NY Times: The Poor Little Rich Girl in Leopard Skin Who Was Warhol's Muse

Edie Sedgwick's beauty, fame, bad habits, bed partners, early death and continuing postmortem notoriety have helped turn her into the representative face of Andy Warhol's film work, his ultimate superstar. But what often gets left out of the discussion about her proverbial 15 minutes is that she was, quite simply, a dazzling film presence. One of the pleasures of the the Museum of the Moving Image's series titled "The Real Edie Sedgwick," currently underway, is that it allows you to look, really look, at the Edie that Warhol fell for, to watch that astonishingly animated face, pale as milk, flutter and fluctuate with seemingly millions of micro-movements. She is at once Jean Harlow and Jean Seberg, as beautiful and nervous as a hummingbird, and just as alive. Manhola Dargis reports. 
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AP: 'That Announcer Guy' finally gets due

There was a moment at one of those Hollywood awards shows recently that seemed finally to cement Don LaFontaine's place in television and film history, sort of like a star on the Walk of Fame, only, not...LaFontaine has worked in Hollywood for decades, reached the top of his craft, earned plenty and won accolades. And yet, as he might say himself: In a world where exposure is everything, putting a face to the voice behind 5,000 movie trailers can give a guy a whole new perspective. Paul Arrillaga reports. 
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"Rocket Science" Jets to Berkshire Fest Opener

Fifty features docs and shorts are slated for the Berkshire International Film Festival, taking place in Great Barrington, MA. Jeffrey Blitz's "Rocket Science," a wry comedy of adolescence "tackling the mysteries of life, love and public speaking," will open the festival--Picturehouse will open the film theatrically this summer. Among the feature, documentary and short films from the U.S. at this year's fest are: "Broken English" by Zoe Cassavetes, Dan Klores' "Crazy Love," "The Music Inn" by Ben Barenholtz, David Wain's "The Ten," "Cook Off!" Guy Shalen and "Darius Goes West" by Logan Smalley. As previously reported, the 2007 festival tribute will be given to director, Arthur Penn, ("Bonnie and Clyde") a Berkshire County resident, who has worked in film and theater for over 50 years. "I am amazed at the incredible talent in the independent filmmaking world that we have garnered for the festival, commented BIFF founder and director, Kelley R. Vickery in a statement. "It is with great pride, through the hard work of many individuals, that we present an incredible second year with over 50 films representing a dozen countries." For a full line up and additional information, visit the BIFF website. [Brian Brooks] 
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"Snow Cake" and "Red Road" Bookend Vail Film Festival

The 2007 Vail Film Festival opened Thursday evening with Marc Evans' Berlinale '06 competition drama "Snow Cake," starring Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver about a friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident. Cannes jury-prize winner "Red Road," by Andrea Arnold will close the festival Saturday. Other Vail highlights include Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up," "Two Tickets to Paradise" by D.B Sweeney and Braham Turner's "Daydreamer." We are very proud and excited by this year's line-up of stellar films," commented festival co-founder Sean Cross in a statement. "This year's festival promises to be extremely entertaining for film lovers and filmmakers alike, with many of the actors and filmmakers coming out to present their films and take part in special industry events, panels and discussions." For more information and a full line up of the festival's roster, visit the Vail website. [Brian Brooks] 
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Sony Makes Worldwide Deal for Stephen Chow's Latest

Sony Pictures Classics will release Stephen Chow's latest comedy "A Hope" in North America as part of a Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia worldwide acquisition just announced. Shot in China last year, the film was written by, directed and stars Chow, a megastar in Asia who was recently seen stateside in Sony Classics' release of "Kung Fu Hustle." The film grosses $100 million worldwide. This is the second collaboration between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chow's The Star Overseas Ltd. Chow's fifth feature is described as a fantasy comedy about a, "about a poor laborer father played by Chow and his young son. When a fascinating and strange new pet enters their lives, they learn a poignant lesson about the true nature of family and the things money can't buy." "Following our extremely successful partnership on 'Kung Fu Hustle', Sony is delighted to be working again with the exceptionally talented Stephen Chow whose original vision and unique comic humor will continue to surprise and delight audiences and has proven global appeal," said Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group vice chairman Gareth Wigan in a statement. 
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"Paris, Je T'Aime" to Open an Expanded RiverRun Fest in North Carolina

