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• Florida film studio Hocus Focus Productions has created a teaser trailer for the upcoming film Indiscretions using recently-shot footage and voiceovers from the audition tapes of actors who were cast in the film. The scenes in this teaser will be used in the film’s opening credits. Visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErxXxw0cUB8 to view the teaser trailer.
• Local film Loren Cass has been nominated for an IFP Gotham Award in the category of Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You — reserved for films “that have garnered critical support on the film festival circuit, but have yet to be seen widely by the public in the U. S. because they have not been seen theatrically in 2007.” Loren Cass is one of five nominees selected by the editors of Filmmaker Magazine and a curator from The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Award winners will be announced at the awards show on November 27. Prior to the awards show, Loren Cass will screen November 17 and 19 at the Museum of Modern Art. Both screenings are open to the public and the filmmakers (director Chris Fuller and producers Frank Craft and Kayla Tabish) will be in attendance. Loren Cass has been accepted in multiple film festivals around the world — from Denver and New York to Helsinki and Vienna — and has garnered some great reviews from various publications, including Variety. Wow! Congratulations and good luck to the filmmakers!
• There’s a new website for the local film Medicine Man: www.medicinemanteas.com.