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CineKink NYC's Audiences Get Hot for "Indietro" and "Kink Crusaders"
The eighth annual CineKink NYC, dedicated to screening "kink-positive depictions in film and television," presented its top awards to Vivan Darkbloom's "Indietro" as best narrative and Mike Skiff's "Kink Crusaders" as best documentary.
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SnagFilms Wants To Find The Best Film in Washington, D.C.
SnagFilms and the DC Office of Motion Picture and Television Development announced a partnership to launch the inaugural "Washington's Best Film" competition, open to both documentary and narrative films. The two grand prize films (documentary and narrative) will be distributed via SnagFilms [full d...
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FilmAid Names Liz Manne as Executive Director
FilmAid International has announced independent film veteran Liz Manne as its executive director.
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HBO Takes TV Rights To Sundance's "Sing Your Song"
Susanne Rostock's Harry Belafonte doc "Sing Your Song" has been picked by HBO Documentary Films for an exclusive premiere on the network this fall, it was announced today. The film - which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and also screened in Berlin, tells the story of singer and activist Bel...
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Nat Geo to Take "Benda Bilili!" on Tour
The music doc "Benda Bilili!" by French directors Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret will be distributed in the U.S. in fall 2011 by National Geographic Cinematic Ventures. The film follows a band from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Staff Benda Bilili (translation: "Look Beyond"), made up ...
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Variance Picks Up "How to Live Forever" for U.S.
U.S. theatrical rights to writer-director Mark Wexler's "How to Live Forever" have been picked up by Variance Films, the company's founder Dylan Marchetti said Tuesday. Variance will release the film on May 13th in New York, followed by other dates nationwide.
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Disney's Foray Into Bollywood to Kickoff NYIFF; Centerpiece & Closing Films Announced
The Indo-American Arts Council's New York Indian Film Festival announced their Centerpiece, Opening and Closing Night films for the 11th edition today. The North American premiere of "Do Dooni Char," Disney's first live-action Indian production, will kickoff the event which runs May 4 - 8 in Manhatt...
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When Censors Attack: What Really Happened With "A Serbian Film," "Turin Horse" and "Presumed Guilty"
Censorship brought global headlines to three films this week. In Hungary, screenings of native son Béla Tarr's "The Turin Horse" have been canceled. A Spanish festival director is under attack for attempting to screen "A Serbian Film." And in Mexico, a prison documentary has been pulled from distrib...
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Hot Docs Picks 27 Projects for Annual Forum
Hot Docs has released the names of the 27 projects slated to take part in this year's Hot Docs Forum. This year's crop were selected from 193 submissions and represent 14 different countries.
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"Bigger and Badder" ActionFest 2 Set For April
The organizers behind ActionFest has officially announced a second round of action cinema and unsung heroes with Actionfest 2, which creator Bill Banowsky (Carolina Cinemas founder and Magnolia Pictures co-founder), famed action director/producer Aaron Norris (Missing in Action III, "Walker, Texas R...
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