reported by Cal Gervais, CyberScreenwriter.com

Heineken USA, a longtime supporter of independent film, has created the Heineken Red Star Award to be awarded at eight Independent Film Festivals in 2007. The Heineken Red Star Award was created, in partnership with Premiere Magazine, to recognize and celebrate the achievements of today's most progressive and gifted directors in independent film. The Heineken Red Star Award is the latest brand initiative to support and empower up-and-coming filmmakers, and celebrate their passion and achievement.

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reported by Robert James, CyberScreenwriter.com

ReelzChannel, the new network all about movies 24/7, and Variety will team up to bring movie fans topical news directly from Variety?s newsroom to Dailies, ReelzChannel?s signature daily movie news series. Under terms of a new agreement, this on-site presence will allow ReelzChannel to interview reporters directly from the esteemed media organization?s Los Angeles newsroom, allowing Variety reporters and editors - including Editor-In-Chief Peter Bart - to give TV viewers the latest in news about movies. The Variety Dailies segments will also be available on Variety.com and ReelzChannel.com.

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reported by Gabrielle Jenson, CyberScreenwriter.com

RealNetworks, Inc. has launched its film and entertainment news site Film.com, featuring film previews, movie trailers, DVD releases, and coverage of television programming and celebrity news. Real is introducing the new Film.com at Sundance, where reporters for the Web site will post daily exclusive video reports and commentary from the film festival.

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reported by Dan Wilson, CyberScreenwriter.com

The Southeast?s first competition and festival just for high school filmmakers will take place in Columbia on April 21, 2007. Presented by Richland Northeast High School, IndieReels will feature student works in six categories: documentary, comedy, drama, animation/new media, Podcast, and public service announcement.

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reported by Sam Kirkman, CyberScreenwriter.com

Producer and film editor Joel Heller's new blog "Docs That Inspire" officially launches this week with focused online coverage of 2007 Sundance Film Festival documentary selections--featuring audio podcast interviews with filmmakers, as well as blog and video reports from Park City during the festival.

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reported by George D. Holdem, CyberScreenwriter.com

As audiences across the country prepare to dance down the aisles for the pop culture breakthrough of the season, the creation of the film's story has proven to be just as exhilarating. Originally conceived by writer Gregory Anderson in the mid 90's, the film is an ode to fraternities and sororities at Historically Black Universities. This has special resonance because while writing the original draft, Gregory was a student at FAMU, a historically black institution, where he and his classmates Rob Hardy and Will Packer (Producers of "Stomp the Yard") dreamed of making it in Hollywood. After college, Gregory worked on the script, as he produced independent films with Rob and Will, but eventually other projects took center stage. Gregory hoped one day they could bring that story to life.

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reported by Sarah Cooley, CyberScreenwriter.com

Terror Film Festival (TFF) is a six night blood spilling, alien probing international film festival, founded by filmmakers and writers, for the purpose of offering creative artists more. TFF runs every October in Philadelphia at the prestigious Ethical Society Building (right across from beautiful Rittenhouse Square), and this year we're offering up to $10,000 in cash and prizes, ranging from writing awards to sweet, loveable cash.

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reported by Robert James, CyberScreenwriter.com

FilmTies.com has launched the world's first online interactive membership based, social networking community that provides funding for film projects. FilmTies.com is a Web site that allows networking and project collaboration for filmmakers, screen writers, directors, producers, crew members, musicians and artists. FilmTies.com finances these projects through revenue from local and national ad sales.

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reported by Morgan Henry, CyberScreenwriter.com

Your Broadcaster ? a social networking website aims to collaborate with members to change the face of movie production in early 2007.

Times are definitely changing. Thousands of ordinary people are becoming famous to the embarrassment of famous people. This phenomenon has been made possible by the advances afforded by technology specifically through the Internet. As the launching of various websites has changed the rules of the game, another social network site aims to change it even more. With the coming of YourBroadcaster.com, filmmaking leaves the confines of Hollywood and famous studios worldwide into the hands of amateur film makers who put serious work into it.

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