Thirteen world premieres are slated for the 8th annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival (IndieFest), which opened Thursday night with director John Hillcoat's "The Proposition." The festival will screen over 100 films and videos through February 14.
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Read More »"I'm kind of in New York. I never thought it would happen!" Lars von Trier told audiences on Sunday at the IFC Center during an "iQ&A" following a screening of his latest film, "Manderlay". No, the auteur (who famously makes films that criticize America without ever having stepped foot in the count...
Read More »For the past two weeks, the indieWIRE team has been headquartered in Park City, UT for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. This year's coverage featured some 75 articles, including daily biz and buzz columns, a regular critics notebook, iPOP photos (with more to come), and over 40 email interviews cond...
Read More »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 e-mail interview, and each was sent the same questions.
Read More »With up a snowstorm expected to dump as much as two feet of snow on Park City Saturday night, festivalgoers and filmmakers gathered at the Racquet Club for the Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony.
Read More »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 e-mail interview, and each was sent the same questions.
Read More »The Slamdance Film Festival unveiled its winners Friday night with Lynn Shelton's "We Go Way Back," receiving the fest's Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, and "Empire In Africa," directed by Philippe Diaz, taking the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary. Slamdance announced winners in ov...
Read More »Sundance Film Festival director Geoff Gilmore praised Ramin Bahrani's Spectrum film "Man Push Cart" Thursday afternoon when introducing the screening and the film's director. Gilmore said during the intro that people often ask him how they decide which films run in competition and which ones are pro...
Read More »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 e-mail interview, and each was sent the same questions.
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