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ITUNES! Capture Claus Is Now Available For Purchase On Itunes!

Jan. 1, 2009: SCREENING! Capture Claus will play at the Fairfield Film Expo on February 6, 7 and 8.

Oct. 7, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus is an official selection of the followinig film festival:

BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Dec. 4 -11 in Nassau, Bahamas

Sept. 15, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus is an official selection of the follwing:

HOLLYWOOD SHOWCASE Sept 25 at the DGA theater in Hollywood, CA.

July 11, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus is an official selection of the following film festival:

HERMOSA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Aug. 8 - 10 in Hermosa Beach, CA.

June 27, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus iis an official selection of the follwing film festival:

DC SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Sept. 11 - 18 in Washington DC.

June 22, 2008: REVIEWS! Two positive reviews for Capture Claus. Click Here and Here.

June 2, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus will screen at the Houston FIlm Commision's first Thursdays at Deans. June 5th at 8:30pm. Click here.

May 8, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus is an official selection of the following film festival:

deadCENTER FILM FESTIVAL June 11 - 15 in Oklahoma City, OK.

April 13, 2008: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

LONDON INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL April 14 - 19 in London, UK. And also is a special horror sidebar screening in May.

April 12, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus is an offical selection of the following film festival:

Delray Beach Film Festival May 6 -11 in Delray Beach, FL.

April 9, 2008: PUBLICITY! From AFI Dallas, check out this article on page 5 and watch this interview video.

April 7, 2008: AWARD! Capture Claus wins "Best Short Film" at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival.

March 8, 2008: AWARD! Capture Claus wins "1st Place" in the Family/Children category at the Indie Short Film Competition.

March 6, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus is an official selection of the following film festivals:

AFI DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL March 27 - April 6 in Dallas, TX.

CEDAR RAPIDS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL April 4 - 5 in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Feb. 12, 2008: AWARDS! Passenger Seat, written and directed by the Thompson Brothers and starring Chris McInroy, wins "Audience Award" and "Best Nevada Film". Congrats!

Feb. 8, 2008: SCREENING! Capture Claus is an official selection of the following film festival:

PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL April 3 - 10 in Phoenix, AZ.

Jan. 23, 2008: SCREENINGS! Capture Claus is an official selection of the following film festivals:

DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Feb. 7 - 9 in Boulder City, NV.

San Francisco Bay Area International Children's Film Festival Feb. 22 - 24 in San Francisco, CA. The fest takes place during WonderCon ,the sister event to Comic-Con.

ALSO!!!!

PASSENGER SEAT, a 14 minute epic movie made by the Thompson Brothers starring Needfunds Films own Chris McInroy will be having it's WORLD PREMIERE at the DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL on Feb. 8. Go see it!!!!

Jan. 18, 2008: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

FAIRFIELD FILM EXPO Feb 1 -3 in Fairfield, IA.

Jan. 7, 2008: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

OMAHA FILM FESTIVAL Feb 16 - 24 in Omaha, NE.

Oct. 31, 2007: AWARD! Recently Deceased wins "Best Student Film" at Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival.

Oct. 7, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festivals:

DISMEMBER THE ALAMO ZOMBIE FILM FESTIVAL Oct. 25 in Austin, TX at the Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek.

THRILLER! CHILLER! FILM FESTIVAL Oct. 25- 27 in Grand Rapids, MI.

Sept. 17, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festivals:

SCREAMFEST HORROR FILM FESTIVAL Oct. 12-21 in Hollywood, CA.

FREAK SHOW HORROR FILM FESTIVAL Oct. 19-21 in Orlando, FL.

Sept. 17, 2007: REEL! Put up a Director's Reel under Extras. View!

Sept. 1, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

SHOCKERFEST International Film Festival Oct. 6-7 In Riverbank, CA.

Aug. 17, 2007: SCREENINGS! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festivals/screenings:

Festival of Fantastic Films Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 in Manchester, England.

Screen Door Film Aug. 22 in Austin, TX.

Sacramento Horror Film Festival Oct. 19 -21 in Sacramento, CA.

Aug. 3, 2007: SCREENINGS! Recently Deceased is an official selection of th efollowing film festivals:

Hollywood Showcase September 27 in Hollywood, CA.

