There are few cinematic happenings in the U.S. where spectators can stand face to face with Gwyneth Paltrow one moment and then witness a video installation sculpture involving bus-terminal televisions the next. Such is the Sundance Film Festival, where organizers announced the lineups today for the...
Read More »The competition lineup for the 2007 Sundance Film Festival was unveiled yesterday here at indieWIRE.com and the rest of the feature film roster will be announced later today, at 4 p.m. EST, including films in the Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, and Park City at Midnight sections.
Read More »The first annual DocAgora forum convened Thursday morning at theInternational Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Conceived by organizers Peter Wintonick, Amit Breuer, Fleur Knopperts and Joan Morselt as a compact one-day conference on creating, funding and distributing docs in the age of digital ...
Read More »Director Mystelle Brabbee's doc "Highway Courtesans" follows independent minded Guddi from 16 to 23 ass she begins to question a centuries-old tradition of sanctioned prostitution that started with palace courtesans and now forms the economic core fo her community. Though the village girls willingly...
Read More »"Half Nelson" took home a trio of prizes at the 16th annual IFP Gotham Awards. Along with the best feature prize, the film also nabbed honors in the other two categories in which it was nominated - a director's prize for Ryan Fleck, and a breakthrough actor award for newcomer Shareeka Epps. The stor...
Read More »Hart Sharp Video and Oscar nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock in association with his production company, Warrior Poets, announced the 2007 Morgan Spurlock Presents… line-up. The program is a series of documentary and narrative feature films handpicked by Spurlock and and Hart Sharp's Joe Amodei that have "distinct social relevance and importance to society and the world today." This year's line up includes "Class Act," "The Future of Food," "Chalk," "Czech Dreams," and "The Third Wave." "These movies blew me away when I saw them and I am thrilled that even more people will get a chance to experience their importance, humor and originality,"...
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