With nearly as many categories as there are days in the festival, over a dozen winners for the Locarno International Film Festival were announced Saturday, August 13, heaping kudos and cash prizes on outstanding films and their makers. Among them was Rodrigo Garcia's "Nine Lives," which garnered thr...
Read More »The New York Film Festival returns for a 43rd edition this fall offering a program of 24 features on its roster, in addition to a number of special screenings. After opening with the previously announced "Good Night, And Good Luck" by George Clooney, the festival will continue through October 9, 200...
Read More »The 30th Toronto International Film Festival released more details of its September event, including the North American premiere of "Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," screening as a festival gala, and this year's participants in the fest's signature "Mavericks" series as well as ...
Read More »Twenty features and more than 130 shorts will fill the 12th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival beginning Thursday, August 18 at the Music Box Theatre through August 25. Opening the event is the Midwest debut of Steve Balderson's "Firecracker," set against the "stark beauty" of the Middle West....
Read More »The work of indigenous and other "under-represented minority-culture filmmakers and photographers from around the world will be heralded at the upcoming All Roads Film Festival, taking place in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles beginning in September. The four-day multimedia event will feature four e...
Read More »Philip Hartman's "No Picnic", described as "a cinematic love letter to a pre-gentrification New York City," will be presented as part of the 3rd HOWL! Film Festival in New York City's East Village, a section of the upcoming HOWL! Festival of East Village Arts. A new print of Hartman's film, commemor...
Read More »With less than a month to go before the 30th Toronto International Film Festival kicks off, organizers announced 29 documentaries to be included in the festival lineup. Among them are 13 world, two international and five North American premieres from 16 countries. Highlights include the world premie...
Read More »The Edinburgh International Film Festival will kick off its 12-day event on August 17 with a particularly strong program of British film this year. EIFF Artistic Director Shane Danielsen told indieWIRE, "It's a good year for British cinema to my surprise. Considering the downturn in productions beca...
Read More »[EDITORS NOTE: The following is an announcement from indieWIRE.]
Read More »The Rhode Island International Film Festival will open its festival tonight in Providence with its traditional focus on shorts. Among the films slated for the opening night program is Alec Asten's "Billy Gilman: Making of the Videos," which will have its world premiere. Gilman will be among the atte...
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