Author: Matt Artz

Filming Resumes in North Carolina with Five New Productions

Matt Artz

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced today that five new productions have been approved for North Carolina Film and Entertainment Grants and will start production in the state by the end of October. Combined, these productions are projected to generate a direct in-state spend of more than $107 million while creating 8,671 job opportunities including 650 well-paying crew positions for the state’s highly skilled film professionals. With the help of public health officials, industry trade associations and alliances have developed protocols to aid in preventing the spread of COVID-19 at…

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2020 OBX Halloween Film Festival NC Submission Discount, Deadline Extension Announced

Matt Artz

The 5th Annual Halloween International Film Festival is scheduled to return to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, October 1-3, 2020, presented by Halloween Daily News, sponsored in part by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, and submission fee discounts and a deadline extension have been announced in response to the ongoing hardships as a result of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In an effort to slightly ease the financial burden faced by so many at this unique time due to the current quarantine restrictions, the entry fee for filmmakers to submit their films…

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2020 Outer Banks Halloween Film Festival Open for Submissions

Matt Artz

The 5th Annual Halloween International Film Festival returns to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, October 1-3, 2020, presented by Halloween Daily News and OBX Entertainment. We are currently accepting original independent film submissions for consideration for the 2020 festival program, through FilmFreeway, the world’s leading online submission platform. Films may be submitted in either the short film category (under 50 minutes) or feature film category (runtime of 50 minutes or more). Click the link below for more information and to submit your film. Featuring independent horror and Halloween-themed films from around…

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2019 Outer Banks Halloween Film Festival Submission Deadline is June 30th

Matt Artz

The annual Halloween International Film Festival will return to Kill Devil Hills, October 3-5, 2019, presented by Halloween Daily News and OBX Entertainment. The Submission Period opened on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, accepting independent films from around the world for consideration to be selected for screening at the 2019 festival, exclusively through FilmFreeway. The Final Deadline for all submissions is June 30. Locally-produced (Outer Banks) films are eligible for an entry fee waiver upon request, and those filmmakers should contact festival organizers at [email protected] prior to submitting. All filmmakers are invited to…

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‘Words on Bathroom Walls’ Awarded NC Film Grant

Matt Artz

The new feature-length film Words on Bathroom Walls began principal photography in Wilmington earlier this month, recently awarded funds from the North Carolina Film Grant along with a set of five Home Depot commercials. Read on for the official press release from NC Gov. Roy Cooper regarding these new 2018 productions and their financial impact on the state. Two projects have been awarded North Carolina Film and Entertainment Grants to support productions in Wilmington and the High Point area, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The awardees include the feature film “Words…

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2018 Outer Banks Halloween Film Festival Now Accepting Submissions

Matt Artz

The 3rd Annual Halloween International Film Festival, presented by OBX Entertainment and Halloween Daily News, returns to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina during HalloWeek on the Outer Banks, October 25-27, 2018, and independent film submissions of all genres are now being accepted for consideration to be included. Independent film submissions are currently being accepted online through FilmFreeway in either the short film or feature film categories. The final deadline for submissions is July 31. All Festival film screenings will once again be shown at R/C Theatres Movies 10 in Kill Devil Hills, including Q&A sessions, nightly meet and…

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Outer Banks Halloween International Film Festival 2017 Lineup Announced

Matt Artz

The 2nd Annual Halloween International Film Festival returns to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina this October 26-28, featuring more than 40 independent films from around the world, and the full lineup of 2017 Official Selections has been revealed with the complete schedule of screenings that was announced on Friday. Highlights of this year’s feature films include 3 Dead Trick or Treaters, an experimental anthology from Canada that features no dialogue, the gritty thriller Charismata from the U.K., the genre throwback Close Calls, and a new vision of the classic Edgar…

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First Look Trailer for ‘Good Behavior’ Season 2 Revealed

Matt Artz

Currently filming in Wilmington, North Carolina, our first look at the upcoming Season 2 of TNT’s drama series Good Behavior has arrived online, teasing more of the “tainted love” story to come. Good Behavior stars Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), based on the Letty Dobesh books by North Carolina author Blake Crouch and Chad Hodge (Wayward Pines), telling the story of Letty Raines (Dockery), a thief and a con artist whose life is always one wrong turn, one bad decision from implosion — which is exactly how she likes it. Season 1 found Letty fresh…

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Outer Banks Halloween International Film Festival Taking Submissions

Matt Artz

The 2nd Halloween International Film Festival returns to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina October 26-28, 2017, featuring independent films of all genres from around the world, followed by the 4th Annual Outer Banks Halloween Parade on Sunday, Oct. 29, where all attending filmmakers are invited as guests of honor. Original independent film submissions are now being accepted digitally through Film Freeway, the leading online film festival platform (click here to submit now). The final Last Call Deadline for submissions is July 20. Films can be submitted in the Short Film category if 50…

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NC Budget Includes Recurring Film Incentive Grant

Matt Artz

North Carolina’s newly adopted budget that went into effect on July 1 includes $33.6 million in funding available to television and film productions through the state’s Film Incentive Grant. The best part is that starting on July 1, 2018, the grant will have $31 million in yearly recurring funding, a big step toward rebuilding North Carolina’s film industry. EUE/Screen Gems Studios Executive Vice President Bill Vassar, has commented, “This is really hopeful. As this has been developing with the legislators and word has gotten out that something was going to change,…

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