Category: Events

Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project Registration Now Open

Matt Artz

Registration is now open in Greensboro, North Carolina for the annual 48 Hour Film Project, where interested filmmakers from all over the Greensboro area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against entries from around the world at Filmapalooza 2017 for a chance at the grand prize and an opportunity to screen at the Cannes Film Festival 2017 Court Métrage. Registration is now officially opened, and you can register now online here. The early bird entry fee…

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‘Starring Cape Fear’ Exhibit Opens, Celebrating NC Film History

Matt Artz
A prop from 'Iron Man 3', filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 2012.

A new exhibit opens today at the Cape Fear Museum entitled “Starring Cape Fear” and celebrating this history of film in this popular region of North Carolina. For over 100 years, approximately 3,000 screen projects have been created in North Carolina, ranging from movies and documentaries to television series and commercials. In the last 30 years, more than 400 of these productions were filmed in the Lower Cape Fear region. Cape Fear Museum is proud to showcase highlights of the region’s film history with the opening of its newest exhibit,…

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Asheville 48 Hour Film Project Registration Now Open

Matt Artz

Registration is now open in Asheville, North Carolina for the annual 48 Hour Film Project, where interested filmmakers from all over the Asheville area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against entries from around the world at Filmapalooza 2017 for a chance at the grand prize and an opportunity to screen at the Cannes Film Festival 2017 Court Métrage. Registration officially opened today, and you can register now online here. The early bird entry fee of…

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‘Honeyspider’ Wins Best Horror Film At Mad Monster Party

Matt Artz
'Honeyspider' writer Kenny Caperton accepted the Best Horror award at the Mad Monster Party Film Festival in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 27-29, 2015. (photo by Matt Artz for HalloweenDailyNews.com)

Filmed in and around Hillsborough, North Carolina, the Halloween themed independent movie Honeyspider was awarded the top prize of “Best Horror” at the Mad Monster Party Film Festival this past weekend in Charlotte. The 4th Annual Mad Monster Party horror and pop culture convention returned to Charlotte, North Carolina March 27-29 with another killer lineup of genre favorites, including Batman and Robin icons Adam West and Burt Ward, as well as Tobin Bell (Saw), Danny Trejo (Machete), Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), and many more.

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Mad Monster Party Convention Returns To Charlotte

Matt Artz
Adam West and Burt Ward are coming the 4th Annual Mad Monster Party Horror Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 27-29, 2015.

The 4th Annual Mad Monster Party horror and pop culture convention returns to Charlotte, North Carolina this weekend with another killer lineup of genre favorites, including Batman and Robin icons Adam West and Burt Ward, as well as Tobin Bell (Saw), Danny Trejo (Machete), Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), and Peter Chriss of Kiss, along with many more. The 4th annual Mad Monster Party horror convention returns to the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina this weekend, March 27-29. Read on for the complete guest list and…

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Support NC Film at Red Carpet Oscar Fundraiser

Matt Artz
An Evening on the Red Carpet - March 2, 2014

You are invited to walk the red carpet like a celebrity at the annual Oscars fundraiser for Wilmington, North Carolina’s Cucalorus Film Festival, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary this fall. Scroll down to read the full press release on this year’s “Evening on the Red Carpet”, happening at EUE / Screen Gems Studios on Oscar Sunday, March 2.

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