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Turk's 'Nobel' Film

Veteran Actor-Director William Richert's Internet Crusades

INDUSTRY MOVES: Holloway Moving from Lionsgate to Fox Searchlight

Lionsgate VP of Publicity Melissa Holloway has been hired as VP of Publicity at Fox Searchlight, starting April 24th. She will be based at the company's offices on the Fox lot in Beverly Hills, CA.

Reuters: Film company aims to change black image in US

Pimps, prostitutes and thugs often have big parts in Hollywood movies set in black America, but if Jeff Clanagan succeeds, audiences may soon see a greater number of smart, independent films about mainstream African-American life. Clanagan formed Codeblack Entertainment this year to distribute films like "Preaching to the Choir," a drama that played at festivals in 2005 and debuts in 150 commercial theaters on Friday. Independent films with mainstream portrayals of urban life most often play at festivals. If lucky, they might be shown in art houses or on a small screen at a megaplex. But for the most part, even independent film backers and di...

Cuban Comes to Town

Cine Las Americas Starts April 19

AP: Court: Ads Violate Filmmakers' Integrity

A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a TV station violated the artistic integrity of two filmmakers by interrupting their movies with commercial breaks. Swedish director and screenwriter Vilgot Sjoman, who died Sunday, had sued TV4 along with director Claes Eriksson after it interrupted their movies in 2002 with several commercial breaks. The two movies, Sjoman's "Alfred" and Eriksson's "The Shark Who Knew Too Much" were made before Swedish broadcasting laws allowed commercial stations to interrupt movies with advertisements, and the Svea Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling saying the station violated the directors' integr...

George Lucas to Serve as "Guest Director" at 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival

George Lucas will serve as the guest director for the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival, taking place Westwood Village from Thursday, June 22, through Sunday, July 2, Film Independent executive director Dawn Hudson announced Wednesday evening. As guest director, Lucas will create a special sidebar program of films for the festival, which will include a selection of movies that have inspired his work. In other LAFF news, the festival retreat will be hosted at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, in Northern California. "As a pioneer and innovator, George Lucas values the ideas, goals and artistry that Film Independent champions," said Hudson in a s...

A Sarasota Film Festival Wrap Up of Sorts