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FILMbutton Newsletter – Weekly Instagrams – Piers Handling & Cameron Bailey of TIFF

FILMbutton Newsletter – Weekly Instagrams – Piers Handling & Cameron Bailey of TIFF

Artistic Director of #TIFF14 w/ Director, CEO Piers Handling gives a reason for the strength of their program Director, CEO Piers Handling of #TIFF14 w/ Artistic Director Cameron Bailey thanks founders of TIFF

M*A*S*H

by shael stolberg for FILMbuttton What can you say about M*A*S*H? What can you say about Robert Altman? What can you say about Ring Lardner, Jr? It would be very simplistic to say one was a film, the other a director and the latter a screenwriter. A more realistic statement could be that one is […]

Tribeca Film to Release Listen Up Philip

Tribeca Film to Release <strong><em>Listen Up Philip</em></strong>

TRIBECA FILM ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO LISTEN UP PHILIP *** Fall theatrical release set for Alex Ross Perry’s acclaimed dark comedy starring Jason Schwartzman and Elisabeth Moss “Remarkably achieved…told by Perry with immense filmmaking verve and novelistic flourish, and acted by an exceptional ensemble cast. Formally announces Perry as one of the most promising […]

Call for Entires – JuntoBox Feature Film Incubator

Call for Entires – JuntoBox Feature Film Incubator

JuntoBox Films, a collaborative film studio for filmmakers and fans co-chaired by Forest Whitaker, announced the kickoff of the JuntoBox Feature Film Incubator, an in-depth story development and production readiness program for narrative feature film projects that can be produced for $2.5 million or less. “We created the JuntoBox Feature Film Incubator as an extension […]

Call for Entries – Flickers’ Youth Film Jury

Call for Entries – Flickers’ Youth Film Jury

WHAT: FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival Youth Jury Program WHEN: August 5-10, 2014 WHERE: Providence, Newport, Bristol, Woonsocket and Jamestown, Rhode Island WHO: Flickers, Newport Film Society & Arts Collaborative, creator of the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) On August 5, 2014, Flickers kicks-off its 18th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) […]

Slamdance Honours Alum Christopher Nolan @ 2014 Fest & Full Schedule

Slamdance Film Festival announced the introduction of the Slamdance Founder’s Award. The award, in its inaugural year, will be presented to acclaimed filmmaker, Slamdance alumnus, and long-time supporter of indie film, Christopher Nolan. His first film, Following, screened at Slamdance. This film introduced his artistic vision to the film community long before audiences worldwide would […]

Sundance 2014 Festival Panels & Conversations

Sundance 2014 Festival Panels & Conversations

Part of the Sundance Film Festival’s vitality is the culture of conversation we cultivate around the films in the program, with filmmakers, documentary subjects, actors, and artists. It’s through those interactions that the films really come off the screen and audiences can engage with the people who make it. The program is broken up into […]

Capsule Review – The Dirties

by allan tong for FILMbutton Matt and Owen are two middle-class American film geeks who make thinly-veiled homages to their film heroes, from Kubrick to Tarantino. Like any geeks, they’re bullied at school and ignored by the pretty girls. Gradually, the beatings and tauntings get to them and they embrace thoughts of revenge. The Dirties […]

Job Opening – Executive Director wanted for Metro Cinema

Job Opening – Executive Director wanted for Metro Cinema

Metro Cinema is a non-profit society and registered charity devoted to the exhibition and promotion of film and video as an art form in Edmonton, Alberta. To this end, Metro Cinema exhibits an eclectic blend of Canadian, international and independent film, video and media arts. They operate out of the historic Garneau Theatre, a 527-seat […]