and the Award Goes To…………………..

Here are the official winners of the 2010 World Independent Film Expo. Congratulations to all the winners!

Best Music Video
Rhyan Sprague
Do you even like me?

Best Original Short Film
Honk, If you love zombies

Best Original Animation
Vitruvius Toybox

Best Original Feature
Cannonball

Best Special Effects
The Landlord

Best Cinematography
Rattle Basket

Best Original Story
VictumEYES

Best Comedy
Zombie Today episode 8

Best Trailer
Hourglass

Best Screenplay
Girl/Girl Scene

Have your audition tapes made for ‘Amazing Race’, ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Survivor’

The 2010 WIFE expo is featuring a very exciting feature: Open auditions for Amazing Race, Big Brother and Survivor!

Infernal Dreams will be on hand to tape all auditions, then the auditions are being delivered directly to the casting directors for all three shows!

All-Star Guest Line-up at 2010 W.I.F.E. Expo

The World Independent Film Expo returns to Richmond, KY May 14-16 2010 for the second year bringing you film screenings, seminars, vendors, events, awards,  and an all-star line-up of guests!

Included on the guest list are:

Reality TV stars: DAVID & MARY CONLEY (The Amazing Race) and CHRIS DAUGHTERY (Survivor) 

WWE Wrestling Legend: AL SNOW

Actress / Model: ALEX DEL MONACCO

SyFy TV Paranormal Expert: KEITH AGE

Author: NIC BROWN: THE B MOVIE MAN

Model / Actesss: KAYLA PERKINS

Wrestler / Actress: ROCK STAR RONI JONAH

Film Directors:  THOMAS PHILLIPS, GEORGE BONILLA, SHEILA ENGLISH CLOVER, JASON CROWE, JABOB ENNIS, HILLJACK PARKS, and CHEROKEE HALL.

Stunt Man / Actor: DAVID FULTZ

Film Actors: BILLY W. BLACKWELL, STACEY T. GILLESPIE, CASSIDY RAE OWENS, T.J. MORESCHI

Make-up Artists: LYZAYNE WHITAKER and JOHN MEADOWS

‘Amazing Race’ and ‘Survivor’ stars to Host Reality TV Seminar

Have you ever wanted to be on a reality TV show? Panel hosts David and Mary Conley will discuss everything from how to make a good audition tape, to on reality show strategies. They will also answer audience questions along with Survivor Winner Chris Daughtery. You can also come down and have your audition tape made for Big Brother, Amazing Race and Survivor! Tapes will then be sent to the head of casting for all three shows! Chris Daugherty (born August 29, 1970 in West Jefferson, Ohio) is the winner of Survivor: Vanuatu and won $1,000,000 on December 12, 2004. He also earned the title of “Sole Survivor” and was the first male contestant in two years, since the Thai fifth season in 2002, to win Survivor. Jeff Probst considered him one of the most unlikely Survivor winners. David Conley, Jr. is a 32-year old coal miner who came from Stone, Kentucky. He is married to wife Mary. Previously, he served in the Army before becoming a coal miner. He expresses himself as someone who is outgoing, a risk taker and a hard worker. In addition, his has a huge phobia of spiders and deep water. Mary Conley is a 31-year old homemaker who came from Stone, Kentucky. decade ago. She describes herself as cautious with a huge doze of perseverance. David & Mary were the husband and wife team on the reality show The Amazing Race season 10. They returned to the show for the All-Star Season

Save Time at your Reality Show Audition

PRINT YOUR APPLICATION AND BRING WITH YOU!

Save time at your Reality Show audtion at the 2010 World Independent Film Expo

Click here for Survivor,Amazing Race, and Big Brother Applications

Fill out and Bring with you Saturday May 15th 10pm-8pm

Keith Age Paranormal Seminar Added

PARANORMAL AND THE FILM INDUSTRY Seminar

Keith Age has over 30 years of experience in paranormal research.

He is the Founder and President of the Louisville Ghost Hunters Society, which was formed in 1996.Beyond hearing Keith Age on hundreds of radio stations internationally,

You can find Keith Age on Sy Fy Channel’s Spooked: Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium and the ongoing epic reality documentary series on the Sy Fy Channel, Children of the Grave, and The Possessed where he is host and Associate Producer with Spooked TV Productions and the highly acclaimed Booth Brothers.

The forthcoming documentary in the series, The Haunted Boy, the Secret Diary of the Exorcist Case will air October 2010
He will be giving a seminar on how it is best to represent the paranormal on screen, what facts to look for when going to a locale to shoot, what interfeirences you may enounter when shooting at the locating and how to best prepare for it.

Not often can you get any spirits to perform on cue for the cameras and how it is best to recreate such effects.

Keith Ages Seminar will be Saturday May 15th at 6:30pm.

