By shael stolberg on January 16, 2015
Documentary, HBO, how to dance in ohio, sundance, TV rights
Digital Release
NEW YORK – HBO Documentary Films has acquired U.S. television rights to HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO. Directed by Alexandra Shiva (Stagedoor, Bombay Eunuch), the film will have its world premiere Sunday, January 25 at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition, and will debut on HBO later this year. A first […]
By marion s on May 21, 2014
Audience award, awards, Best Cinematography, documentary film, festival prizes, los angeles, post-production, short films, sundance
Bits & Pieces, festival news
from tcdm-associates.com CICADA and THE ROAD TO FAME TAKE TOP HONORS AT THE 30th ANNIVERSARY LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL The 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) produced by Visual Communications celebrated the closing night of their 30th Anniversary edition on Thursday night with a private awards ceremony for the competition films, […]
By shael stolberg on February 10, 2014
christopher nolan, dan mirvish, film festival, first time directors, Hollywood, palme d'Or, park city, slamdance, sundance
Bits & Pieces, festival news
by Dan Mirvish Feeling self-satisfied and/or congested from your annual Sundance winter camp? I’ve got news for you: Hollywood doesn’t care about another head-scratching indie with pigs in it, or an over-hyped VOD deal from a company you’ve never heard of for a film no one will ever see. Nope. Hollywood counts success in dollars, […]
By shael stolberg on January 16, 2014
independent film, park city, sundance, sundance film festival, utah
festival news, Film News, Special Events
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 […]
By shael stolberg on October 11, 2013
Escape from Tomorrow, Randy Moore, sundance
Film News, Screenings
from vkpr.ca The most provocative film from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW, is like nothing you’ve ever seen. Randy Moore’s directorial debut is a bold and ingenious trip into the happiest place on earth. Synopsis An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two, learns on the last […]
By allan tong on January 10, 2013
Kathryn Bigelow, Kim Nguyen, Rachel Mwanza, Rebelle, Sarah Polley, Serge Kany-inda, Stories We Tell, sundance, tiff, Toronto Film Critics Association, Vancouver Film Critics Circle, Zero Dark Thirty
Film News
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has named Kim Nguyen’s Rebelle the best Canadian film of the year while Toronto critics chose Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell. Inexplicably, Toronto did not even nominate Rebelle. About a young African girl’s harrowing journey as a child soldier, Rebelle also picked up awards for Rachel Mwanza as best actress […]
By allan tong on January 8, 2013
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Documentary, Kickstarter. crowdfunding, sundance, sxsw, tribeca film festival
Bits & Pieces
Leading crowdfunding site Kickstarter has raised over $100 million to support indie films since it launched in spring 2009. April 28, 2009 — January 1, 2013: Total pledged: $102.7 million Total collected: $85.7 million Total backers: 891,979 Funded projects: 8,567 In the past three years, nearly 900,000 people have pledged their support to an independent […]
By shael stolberg on February 22, 2010
dan mirvish, entertainment weekly, film festival, slamdance, sundance
festival news
“Putting the “ew” in Entertainment Weekly’s Too-Cozy Relationship with Sundance.” by Dan Mirvish Two recent articles in Entertainment Weekly about the Sundance Film Festival failed to mention that EW is one of Sundance’s biggest sponsors, and has been for 19 years. One was a photo essay of celebrities that appeared in the Feb. 5, 2010 […]
By shael stolberg on February 12, 2010
film acquistion, film festival, splice, sundance, toronto filmmaker
festival news, Film News
MIKE FLEMING at Deadline Hollywood Well, it took a couple weeks beyond the conclusion of the Sundance Film Festival. But finally, there’s a big, big deal on the verge of happening. I hear that Joel Silver and his Dark Castle label distributed by Warner Bros is in the last stages of closing a distribution deal […]
By shael stolberg on January 11, 2010
brian newman, festival tips, film festival, slamdance, springboard media, sundance
festival news
Brian Newman of Springboard Media gives us his 20 tips My 20 tips for SunSlamdance by Brian Newman I’ve been making the trek to Park City for too many years to remember, but not too many to get too jaded about it. Most of my industry friends like to bemoan that they have to go […]