Black, White and Blue!

CNGM Pictures invites you to dress up in your black, white and blue for the CNGM 2010 Sneak Peek Fundraiser!  What do we mean by that?  Well, we mean whatever that means to you!  Don’t miss out on this must-attend red carpet event!

The evening will be hosted by Octavarius, featuring live performances by Dennis Florine, Chris Petlak and Josh Rosen!  Guests will be able to get an exclusive sneak peek at several CNGM films recently completed or currently in post production, including Coasting and Two Days in February!

Not only will there be great raffle prizes, silent auction packages and performance award presentations, but also complimentary food and beverages (including beer and wine)!  All of this is included in the $25 ticket price!

We invite you to make this your evening to show your support for CNGM today and CNGM tomorrow!

Tickets are on sale now and available by clicking here!

CNGM Pictures is proud to announce that they are teaming up with the Elgin-based theatre company, Nothing Special Productions on a short film entitled, Out-Secured.  The film is written by Nick Cardiff (who also penned CNGM’s upcoming 2010 feature, Fortress of Forever), produced by Erica Lynn Schmeck (Two Days in February) and directed by Michael P. Noens (Coasting).

While both organizations have been very supportive of one another, Out Secured will mark the first time that Nothing Special Productions and CNGM Pictures have collaborated on a specific project.  Production will be over the course of two days in December being shot entirely in the city of Chicago.

Other artists working on the film include Director of Photography Ben Nissen (Gnome Man’s Land), Still Photographer David B. Grelck (Coasting, White Out), Editor Tony Schiavone (Great Heights) and Production Designer Mikey Laird.

More information on this title to come!

In a Flashpoint Academy Spotlight, Dorian Weinzimmer (first assistant director on Coasting) talks in great detail about his latest project, Segmented.  In the brief interview, Flashpoint sits down with the film’s writer/director Weinzimmer and his sound designer, Christopher G. Loeber.

Weinzimmer discusses how the whole concept behind the film all started with an image he had in his head.  That image was so intriguing to him that he decided to write a story around that.  In the brief spotlight interview, Loeber and Weinzimmer discuss the importance of the post production sound design for the film and share clips of the finished product.

Click here to watch the FPA Spotlight Interview!

Keep an eye out for Segmented as it appears in programs for the 2010 film festival circuit.  We’ll keep you posted as to where it will be playing.

Order your copy of White Out today!  The film was released this past Tuesday, December 1st through Best Buy, Barnes & Noble and Amazon!  Also, in the next week several Chicagoland Barnes & Noble outlets will have copies in stock!  We’ll keep you posted as to which stores will be carrying it.

White Out tells the story of Nick Watson (Jonathan C. Legat), the host of Reality, a talk show on Norwalk University’s WSKO radio station in northern New Hampshire. Just as he’s closing down the show on the very last episode of his college radio career, he receives a disturbing on air phone call from avid listener Alyssa (Leslie Strong) who informs him that Michelle Fullmer (Stephanie Wyatt), Nick’s fiance, his wife in nineteen days in fact, is cheating on him with none other than Richie Fontaine (Nick Mikula), Norwalk’s Dust Devils’ star quarterback. This news is compounded by the freak blizzard that rages outside, dumping a very healthy amount of snow on the greater Norwalk area, keeping other hosts out of the studio, and stranding Nick inside with co-host Andy Wolcienski (Eric Lipe), producer Hannah Lorenz (Michelle Higgins), and a great deal of anguish and fury. It’s up to Nick to be the better person, but it seems he doesn’t have anything nice to say about his darling ex-fiancee.

Special features include two commentaries, a behind the scenes documentary, still gallery, extended scenes, outtakes, an alternate ending & original promotional trailers.

For more information about the film, visit the official web site at white-out-movie.com!  Check out the trailer on the film’s web site or our YouTube page!