QuickShots | Stone’s “Border,” BAFTA Fete, Apps Deadlines, “Secret” Spain Fest, & Coens
by Brian Brooks (September 23, 2009)
Film Sales Company takes on Stone’s “South of the Border” The Film Sales Company’s Andrew Herwitz announced that it has signed on to represent the North American rights to Oliver Stone’s documentary “South of The Border” on the eve of its US premiere in New York at an event hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and timed to coincide with the annual United Nations General Assembly. The film, which premiered internationally last month at the Venice Film Festival, explores the “complicated relationship between the United States and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a figure who engenders extreme reactions worldwide and delves more generally into how the US often responds when it finds tself with an agenda at odds with the policies and stances pursued by many of its South American neighbors.” Among those expected on hand for the NY screening include Oliver Stone, much of the cast of “Wall Street,” which he is currently shooting in NYC, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuala, President Evo Morales of Bolivia and other South American leaders. (Editor’s Note: indieWIRE will be covering the event Wednesday night.) BAFTA/LA to Fete De Niro The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles (BAFTA/LA) will honor multi Academy Award-winning and BAFTA nominated actor and director Robert De Niro with its most prestigious film award, the “Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film,” at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards on Thursday, November 5th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. De Niro will next star in Miramax Films’ “Everything’s Fine” which opens nationwide on December 4th. Deadline Approaches for 2010 FIND Directors Lab Designed to “help directors who are prepping their feature films, Film Independent’s Directors Lab is an intensive eight-week program running in Los Angeles each winter. The primary focus of the Lab is on learning to work with actors and the rehearsal process. Under the guidance of the lab instructor, Directors Lab Fellows select short scenes from their scripts to workshop.” Additionally, Lab Fellows have one-on-one meetings with established directors and other industry professionals who act as advisors on the participants’ projects. Deadline, October 5. For more information and to apply, visit Film Independent’s website.
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