NEWS (PASADENA, Calif.) -- Chart-topping musical artist and Los Angeles-based filmmaker Michael C. Perry today announced that his film "Empty Box of Wine" has won first prize in the category "Best Animation" in the 12th Annual Action on Film International Film Festival. Perry is the lead singer in Jour Majesty, who last year rose to #2 on the indie folk charts; his entry into the film festival accompanies the upcoming Jour Majesty album, "Empty Box of Wine."

NEWS (FORT WORTH, Texas) -- "Heart of Christmas, The Secret History of The Littlest Wiseman," a gift film that pays tribute to philanthropists Mary D. and F. Howard Walsh, will premiere Sept. 7, 2016 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. At age 9, Ben Tinsley became a participant and contributor to the annual Fort Worth Christmas pageant, "The Littlest Wiseman."

NEWS: (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) Daniel P. Douglas announces his script, 'Richter's War,' has won best short screenplay at the February 2016 Los Angeles CineFest. The science fiction World War II hard boiled detective story has previously won or placed in multiple contests during 2015 and 2016.

NEWS: (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) After directing over a dozen short films, French filmmaker Tristan Convert announced he has directed his first feature, 'SCRATCH,' an original horror comedy starring Daniele Watts ('Django Unchained'), for which he has launched an Indiegogo campaign, to reach $10K for finishing funds. Set in Los Angeles's known-to-be haunted Old Zoo, 'SCRATCH' is one of the first, if not the first, found footage films shot entirely on an Apple iPhone 6.

NEWS: (BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) Actor Massi Furlan takes on the role of Anthony Servidone opposite Ben Affleck in 'Live by Night' a 1920's prohibition-era American crime film written and directed by Affleck and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. The film is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, is being distributed by Warner Bros and slated to hit the theaters in 2017.

NEWS: Urbanstylz Entertainment, the independent production company, announced today that its first feature film, 'Trey the Movie,' which was produced for just $68, has grossed more than $150,000 in multiple channels of digital distribution while garnering attention at numerous film festivals. The film tells the story of a man whose life is so overwhelming that he snaps killing everyone in his path. It was Mr. James' directorial debut.

Washington, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Resulting Impact Film Productions presents 'Muerte O Gloria: The Rise of the American Soccer Fan,' a documentary film about the Barra Brava, the fan supporter group for the DC United Soccer Club from Washington, D.C. Film will premiere Sept. 2 and 3.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Zak Lee Guarnaccia, Actor/Stuntman, Executive Producer at LightRow Pictures, and Paul Lupi, Producer of Lupi Pictures, enter production of the feature film in the martial-arts, action-thriller genre entitled 'KALM.' Principal photography partially funding being raised on Kickstarter. The project will debut at the SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2015 (SDCC).

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Geminid Press, LLC today announced it has partnered with writer-director Jack Snyder to develop a screenplay for the acclaimed science fiction conspiracy thriller 'Truth Insurrected: The Saint Mary Project.' In the suspenseful novel authored by Daniel P. Douglas, readers plunge into a sci-fi storyline featuring former FBI agent William Harrison who finds himself hot on the trail of a major extraterrestrial cover-up.

CULVER CITY, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: DAX LLC, the leading provider of production workflow applications, together with Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), is introducing DAX|Mobile with iDailies, a subscription service exclusively for Apple's iPhone. DAX|Mobile for iPhone and iPad will be demonstrated by the DAX and PFT teams at the Prime Focus Technologies booth #9605 South Lower Hall at NAB 2014.