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CINEMA is a workforce development initiative that will train and provide new opportunities to 18-24-year-olds who are disconnected from work and/or education to obtain entry-level jobs
Former Gov. Nathan Deal introduced Georgian of the Year Lee Thomas, deputy commissioner of the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment office.
COED President Misti Martin and COED Film Projects Manager Molly Mercer spoke at the opening of the event, recapping the increasing filming in the county and the state and encouraging event attendees to bring more shows and films to the area.
The Columbus Film Commission announced its plan to position Columbus, Georgia, as the state’s third film hub during the “Choose Georgia” event at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
The $65 million in film tax credits Pennsylvania offers each year may not be enough to convince many film producers to bring their business to the state, but it does likely help keep productions in Pennsylvania that might otherwise leave, the state Independent Fiscal Office reports.
The CollegeTown Film Series compliments student life activities, supports downtown revitalization and gives students an enriching experience in Middle Georgia’s historically significant and completely restored Douglass Theatre.
Peel back the shiny surface and who congeals all this revolutionary activity is native son Jeffrey Stepakoff, the steam engine behind our state’s business of film entertainment.
The global TV analytics firm announced the news during the inaugural Global TV Demand Awards. AMC’s undead drama The Walking Dead was the most in-demand TV series in the world while the nostalgic Netflix sci-fi series Stranger Things was the Most In-Demand Digital Original Series in the World.
Directed by Ashley Avis, “Adolescence” is about a teenager from an abusive household (Mickey River) who falls in love with a free-spirited runaway (India Eisley) that leads him into the fast-lane lifestyle of drugs and addiction which threatens to destroy him.
Students work on-set during the program and are ready to go to work when they complete it. The Georgia Film Academy program offered at Savannah Technical College is designed to prepare students specifically for what he calls “below the line” positions in television and films.