Motion Picture Production & Distribution News [headlines]

• Victorino Noval Picks Up James Franco's "Wrong Number"
• “Dead Inside” Horror Film Executive Produced by Young Silicon Valley Engineers to Premiere February 24, 2012 at a Special NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Screening
• Hallmark Hall of Fame Presents "A Smile as Big as the Moon"
• First Generation Nicaraguan-American Film Director Debuts Motion Picture in Los Angeles
• Sycamore Entertainment Group Inc. Acquires US Distribution Rights to The Eye of the Storm, Starring Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush

• Belgium Oscar Entry "Bullhead" Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
• Farnsworth Presents New International Short Film Series: Rockland Shorts
• The Valley Film Festival 2012 Call for Entries
• Denton’s Thin Line Film Fest Announces 2012 Lineup
• Milano International Film Festival and Moscow International Film Festival to Deliver Fireside Chat at the International Film Festival Summit Europe
• 7th Annual Palm Springs Modernism Week Presents a Dynamic Modernism Film Series Featuring Several Premieres and the Architecture/Design Lecture Series Featuring Renowned Speakers
• 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grant Winners Announced
• Sun & Sand, the Mississippi Film & Music Festival Announces November 2012 Launch
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Bob Dylan and Olivia Harrison to Particpate in Martin Scorsese Music+Film Award Tribute at the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards
• Idol Comes to Ohio
• The 6th Annual Chambie Awards Are Here
• Social TV for Filmmakers - Theatrics.com to present $10,000 prize at Macworld
• UFO Film Festival Seeks Entries
• Short Film Look by Director Ryan Pickett Wins Gold at California Film Awards
• Theatrics Announces First Round Semi-Finalists in Ultimate Online Audition Contest

• New DVD Documentary Tells the Real Story of Ursula Kemp - The Witch Who Wouldn't Stay Buried
• Bay Area Intersex Community to Screen Ten-Year Retrospective of Landmark Documentary
• Faith, God, High-Stakes Gambling: Award-Winning Documentary Picked Up By Warner Bros
• XOXOSMS, the Internet Love Documentary Premieres on Valentine’s Day, 2012
• Oscar Winner Meryl Streep to Narrate New IMAX 3D Adventure Documentary To The Arctic

• Berklee College of Music Unveils Exclusive Music Network For Students, Alumni, and Faculty
• Actor Elijah Wood Joins Ringling College of Art and Design Student Filmmakers at Ringling Digital Filmmaking Studio Lab January 23rd and 24th
• A&I Continues Season With A Film About Legendary Environmentalist
• Actor James Woods Kicks Off Ringling College Digital Filmmaking Studio Lab Spring 2012 Lineup
• Announcing the Chouinard Foundation Library

• Sunscreen Film Festival Presents Fundamentals of Film and Acting for the Screen Workshops
• Award-Winning San Francisco Photographer Michael Soo Teaches Photography Workshop
• Winter Raleigh Writing Workshops Open
• Surprise Your Favorite Filmmaker with a Gift to the Workshops. Or, Treat Yourself!
• ScreenwritingU Named “Official Screenwriting Class” by Scriptapalooza

• SongDoor 2011 Winners Announced
• 'W.E. Music From The Motion Picture' Composed by Abel Korzeniowski to be Released Digitally on Interscope Records Jan. 31st
• 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition Kicks off
• CD Baby Launches Music Sync Licensing Service to Independent Artists
• Sony Highlights Full Pro Audio Line at Winter NAMM 2012

Entertainment Technology News [headlines]

• UK Film-Maker Launches Production Management and Data Tracking System to Streamline the Film and Video-Making Process
• Sony's F65 Camera Makes Its Worldwide Debut
• Passmorelab’s Award Winning 3D Content to be Distributed through the Nintendo 3DS Handheld Device in Italy
• A.M.P.A.S. to honor ARRI and Fraunhofer engineers with Academy Award of Merit (Oscar Statuette)
• Indie Filmmakers Get the Opportunities to Fund Their Film on Pitch

• NAB Career Day Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• PITS – People Integrating Technologies and Solutions: Pro Audio Pit
• PITS – People Integrating Technologies and Solutions: Post Pit

• Panasonic's HDC-Z10000 Camcorder Named as CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Award Honoree
• Panavision Imaging Launches Dynamax-11 CMOS Image Sensor
• San Antonio Film Commission Announces the San Antonio Student Film Project: A Grant Program for Graduate Student Filmmakers to Make Films in San Antonio, www.studentfilmproject.com