iW VIDEO | Diego Luna & Gael Garcia Bernal

At the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival with their new documentary, "Chavez," about the famous Mexican boxer, director Diego Luna and executive producer Gael Garcia Bernal talk about the film and their traveling documentary film festival, Ambulante. The two stars of "Y Tu Mama Tambien" are also partners in the film company, Canana." Get the latest in an iW Video segment (via YouTube).  
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iW NEWS | Hot Docs Presents Prizes

Awards were presented Friday night at the 2007 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto. In the International Feature Documentary competition, Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken's "Losers and Winners" from Germany won the top prize, with a special jury prize awarded to Michael Skolnik's "Without The King." Bryan Friedman's "The Bodybuilder And I" won the award for best Canadian feature documentary, while a special jury prize in that category went to Serge Giguere's "Drive By Dreams." Johanna Lunn's "Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time" won the mid-length documentary prize and Arturo Cabana's "Man Up" won the award for best short doc. The Don Haig Award for an emerging Canadian director, bridging doc and fiction work, went to Hubert Davis for "Hardwood" and "Aruba." The first Lindalee Tracey Award for a Canadian director went to Trevor Anderson for the shorts, "Rugburn" and "Rock Pockets." Dutch director Heddy Honigmann received the outstanding achievement award at the festival. [Eugene Hernandez] 
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iW ANNOUNCEMENT | Apple and indieWIRE Daily Filmmaker Chats This Weekend: Julie Delpy, David Holbrooke, John Dahl

Apple and indieWIRE are proud to present Filmmaker Talks at the Apple Store SoHo during the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Get a peek behind the scenes from some of the industry's leading filmmakers as well as emerging directors. The talks kick off this Friday with Joel and Ethan Coen. Julie Delpy - Saturday April 28, 4:00 p.m. Actress, singer, director, and Oscar-nominated writer Julie Delpy discusses her new film, "2 Days in Paris (Deux jours a Paris)," which she wrote, directed, edited, produced, scored, and starred in. David Holbrooke - Sunday April 29, 4:00 p.m. Learn how filmmaker David Holbrooke made his latest documentary, "Hard as Nails"--a film about an unordained evangelical minister who is trying to save America one soul at a time. John Dahl - Sunday April 29, 5:30 p.m. John Dahl discusses the making of his latest film, "You Kill Me," which is the story of Frank, a hit-man from Buffalo (Ben Kingsley) whose drinking is getting in the way of his killing. For the full lineup and more details, please visit here. 
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iW News | KOCH Lorber Picks up "9 Star Hotel"

KOCH Lorer Films has acquired U.S. rights to Israeli direcor Ido Haar's doc "9 Star Hotel" (Malon 9 Kochavim), Richard Lorber, president of the company announced Friday. The film will have its North American debut in the world documentary competition at the Tribeca Film Festival, currently underway and will have its theatrical roll out beginning at New York's Film Forum on May 23 followed by a roll out nationwide. The film tells the story of Palestinian laborers who work in the occupied territories by day where their ancestors once lived building luxury homes for Israelis, and then return to their shanty communities at night. "'9 Star Hotel' is a powerful and humanity-filled film from a very talented new voice on the international documentary scene," commented Lorber in a statement. "Timely and compelling, it's sure to inform, generate discussion and emotion as only the best in non-fiction cinema can." [Brian Brooks] 
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AP | Film lobbyist Jack Valenti dies at 85

Jack Valenti, the former White House aide and film industry lobbyist who instituted the modern movie ratings system and guided Hollywood from the censorship era to the digital age, died Thursday. He was 85. Valenti abolished the industry's restrictive Hays code, which prohibited explicit violence and frank treatment of sex, and in 1968 oversaw creation of today's letter-based ratings system. David Germain reports. 
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iW News | "Randy and the Mob" Wins Two at 38th Nashville Film Festival

Ray McKinnon's world debut "Randy and the Mob" won the President's Award as well as the audience award at the 38th Nashville Film Festival, and Niall Heery's "Small Engine Repair" was given the "Nashville Film Festival/Regal Cinemas Dreammaker Award" for best feature without U.S. distribution. "Banished" by Marco Williams received best doc. Keith McDaniel's "The Clinton 12" won both the audience prize for best doc and the "NPT Human Spirit Award." As previously announced, former Vice President Al Gore was on hand to present Jennifer Baichwal the fest's Reel Current Award for "Manufactured Landscapes." Nashville cllosed with the world debut of "Americanizing Shelley" by Lorraine Senna. NFF screened 240 films from 40 countries. [Brian Brooks] 
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iW News | Sonoma Concludes 10th Edition with "Johnny Slade," "Shoot Down" and "Rain in a Dry Land" Taking Prizes

