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Third Season of 'SXSW Presents' Debuts October 3

American Film Institute Launches AFI Project 20/20

The American Film Institute has announced a new international cultural exchange program aimed at marking the 20 year anniversary of AFI FEST and connecting filmmakers around the world. AFI Project 20/20 will include up to 20 filmmakers with movies playing at this year's festival (November 1-12 in Ho...

Fighting for Freedom: Exploring Vachon's "Killer Life" (including an excerpt from her new book)

With some 38 films under her belt in a film business that continues to change, leading independent film producer and Killer Films partner Christine Vachon is pondering the future. In A Killer Life, her essential new memoir (written with Austin Bunn), Vachon bolsters the role of the producer as the d...

COCAINE ANGEL Screenings This Fall

The 2006 New York Film Festival | Love Boats (or My Homework)

"A Stone's Throw" Takes Prize at 26th Atlantic Film Festival

Camelia Frieberg's "A Stone's Throw" won the best Atlantic Feature prize as well as best sound design at the recently concluded Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The sound design prize included a $10,000 CAD service award. Set on the pristine shores of rural Nova Scotia, the film follows the journey of impassioned photojournalist Jack Walker (Kris Holden-Ried) as he arrives unannounced at the home of his sister, Olivia (Kathryn MacLellan). While healing old wounds with his sister, and falling in love with local schoolteacher, Lia (Lisa Ray), Jack must attempt to conceal a dark secret, and is ultimately forced to confront his own...

Fantastic Fest 2006: Half-Time Report