The film industry is booming in Buffalo.
“We’ve had quite an explosion of new jobs and new revenue into town,” said Tim Clark, the Buffalo-Niagara region film commissioner. “It’s really, really growing by leaps and bounds still.”
Japanese subsidiary OFS is spending $138.9 million to expand two facilities in Gwinnett and Carroll counties.
The 147 year-old State Theatre of Georgia has launched a film division aimed at cultivating an indigenous movie industry in Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley.
The community is encouraged to attend the 10th annual Francophone Film Festival Feb. 22-23 on the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus in Savannah.
Dozens of television shows and movies film in Atlanta every year, but filmakers like northern Fulton County too.
The three-day festival is at Trustees Theater, SCAD Museum of Art and Tybee Post Theater. Screenings are free, though attendees are encouraged to donate to the sanctuary at the door, ideally about the price of a standard movie ticket.
Georgia College is embracing what the school says could be the future of collegiate sports, creating an esports team that plays against other schools in an NCAA conference.
With the 2018 legislative session in start, local filmmakers fear that more cuts to film incentive programs will lead to a greater deficit in media productions.
Robyn Lively and Shanola Hampton will star in Through the Glass Darkly, a psychological thriller written by Lauren Fash and Susan Graham and directed by newcomer Fash.
Freida Pinto and Tony-winning Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. are set to star in Only, written and directed by Takashi Doscher.