The 10th anniversary Sonoma Valley Film Festival wrapped with the prize for best feature going to "Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits" by Larry Blamire, and Cristina Khuly's look at the evolution of Cuban-American foreign policy, "Shoot Down" and Anne Makepeace's "Rain in a Dry Land" about Somali refugees in America sharing best doc. Sarah Kelly's "The Lather Effect" took "best lounge short" and Shyam Balse's "Monsoon" won best narrative short. "Park" by Kurt Voelker received the audience prize for best narrative feature and Michele Ohayon's "Steal a Pencil for Me" took best doc by audiences. SVFF screened 100 films from around the world. [Brian Brooks] 
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iW News | "Tied Hands" and "Oil Crash" Among Palm Beach Fest Winners

Dan Wolman's "Tied Hands" won the award for best feature at the 12th Palm Beach International Film Festival, while best director went to Nicole van Kilsdonk for her film, "Johan." Scott Dacko took best screenplay for "The Insurgents" and Ray McCormanck won best documentary for "A Crude Awakening--The Oil Crash." Best short went to "Cold Kenya" by Lawrence Walsh and the audience award for best feature went to "Kathie T." by Evan Lieberman. Best doc in the audience category went to Logan Smalley's "Darius: Goes West--The Roll of His Life." The PBIFF took place April 19 - 26. [Brian Brooks] 
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NYT: Hollywood's Shortage of Female Power

While Hollywood has not stopped making films appealing to women and girls, as evidenced by recent and coming releases like "Music and Lyrics," "Nancy Drew," and "The Nanny Diaries<" women here worry that the future will not be so bright. Sharon Waxman reports. 
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iW NEWS | Cannes Fest Adds to Official Selection

Festival de Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux has announced another three films added to Official Selection of the Un Certain Regard section at the upcoming festival. Hou Hsiao Hsien's "Red Balloon" [provisional title] will open the Un Certain Regard section and also added are Roy Andersson's "You, The Living" and Ana Katz' "Una Novia Errante." Additional titles joining the festival are Jean-Pierre Limosin's "Young Yakusa"," as well as Mehdi Charef's "Cartouches Gauloises" on an evening celebrating Algeria. [Eugene Hernandez]  
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NYP | Why I Think Mr. De Niro Must Wave Goodbye to Tribeca Film Fest

The title sums it up...in a highly critical column published today, New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick offers his take on the Tribeca Film Festival. 
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INDUSTRY MOVES | Den Hamer Leaving Rotterdam Fest

In September, Sandra den Hamer will join the Filmmuseum in Amsterdam as its new director, leaving her post as the head of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She joined the festival in 1986 and the event will soon begin looking for a replacement, according to an announcement yesterday. Den Hamer headed the CineMart co-production event and became deputy director of the festival in 1991, then serving as co-director with Simon Field in 2000. She was named sole head of the festival in 2004. [Eugene Hernandez] 
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iW VIDEO | Tribeca Film Fest Opening

On the opening day of the Tribeca Film Festival, former V.P. Al Gore, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, director Rob Reiner, joined by Live Earth creator Kevin Wall and Tribeca fest co-founder Jane Rosenthal, talk about global warming and kick off the 2007 festival. In these clips from Wednesday's press conference, they address the issue of a potential backlash against artists who support global warming awareness programs like Live Earth and SOS. Get the latest in an iW Video segment (via YouTube). 
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iW ANNOUNCEMENT | Apple and indieWIRE Daily Filmmaker Chats To Kick Off with Coen Brothers This Friday

Apple and indieWIRE are proud to present Filmmaker Talks at the Apple Store SoHo during the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Get a peek behind the scenes from some of the industry's leading filmmakers as well as emerging directors. The talks kick off this Friday with Joel and Ethan Coen.
Joel and Ethan Coen - Friday April 27, 4:00 p.m. Hear Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen talk about their filmmaking experiences, including how they used Final Cut Pro to edit their films "Intolerable Cruelty," "The Ladykillers," and the upcoming "No Country for Old Men." SPECIAL GUEST: Director Barry Sonnenfeld, who was also Cinematographer on early Coen Brothers films "Blood Simple," "Raising Arizona," and "Miller's Crossing" will be participating in the event. For the full lineup and more details, please visit here. 
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HR | Tribeca Film Fest bigger than ever

