Campus MovieFest

In just it’s 2nd year participating in CMF, Eastern Connecticut University - and it’s participating students - is showing that they are serious about making great movies.  And making a lot of them.  

With double the amount of submitted movies, everyone agreed to find a larger venue to house the red carpet finale.  Even so, ECU students more then doubled the attendance from last year.  CMF staffers were happy to add more chairs!  Check out all the photos here

CMF is proud to partner with the Atlanta Film Festival.  We’ll be screening the top films from the Atlanta area created for CMF this year followed by Q&A with the filmmakers. We’ll also have some great door prizes to give away including iPod’s and other Apple gear!

Today marks the final week of movie making for the 2010-2011 Campus MovieFest world tour.  On Wednesday April 20th, we’ll collect the last set of movies at Eastern Connecticut University!  Take a quick look at the busy tour schedule of our New York tour as everything wraps up here.  

Despite a very rainy movie-making week in Bloomington Indiana, IU students were determined to get out and film their 5 minute masterpieces.  And plenty of them did just that.  With over 130 teams signed up, this has been the largest CMF turnout at IU.  

The judges will have their hands full this year and no doubt the finale will be packed with excellent top films.  If you’re in Bloomington, you won’t want to miss it.  Check it out on Sunday, 6pm at the Buskirk Chumley Theatre.   

We’re excited to be bringing this years CMF International Grand Finale to Hollywood.  We’ve got an incredible weekend lined up with opportunities with industry luminaries, a chance to see top student movies on studio lots, an incredible awards ceremony at Warner Bros, and more! Check out more information here.

March 6, 2011 wasn’t just any Sunday in Columbus Ohio…  On the concluding day of the world’s largest multi-sport fitness weekend, The Arnold Sports Film Festival Team (comprised of Aaron Azpiazu, Dan Costa, David Roemer, Abe Mohammadione, Vijay Makar and Kyle Ward) ran the first ever Arnold Sports Film Festival.  

The Film Festival is the newest addition to the Arnold Sports Festival and featured short films dedicated to sports and athletes. Independent producers ranged from high school students to international professionals.

Schwarzenegger said the Film Festival is a way to motivate people and inspire them. It shows anyone can accomplish anything. The key is “never, ever give up.”

It’s not everyday that you get the chance to sit down with a Pirate…  Judy Lee from the CMF team was particularly nervous this dark and stormy night when she had the opportunity to talk to Ian McShane about his career path and his plans for the future.  Read his interview and even catch an exclusive video of Blackbeard himself telling some of his story on Pirates 4.  

Thanks to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, CMF filmmakers Aneel Khan & Ricardo Humareda from GSU are going to the OSCARS© RED CARPET!! We’ll be there to catch all of the nominees in their fancy wear and see who takes home the awards. We’ll be live Tweeting the entire time and we’ll have lots of pictures and video for you to check out. So grab your popcorn and look for them in the bleachers this Sunday on ABC.

Spotlight Programming Board, Cinefest, and our ATL crew are excited that 2011 is proving to be another memorable year for CMF at Georgia State University.  With a consistently growing student participation of over 1000, everyone is eager to see the top films made. 

(from GSU University relations) Reid Stegall and John Merizalde were among more than 100 aspiring filmmakers in line to pick up video cameras, microphones and laptop computers at Georgia State University last Wednesday.

“It’s a really hectic week, but it’s also really fun to see what type of movies that people can make in a week and there are some really good films that are made,” said Stegall, a senior film major, who has been participating in the MovieFest for four years.  Check out the rest of the article.  

It was a special day in Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama Campus MovieFest is off to a record breaking start this year.  Over 100 teams (870 students and growing every day) signed up for this year’s event.  The promotional effort was a partnership between our very own satellite team - Mat, Ann, Branden, Matt, J.R - and the awesome Ferguson Center crew headed by Kelli Knox-Hall.  The team couldn’t be happier with the increased response and look forward to a huge finale.   Roll Tide…

Arguably the coolest thing the CMF team has gotten to do in a long time is fight about what questions to ask one of greatest and most well respected actors ever.  From his acting path to his take on the Industry as it is today, this is a true treat to anyone who’s seen a movie in the last decade.  

CMF’s sister - College Battle of The Bands, is giving it’s top artists the chance to open for some incredible talent in the industry.  CBOB created the Textbooks & Tickets tour and by teaming up with Chegg.com we’ve pulled some incredible artists like T-Pain, Big Boi, Chiddy Bang, Big Sean.  They are playing exclusive college shows in your area.  All FOR FREE.  Check out collegebattleofthebands.com & textbooksandtickets.com for more info! 

You can easily find your CMF event photos on Facebook.  Check out our fan page and you’ll see the best photos from launch, collection, and the finale at your school.  

in 2008, It was awesome to be able to provide each CMF team with a much anticipated upgrade…  HD cameras.  It took a while but we finally caught up to HD and now we’re not wasting any time leading in the world of 3D.  We’ve just recently graciously accepted delivery on a fleet of brand new Panasonic HDC-SDT750’s for our students to try and we’re excited to see the results.  Starting with our CMF Distinguished Filmmakers Network, we’re putting the cameras in the hands of the best young movie makers across the US.  Check out more and updates on our CMF in 3D page.