Jesse V. Johnson has made a career performing stunts in movies such as the new Michel Gondry directed “The Green Hornet” and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.”
But while he’s earned most of his paychecks in front of the camera as a stuntman, Johnson is steadily building a career behind the camera as a director.
…continue reading Stuntman’s career guides directing path with latest film “Charlie Valentine”
Modern Film Fest continues to receive submissions for this year’s festival, with a total of 16 submissions received. In the next few weeks a screening committee will begin to view the movies, currently consisting of nine narrative films and seven documentaries, to determine which films will make the cut for the festival, which is being held Oct. 1-3, at the historic Gem Theatre in Kannapolis, N.C.
Return for more updates on movies Modern Film Fest recruiters receive for the festival.
For now, here is a round up of some of the movies we’ve collected for the screening committee: …continue reading Modern Film Fest collects 16 movie submissions — first round up of titles
So far we have 14 movies that have committed to participate at the Modern Film Fest. We look to have a total of 3 to 4 venues,w ith Gem Theatre handling ticket sales for all movies, no matter what venue. Here is a rundown of the movies that look to be at Modern Film Fest from Sept. 25 to Sept. 27.
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…continue reading Modern Film Fest collects 14 films for September show
Three movies are already set to screen including the circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent,” with the popular film festival movies “Sita Sings the Blues” and “Official Rejection.”
Tickets look to cost $4 each, with the Independent Tribune newspaper as a sponsor working with the Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce. We also look to approach the N.C. Research Campus for help.
We look to collect 12 or more movies to play at the theatre over the three day period.
By Michael Knox