In The Hollywood Reporter, Gregg Goldstein takes a closer look at the Tribeca Film Festival, a fest which he reports has hit a $13 million budget and faces a $1 million annual deficit. Hopes are high. As co-founder Craig Hatkoff tells Goldstein, "We should become, if not the dominant festival, then one of the great festivals of all time."  
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iW NEWS | Academy Grants $500K to Film Organizations and Universities

The Academy Foundation's Institutional Grants Program has awarded a total of $500,250 to 56 film-related nonprofit organizations, including universities, museums and career development programs, throughout the United States, in Canada and for the first time, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Organizations receiving grants include Outfest ($3,000); American Film Institute (LA) directing workshop for women ($20,000); Film Independent ($15,000) for a mentoring and training program; Writers Guild Foundation ($12,500) for educational programs; Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco ($10,000) for production workshops; IFP in New York ($10,000) for its "Rough Cut" film lab mentoring program; National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Santa Monica ($10,000); Toronto International Film Festival Group Foundation ($8,000) for its touring screening program; Austin Film Festival ($7,500); Brooklyn Academy of Music ($7,500); Film Forum, New York ($7,500); IFP/Chicago ($7,500); IFP/Minnesota ($7,500) among many others. For a full list of grants, visit the Academy's website. [Brian Brooks] 
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AP | Ebert Plans to Attend Film Festival

Roger Ebert plans to attend his annual festival for overlooked movies this week, returning to public view for the first time since having cancer surgery. The 64-year-old film critic had surgery June 16 to remove a cancerous growth on his salivary gland. Ebert will watch the ninth annual Overlooked Film Festival, which begins Wednesday night at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from the audience. AP reports. 
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iW NEWS | Picturehouse Scoops Vaughn's "Wild Ride"

Picturehouse and New Line International have acquired worldwide rights to Ari Sandel's "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland," previously announced as a Weinstein Company acquisition after its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. Produced by Vaughn, the movie includes a mix of on-stage and behind-the-scene footage, showcasing Vaughn's month long tour with four up-and-coming comics and surprise guests. Picturehouse's Berney indicated that his company was an initial bidder on the movie and when he learned that the film was available again, he pursued a deal. Picturehouse SVP Sara Rose and New Line EVP Carolyn Blackwood negotiated the deal with Vaughan reps UTA, Eric Gold and Deborah Klein. Berney told indieWIRE that he plans to open the film in early '08, perhaps in as many as 400 theaters right off the bat, emphasizing the rising popularity of the comics on the tour. "This is not a platform, but an aggressive release, coming on the heels of (Vaughn's upcoming film) 'Fred Claus'." Picturehouse is handling the film domestically and New Line International is handling worldwide sales. [Eugene Hernandez] 
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iW NEWS | Bacon Joins Katz' Directorial Debut for HBO Films

Actor Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of Ross Katz' directorial debut "Taking Chance," from HBO Films. Based on the story of U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobel, the film follows (in the words of an announcement) "his poignant journey as the volunteer military escort officer who is assigned to accompany the body of 19-year-old Lance Corporal Chance Phelps (USMC), who was killed in action in Iraq, across America back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming in spring 2004." Katz was Oscar-nominated for both "Lost in Translation" and "In The Bedroom." He wrote the script with Strobel will executive produce with Brad Krevoy and Cathy Wischner-Sola. The film's producer is Lori Keith Douglas. Production will begin this summer. [Eugene Hernandez] 
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GUARDIAN | Hunger on the Croisette

The untamed Cannes Film Festival remains cinema's best measure of, not success, but talent. Like most things in France, it was born out of protest. When Benito Mussolini set up the first film festival, Venice's Mostra, in 1932, to promote fascist and Nazi films, the birthplace of cinema rose to the challenge, pledging to create a film festival free from prejudices. The first was planned to run from September 1 to 20 1939, on the French Riviera, in Cannes. Louis Lumiere, le papa du cinema, agreed to be its president of honour. Elegant posters by a high society painter, Jean-Gabriel Domergue, publicised the event throughout the country. And the stars of the time agreed to grace the event with their presence in a spirit of "openness and world collaboration." Agnes Poirier reports. 
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INDUSTRY MOVES | Iwashina's Exit At CAA

Recent buzz about Kevin Iwashina's departure from CAA is reported on a pair of industry blogs tonight. Nikke Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that the move may be part of an overall agency cutback, while The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog reports that Iwashina was released but indicates that CAA declined to comment on the reason. 
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iW NEWS | Coens Set Up Two New Films at Focus

