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Reuters: New York City sued over right to film in public

An award-winning Indian documentary-maker sued New York City on Tuesday because police ordered him to stop filming in public in 2005 and held him for four hours, apparently suspecting he was plotting an attack. The New York Civil Liberties Union, acting as lawyers for filmmaker Rakesh Sharma, believes it is the first suit to challenge police restrictions on taking pictures in public in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Sharma has won numerous international film awards for the documentaries "Final Solution," on the killing of Muslims in the northwest Indian state of Gujarat in 2002 and 2003 and for "Aftershocks," on the 2001 earthquake in ...

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Subiela's "Heartlift" to Open 23rd Miami International Film Festival

The world premiere of Eliseo Subiela's "Heartlift" will open the 23rd annual Miami International Film Festival taking place March 3 - 12. Eighteen films will premiere at the festival's main venue, the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, while twelve films will be competing in the dramatic features - world cinema competition, and thirteen films in the dramatic features - Ibero-American cinema competition. Seventeen films are also slated for the documentary features - world & Ibero-American cinema competition. Additionally, the festival will screen 32 films, including both dramatic and documentary films, in the 'International Panorama' cate...

PARK CITY '06: Joey Lauren Adams: "I couldn't stand the idea of someone else interpreting the story.

Every day through the end of the Sundance Film Festival, including weekends, indieWIRE will be publishing two interviews with Sundance '06 competition filmmakers. Sixty filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an email interview and each was sent the same questions.

PARK CITY '06: Luc Schaedler: "Making documentaries I found my personal way of expressing political,

Every day through the end of the Sundance Film Festival, including weekends, indieWIRE will be publishing two interviews with Sundance '06 competition filmmakers. Sixty filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an email interview and each was sent the same questions.

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"Brokeback" Wins Top Critics' Choice Awards

The Critics' Choice awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association were presented Monday in LA with "Brokeback Mountain" winning the award for best picture and best director for Ang Lee. Philip Seymour Hoffman won the best actor award for "Capote", while Reese Witherspoon was honored for best actress for "Walk The Line." Paul Giamatti was awarded the best supporting actor prize for Cinderella Man and the prize for best supporting actress was shared by Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain and Amy Adams for Junebug. The Freedom Award went to George Clooney, an acting ensemble prize was presented to "Crash", the prize for best documentar...

14 Films Set for '06 Rotterdam Competition

Fourteen films are set for the 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam's VPRO Tiger Awards Competition. Nine world premieres will be included in the 35th edition of the annual event, which will begin on January 25, 2006 in The Netherlands. In a statement Monday, Rotterdam festival director Sandra...