Category Archives: Movies

Video Rewind: Waterfront Film Festival 2009 Breaks Records

Absolute Michigan contributor Scott Allman recently traveled to the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck and brought back some cool footage from a record breaking year. If you didn't go this year then put it on our calendar for 2010!
About Waterfront Film Festival
Now in its eleventh year, the Waterfront Film Festival celebrates independent film and [...]

The Michigan Film Festival Page

Film Fest Frenzy in metromode offered an excellent tour of Michigan's film festival scene from niche fests like Hamtramck’s Planet Ant Film & Video Festival and the Mitten Movie Project all the way up to the premier Michigan film fests. Somehow they missed the East Lansing Film Festival. We can't imagine how an Ann [...]

Behind the scenes with the Michigan Works Film Class

Scott Allman has posted a cool video taking you behind the scenes at Michigan Works' new Film Training Class through Michigan State University & Lansing Community College. The class uses actual filmmakers like Michigan's Rich Brauer as instructors and retrains people to be able to work with movie crews. You can read about the class [...]

Saugatuck Waterfront Film Festival: June 11-14, 2009

In what has quickly become a tradition, the idyllic resort village of Saugatuck, Michigan comes alive each June with filmgoers, actors, producers and directors sharing the excitement as outstanding independent films from all over the United States are screened in casual, intimate settings. Entertainment professionals from Los Angeles, New York and Michigan created the Waterfront [...]

Michitwitter for May 2009

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Michitwitter for April 2009

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The 2009 East Lansing Film Festival

The 12th annual East Lansing Film Festival (ELFF) takes place March 19-26, 2009. The ELFF the largest and most diverse film festival in Michigan and screens more than 100 independent and foreign feature, documentary, short and student films from around the world.
Lake Michigan Film Competition
One attraction is the Lake Michigan Film Competition, which offers cash [...]

Absolute Michigan Exclusive: Hilary Swank's latest movie Betty Ann Waters

Here's an exclusive look behind the scenes at the Detroit filming of Hilary Swank's latest movie Betty Anne Waters. It's a great look at the impact that the Michigan Film Tax Incentive is having on making films in Michigan and also on the Michigan film industry. Be sure to check it out in HD on [...]

47th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival ~ March 24 – 29, 2009

More pics from the A2FF
The Ann Arbor Film Festival returns March 24 - 29, 2009. It's the longest-running film festival of its kind in North America and is internationally recognized as a premiere showcase for creative, inspiring, and influential films of all types: avant-garde and experimental, story-based narratives, documentaries, and animation. The New World of [...]

Michitwitter for March 2009

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