Niche Film and Music Festival August 16 - 19 in Portland, OR.

Door County Student Film Festival August 17 - 18 Sturgeon Bay, WI.

July 31, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

Fright Night Film Festival August 17 - 19 in Louisville, KY.

May 31, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festivals:

The Planet Ant Film & Video Festival June 13 - 16 in Detroit, MI.

Student Films Across America Touring the country from June 7th to August 7th. Recently Deceased will be the local featured film when they come thru Austin on July 15th.

LandLocked Film Festival August 9 - 11 in Iowa City, IA.

May 11, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

CineVegas June 6 - 16 in Las Vegas, NV.

May 8, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

Flint Film Festival May 17 - 20 in Flint, MI.

April 20, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the follwing film festivals:

Zompire: The Undead Film Festival May 11 - 12 in Portland, OR.

deadCenter Film Festival June 6 - 10 in Oklahoma City, OK.

Mar. 27, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

First Look Film Festival April 19 - 22 in Denver, CO.

And there is ONE screening of it left at AFI Dallas during the Horror Shorts, Saturday March 31st, 11pm at the Angelika.

Mar. 16, 2007: REVIEWS! Posted some positive reviews for Recently Deceased on it's film page. Here.

Mar. 15, 2007: SCREENINGS! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festivals:

Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival April 13 - 14 in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Iowa Independent Film Festival April 20 - 22 in Mason City, IA.

Mar. 6, 2007: SCREENINGS! Recently Deceased screens this weekend.

First at the Austin Film Society SXSW Showcase, Saturday March 10th 8pm at the Hideout.

Second at The Masters Film Screening presented by Screen Door Film on Sunday March 11 8pm at 501 Theater and Sounstage. FREE!!!

Feb. 28, 2007: IT'S A WRAP! Capture Claus is in the can! Thank you to all cast and crew. You were amazing! Christmas!

Feb. 28, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

AFI DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Mar. 22 - April 1 in Dallas.

Feb. 10, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

A Night of Horror Short Film Festival Mar. 23 - 25 in Sydney, Australia.

Jan. 19, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

SiouxLand Film Festival Jan. 27 in Sioux City, IA.

Jan. 12, 2007: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

Dam Short Film Festival Feb. 8 - 11 in Boulder City, NV.

Nov. 12, 2006: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of WESTfest. It will play Nov 17 and 18 in Alpine, TX.

Oct. 17, 2006: AWARD! Recently Deceased wins "Best Horror Film" at Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival!

Sept. 30, 2006: SCREENING! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festival:

New York City Horror Film Festival Oct. 18 - 22.

Sept. 28, 2006: AWARDS! Recently Deceased wins the "Gecko Award" (Best of Fest) and the "Best Editing Award" at Cinematexas!

Also..blast from the past...Jar of Grasshoppers wins "Best Short Drama" at the High Desert Shorts Film Festival! Thanks to David Schmoeller for submitting it.

Sept. 21, 2006: AWARD! Recently Deceased is awarded "Best Zombie Film" at the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival that takes place on Oct. 27-29!

Sept. 20, 2006: MORE SCREENINGS! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following film festivals:

Terror Film Festival Oct.17 - 20 in Philadelphia.

Wild Rose Independent Film Festival Oct. 18- 22 in Des Moines.

Sept. 8, 2006: SCREENINGS! Recently Deceased is an official selection of the following festivals:

Cinematexas Sept. 20-24 in Austin.

Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival Sept. 29- Oct. 1.

International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival Oct. 27-29 in Phoenix.

June 11, 2006: RECENTLY DECEASED's film page has finally been updated with stuff. Check it out. DVD's available soon!

April 15, 2006: Toilet Humor is an official selection at the Texas Travesty Film Festival. Playing at 8:00pm on April 22 in the Texas Union Theater.

Mar 7, 2006: Devil's Pilot is an official selection at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival. It plays on Friday April 7th at 7:29pm and Saturday April 8th at 9:21pm. Those times are estimates so get there early just in case. For more info www.crifilms.com

Jan 11, 2006: Just added a short animation I made while trying to learn how to use Flash. It's called Toilet Humor and you can find it on the FILMS page!

Start posting your Top Films of 2005 in the forums.

