The Lone Star Film Society has appointed Dennis Bishop as festival director of the 2008 Lone Star International Film Festival, which is scheduled for November 12-16, 2008, in Fort Worth, Texas. A Dallas native, who began his career in Texas, Bishop is an independent filmmaker and producer based in Los Angeles whose career in the film and entertainment industry has spanned three decades. He has served in various capacities for major film festivals, workshops and seminars across the nat...

AFM Finance Conference at Fairmont Miramar HotelProgrammed by: Independent Film & Television AllianceFriday, 5 November 9am - 10:40am The Magic Behind the Deal Moderator: Lew Horwitz, President, Horwitz Entertainment Financial Services, Inc.Panelists: Mark Damon, Chairman & CEO, Mark Damon Productions Steve Fayne, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP Bob Hayward, COO, Summit Entertainment Howard Kaplan, COO, Morgan Creek International Trevor Short, CFO, Nu Image 11am - 12:40pm The Futur...

Deep Ellum Film Festival has been showing more than 75 feature films, documentaries, and shorts to be presented at its sixth annual gathering Wednesday, October. 14 through Thursday, October 21st, in Dallas (Deep Ellum) Texas. The fiercely independent festival has opened with the Texas Premiere of Kinsey, starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, directed by Bill Condon; The Dallas Premiere Imaginary Heroes starring Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams; The Texas Premiere of Ong B...