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Elephant Eye Has "Prince" in the Trunk
Elephant Eye has picked up U.S. rights to Los Angeles and Woodstock film festival-winner, "Prince of Broadway," by Sean Baker. As part of the deal, Oscar-nominated director, Lee Daniels ("Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire") will help promote the film to audiences.
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Lorber Sails to U.S. with "Sea"
Lorber Films has picked up U.S. rights to Belgium, France, Palestine production, "Salt of the Sea," by debut director, Annemarie Jacir. Richard Lorber, co-president and CEO of Lorber Films negotiated the pact with Yoann Ubermulhin of Pyramide International.
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Cannes Winner "Uncle Boonmee" Picked Up For U.S. Release
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives." The deal was negotiated between Strand's Jon Gerrans and Michael Weber of "Boonmee" sales agent The Match Factory.
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Gravitas to Launch 100 "Documentaries on Demand" with PBS
PBS Distribution and Gravitas Ventures unveiled a new monthly transactional On-Demand package for cable, satellite and other providers throughout North America. Featuring 30 hours of titles available to rent, including 10 new hours every month, "Documentaries On-Demand" will debut this Fall.
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Holiday Box Office | No Love for "Ranch" As "Cyrus" Breaks Out
While "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" stormed 4,468 theaters to the tune of $175 million, a batch of indie films found mixed results over the Independence Day holiday weekend. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier this afternoon, the majority of the good news came from holdovers expanding ...
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2010 Mid Year Report: Specialty Box Office On a Roll
Last summer indieWIRE reported the winners and losers of the first half of 2010, generally suggesting things had taken a downward turn in comparison to the year before. A year later, it seems reasonable to exclude the "losers" element of a similar story as relatively there's really quite few of the...
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Sundance Institute Hands Out $500,000 in Contemporary Issue Doc Grants
Today, the Sundance Institute unveiled eighteen feature-length documentaries that will receive funding through its Documentary Film Program. A total of $500,000 will be doled out to the projects, chosen from a field of submissions from 750 applicants in 111 countries. In addition to the financial ...
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"Croquettes" & "Undertow" On Top at Frameline34
Brazilian film "Dzi Croquettes" by Raphael Alvarez and Tatiana Issa won Frameline34's "Outstanding Documentary Award," while the fest's "Outstanding First Feature Award" went to Javier Fuentes-León’s "Undertow," which screened as the event's Centerpiece. "Postcard for Daddy," meanwhile received an ...
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New York's Asian American Fest Unveils 33rd Edition
Asian CineVision's Asian American International Film Festival 2010 (AAIFF10) announced a slate of 23 features and a hearty list of shorts for its 33rd edition. The fest, which focuses on films from Asian-American directors or about Asian-American experiences, also features films from other director...
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TRAILER DEBUT: Sneak Peek of "Aardvark" from Rooftop Films, SnagFilms & indieWIRE
Rooftop Films, indieWIRE and SnagFilms are pleased to present a special sneak preview of Kitao Sakurai's New York City indie film "Aardvark" (see trailer below) on July 15, 2010 as a joint celebration of our birthdays. Three NYC organizations committed to supporting independent cinema, all born arou...
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