Jan 11, 2006: Jar of Grasshoppers plays on Friday Feb. 10th at the Dam Short Film Festival at 12:45 in Boulder City, NV. As part of the "Best of UNLV" section.

Nov 23, 2005: It's a WRAP! Recently Deceased is in the can! I want to say thank you to everyone who took time out of their lives to help make this movie. Everyone was so great. ThanksInroy!

Oct 13, 2005: NEWSFLASH! Devil's Pilot is an official selection of the Wild Rose Film Festival. It's nominated for 3 awards, Best Student Short, Best Ensemble Acting and Best Visual Effects. The festival takes place in Des Moines,IA on Oct 20-23. Go team!

July 7, 2005: Flying Saucers will play at SCREEN DOOR FILM on Tuesday, July 26th at 8:00pm. Click here.

June 12, 2005: Devil's Pilot trailer is up under the FILMS page. Stay tuned while the rest gets filled in. Also you can now see John T. Woods' reel on his website www.johntwoods.com !!!! Definitely check it out. He's acted in 2 Needfunds movies, Perfect Sense and Ext. Bench- Day.

May 6, 2005: Devil's Pilot will screen on March 14th at 3:30pm in the CMA auditorium on the campus of UT. Come check it out.

Mar 16, 2005: Principal photography for Devil's Pilot is complete! Stay tuned for more details.

Mar 16, 2005: Ext.Bench-Day plays Friday April 1st at 6:45pm and Sunday April 2nd at 9:05am during the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival. For more info click here.

Mar 3,2005: Ext. Bench- Day is an official selection at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival. The fest will be held April 1st and 2nd. Check www.crifilms.com for more info.

Feb 14, 2005: PreProduction has begun on Needfunds Films next short movie! It is titled Devil's Pilot and should be finished in early May.

Dec 19, 2004: Flying Saucers is finished! If anyone wants to see it send me a message by hitting that contact button and Ill let you know about screenings or somehow get you a copy. Also check out the new FORUMS page where you can write about anything you want. Hopefully we'll start seeing a lot of people's top ten movies of the year lists on that FORUM. Working on the next short film to be done by next May.

Nov 4,2004: Flying Saucer's trailer is up under films. Featuring the hit song "Frisbee Golf" by ultra fantastic mega superstar John T. Woods.

Oct. 22,2004: Just added some cool artwork for the feature film Great Pie In the Sky under Films. Also Needfunds Films first ever short documentary is in post production. It is called Flying Saucers and is about the sport of frisbee golf and the people who play it. Should be done by December.

Oct. 6, 2004: EXT. BENCH- DAY wins best editing at the 2004 Wild Rose Independent Film Festival. Cigars all around!

Sept 19, 2004: Nominations are released for the Wild Rose Festival. Ext. Bench -Day is up for Best Sound and Best Editing. It plays Friday October 3rd at 5:30 pm during the festival.

Sept 9, 2004: EXT. BENCH- DAY will play at The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival in Des Moines, IA sometime between Sept. 29th and Oct. 2nd. More details to come.

Aug 23, 2004: Let the zoom turns fly! Movie From Space Invades CineVegas 2004 is ready to be watched and enjoyed. Under the nugs.

June 1, 2004: The latest short film by Needfunds Films, Ext. Bench- Day, will premeire in the Nevada Filmmaker's Showcase at the CineVegas Film Festival on Thursday, June 17th @ 9:30 pm. For more info click here.

May 12, 2004: Just added some pictures and a trailer for Ext. Bench- Day. And also a badasssss trailer for the upcoming movie Descent To Greatness, directed by Mike and Jerry Thompson and cinematography by Chris, on the Movies From Space page.

May 8 , 2004: EXT. BENCH DAY was shot on April 17th and is currently in post. Look for it this June at CineVegas!

March 31, 2004: Branch With Leaves added to the Films page. Also the World Premiere of Movies from Space Invades Sundance is available for mass consumption!

March 12, 2004: Chris gets accepted into the Masters Program at the University of Texas, Austin for Film Production!

March 10, 2004: Needfunds Films will be appearing at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival on April 2nd and 3rd with screenings of both Perfect Sense and Jar of grasshoppers. Checkout their website for more information www.crifilms.com