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DISPATCH FROM DUBAI: In the United Arab Emirates, Cultivating a First Generation of Filmmakers

Chatting informally during one of the receptions earlier this week at the Dubai International Film Festival, an attendee noted that older generations in the Emirates frown upon filmmaking as a legitimate profession. A career in the movies is not seen as distinguished, according to the Emirati. In fa...

"Factory Girl" to Open 22nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival

George Hickenlooper's "Factory Girl" will open the 22nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 25 organizers announced. The film, starring Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce and Hayden Christensen is the story of Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick, the '60s "It Girl" , with her blue blood, trust fund, Harvard education as well as hypnotic beauty. After joining the Warhol crowd, she became a glaring fixture in the pop art world with sex, drugs, style and rock 'n' roll. Her blistering ascendance on the scene was only eclipsed by her tragic fall. "We are pleased to be able to present 'Factory Girl' to launch this year's amazing program," stated Ro...

Twelve Chosen for Sundance Institute's January Screenwriters Lab

Sundance Institute has selected twelve projects for the annual January Screenwriters Lab, to be held January 12-17, 2007 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. The Screenwriters Lab is a five-day writer's workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in what the organization describes as an "environment that encourages creative risk-taking." Projects and participants include: "The Book of Internal Grammar," Nir Bergman, writer/director (Israel); "Circumstance," Maryam Keshavarz,, writer/director (USA/Iran); "Cold Souls," Sophie Barthes, writer/d...

Morricone and Lansing to Receive Oscars

Composer-conductor Ennio Morricone and Sherry Lansing, the former chairman of Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group will both receive honorary Oscar statuettes at the 79th annual Academy Awards presentation on February 25, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed. Lansing was voted...

Film Independent's Directors Lab Sumissions Deadline Extended

Film Independent has extended its deadline for its annual Directors Lab taking place in Los Angeles February 22 to April 5 with the new deadline now set for January 5, 2007. A maximum of ten directors will be chosen for the seven-week program, designed to "help directors prep theirfeature film." For...

Young, Bourne, Underwood and King Among PAFF Honorees

The 15th annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival will honor legendary activist and associate of to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ambassador Andrew Young with the PAFF Lifetime Achievement Award during their annual "Night of Tribute." Other honorees include documentary filmmaker St. Clair Bourne (Pion...