They are producing the crime drama alongside Elmore and Barry Strickland. “Because I Love You” stars “Half & Ha...

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL   ASK THE AGENTS, MANAGERS, AND CASTING DIRECTORS Page Parkes Talent and WIFT Houston provide you with the chance to hear from LA and NY professionals to tell you how it really is in the business, and even how things have changed since our discussion in May 2011. About the Panelists BOB LUKE has been a professional acting coach and casting consultant for film, TV, and stage projects across the country, and a personal manager on both coasts. "The Cosby Show," Ron Howard films, Mel Gibson, Meryl Streep, and Wes Craven, and NY soaps are on his coaching list. Luke has worked with several of the voices in the live action feature "Racing Stripes," including Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Pantoliano, and Mandy Moore. He has discovered and guided many to stardom, including supermodels, professional athletes, and numerous Miss USA's. His clients have won awards from the Daytime Emmy to the Oscar. ROBERT HAAS has been a top age...

WorldFest-Houston, the third longest-running International Film Festival in North America, celebrated the conclusion of its 10-day run of film, fun and fanfare in its 45th annual independent film showcase with a 17% increase in box-office! With two engaging luminaries receiving the WorldFest Remi Lifetime Achievement Award this year, Louis Gossett, Jr. on opening weekend and the inimitable Sally Kirkland on closing, WorldFest bookended this year's 45th edition and wrapped on a high note of Puerto Rican Sonia Fritz's poignant film América to a full house of delighted Houston film buffs. During the 10-day event, John Savage (Caporale's The Black Dove)and Erin Gray (Jerry Deal's Dreams Awake)flew in to lend their support for the world premiere screenings of their respective Indie-produced films. The WorldFest 2012 Grand Remi Statuette Awards went to: BEST THEATRICAL FEATURE ~ CHINESE TAKE AWAY (Un Cuento Chino) Argentina, Sebastián Borensztein, represented by ...

Deputy Director of the Houston Film Commission, Alfred Cervantes be moderating the Q&A for the 6:30PM Screening @ AMC 30 on Friday 4/27 of this Spirit Award nominated, self distributed indie IN THE FAMILY by Houston native Patrick Wang. This "remarkably fresh and unpredictable drama" and "one of the most accomplished and undersold directorial debuts" was rejected by 30 film festivals until it's premiere at Hawaii Film Festival in Oct. 2011 and is now on a scheduled self release run around the country. Official Website: http://inthefamilythemovie.com/

The 45th annual Worldfest Houston International Film Festival is in the books. Hunter Todd and crew had another successful run at the AMC Dunvale. Unfortunately for me and my crazy schedule I could only got the chance to see three of the features films screen this year. First up was Shawn Wellings feature film "The Messenger." The documentary follows the lives of a few of Bolivar Penensula colorful charachters leading up to the brutal devastation of hurricane Ike. Welling also screened a trailer for for his upcoming feature "The Legends of Darkhouse County" and another project AXI (Avengers of Xtreme Illusions) Next we got a chance to screen Brandon Stephens feature film "Enemy of the Mind." Stephens feature follows police detectives as they try to solve a string of murders happening to close to home. The trailer for "Emeny of the Mind" is posted below. The picture posted is of Stephens (r) with co-writer and star of the film Manny Rey. A...