Film Studies

The CAPE FEAR INDEPENDENT FILM NETWORK is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit organization dedicated to the production, promotion and presentation of the film arts in the Cape Fear region. CFIFN provides educational opportunities for members wishing to learn about the film-making process and develop new skills in related areas of production. The group also host the annual Cape Fear Independent Film Festival which brings new and independent artistic visions to the local community. CFIFN takes special notice of North Carolina filmmakers, highlighting their works and the film festival and other events.

The Charlotte Film Festival has established itself as dependable presenter of quality independent films and a cultural hub for established and emerging film artists to showcase their works to the region’s top producers, peers, investors and viewers.

Cucalorus is a non-competitive festival focused on supporting innovative artists and encouraging creative exchange. The festival is held each November in historic downtown Wilmington, North Carolina with screenings of 150 films from around the world.

Cinespace/Screen Gems provides worldwide production, studios, sound stages and technological infrastructure and support for major motion pictures, films, commercials and television shows and television series.

North Carolina plays host to a bevy of film festivals — large and small — throughout the year. Here are the biggest film festivals now taking place in North Carolina that every actor, filmmaker, or fan should know.

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, North Carolina for a four-day, morning to midnight array of over 100 films as well as discussions, panels, and southern hospitality. Set within a four-block radius, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the public.

Because of recent successes by horror film genre filmmakers, there’s a whole school of aspiring artists determined to become the next Eli Roth or Alexandre Aja, and because of the way that audience approval can affect distribution, a significant number of films proclaim they are “The Scariest Movie since The Exorcist.”

The festival, formerly the Cine Noir Festival of Black Film, spotlights features, shorts, documentaries and animation by and about African Americans, with cash prizes awarded to the best works in each genre.

The state government office to contact regarding film production.

Proudly produced by the Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. the OutSouth Queer Film Festival celebrates a worldwide glimpse of today’s gay and lesbian life, helps bring the community together and features entertaining and sophisticated films and filmmaking.

The RiverRun International Film Festival is a regional event based in Winston-Salem, NC and is one of the premier film festivals in the southeastern United States. The 15th annual RiverRun will be held April 12–21, 2013.