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iW NEWS | "Sweet Mud" and "Making Trouble" Bookend 27th SF Jewish Film Fest

The largest and oldest festival of its kind, the 27th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival will run July 19 - 26 at the Castro Theatre, opening with Israeli filmmaker Dror Shaul's "Sweet Mud." The film, according to organizers, "peels back the romantic mythology surrounding communal life on a kibbutz to tell a more personal, poignant story of thwarted love, adolescent awakening and human longings and failings." Rachel Talbot's comedy "Making Trouble" will close the event. The documentary explores six legendary American Jewish women comics whose comedy "defied cultural expectations and changed the rules of humor" including Molly Picon, Fanny Bri...

SFC: Frameline31

As Frameline31 irrefutably proves, it's a gay world after all, not to mention lesbian, bisexual and transgender. From a documentary about a twin boy who wants to be a girl to a film about a lesbian couple whose relationship is turned upside down by a teenage stowaway, to African American men living ...

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iW NEWS | Ballots Sent to 95 Countries for Foreign Oscar Consideration

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mailed Foreign Language Film award entry forms to 95 countries, facilitating their submissions for the 80th Academy Awards. To qualify for the 2007 Awards, a film must be released in the submitting country between October 1, 2006, and September 30, 2007, and be publicly screened in 35mm or 70mm film or in a qualifying digital cinema format for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theater. The dialogue track must be predominantly in a language or languages other than English. Accurate English subtitles are required. Entry forms and film prints must be received at the Aca...

iW NEWS | IFC First Take to Scare Up "The Last Winter"

All North American rights to Larry Fessenden's eco-horror thriller "The Last Winter" have been acquired by IFC Entertainment under its day and date distribution banner IFC First Take, the company's president Jonathan Sehring has announced. Arianna Bocco, Vice President of Acquisitions and Productions negotiated the acquisition of the film with Sarah Lash from Cinetic Media who represented the filmmakers. The film, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and will screen at this week's Los Angeles Film Festival, centers on a team of people working to exploit oil resources in Alaska and become tormented by an unseen entit...