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Michitwitter October 2009

October 5, 2009 – 12:51 pm

Read a good article or blog post about Michigan? See a cool picture or video? Listen to a great podcast? Attend a fun event or find a new web site?
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Larry Charles, Jeff Garlin, Michael Moore and others on the Traverse City Film Festival

August 3, 2009 – 7:52 am

Director Larry Charles, Producer/ Actor Jeff Garlin, festival co-founder Michael Moore, TCFF Director Deb Lake and others give their thoughts on Traverse City and the Traverse City Film Festival in this video by Scott Allman Video.
Absolute Michigan: On Location has much more coverage from the 2009 Traverse City Film Festival.

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On Location: 2009 Traverse City Film Festival

July 22, 2009 – 9:30 am

Complete coverage at Absolute Michigan On Location: 2009 Traverse City Film Festival!

Our next stop is the 2009 Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF) which takes place July 28 through August 2 in Traverse City, Michigan.
This is the 5th year, and the annual festival has grown to become one of the largest film festivals in the Midwest [...]

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Video Rewind: Detroit Windsor International Film Festival

July 16, 2009 – 10:11 am

Absolute Michigan contributor Scott Allman recently traveled to the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival and brought back some interesting and informative footage from another successful year. If you didn't go this year then put it on your calendar for 2010!
ABOUT THE DETROIT WINDSOR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The DWIFF brings truth to the term "International", with an [...]

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Mirror Dog is Dreamin' Big in Utica

July 9, 2009 – 11:36 am

This Sunday (July 12) from 9 AM - 8 PM Mirror Dog Productions (MDP), a new independent production company based in Michigan with an office in Los Angeles will hold "Dreamin' Big", a Hollywood Block Party focused on promoting Michigan made products,businesses, and charities and to give employment opportunities for Michiganders who are hoping to [...]

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Video Rewind: Waterfront Film Festival 2009 Breaks Records

June 22, 2009 – 12:43 pm

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 your calendar for 2010!
About Waterfront Film Festival
Now in its eleventh year, the Waterfront Film Festival celebrates independent film and [...]

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The Michigan Film Festival Page

June 8, 2009 – 9:32 am

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 [...]

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Behind the scenes with the Michigan Works Film Class

June 8, 2009 – 9:15 am

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 [...]

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Saugatuck Waterfront Film Festival: June 11-14, 2009

June 8, 2009 – 1:00 am

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 [...]

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Michitwitter for May 2009

May 5, 2009 – 9:29 am

Read a good article or blog post about Michigan? See a cool picture or video? Listen to a great podcast? Attend a fun event or find a new web site?
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