Joel and Ethan Coen have signed a deal with Focus Features and Working Title Films for their next two films, "A Serious Man" and "Burn After Reading." "Burn," described as a dark spy comedy, will star George Clooney, Frances McDormand, and Brad Pitt, is set to head into production later this summer. The Coens will debut their latest film, "No Country for Old Men" at next month's Cannes Film Festival. "Joel and Ethan are the gold standard in American filmmaking," said Focus CEO James Schamus in a statement. "To have the chance to make not one but two films with them - along with our friends at Working Title - makes all of us at Focus proud." [Eugene Hernandez] NOTE: The Coen Brothers will be participating in one of the Apple & indieWIRE Filmmaker Talks at the Apple Store Soho during the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival. 
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iW NEWS | "Wild Chicks" Takes Two at Sprockets Fest for Children

Vivian Naefe's coming-of-age story "Wild Chicks" (Germany) won the audience award for best feature film at the 10th Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children, which concluded over the weekend, while best animated film went to Michel Ocelot's "Azur et Asmar." Among the jury prizes, Kompin Komgumnird's "Khan Kluay" (Thailand) took the jury prize in the ages eight to nine category, while "Kidz in Da Hood" by Catti Edfeldt and Ylva Gustavsson took the prize in the 10 - 11 category. "Wild Chicks" won for age 12. Three films, "Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story" (USA), "Generation XXL" (Canada) and "Jew-Boy" (Canada) tied for the Student Choice Award, as voted by students attending a school program. Devon Bolton's "Shipwrecked" took best short. [Brian Brooks] 
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iW BOX OFFICE | The 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. "The Valet" (Sony Pictures Classics) $67,552 wknd ($11,259 per scrn) 2. "Private Fears In Public Places" (IFC First Take) $9,801 wknd ($4,901 per scrn) 3. "Black Book" (Sony Pictures Classics) $232,753 wknd ($4,476 per scrn) 4. "Year Of The Dog" (Paramount Vantage) $133,335 wknd ($4,040 per scrn) 5. "Journey From The Fall" (ImaginAsian) $44,446 wknd ($3,704 per scrn) 6. "Stephanie Daley" (Regent Releasing) $3,401 wknd ($3,401 per scrn) 7. "Syndromes And A Century" (Strand Releasing) $5,518 wknd ($2,759 per scrn) 8. "After The Wedding" (IFC Films) $113,181 wknd ($2,695 per scrn) 9. "Radiant City" (Odeon Films) $7,446 wknd ($2,482 per scrn) 10. "Avenue Montaigne" (ThinkFilm) $116,059 wknd ($2,469 per scrn) 
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iW NEWS | 13 Named for Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Labs in June

Thirteen projects have been named for the annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, which will take place at the Sundance Resort in Utah. The June Directors Lab (May 28 - June 23) are: "The Cavanaughs" by co-writer/director John Morgan and co-writer Meg LeFauve (USA); "Circumstance" by Maryam Keshavarz (USA/Iran); "Cold Souls" by Sophie Barthes (USA); "Farming" by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (UK/Nigeria); "Haiti Cherie" by Patricia Benoit (USA/Haiti); "Here" by co-writer/director Braden King and co-writer Dani Valent (USA/Australia); "Spoon" by Eric Lahey (USA); "Water & Power" by Richard Montoya (USA). Joining the above for the Screenwriters Lab portion (June 23 - 28) are: "Dreaming in Colour" by Tala Hadid (Morocco/USA); "Pariah" by Dee Rees (USA); "Refresh, Refresh" by James Ponsoldt (USA); "This Is Not a Pipe: An Image of Treason" by J.J. Lask (USA); and "Um Hussein" by co-writer/director Mohamed Al-Daradji and co-writer Jennifer Norridge (Iraq/UK). The Labs provide an opportunity for filmmakers to develop distinctive new work under the guidance of accomplished creative advisors in an environment that "encourages innovation, collaboration, and risk-taking." "We are excited to champion the unique vision of each of the filmmakers selected for this year's Lab. After 25 years of working with emerging filmmakers, I'm struck by the quality and the boldness of the work we are supporting this June," said Michelle Satter, director, Sundance Institute Feature Film Program. "Each project reflects the filmmaker's deeply personal voice, and tells a timely and poignant story that transcends geographic boundaries and adds to the examination of contemporary culture in a meaningful and often surprising way." [Brian Brooks] 
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iW NEWS | Toronto Breaks Ground for Festival Centre

