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ROTTERDAM '07 | Fest Names Four Tiger Award Winners

Four titles received accolades at the 2007 International Film Festival Rotterdam Friday evening in The Netherlands. Traditionally, three films take the festival's VPRO Tiger Awards, however four were named in this year's 36th edition, including Malaysian filmmaker Tan Chui Mui's "Love Conquers All,"...

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SF360: 15 minutes of YouTube

YouTube--be it a landfill of desperation and lousy editing or goldmine of hidden talent--has undoubtedly produced stars. What follows is a by-no-means exhaustive or definitive list of the individuals who've enjoyed more than their 15 minutes on the site, but a collection of individuals who caught my...

The Guardian: UK cinemas pull Stiller comedy

Major UK cinema chains are pulling the family blockbuster from their schedules after a row broke out with distributor 20th Century Fox. The furore follows Fox's decision to release the film on DVD barely three months after its debut in cinemas. The typical release "window" between theatrical and DVD...

H'Wood Reporter: Inaugural Drake film fest gets June berth

The first Drake International Film Festival, focusing on independent film and projects using 'cutting-edge' technologies, will take place in June near Naples, organizers said Thursday. The festival, which will be headed by longtime Venice Film Festival industry section head Laura Marcellino, will fe...

AP: British to show Al Gore movie in schools

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's global warming documentary will be sent to every secondary school in England as part of a campaign to tackle climate change, the government said Friday. British Environment Secretary David Miliband and Education Secretary Alan Johnson announced plans to distribut...

Another Italian Film Festival?

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