Thirty-four features and 61 shorts are on tap for the 2007 RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, taking place April 18 - 23. The festival annually features a spotlight on animation and Eastern European cinema and has expanded to six days for this year's edition. The festival will launch with Cannes '06 film "Paris, Je T'Aime," a film divided into vignettes about love in the City of Lights set in 18 different neighborhoods and directed separately by notable filmmakers. Mark Evans' "Snow Cake" will screen as the festival's Centerpiece premiere, while the closing night event will feature a Technicolor print of the classic 1938 Errol Flynn swashbuckler "The Adventures of Robin Hood." For more information, including RiverRun's narrative and doc competition line up as well as special screenings, visit their website. [Brian Brooks] 
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Shadow to Bring "Girls Rock!" to U.S.

U.S. theatrical and DVD rights to debut co-directors Shane King and Arne Johnson's doc "Girls Rock!" have been acquired by Shadow Distribution, the company announced Thursday. The film, about a Rock 'n' Roll camp for girls, will have its world premiere at the upcoming Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto. Shadow president Ken Eisen announced the deal, which was negotiated by Annie Roney for ro co films international. The film will open in theaters in the autumn of 2007 after screening at several more festivals. "We are extremely pleased to be acquiring 'Girls Rock!,'" commented Eisen in a statement. "We feel this film has the chance to both positively affect the lives of girls, and also break box office records for documentaries...what could be better?" [Brian Brooks] 
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Cannes Announces 'Atelier de la Cinefondation' Participants

The Festival de Canne's Atelier de la Cinefondation, a program which helps young filmmakers bring their film projects to fruition, announced this year's group of 15 projects that will participate in the program that supports young filmmakers bring their projects to fruition. This year's 15 come from 15 different countries, and will attend attend the festival May 18 - 25 meeting with film professionals interested in their projects. Attending this year are: Salamandra Pablo Aguero (Argentina--no film title given); Serviam Ruth Mader (Austria--no film title given); "Blown by the Typhoon" by Ying Liang (China); "The Wind Journeys" by Ciro Guerra (Colombia); "De la guerre" by Bertrand Bonello (France); "Le quattro volte" by Michelangelo Frammartino (Italy); "Native Dancer" by Guka Omarova (Kazakhstan); "I Can't Go Home" by Khalil Joreigne and Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon); "Entre Parentheses" by Hicham Falah and Chrif Tribak (Morocco); "To Die Like a Man" by Joao Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal); "A Head-shaped Balloon" by Catalin Mitulescu (Romania); "Ahasinwitai" (The Fallen) by Vimukthi Jayasundara (Sri Lanka); "Salome" by Tsai Ming Liang (Taiwan); "Milk" by Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey); "Treeless Mountain" by So Yong Kim (USA/Korea). [Brian Brooks] 
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Stambler Named Director of Acquisitions at THINKFilm

Ben Stambler has joined THINKFilm as Director of Acquisitions, Mark Urman, head of US Theatrical and Randy Manis, SVP of Acquisitions and Business Affairs announced Thursday. Stambler, who served as Manager of Acquisitions for three years at Magnolia Pictures, will work out of the company's New York office. In addition to Stambler's appointment, THINK announced Michael Baker was appointed VP of Acquisitions & Development and David Laub, who was previously Urman's assistant, will be Manager of Acquisitions. "As our company elevates to the next level, it is crucial to fortify the ranks with smart and aggressive executives," commented Manis in a statement. "Stambler's background and training--and the fact that he doesn't own a suit--make him a perfect fit for us as we begin to acquire bigger films and to co-finance and produce a portion of our slate." [Brian Brooks] 
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LA Times | SHOWBIZ 7s: Why do people make short films?

