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FESTIVALS: IFFBoston Celebrates a Pivotal Fifth Year

Only a few hours away from Manhattan, during the same opening weekend as the Tribeca Film Festival, a group of artists and audiences from around the globe gathered together in Boston for the fifth year in a row. Why do so many up-and-coming filmmakers (several from NYC) choose to spend their time he...

indieWIRE INTERVIEW | "Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" director Bruce Leddy

Bruce Leddy's debut feature, "Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace", could be described as the a cappella version of "The Big Chill." The ensemble comedy is about a male a capella group that reunites years later for a long, lost weekend of rehearsal before performing at their friend's wedding. The ...

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DISPATCH FROM TORONTO: Hot Docs Fest Comes of Age

Weather can be as important to film festivals as it is to weddings... especially in Toronto. Particularly so for a festival like the Hot Docs where the distance between the Bloor and Royal cinemas can seem like a million miles on a cold, rainy (or even snowy) Toronto spring day. Hair gets ruined. An...

DISPATCH FROM TRIBECA | Mexico, France and Africa In Focus on Tribeca Fest's First Weekend

Alternating days of sun and rain greeted the first weekend of the 6th Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan and whether it was the fluctuating weather conditions or the significantly higher prices, the festival's advance ticket sales were down, according to a number sources (and organizers recently sla...

iW NEWS | EMI Makes UK Deal for "We Are Together"

Days after its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, Paul Taylor's documentary "We Are Together" (Thina Simunye) has been acquired in a UK distribution deal with EMI that includes a theatrical, DVD and soundtrack release. The new film about the Children of Agape choir from South Africa, has stirred Tribeca festival audiences, as indieWIRE reported earlier today, drawing musicians Bono and Alicia Keys to a recent fest screening and party. A Rise Films production in association with The Channel 4 British Documentary Foundation and HBO Documentary Films, "We Are Together"'s deal was brokered by Annie Roney of ro*co films internat...

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