Actors Don McKellar and Sook-Yin Lee were among the guests on hand for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Toronto International Film Festival Group's Bell Festival Centre held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Bell Festival Centre, a placeholder name for TIFFG's new project, is described by the group, which organizes the annual Toronto fest in September as "a landmark destination dedicated to leading the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image, and an essential meeting place for film industry professionals, educators, and film-lovers." "The shovels are in the ground, the tractors are running, the hoarding is up and we're digging the foundation," said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival Group. "What is now a hole in the ground will over the next few years become the world's preeminent destination dedicated to the culture of the moving image..." The official name of the building will be unveiled in late Summer 2007. [Brian Brooks] 
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Reuters: Iraqi film on war wins rave reviews in Baghdad

Making a film about the war in Iraq is a challenge. Shooting on location, as Iraqi director Mohammed al-Daradji discovered, can be a near-death experience. Daradji said he and his crew were shot at by gunmen and briefly kidnapped while filming in Baghdad in 2004. But it was worth the risk when "Ahlaam," or "Dreams," received a standing ovation when it finally had its first screening in Baghdad last week. "The film won 17 awards in a variety of international film festivals. But those moments of joy were eclipsed when I saw my home audience appreciate my efforts," Daradji, 29, told Reuters after the film had shown in Baghdad's National Theatre. Mussab Al-Khairalla reports. 
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AP: Tribeca lineup as diverse as NYC itself

The word "tentpole" is used to describe a blockbuster movie that can appeal to everyone. If it were applied to a festival, the Tribeca Film Festival would be it... "We're showing everything from an avant garde film called 'Passio' with live music by Arvo Part at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine--to 'Spider-Man 3,'" said chief festival programmer and executive director Peter Scarlet. "You can't get two things that are more unlike each other, but it's that almost surreal juxtaposition of different kinds of things that I think is an example of how we're trying to redefine what a film festival is." Jake Coyle reports. 
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"Disappearances" to Make Truly Indie US Apparition

The U.S. theatrical release of Jay Craven's mystical outlaw-adventure "Disappearances" will be handled by Truly Indie, the self-distribution arm of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's 2929 Entertainment. Written and directed by Jay Craven from a novel by Frank Mosher, the film is described as a "surreal journey into the northern wilderness frontier that features actor/musician Kris Kristofferson in his first lead role in 17 years. The film played at South by Southwest and AFI Fest among others. The deal was negotiated by Craven, who is also a producer on the project, with Truly Indie executive director Kelly Sanders and head of business and legal affairs Jason Janego. "'Disappearances' is a unique film that captures the spirit of Sam Peckinpah's revisionist Westerns while adding vivid, mystical undertones," said Kelly Sanders, executive director of Truly Indie, "With gorgeous 35 mm cinematography and a remarkable performance by Kristofferson, it marks a triumph in regional filmmaking." [Brian Brooks] 
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Gore Presents Nashville Fest Award to "Manufactured Landscapes"

Former Vice President Al Gore presented the "Reel Current Award" at the Nashville Film Festival to director Jennifer Baichwal for her film "Manufactured Landscapes" over the weekend before the screening of the film. "Manufactured Landscapes" focuses on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. "I didn't think that Davis Guggenheim could make a movie out of a slide show," said Gore, referring to the director of his Academy-Award winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," "and after being proved wrong, I would not have been surprised if someone said that Jennifer Baichwald could make a movie out of Edward Burtynsky's photographs, and she has done that and more. It is an extraordinarily haunting, beautiful, insightful, touching and thought-provoking movie." [Brian Brooks] 
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The Guardian: Seventy years, and he's still shining

Jack Nicholson is 70 today and, for 50 of those years, he has been making movies. Here, friends and colleagues in film --from Dennis Hopper to Danny DeVito--talk about the Jack they know, a private, brilliant man with a famous wild streak, while Philip French salutes a truly great actor in The Guardian. 
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"Waitress" and "Note by Note" Take Top Sarasota Jury Prizes

The late Adrienne Shelly's "Waitress" won the narrative competition prize at the just concluded Sarasota Film Festival over the weekend, while "Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037" by Benjamin Niles took best documentary feature. "Beyond Hatred" by Olivier Meyrou received a special jury prize, while Craig Zobel's "Great World of Sound" and "Pretty in the Face" by Nate Meyer won the festival's Independent Visions Competition prize. In audience awards, Joseph Greco's "Canvas" took best narrative feature and "Circus Rosaire" by Robyn Bliley won best doc. Sarah Polley's "Away from Her" won best in world cinema and best short went to "Death to the Tinman" by Ray Tintoni. indieWIRE will publish a full report from the festival this week. [Brian Brooks] 
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