Short films aren't inherently bad, but to the American public they are inherently uninteresting. It's a conundrum that in this time of nationwide ADD we are still more likely to watch a three and a half hour movie rather than a three-minute short. The Internet is beginning to change that, but so far, grainy YouTube videos still do better than well-produced short films. But that hasn't stopped Los Angeles based comedian Chris Mancini from making more than 90 minutes of comedic shorts over the past decade--and asking famous-ish friends like Patton Oswalt and Paul F. Tompkins to star in them. Deborah Netburn reports. 
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NY Times: Bounty From New Directors...

Perhaps they were just saving the best for last. This Saturday and Sunday, the programmers for New Directors/New Films are presenting a selection worthy of the festival's storied history and the too-often-unmet promise inherent in its name: "Reprise," one of the most passionately and intellectually uninhibited works from a young director I've seen in ages. Directed by Joachim Trier, who wrote the tender, funny, narratively ambitious screenplay with his fellow Norwegian Eskil Vogt, this galvanizing first feature traces the parallel adventures of two best friends whose twinned literary aspirations and everyday lives take the shape of a punk-rock bildungsroman. Manohla Dargis reports. 
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Eight World Premieres Slated for Upcoming Nashville Fest

Eight world premieres and a dozen Southern premieres are slated for this year's Nashville Film Festival, including the debut of doc "My Secret Record or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Biz," by Gillian Grisman about the making of Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas' multi-platinum-selling solo record. Other film highlights include the world debut of thriller "Adrenaline" by Robert Lynn and "Matthew Kennedy: One Man's Journey," described as "a loving look by Nina Kennedy at the life, times and music of the retired Fisk Jubilee Singers director." Also a world premiere is Cornett Young and Jacob Young's "The Urim and the Thummim," about three Kentucky men who feel they have found a religious oracle from the Old Testament in a Nashville thrift store. Producer Lawrence Bender will be the subject of a "Conversation with..." program as well as writer/producer/actor/director Steve Oederkerk. For more information and a full line up of this year's Nashville, visit their website.] [Brian Brooks] 
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Sloan Foundation and Tribeca Award "A First Class Man" in Screenwriting Competition

David Freeman has been selected as the winning screenwriter in the Tribeca/Sloan Screenplay Development Program, organized by the Tribeca Film Festival and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Freeman's project, "A First Class Man," will receive financial support over the course of a year as he works on the script's development. He will also receive the assistance of "experts" in screenwriting and mathematics selected by the program. "A First Class Man" is a fictional examination of the life of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan. "We are delighted to partner with Tribeca for the fifth year of this pioneering screenplay development program," commented Doron Weber, program director at the Sloan Foundation in a statement. "The life of Ramaujan, like other extraordinary figures in this script program...is a testament to the richness and complexity of the human beings whose remarkable achievements have changed modern culture and society. Science and technology offer new and unparalleled creative opportunities for filmmakers and screenwriters and the Tribeca/Sloan program remains in the forefront of this wave." [Brian Brooks] 
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Indian Film Fest Details 5th Installment

Three world premieres and 11 U.S. debuts are on tap for the 5th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, taking place April 17 - 22. The LA premiere of Jag Mundhra's "Provoked" will open the fest. The film spotlights a case that redefined the seriousness of spousal battery in British courts, in which a woman fights for her freedome after being imprisoned for the murder of her abusive husband. In Pan Nalin's US debut "Q2P," the state of women's public restrooms in Mumbai (Bombay) are "exposed" through a whimsical examination, while "Dirty Laundry" by Sanjeev Chatterjee highlights the important role South Africans of Indian decent have played in their country's political history. Other highlights include a tribute to actress Deepti Naval ("Yatra") followed by a screening of Jag Mundhra's "Kamla." "Even in the last year, there has been a tremendous growth and awareness of Indian cinema in the US, and with the addition of the 'Bollywood By Night' series and the Deepti Naval tribute, we are able to offer a diverse program," commented IFFLA festival director Christina Marouda in a statement. "This year's lineup reflects that with the participation of films from eight different countries in eight different languages." For more information on IFFLA, visit their website. [Brian Brooks] 
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MoMA to Present India Now Series

