South Alabama Film Festival Rebrands as the Hurricane Film Festival
Mobile’s regional film festival is getting a new name. The South Alabama Film Festival, known as SoAL, has rebranded as the Hurricane Film Festival (HUFF) as it enters its seventh…
First-Time Filmmaker Elliot Johnson Wins Mobile Bay Film Scramble #12
A first-time filmmaker has taken top honors in the latest round of the Mobile Bay Film Scramble, the quarterly short-film challenge that draws everyone from newcomers to seasoned veterans. Elliot…
Mobile Filmmaker Drew Hall Brings Sci-Fi Trilogy to the Crescent Theater
In December 2012, Mobile-based filmmaker Drew Hall was preparing to unveil the second installment of an ambitious science fiction trilogy produced by local production company Mudbrick Media. The film, titled…
Mobile Filmmaker Drew Hall Brings Sci-Fi Trilogy to the Crescent Theater
In December 2012, Mobile-based filmmaker Drew Hall was preparing to unveil the second installment of an ambitious science fiction trilogy produced by local production company Mudbrick Media. The film, titled…
Locally Produced Horror-Comedy The Night Shift Set for Alabama Premiere at Crescent Theater
A Mobile-based filmmaking group is bringing its debut feature film home for an Alabama premiere later this month. Fighting Owl Films will screen its supernatural adventure-comedy, The Night Shift, at…
South Alabama Film Festival to Reveal Full Lineup, Poster Winner at Art Walk
Organizers of the South Alabama Film Festival will unveil the complete schedule for the event’s second year this Friday during downtown Mobile’s Art Walk, marking the young festival’s first official…
Local Filmmakers Race the Clock for Twilight-Themed Blood Drive Film Contest in Mobile
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers teamed up with the Student and Filmmaker Alliance to stage a short-film contest timed to the June 30, 2010, opening of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” the…
Mobile Filmmaker Gideon Kennedy on Building “Clandestine” From Found Footage and Numbers Stations
Ahead of its premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Mobile filmmaker Gideon Carson Kennedy told CA.TV how a fascination with mysterious shortwave numbers stations and old Chamber of…
Mobile Film Scramble Sets Attendance Record, Sells Out Crescent Theater Screening
The latest round of the Mobile Film Scramble drew the biggest response yet from local audiences, with organizers reporting that the screening at the Crescent Theater in downtown Mobile sold…
South Alabama Filmmakers’ “Clandestine” Set for Three U.S. Festival Premieres
"Clandestine," the Mobile-made film that toured festivals from Amsterdam to San Jose and won a Jury Prize at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival, gets its first Mobile screening…