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Accelerate Montana is proud to announce the exceptional achievements of Return to the Blanket, a compelling film directed by Amanda Bearmedicine (Rapid Training Production Assistant PA Graduate) and co-produced by Lynn-Wood Fields and Joseph Grady. This impactful short film recently received first place in the Indigenous Challenge at the Big Sky Film Festival, highlighting its recognition as one of the winning films from the 2023 Indigenous Filmmaker Challenge run by AudPop,

HELENA, Mont. -- The Montana Department of Commerce, in partnership with Accelerate MT, has awarded twelve scholarships to Montana tribal...

"I was scared that there was no Indigenous representation. The next thing you know, I met two other directors from Browning, Montana and it made me want to just do it, because if they can do it, why can't I do it and do the same thing? It gave me a voice!" With an increasing demand for diverse stories and voices, there is a growing need for indigenous individuals like Amanda Bearmedicine to join the film and television industry. By taking on this role, Amanda is contributin

Flathead Valley Community College, Accelerate Montana and the Media Training Center are partnering for a two-day course designed to offer training for work as a production assistant in the film and media industry. Taught by filmmaker and producer Lynn-Wood Fields, the class is part of an effort to boost the pool of Montana residents for hire in the state’s growing film industry. Fields, who grew up in Whitefish, said production assistant jobs are a way for people to break int

Welcome to Accelerate Montana’s Program Spotlight Series. In this series of blog posts, you will meet our team members who lead the various economic and workforce development programs that are the core of Accelerate Montana’s efforts. In this post, we are getting to know Lynn-Wood Fields, the Founder and CEO of Media Training Center and the Media/Film Outreach & Recruitment Coordinator at Accelerate Montana. The Film and Media Rapid Training course offered in partnership with

Rapid Training will help Montanans get “film set ready” and find jobs in the growing film and media industry With the help of the hit show Yellowstone and its spinoffs, the film industry has been rapidly growing in the beautiful state of Montana in recent years. As more productions continue to be filmed in this state, the demand for trained and qualified production crew professionals is rapidly increasing. The "pilot" training course took place on August 15, 2022, in Butte, M

Montana Tech announced new rapid training courses for film production, allowing those in the Mining City to access local jobs. The...

Highlands College, Media Training Center and Accelerate Montana recently formed a new partnership to offer rapid training courses...

This will be the first time a film and media Rapid Training course will be offered in Butte. The classes will enable Montanans to quickly...

Dozens of people turned out to the Finlen Hotel on Thursday for the Butte, America Film Friendly Community of the Year Celebration and 1923 Informational Crew Meet and Greet. The Butte Entertainment & Film Committee, the Media Training Center, Accelerate Montana and the Montana Film Office hosted the event from 3-6 p.m. “1923,” the prequel to the hit Paramount + show "Yellowstone" and formerly named “1932,” is in production and utilizing the Civic Center as its base. There ha