Nine new features and two shorts from India will screen at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (in association with the Indo-American Arts Council) in its "India Now" series, taking place April 22 - 30. Several filmmakers will introduce their films, including Rahul Dholakia whose feature "Parzania" will open the series. MoMA describes the film as a "moving account of the Gujarat riots of 2002. Other films in the program include Arindam Mitra's "Shoonya" (2002) and Anjan Dutt's Bengali social satire "The Bong Connection" (2006). Over 1,000 features are produced each year in India from Bollywood blockbusters to "intimate" Malayalam, Bengali and Tamil "art-house" fare. For more information, visit MoMA's website. [Brian Brooks] 
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Lily Wheelwright: 1982 - 2007

Born in 1982, Lily Wheelwright, a star of Ry Russo-Young's "Orphans," died last week at the age of 24. The film debuted earlier this month at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin. Wheelwright and "Orphans" director Ry Russo-Young met at the age of six and the two attended at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn. A student of Yale University and the Art Institute of Chicago, Wheelwright studied acting at Columbia University and made several short films, including a recent project inspired by dance marathons of the Depression era. "Stamina," the first installment, was a 24-hour marathon that yielded a trailer which was screened at Art Basel Miami 2005. She was also involved with Ryan McGinley's photography series "An Accessible Eden" and attended SXSW with "Orphans." "I've known Lily since we were little kids and attended the same school," Ry Russo-Young told indieWIRE on Tuesday. "Since she was a child, she has been extremely talented in many different respects. She was a wonderful person to be around, funny and full of light. Lily gave so much of her own creative character to the role of Roise in 'Orphans', from putting her legs up the wall in one scene to singing in another. Working with her was an experience that I will always cherish. I will miss her terribly." 
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SF360 Interview: Phillip Haas

Set in Iraq, "The Situation" [by Phillip Haas] centers on a female British reporter (played by Connie Nielsen) chasing on a story, various Iraqis who she befriends (and endangers) and a moral but jaded U.S. diplomat who rarely ventures out of the fortified Green Zone. "A fiction film could go deeper than a documentary because somehow reportage, whether it's in a newspaper a magazine or a documentary, particularly with this involvement which we are keeping at a distance, the audience become anesthetized to it. I thought if we had a story with flesh-and-blood characters in a narrative arc, people would become emotionally involved." Michael Fox reports. 
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AFP: YouTube names video award winners

Free hugs, advice from a spastic ninja and band members performing on a stage of eight treadmills won users' choice awards, which YouTube announced on Monday. "Instead of seeing a way to share videos, they saw an opportunity for worldwide visibility and through their success have changed the landscape of how a 'star' is defined," Jamie Byrne, head of YouTube marketing, said in an online announcement of the winners. AFP reports. 
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"Viva" and "Lunacy" Bookend 14th New York Underground Film Festival

Fifteen features and over 100 shorts are on tap for this year's New York Underground Film Festival, with the 14th edition taking place March 28 - April 1 at the Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan's East Village. The New York premiere of "Viva" by writer/director/actress Anna Biller will open the event Wednesday night, which the festival describes as a "tribute to the best of vintage sexploitation films." Victor Zimet and Stephanie Silber's "Random Lunacy: Videos from the Road Less Traveled" (NY premiere) will close the fest. Other features include the NY debuts of "The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief," "Each Time I Kill," "Celluloid #1," and "Frank & Cindy." For more information including a full line up, visit the festival's website. [Brian Brooks] 
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Ann Arbor Fest Announces Winners

The 45th Ann Arbor Film Festival has concluded in Michigan with Jessie Stead winning the Ken Burns award for best of the festival for "Foggy Mountains Breakdown More Than Non-Foggy Mountains," described as "an adventurous musical road-trip of an experimental film." The festival's Gus Van Sant award for best experimental film went to Jacqueline Goss' "Stranger Comes to Town," looking at (in the words of an announcement), "border-crossing and identity by combining material from the on-line game World of Warcraft, Google Earth and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security." Acclaimed animator Don Hertzfeldt won the Lawrence Kasdan award for best narrative film for "Everything Will Be OK." Local filmmakers Chris McNamara ("Establishing Shots") and Brandon Walley ("Unified Fields") were also honored. McNamara received the Detroit Film Center award and Walley won the Michigan Vue magazine award for best Michigan filmmaker. For more information, please visit the festival website. [Eugene Hernandez] 
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"Tuya's Marriage" Set WIth NonStop

