Indie4Life

Honolulu Film Festival honors Aloha Life!

Aloha Life picked up the Golden Kahuna award for Best Hawaiian Film at the Honolulu International Film Festival on March 8th.

The awards followed a three day event celebrating the best in independent film.  Aloha Life was screened at a special presentation at the Dole Pineapple Plantation on Saturday, March 7th and received a standing ovation.

On hand to accept the award were the film's director Brian Rusch, creator and executive producer Alika Medeiros, executive producer Jason Perry and many of the other people that helped to make the film possible.

The awards were followed up by a private party at Nobu Waikiki which was attended by many of the winners of the event.  To get more information on the Aloha Life movie, visit the official web site or contact Lisa Braun Dubbels of Catalyst Publicity.

...and that guy on the left, that's Brian Rusch...great director, producer and friend of Indie4Life.

State Legislature Passes Motion Picture Production Incentive.

Early this morning, the California legislature passed a tax credit for film and television productions that film at least 75% of their shooting days in California, as part of the state budget bill. The program is funded for five years at $100 million per year beginning in fiscal year July 2009/10 through the 2013/14 fiscal year. (However, credits may not be utilized until tax years beginning in Jan. 2011.)

The Production Incentive Program is geared towards feature films with budgets between $1 million and $75 million, TV series that relocate to California, and TV series produced for basic cable.

Eligible productions may receive tax credits equal to 20% of qualifying expenditures or 25% for independent films (with budgets under $10 million) and TV series that relocate to California. Only below-the-line expenditures qualify.

Enormous thanks goes out to a broad coalition of entertainment industry groups who worked tirelessly on this effort for many years. Those groups include: DGA, IATSE, AFTRA, SAG, Teamsters, MPAA, IFTA, Hollywood Post Alliance, PGA and countless film workers, producers, support businesses, the CFC board, and others too numerous to mention.
Over the next few months, CFC Director Amy Lemisch will be working on drafting program regulations and application procedures.

www.film.ca.gov

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