Sheffield Doc/Fest and IndieGoGo have announced a multi-year partnership focused on crowdfunding projects and European investors and filmmakers. The union will also include the creation of Crowdfunding Fellows, a program which chooses pre-existing IndieGoGo projects to promote internationally on Ind...
Read More »Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has been selected to serve as the president of the Camera d'Or jury at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The jury selects the best first film presented in the Official Selection (Competition and Un Certain Regard), during Critics' Week or Directors' Fortnight. Joon-ho was ...
Read More »Today on indieWIRE "Meek's Cutoff" comes on out on top, Kim Cattrall heads for a trailer park and a SXSW breakout finds a home.
Read More »SXSW premiere "Attack The Block" will be distributed by Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) announced today. The London-set adventure - directed by Joe Cornish - won the Midnight Feature Audience Award. Check out indieWIRE's review here.
Read More »The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has announced new film series in partnership with Film Independent, with the New York Times as presenting sponsor.
Read More »"The Forgiveness of Blood," Joshua Marston's follow-up to "Maria Full of Grace," has been acquired by Sundance Selects. It was announced today that the film - which won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival - villa be released in the U.S. via Selects, a s...
Read More »The Pleasantville, NY film and education center Jacob Burns Film Center is celebrating the legacy of Steven Spielberg by honoring him with their JBFC Vision Award for 2011 on September 17.
Read More »The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced that Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó (the Oscar-winning "Mephisto," "Being Julia") will serve as the head of the international jury at this year's festival. The 2011 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival runs from July 1-9.
Read More »Cinetic's VOD distribution arm FilmBuff has announced that Alexandre Franchi's "The Wild Hunt" and John and Kiernan Carney's "Zonad" will be released on VOD before they head to DVD. The French thriller "The Wild Hunt" premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival; John Carney's sci-fi f...
Read More »Caroline Thompson, screenwriter of a string of quirky hit films like "Edward Scissorhands," "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Corpse Bride," and "The Addams Family," has been named as the recipient of Austin Film Festival's 2011 Distinguished Screenwriter Award. Thompson will be celebrated along wi...
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