KC Film Fest Returns April 6th

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The Kansas City FilmFest is the new combined festival of the KC Filmmakers Jubilee and FilmFestKC. It celebrates the creativity and hard work of filmmakers in the KC area and from around the world. It is a juried showcase of films and media, seminars, panels and receptions to be presented April 6-10, 2011. What: KC [...]

Hannah Montana Casting Director Offering Young Talent Workshops in Kansas City

Disney Acting Workshop featuring Howard Meltzer

The following information is from the KC Film Commission website: Howard Meltzer, the award-winning Hollywood based Casting Directory for Disney’s Hannah Montana is coming to Kansas City. The Workshop will include talent reading a scene from a top notch show with Howard (one on one) and he will be redirecting/working with them. He will also [...]

48 Hour Film Project Returns To KC August 6th

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The 48 Hour Film Project comes to Kansas City on the weekend of August 6th. Filmmakers from all over the Kansas City area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world. That’s right. The 48 Hour [...]

Film Financing Symposium in Kansas City July 22nd

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The Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) and Avila University’s school of Film and Digital Media are hosting a symposium on fnancing for filmmakers July 22, 5-10 p.m. at the Whitfeld Center at Avila University. The symposium is presented by Thomas Trenker, founder of the Institute for International Film Financing—whose mission is to responsibly and [...]

“Winter’s Bone” Missouri Premiere Will Be April 14th

From the KC Film Fest website comes news that the Opening Night film will be Winter’s Bone. The screening on April 14th will thus be the Missouri premiere for the film shot in Taney County, MO. The film tells the story of 17 year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence), who sets out to track down her [...]

FLIKS: Film Lovers in Kansas Call for Film Submissions

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Kansas Humanities Council is in the process of collecting short (under 15 min.) films for the new FLIKS facilitated film and discussion program. Films can be documentary, fiction, animation, or experimental and fit into the humanities categories of Environment, Family & Society, Community, Ethnicity & Diversity, or Sense of Place. The deadline for priority consideration [...]

Kansas City FilmFest Submission Deadline is August 15th

The KC Jubilee Film Festival & FilmFestKC have joined forces to bring you a NEW film extravaganza in 2009: Kansas City FilmFest The new festival will be presented by the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee. All filmmakers, anywhere, are invited to submit your short or feature film – drama, comedy, documentary, animation, or experimental work. It [...]

Kansas City 48 Hour Film Project Registration Deadline July 28th

KC 48 Hour Film Project

The 48 Hour Film Project comes to Kansas City on the weekend of August 15. Filmmakers from all over the Kansas City area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world for the title “Best 48 [...]

PA Positions Available In Kansas City – August

Hello – We have received word of a large project in August. The producers of the project want a large number of PA’s. The nature of this production has not been disclosed. Anyone that can help please reply with their name and contact information to this e-mail so they can be put on a list. [...]

KC Jubilee Film Festival Winners Announced

The 12th annual KC Jubilee Film Festival completed its celebration of independent film on Sunday, April 20th with its Media Professionals Insurance Awards Gala at the newly restored Drum Room at the President Hotel. Indie Pioneer Award – Peter Broderick, President of Paradigm Consulting, which helps filmmakers and media companies develop strategies to maximize distribution, [...]

CinemaJAZZ 2008 kicks off tonight in Kansas City

CinemaJazz returns for a third year during the Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival, April 16-20. Mark your calendar and discover what happens when America’s two greatest indigenous art forms meet–films inspired by jazz. CinemaJAZZ Feature-length films Trying To Get Good – The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon – Penny Peyser, Doug McIntyre Thursday, April 17, [...]

“Academy of Doom” Screens April 18th at KC Jubilee Film Festival

The film ACADEMY OF DOOM (aka “Wrestling Women vs. The Brainiac”) has been accepted into the Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival. Shot in Columbia, Missouri, several St. Louisans worked on the film. See its page on the International Movie Data Base. ACADEMY OF DOOM weaves a complex storyline involving mysterious characters and stolen brains. Shot [...]

Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival 2008 Begins April 16th

Celebrate the creativity and hard work of filmmakers from the Kansas City region—and around the world. The 2008 festival will take place at the Tivoli Cinemas and Westport Coffee House Theater, April 16-20, 2008. The Jubilee has something for everyone. It is: • A Festival of film: Moviegoers of all ages will enjoy the wide [...]

Kansas City Casting Call

Want to be on television? The Film Commission of Greater Kansas City wants to tell you two ways you can make that happen! The first is a casting call happening in our own backyard. The ABC hit show “Supernanny” will be holding a casting call on Monday, July 16th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. [...]