"Faking" Your Way to a Real Movie!

Want to know how to make a faux movie trailer? Read this article at internet video magazine!

A Hard Day's Night

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the break-up of the Beatles. The Traverse City Film Festival will screen rare copies of A Hard Day’s Night andHelp, in addition to presenting the new John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (which covers Lennon’s adolescence and the formative years of the Beatles) at this year’s Festival, running July 27 – August 1.

Academy Award-winner Michael Moore launched the Traverse City Film Festival in his home state of Michigan in 2005 to bring often-undistributed national and international films to the public. Some 100 films will screen at this year’s event which includes film tributes, free daily panel discussions, film school, outdoor screenings and forums.

For more info, go to: www.traversecityfilmfestival.com.

Preview Your Dreams...

Preview Your Dreams--version3 from Murray Suid on Vimeo.

You know you want to!

Zombie Love @ IMTF!

Harold's Going Stiff - Promo from Frisson Film on Vimeo.

Play it again, Sam.

And again. And again. And again.

You will find it... in "Casablanca"

MaXspeed's Reel Story

I started off 10 years ago making silly stunt videos trying to learn the craft, hoping to get into the film industry. They were so bad I could not even get picked up by America's Funniest Home Videos. I screwed up everything: filming, editing, and worst of all...stunts.

A friend told me one day, "you are more entertaining when you mess up," and Max Speed was born. I made a career out of screwing up stunts and filming them. One day, a milkman recognized me from internet videos and told me he was a DJ for our Halifax Metro Centre where big hockey games are hosted.  He said he knew the producer that plays videos during half-time to entertain the crowds.  "Would you like to have your Max Speed videos play?"

Someone in the audience was putting on a huge motorcycle rally weekend, and contacted me through the Metro Centre and asked if I would do a major public stunt. That is where I jumped a motorcycle off the Bay of Fundy into the ocean, smashed through a wall of light bulbs and did crazy fire displays in front of 10,000 people. After that, anything I did would make the news or television, and people started calling me.

When I put out this trailer to a few friends, they sent it around to people showing what Max Speed had done.  It made its rounds so quickly here because it was something WAY out of my realm, and nothing like anything I had done before. Somehow I went from being a stunt nut, and not a good one, to learning how to create a soundtrack on my studio from a tune in my head, to making sound effects, directing, cinematography. I was scared to put out this film trailer and fail.The support from friends and family finally convinced me, and I submitted the film to your site.

Like my slogan...."I'm Just Keeping It Reel."

Manifest Destiny wins an Accolade!

Manifest Destiny: A Fates Calling Official Trailer from Justin Chambers on Vimeo.

Vote for your favorite trailer at International Movie Trailer Festival!

Congratulations to Manifest Destiny!

MANIFEST DESTINY has just won the prestigious “Award of Merit” from The Accolade Competition. The Accolade is unique; it is an awards competition, not a traditional film festival. Awards go to those filmmakers, television producers, videographers and new media creators who produce fresh, standout productions. It is a showcase for cinematic gems and unique voices.

The Accolade recognizes producers, established and emerging, who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity.

The Accolade has recognized productions from all over the world including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Guam, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.

View Manifest Destiny at International Movie Trailer Festival!

Holy Cow!

We have a brand-new entrant to our International Movie Trailer Festival. This one is from Guatemala and is called "La Vaca, una comedia con ubres," or "Holy Cow, a film with tits."

"Holy Cow" is the first feature film shot on RED ONE technology in Central América.

"Women and children can be careless..."

"...but not men."

"life goes where she goes"

It doesn't get much better than this.

We love L.A.

Dilated—winner of IMTF's "surprise prize" for best locations, features action sequences in the Los Angeles River (downtown L.A., USA) and in the Linda Vista Hospital (also Los Angeles).

The Gentleness of Rabbits wins a Bronze Telly!

Congratulations to The Gentleness of Rabbits!

Director Hank Isaac says: The Gentleness of Rabbits has been a labor of love since its inception back in the Summer of 2009. Despite the past work and successes of all involved, the film represents our first venture into the world of feature filmmaking. It also represents an evolution anomaly -- we're transitioning from a history of using digital media to originating on film. The trailer was created for the sole purpose of endearing the two central characters to potential investors. Basically, would you like to spend an hour and a half in the company of Daphne and Hollis and find out what happens to them? No attempt was made to tell or even hint at the story. The trailer was shot in an historic hundred-year-old mansion in one long day with forty five set-ups. Creating the trailer actually inspired a new scene which has subsequently been added to the screenplay. Thus far, the trailer has won an Accolade Award of Merit and a Bronze Telly Award. As the film's writer/director, I am immensely proud of our cast and crew.

Watch the trailer now at International Movie Trailer Festival!

Surprise Prize!

The first surprise prize from IMTF.biz is for "Most Unusual Location." The prize goes to DILATED. The winner will receive an autographed copy of The Power of Film by Howard Suber. Watch the trailer now at International Movie Trailer Festival!

Check back often to see which trailer wins the next surprise prize!

Happy Fourth of July!

The Beautiful Girl

Our latest trailer, The Beautiful Girl, came to us through a DJ in Nova Scotia. The DJ likes the trailer and wants the filmmaker, Max Speed, to succeed. Watch The Beautiful Girl now at International Movie Trailer Festival!

"I am not a has-been..."

Are you a "will be," too?
Why not enter?

They really should...

If you think a movie should be made about *you*—why not start with a trailer? You could win $5000!

"You can always tell..."

"You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you”
—Audrey Hepburn

"Men and Women Can't Be Friends"

When Harry Met Sally...

This movie doesn't feel 20 years old, does it?

Anybody want a peanut?

"You have a great gift for rhyme."
The official trailer is here.

"Won't you join me?"

What a classic!

Is Audrey Hepburn your favorite?

Check out these adorable earrings!

Honor for GENTLENESS OF RABBITS

This just in from Hank Isaac, director of GENTLENESS OF RABBITS, one of IMTF's entries:

"The Gentleness of Rabbits has been a labor of love since its inception back in the Summer of 2009. Despite the past work and successes of all involved, the film represents our first venture into the world of feature filmmaking. It also represents an evolution anomaly -- we're transitioning from a history of using digital media to originating on film. The trailer was created for the sole purpose of endearing the two central characters to potential investors. Basically, would you like to spend an hour and a half in the company of Daphne and Hollis and find out what happens to them? No attempt was made to tell or even hint at the story. The trailer was shot in an historic hundred-year-old mansion in one long day with forty five set-ups. Creating the trailer actually inspired a new scene which has subsequently been added to the screenplay. Thus far, the trailer has won an Accolade Award of Merit and a Bronze Telly Award. As the film's writer/director, I am immensely proud of our cast and crew."

To see Hank's prize-winning trailer, click here and enter "Gentleness of Rabbits" in the Search box.

Billboard Loves Us!

"I haven't killed anybody since 1984."

Does Christopher Walken get the best lines, or what? 2:10 seconds shows off Tony Scott's prowess as a director and Tarantino's skill with words.

Before Susan Sarandon won for Dead Man Walking...

...she was wooed by Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger. Less than two minutes makes a vampiric impression!

Before Kathryn Bigelow won for Hurt Locker...

...she directed Near Dark. This is a trailer that works in less than 2 minutes and 20 seconds.