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Motion Picture Institute is excited about upcoming film festivals right here in Michigan and would like to share them with you!   Detroit Dreaming Film Festival   When:  January 30 - February 2 Where: 2730 Bagley Street, Detroit,...

Do you know how many films have been made in Michigan?   ListChallenges.com offers 170 films that have partially, or in total, been made right here in Michigan!   Now, here is a pop quiz for all of you future actors and film...

Attention aspiring film makers, we encourage you to check out this demo reel from our very own Rob Frenette at 2007 graduate of Motion Picture Institute.    Check back here soon as we will be getting an update from Rob on his current...

Pre-production for the making Batman Superman is already underway as the cast and set prepare for filming in the metro Detroit, MI area in early February of 2014.   Actress Gal Gadot has just been cast as Wonder Woman and she will be joined...

Motion Picture Institute will be holding a donation drive until December 20, 2013 for the HAVEN Shelter in Pontiac, Michigan.  Please forward this posting to your friends, and, help share the message on your social media accounts to help...

Motion Picture Institute Summer Film Camps are designed for middle and high school students wishing to experience what it is like to work on a film production.   Students gather on the soundstage at Motion Picture Institute and train in a...

Making a Scene:  11 Performances   Enjoy the video below to view the year's best performers that star in 11 original (very) short films directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski.     Click the image above...

Motion Picture Institute launched its Motion Picture Actors Program (MPAP) last February and in just a few months has given its students career opportunities few other schools can; landing an agent and starring in film shorts. Nineteen year old...

     Eminem returned to his hometown of Detroit on Wednesday, November 20th to shoot a music video for his latest single “The Monster". Rihanna is featured on the track.  This is the second...

        Motion Picture Institutewould like to announce our JANUARY OPEN CASTING CALL & AUDITIONS! Our current students will be casting many diffrerent roles for their thesis films. Auditions will be held from...

  MPI partnered with Raindance Windsor/Detroit on Sunday, November 17th to hold a special networking event consisting of films by MPI students, a tour of the facilities, and a Q&A session by the filmmakers.   Thesis...

  Congratulations to Motion Picture Institute grad Rola Nashef!  Rola’s film “Detroit Unleaded” premiered on Friday, November 15th, 2013 at the Detroit Film Theatre. This film was cast and produced entirely in...

Highlights From Summer Film Camp      This past summer, high school students from around the nation gathered valuable film experience at the High School Film camp at Motion Picture Institute.  Below are two...

Fall Lighting Workshop      Join us for a Fall Lighting Workshop sponsored by DAFT on Saturday, November 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.   See demonstrations and learn the theory behind...

"The Citizen" is coming back to Birmingham and Ann Arbor this week for special screenings: Ann Arbor Screening "The Citizen" screens Wednesday November 6th at the historical Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.  There...

  Calling all students and/or filmmakers! Motion Picture Institute will be hosting a DAFT (Digital Arts, Film and Television) Fall 2013 Lighting Workshop at our studio in Troy on November 16th from 10am-1pm.  The workshop...

     “FACES OF A POCKET WATCH” MPI HIGH SCHOOL FILM CAMP SHORT FILM NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH!       The short film “Faces of a Pocket Watch” was written, produced...

We encourage you to participate in Small Business Saturday on November 30 in support of local small businesses like Motion Picture Institute.  Small Business Saturday is the day we all Shop Small and support small businesses around the...

 Congratulations to Motion Picture Institute Class of 2013!        The graduation ceremony and film festival were held at Emagine Theater in Novi on Sunday, October 20th at 5:30pm. Twenty-four...