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Spurlock and Panel Topics Announced for 2007 SXSW Film Festival

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the initial batch of panel topics and speakers for the 2007 event, including a session billed as "A Conversation with Morgan Spurlock." For this, the award-winning filmmaker and TV producer will participate in a one-on-one inte...

"Jesus Camp" Slow in Middle America Debut; "Keeping Mum" and "U.S. vs. John Lennon" Solid

Two new films - ThinkFilm's "Keeping Mum" and Lionsgate's "The U.S. vs. John Lennon" - and one holdover, Films Philos' much-praised "Man Push Cart," all had low-five-figure per-screen averages to rank 1-2-3 on this week's indieWIRE Box Office Tracking Report (iWBOT) of independent/specialty films in...

SXSW Announces Morgan Spurlock, Early Panel Topics for 2007 Event

BBC: Beirut festival's defiant gesture

One of the world's most unlikely and ambitious film festivals is under way in Beirut, little more than a month since a fragile ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel was reached. Ayam Beirut al-Cinemaiya (Cinema Days of Beirut), which has been running since 2001, was organised almost six months ago. Under the circumstances, this year's program had to be cut down from over 100 films to just 40. The selection includes films about the Arab world - from the world premiere of Lebanese director Michel Kammoun's "Falafel" to James Longley's latest documentary "Iraq in Fragments," winner of the Director's Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival. ...

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"Infamous" & "Days", Along With "Shut Up" Bookend 2006 Woodstock Film Fest

Seven world, two North American, seven U.S., nine East Coast and 15 New York debuts are among this year's line up for the 2006 Woodstock Film Festival, taking place in the famed Catskills, New York town and surrounding areas October 11 - 15. Douglas McGrath's "Infamous" will kick-off the fest in Wo...

SXSW Films to Play Woodstock