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SF Chronicle: Eye on Quality

Eyethink Pictures, a new film production company based out of Burlingame whose all-you-need-to-know motto, "Gay films that don't suck," is... well, all you really need to know. "The idea came from seeing a lot of the bad gay films [coming] out of the festivals," says Ken Bielenberg, who co-founded E...

The Guardian: Full-length film shot on phone

Two Italian directors who wanted to follow in the footsteps of their legendary countryman Pier Paolo Pasolini have reportedly scored a first - shooting a feature-length documentary using a mobile phone. The 93-minute film, called "New Love Meetings," is a modern version of Pasolini's 1965 documentar...

AP: Deneuve to Head Venice Jury

Catherine Deneuve will head the international jury that will award the coveted Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival. The decision was made during a board meeting of the Venice Biennale, which oversees the film competition. The lineup of movies competing for the Golden Lion, as well as tho...

Mansions, Politics and a Little Boogie, Newport Film Festival Spotlights the "Hot" Indies

It's a rare and gratifying experience to watch a documentary and then shake hands with the film's subject. It's an even rarer and more gratifying experience to watch a documentary about a man who was wrongly accused of a crime, scapegoated by a negligent, racist judicial system, and imprisoned for t...

World Cup 2006: Thrashed

AO Scott on The Searchers

CLOSED: Association for Independent Video & Filmmakers

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