2023 NOFS South Pitch opportunities are an encouraging opening for Southern filmmakers to pitch their projects and garner cash and feedback to support them.
ITVS open call for documentary funding still open until August 11th
ITVS (Independent Television Service) has an open call for documentary filmmakers to acquire funding of up to $350,000 to co-produce their standalone broadcast-length nonfiction project with public media.
PBS’s ‘Southern Storytellers’ documentary is now streaming, spotlights Louisiana artists Jericho Brown and Tarriona “Tank” Ball
The Southern Storytellers series is a collage separated into three one-hour episodes, a vibrant palette of filmmakers, musicians, and writers all painted on the mural of the South.
All the heroes and killers and elves unite: updates and reactions to the SAG-AFTRA strike decision
With SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP negotiations crumbling at the West Coast midnight deadline, here are the updates and responses surrounding an impending SAG-AFTRA strike.
The 48-hour Film Project is the BattleBots of Cinema – Prepare for battle
The New Orleans 48-hour Film Project is the local version of the 48-hour Film Project taking place in more than 100 cities across the U.S. this summer.
Sexy old-timey vampire violence moves from NOLA to Prague for ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Season Two
AMC’s “Immortal Universe” opened in the fall of 2022 with the first season of Interview with the Vampire. As Season Two now films in locations from New Orleans to Prague, here are a few tidbits about whether Interview with the Vampire will maintain its status as a “Louisiana-centric story.”
Screenwriters Down South Meetup will host Producer Micah Haley to discuss ‘The Old Way’ at Juban’s in Baton Rouge
Screenwriters Down South is a public Meetup group in Baton Rouge organized to provide camaraderie for writers and filmmakers in the Louisiana film community. The group will gather for its summer discussion series on July 6th at the event hosted by Nick Savides and Joe Vuci, and guest speaking at the July Meetup will be Micah Haley, Producer of The Old Way.
An ode to the summer blockbuster: From Jaws to The Hangover and the tropes that delight our memory
We connect the blockbuster with an exuberance of youth – with getting a parent to take us to see Space Jam, with riding along in a van full of neighbor kids, with taking our own children to experience something simple that brought us joy. Today, we examine the blockbuster tropes that have brought bombastic entertainment to the masses and the films that define a genre.
Can the ‘Twisted Metal’ Peacock show stand up to millennial sixth-grade nostalgia demands?
Peacock’s Twisted Metal has all the components of a late-summer streaming success. It might even have what it takes to bring its own signature to the Twisted Metal name, and here’s why.