NonStop Entertainment recently acquired from CineClick the Berlinale Golden Bear winner, "Tuya's Marriage," from China. Wang Quanan's film, starring Yu Nan, is described by the company as, "an unconventional Chinese love story [about] a woman who divorces her crippled husband to find another who can support the family." Non Stop is distributing the film in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. [Eugene Hernandez] 
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The Box Office Top Ten So Far

Each week, indieWIRE receives the final weekend numbers for specialty releases in theaters. This is our top ten for the three day weekend so far, with most numbers already in. The top ten is subject to change before the final chart is published tomorrow and the weekly box office column is written. Weekend box office data provided by Rentrak as of Monday, 6:00 p.m. EST. 1. "Journey From The Fall" (ImaginAsian) $87,442 wknd ($21,861 per scrn) 2. "The Earrings of Madame De..." (Arian Pictures) $18,109 wknd ($18,109 per scrn) 3. "The Namesake" (Fox Searchlight) $1,306,819 wknd ($11,169 per scrn) 4. "The Page Turner" (Tartan Films) $18,844 wknd ($9,422 per scrn) 5. "Boy Culture" (TLA Releasing) $27,835 wknd ($9,728 per scrn) 6. "Air Guitar Nation" (Shadow Distribution) $7,035 wknd ($7,035 per scrn) 7. "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" (IFC First Take) $83,570 wknd ($5,969 per scrn) 8. "First Snow" (Yari Film Group) $15,189 wknd ($5,063 per scrn) 9. "Blockade" (First Run/Icarus Films) $4,702 wknd ($4,702 per scrn) 10. "Avenue Montaigne" (ThinkFilm) $107,685 wknd ($3,713 per scrn)  
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"Owl and the Sparrow" and "New Year Baby" Among Top SF Asian Film Fest Winners

The silver edition of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival concluded with Stephane Gauger's "Owl and the Sparrow" taking the best narrative feature prize, with a special jury mention going for Eric Byler's "Tre" and actor Ken Leung ("Shanghai Kiss") receiving a special mention. Socheata Poeuv's "New Year Baby" won best doc, while a special jury prize went to Tami Yeager's "A Dream in Doubt." The audience prize for best narrative went to Desmond Nakano's "American Pastime" and best doc went to "Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula" by Lisette Marie Flanary. SFIAAFF included 128 films and videos from 20 countries with screenings in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose drawing 30,000 admissions. [Brian Brooks] 
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"Fay Grim" to Open Fifth Independent Film Festival Boston

The 5th Independent Film Festival Boston will open with Hal Hartley's "Fay Grim," starring Parker Posey April 25 and will continue through April 30. Michael Corrente's "Brooklyn Rules" and Dave McClaughlin's "On Broadway," will be among this year's world premieres in the narrative category, while Allie Humenuk's "Shadow of the House" will screen as a world debut in the docs line up along with 30 other titles including Sundance fav "Zoo," and SXSW doc "Silver Jew." Other IFFB highlights include a "Conversation with..." producer Ted Hope ("Fay Grim"), and guests David Strathairn, Eliza Dushku, James Urbaniak, Ian Somerhalder, and David Ortiz. For more information including a full line up, visit the festival's website. [Brian Brooks] 
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Foundation Identifies Grants in Memory of Adrienne Shelly

