Posts Tagged ‘Ward Emling’

State film office, film festivals mark milestones, continue to grow industry

by Stephen McDill Published: April 12,2013

Tags: Crafting A Nation, Crossroads Film Festival, documentaries, film festivals, independent films, James Franco, Mississippi Film Office, Morgan Freeman, Sun N' Sand Music & Film Festival, The Help, Ward Emling

Look out Georgia and Louisiana. The Mississippi Film Office, the Mississippi Development Authority’s extended economic hand to Hollywood, is celebrating its 40th year of operations and many premier film festivals are ready for another summer of marketing the state to the inner echelons of the film industry. In the last two decades alone, producers, location [...] [...]

Film: Mississippi’s new multi-million dollar industry?

by Amy McCullough Published: May 8,2011

Tags: Amile Wilson, Hapax Creative, Jeremy Hariton, Jo Ann Gordon, John McFarland, Mississippi Film Office, Mississippi’s film industry, Nick Smerigan, Nina Parikh, Pat Rasberry, RoadTown Enterprises, The Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive, Ward Emling, Wes Benton

All over the state, Mississippi’s film industry infrastructure is getting a boost:  The Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive just got a 5 percent increase, a new Tupelo production facility is open for business,  Canton has a new purpose-built stage and a Gulf Coast Film Office is forming. The state Film Office and local producers believe Mississippi [...] [...]

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