2010 WIFE Schedule Announced

We are proud to announce the 2010 WIFE Schedule!

over the next couple days there will be extensions of the schedule such as trailer names and foreign film block times

To view it CLICK HERE!

Official Selections named

The 2nd Annual World Independent Film Expo is proud to announce the Official Selections for the 2010 Festival.

CatatoniaMulch

Dreaming Anastasia

Vitruvius Toybox

The Last Renedezvous 2: Retribution

Person Of Interest

The Last Temptation of Fluffy

Zombie Militia

The Landlord

Postpartum

Honk if you Love Zombies

Smoke

Cannonball

VictimEYES

Journal

To Fly

Freaked

Slaughter Among Pigs

Killdo 2

Chosen to Die

Curse the Dawn

Deep Kiss of Winter

Destined for an Early Grave

Dimiter

Hourglass

Hush, Hush

Isis

Neverland

Night World

Radiant Shadows

The Ark

The Girl Who Chased the Moon

Tricks

Twilight Zone

Erec Rex

Jasper Dash

My Rotten Life

The Thirteen Princess

The Wyrm King/Spiderwick

Zombie Today Episode 1

Zombie Today Episode 9

Zombie Today Episode 8

Do you Even Like Me?

Girl / Girl Scene

Foreign Film Selections

Porque hay cosas que nunca se olvidan

Arena

el Hilo de Oro

The Man in the Crowd

Dia de Revancha (Day of Revenge)

El Forjador De Historias (The Storymaker)

Jesusito de mi vida (Dear Child Jesus)

Nino Balcon

Dolls

Sombras en el Viento

Made in Japan

Tengo Algo que Decirte (I’ve got something to tell)

Meeting Steven

Lazy:The Long Goodbye

Las Manos de Abel

Martes por la Manana (Tuesday Morning)

Champagne Supernova

Manual Practico del Amigo Imaginario

We are currently working hard to have the entire event and showing schedule posed by Sunday so keep checking back!

Cassidy Rae Owens to appear at W.I.F.E. Expo

Cassidy Rae Owens is a model/actress located in Nicholasville Kentucky.  Cassidy began doing local acting and modeling in 2006 with Images Modeling Agency in Lexington Ky.  She branched out and began doing local independent films in March of 2009 and has been on a roll since then. 

 

She began acting in school plays at this same time, beginning with supporting roles in Thanksgiving and Christmas plays.  Cassidy got her first chance to star in a full length feature fan film, Halloween Homecoming, in January of 2009.  Halloween Homecoming is an independent fan film based on Rob Zombie’s 2007 Halloween movie.   Since then she has completed Hell House, with Feathered Italian Films, and has had a leading role in Way Station, from Catnip productions, as well as a supporting role in Little Voices, a short film from Karl Rose, was an extra in IGirl and Disneys Secretariat, as well as several other projects.  She is currently in producction on the new ZP Internationals new film Santa Claus Versus the Zombies.  She was also recently cast along side Al Snow in a supporting rold for Comic Book Store the Movie from Frozen Mercury.

 

In addition to movies, Cassidy is very active in her middle school choir and the leadership and accelerated learning programs in school.  Her family is also a foster family for the local animal shelter in Jessamine County and a portion of all her sales at her appearance are donated to the shelter.

Stacey T. Gillespie to Host ‘Acting on Film’ Seminar at W.I.F.E. 2010

    Richmond KY, April 26, 2010: The World Independent Film Expo announced today the addition of Lexington, KY’s own Stacey T. Gillespie to its roster of guests.

    Gillespie is among the most prolific actors in the region. His combination of reliability, versatility and acting talent made him one of the most in-demand actors for local and national productions filmed in the area.

He was discovered unexpectedly as an actor while working on the set of ZOMBIE PLANET back in 2000.  By the time that production was finished, Gillespie played seventeen different character roles in the film and its sequel, gaining him the nickname “Lexington’s Man of a Thousand Faces”

Since completing ZOMBIE PLANET, Gillespie has gone on to starring or supporting roles in films such as DANCE WITH A VAMPIRE, STASH, THE EDISON DEATH MACHINE, FOREVER IN BLACK HILLS, ZEPPO: SINNERS FROM BEYOND THE MOON, MONSTROSITY, C.R.Y. , KILLDO, INTO THE WOODS, MOUNTAIN MAFIA, and the upcoming SANTA CLAUS VS. THE ZOMBIES. His credits also include stunt work on films like RED RIVER, HELL-EPHONE, and NIGHTMARE FUEL.

Gillespie will share his unique insights in a seminar titled “Acting on Film” at the 2010 W.I.F.E. Festival. The topics will range from acting method and preparation to set etiquette and interacting with other actors. 

This is a great opportunity for any actor, experienced or novice, to learn from one of the most visible talents in the area.  The seminar is included with your admission to the 2010 W.I.F.E. Festival.