Video overview of Jafar Panahi’s career. from the guardian The acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison today, and banned from directing and producing films for the next 20 years, his lawyer said. Panahi, an outspoken supporter of Iran’s opposition green movement, was convicted of colluding in gathering and making […]
from telefilm The film industry is currently undergoing a groundswell of change, facing great opportunities in this digital era. Building on the success of the Web-Ciné 360 program, Telefilm launches a new series of online marketing and multiplatform strategies workshops. With the initiative, Telefilm hopes to better equip Canadian filmmakers for the realities of the […]
from indiewire by Peter Bogdanovich “How do you thank someone for a million laughs?” With the passing of Blake Edwards, one of the very last survivors of the golden age of pictures has gone. At 88, he had seen the whole parade: his grandfather was a silent film director, his father was in the business, […]
from palm springs international film festival Palm Springs, CA (December 17, 2010) – The 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival announced today a new program highlighting African Cinema as well as films selected to compete for the FIPRESCI Award, New Voices/New Visions Award and John Schlesinger Awards. The Festival will screen 40 of the 65 […]
from sundance insititute Selected Filmmakers tell Provocative and Surprising Stories with Specificity and Authenticity; Projects Cover Wide Range of Genres and Content, All with Contemporary Resonance Los Angeles, CA-Sundance Institute has selected twelve projects for the annual January Screenwriters Lab, to be held January 14-19, 2011 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. This year’s group […]
from hot docs Presented by documentary The Don Haig Award is presented annually to a Canadian documentary filmmaker. The winner will receive a $20,000 cash prize generously sponsored by documentary. “The Don Haig Award was founded in 2002 by a group of very dedicated colleagues and friends in the film industry in order to perpetuate […]
from SAG LOS ANGELES (Dec. 16, 2010)—Nominees for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2010 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West […]
from sundance institute PARK CITY, UT – Sundance Institute announced today that three additional feature films will world premiere in the out-of-competition Premieres and new Documentary Premieres sections of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival: The Future (Director and screenwriter: Miranda July); Flypaper (Director: Rob Minkoff), and Magic Trip (Directors: Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney). In […]
from TIFF Ten Features, Ten Shorts, Ten Years Of Celebrating Canadian Film Toronto – TIFF revealed the top 10 best features and top 10 best short films of 2010 this evening at the 10th annual Canada’s Top Ten industry event, hosted by Peter Keleghan and Leah Pinsent. Established in 2001, Canada’s Top Ten celebrates excellence […]
from efp Ten talented European newcomers will find themselves in the spotlight as participants in the 14th SHOOTING STARS showcase taking place February 12-14 at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. Selected from a ‘longlist’ of 25 candidates proposed by member organisations of European Film Promotion (EFP), the ten young actors were chosen by a […]