The Adrienne Shelly Foundation has announced new initiatives in its mission to "aid in the advancement of talented women filmmakers." Grants will be given by the foundation to L.A.-based AFI Directing Workshop for Women, while at Columbia University, The Adrienne Shelly Award will be given beginning this spring to a female director. Also this spring, the foundation will award a grant via the New York Women in Film & Television. At New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, a scholarship will be granted to a sophomore annually beginning in the autumn semester later this year. And, a grant will be given through the Independent Feature Project (IFP) to a "promising filmmaker" annually beginning in the summer or fall of this year. Fox Searchlight will release Shelly's final film "Waitress" nationwide on May 2. [Brian Brooks] 
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"Shadow of the Moon" and "Ohio" Bookend 9th Sarasota Film Festival

David Sington's "In the Shadow of the Moon," a look at the Apollo space program and the push by the U.S. to send a man to the moon, will open the 9th Sarasota Film Festival on Friday, April 13, while Chad Lowe's directorial debut "Beautiful Ohio" will close the event April 22. Edward Norton will receive Sarasota's Humanitarian Award during its first Saturday gala, while writer/producer Brian Koppelman will receive the Excellence in Screenwriting Award. Both will participate in the fest's "In Conversation With..." series in addition to Marcia Gay Harden and Joe Pantoliano who will discuss their festival film, "Canvas." Norman Jewison will also participate in a conversation, moderated by Turner Classic Movies' Robert Osborne. Sarasota's signature evening "Night of a Thousand Stars" mingles stars and filmmakers, including Zoe Cassavetes and Michelle Trachtenberg who will be among this year's guests. Trachtenberg will receive this year's Breakthrough Actor Award. This year's narrative competition includes: Peter Schonau Fog's "The Art of Crying" (Denmark); Sarah Polley's "Away from Her" (Canada); Alante Alfandari's "Fissures" (France); Vanessa Jopp's "Happy As One" (Germany); Ray Lawrence's "Jindabyne" (Australia); Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk's "The Journals Knud Rasmussen" (Canada/Denmark); and the late Adrienne Shelly's "Waitress" (USA). For more information including a full Sarasota Film Festival line up, visit the event's website. [Brian Brooks] 
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"Eleven Men Out" Goes to here! for North America

here! Films has acquired North American rights to Icelandic soccer (football) "dramedy" "Eleven Men Out" by Robert Douglas. here! Films' sister company Regent Releasing will handle the film's theatrical release slated for Summer 2007. Written by Jon Atli Jonasson and Douglas, "Eleven Men Out" centers on Ottar Thor, the star of KR, the Icelandic soccer team. After he surprisingly comes out of the closet to a reporter in front of his teammates, the controversy surrounding his coming out leads him on a journey to discovery himself, and a journey off the KR team. "here! Films is thrilled to be bringing this fun yet emotional import to audiences everywhere," commented Mark Reinhart, EVP acquisitions & distribution, here! Networks in a statement. "This timely social satire illustrates the struggle gay men and women in professional sports and beyond face while trying to stay true to their identity, and we think our viewers will be charmed by this delightful film." [Brian Brooks] 
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"Sweet Mud" and "Cashback" Share Bermuda Prize

The 10th Bermuda International Film Festival concluded its nine day event on Saturday night presening prizes after a closing night screening of "Eagle vs. Shark." Dror Shaul's "Sweet Mud" and Sean Ellis' "Cashback" shared the best narrative feature prize while Linda Hattendorf's "Cats of Mirikitani" won the prize for best documentary. The award for best short went to Diego Quemada-Diez for "I Want to be a Pilot." Native Bermudian Earl Cameron was honored with a restrospective and festival attendees chose Robert Favreau's "A Sunday in Kigali" as the audience award winner. For more information, visit the festival website. [Eugene Hernandez] 
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Haupt's "Song for Argyris" Wins Thessaloniki Doc Prize

The 9th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival concluded today in Greece awarding its ERT3 Audience Award for a film in the official selection to Stefan Haupt's "A Song for Argyris" from the U.S., while the audience prize for a short film went to Ruby Yang's "The Blood of Yingzhou District." The ERT3 Audience Award for a Greek film went to Stavros Kaplanidis's "Play It Again, Christos" and the Greek short "Schoolwave" by Pavlos Tsiandos also won an audience award. [Eugene Hernandez] 
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