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'Southern Wild' Wins Major London Film Fest Award And Does Impressive U.K. B.O. Biz
This won't make bell hooks happy, but Beasts of the Southern Wild won a major award at the BFI London Film Festival, and pulled in some excellent results in its London theatrical debut.
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"Beasts Of The Southern Wild" Will Open The 2012 American Black Film Festival!
This is wonderful news for those of you who'll be attending this year's American Black Film Festival, which runs from June 20 to 23.
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Say Hello To Little Hushpuppy In First Clip From 'Beasts Of The Southern Wild'
I'll skip the intro; you folks should know all about this film's journey already; we've written about it enough times :)
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Exclusive New Pics From 'Beasts Of The Southern Wild'
We've already sung the praises of Behn Zeitlin’s feature film debut, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, which recently picked up the FIPRESCI prize and the coveted Camera d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival last month.
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San Francisco Film Society & Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announce Recipients of 6 Filmmaking Grants Worth $300,000
Six projects have been awarded a total of $300,000 from The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants. The twice-annual grants are given to narrative feature projects with social justice themes that will have a significant professional or economic impact on the B...
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Benh Zeitlin Starts New, Untitled Louisiana-Set Film
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" director Benh Zeitlin is returning to Louisiana for his next project, centering on a strange ecosystem where the aging process is warped, and people grow old either very quickly or incredibly slowly. Reportedly Zeitlin hopes to use the same cast and production team for ...
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New Digital Features for 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' -- Flipbook and Essay on Single Dads in Films
Along with the new Blu-ray and DVD release of Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild," Twentieth Century Fox has created a couple of interactive features to accompany the film. The first is a "Hushpuppy Digital Flipbook," and the second is the mini-essay "Single Dad...
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Sundance Institute Names Participants for Third Film Forward: 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' 'Valley of Saints,' 'Chasing Ice' & More
The Sundance Institute announces its third year of Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue, in partnership with the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institue of Museum and Library Services...
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SFIFF Bestows Graham Leggat Award to "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Director Zeitlin; Film to Play Cannes in Un Certain Regard
It's a great day to be Behn Zeitlin. Not only did his Sundance Grand Jury prize-winning "Beasts of the Southern Wild" land in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, but the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival (April 19 - May 3) is bestowing upon him their inaugural Graham Leggat Award at their Film Society awar...
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Watch: A Glimpse Of The Mythical Beasts In 'Beasts Of The Southern Wild'
Fox Searchlight is obviously in full marketing mode, leading up to the release of Benh Zeitlin's Beasts Of The Southern Wild, which opens theatrically on June 27 - just 2 weeks from now.
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