from slamdance LOS ANGELES – December 7, 2010 – Slamdance today announced the 2011 Feature Competition slate for the 17th Annual Slamdance Film Festival taking place January 21-27, 2011 in Park City, Utah. Slamdance will debut ten narrative and eight documentary feature films, 14 of which are World Premieres. With a record number of over […]
from sbiff The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor Academy Award® winning actor Geoffrey Rush with the Montecito Award at the 26th edition of the Festival, which runs January 27– February 6, 2011, it was announced today by SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling. The Tribute will take place Monday, January 31, 2011, at the […]
from reel canada “Canadian Films . . . Coming To a High School Near You!” In classrooms and gymnasiums transformed by big screens and big sound, over 1,400 students from schools – the entire population of The Woodlands School – will attend their own Canadian film festival through the REEL CANADA “Our Films In Our […]
from bifa The British film industry turned out in force earlier this evening for The Moët British Independent Film Awards. The winners of the 13th edition were announced at the glittering ceremony held at Old Billingsgate which was hosted by James Nesbitt. Best British Independent Film was won by The King’s Speech with Gareth Edwards […]
from big sky documentary film festival Two exciting pitch sessions will take place during the 8th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, an International Call and “Documenting the Big Sky” a special session focusing on films to be produced in Montana. Confirmed panelists include Yance Ford (Series Producer, POV/The American Documentary), James Ackerman (The Documentary […]
from whistler film festival Three writers with dramatic feature films in development will be selected to participate in an intimate daylong script roundtable workshop led by an acclaimed veteran Writer/Story Consultant. Each writer will receive candid script feedback of up to 1.5 hours on tone, story, structure, and character development. All 3 writers will be […]
from producers guild Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer directed by Alex Gibney Earth Made of Glass directed by Deborah Scranton Inside Job directed by Charles Ferguson Smash His Camera directed by Leon Gast The Tillman Story directed by Amir Bar-Lev Waiting for ‘Superman’ directed by Davis Guggenheim
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from the new york times LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has ordered Dole Food Co. to pay nearly $200,000 to a Swedish filmmaker who battled the company in a free speech case involving a documentary about claims that Dole harmed workers at Nicaraguan banana plantations. Dole had sued Fredrik Gertten for showing the documentary […]
from sundance insititute Festival Adds New Native Showcase As Previously Announced, Slacker to Screen From the Collection PARK CITY, UT – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections NEXT (), Spotlight, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight, as well as a new Native […]
