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4th Annual Orlando Film Festival

The Orlando Film Festival showcases indie films against the backdrop of downtown Orlando, Florida, while seeking to inspire filmmakers, as well as support and promote culture and the arts through film, and to enhance the movie viewing experience in Downtown Orlando through creative, unique and entertaining events. Location: Orlando, Florida, USA Dates: November 4-8, 2009 ….

22nd Annual VideoFest

VideoFest, formerly the Dallas Video Festival, is one of the nation’s oldest and largest video festivals, specializing in fiercely independent, imaginative and provocative digital works. VideoFest has showcased pioneering efforts in the video world since 1986 and continues to show that video is more than a medium, but a voice, when put in the hands ….

2nd Annual We the People Saturday Fantasy Film Festival

The We the People Saturday Fantasy Film Festival was established to showcase films that are entertaining and thought-provoking. The Festival showcases films on a variety of relevant subjects made by filmmakers at varying points in their careers. Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Dates: October 24, 2009 Find out more about We the People Saturday Fantasy ….

Fifth Annual Flatland Film Festival

Flatland Film Festival, also known as F3, is a casual, fun-filled West Texas celebration of cinema, that delivers new and exciting films to the area every October. The event cultivates an appreciation for film, video, and digital moving-image expression. Location: Lubbock, Texas, USA Dates: October 15-17, 2009 Find out more about the Flatland Film Festival ….

Chat live this Wednesday with the filmmakers behind the indie horror The Collector

The producers of The Collector are holding a live Facebook Video chat with writer/director duo Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton this Wednesday, August 5th, at 1:00 pm Pacific Time. Here is how to participate: This Wednesday, 8/5 at 1:00 PST, log into Facebook and visit http://apps.facebook.com/vpypebroadcaster. Type in your questions to Marcus Dunstan & Patrick ….

Restricted Zombieland film footage released today

Today MySpace Trailer Park debuted exclusive restricted footage from the upcoming film Zombieland. Zombieland opens in theaters on October 9th. Columbia Pictures’ horror comedy focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is a big wuss – but when you’re afraid of being eaten ….

Win one of two copies of the Road Trip – Beer Pong Unrated DVD

On August 11, 2009 Paramount Famous Productions, Montecito Picture Company and DreamWorks will release the comedy sequel Road Trip – Beer Pong in an unrated Sink It & Drink It Edition DVD. In conjunction with the release, FilmFetish is giving away 2 copies of the “Sink It & Drink It” edition. PLEASE NOTE: To be ….

Win one of two 20 disc box sets of the Haunted Histories Collection on DVD

On September 29th, learn the true stories behind vampires, zombies and more with a spine-chilling Megaset from History featuring over 18 hours of the bestselling Haunted Histories series. To celebrate the ‘Mega’ release, FilmFetish is giving away two complete sets of the monster box set for readers to enjoy. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to ….

New photos from Kate Beckinsale’s sub-zero thriller Whiteout released

Yahoo has posted new stills from the long-delayed Kate Beckinsale film Whiteout, the film based on Greg Rucka’s graphic novel. Dominic Sena directs Whiteout from a script by Jon & Erich Hoeber and Chad & Carey Hayes, about a U.S. Marshal (Beckinsale) who’s tracking a killer in the sub-zero temperatures of Antarctica, as the sun ….

Spielberg to direct feature version of Pulitzer Prize-winning play next

Steven Spielberg has committed to his next film – an adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play Harvey, which will be a co-production between Fox and DreamWorks, according to Variety. First-time screenwriter and bestselling novelist Jonathan Tropper penned the script. Harvey is the story of an amiable eccentric and his friendship with a six ….

Defying Gravity premieres tonight – here’s the extended trailer

Four women and four men hurtle through space with nothing to do for six years and eight billion miles, except maybe solve a powerful and awesome mystery. Maybe, just maybe, some of them will even hook up. Defying Gravity is a sexy, provocative thriller set in the very near future against the backdrop of our ….

The Strangers 2 starts shooting this fall with original writer and a new director

Rogue Pictures announced that shooting for the sequel to last year’s breakout indie horror The Strangers starts this fall. The original film told the story of a couple staying in an isolated vacation house, who are terrorized by masked strangers. The studio won’t reveal the sequel’s storyline yet, but say that you can expect masks, ….