Film Independent has launched a new seven-week Documentary Lab, with 14 filmmakers and nine projects participating. The main focus of the program: assist documentary filmmakers on their works-in-progress and provide creative feedback.
Read More »IFC Midnight has picked up North American rights to SXSW Film Festival's SXFantastic title "Kill List."
Read More »Paladin has acquired Jill Andresevic's documentary "Love Etc.," winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival where it had its world premiere.
Read More »Hot Docs has announced the 26 documentary features that will be a part of this year's Special Presentations program, including numerous world and international premieres, award-winners from the recent international festival circuit, and a few star subjects (including Conan O'Brien, Chaz Bono, A Trib...
Read More »Robert Redford, the Sundance Institute and AEG Europe have announced Sundance London, a four-day multi-disciplinary arts festival that will include film screenings, live music performances, discussions, panels and other public cultural programming. The event will be held April 26-29, 2012 at The O2 ...
Read More »Elgin James, director of 2011 Sundance Film Festival competition entry "Little Birds," was sentenced to a year in prison last week in Chicago. According to the Chicago Tribune, James - a former leader of a national gang called FSU - was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Suzanne B. Conlon on Tuesday f...
Read More »Rodman Flender’s documentary "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop," which had its world premiere on Sunday afternoon at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, has closed a unique multi-platform distribution deal for U.S. release with AT&T, Abramorama and Magnolia Home Entertainment. In the deal, AT&T wil...
Read More »Wrekin Hill Entertainment and the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) have partnered to distribute four to give titles theatrically a year. First up is Spencer Susser's "Hesher," currently screening at the SXSW Film Festival. Upcoming releases include Alexandre O. Phillipe's doc c...
Read More »Cinema Purgatorio has acquired Craig MacNeill and Alexei Kalaina's "The Afterlight" and David Barker's "Daylight;" two films that share a similar title and little else in common.
Read More »"Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie," the feature film debut of cult sensations Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures just as production on the film begins this month. Financed by 2929 Productions, with Gary Sanchez Productions and its Funny or Die Films banner co-...
Read More »