The Cinema Guild has announced the acquisition of U.S. Home Video, Internet and Cable VOD rights to "Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl," the latest film - completed in his 100th year - from the Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira. The deal was negotiated by Ryan Krivoshey, Director of Distr...
Read More »Steven Soderbergh's documentary "And Everything is Going Fine" will launch the thirteenth season of the IFC Center's Stranger Than Fiction (STF) weekly documentary film series, on April 6th. Soderbegh will be in attendance for the kick-off of the series, which runs every Tuesday night through June 8...
Read More »As the film conference portion of the SXSW Film Festival came to a climaxed today in Austin, TX, organizers announced the winners of 2010 festival tonight. Organizers unveiled the full list of winners tonight, even as the award ceremony continued in an Austin theater.
Read More »Indie GoGo, a fundraising platform, has announced its acquisition of Distribber, a digital distribution service. The acquisition essentially enables IndieGoGo to offer clients a full range of tools for project execution - from funding to distribution.
Read More »Filmmakers taking the DIY approach to distribution, particularly those hoping to launch a movie with a theatrical run, have a new ally in New York City. The program, with promotional benefits, gives filmmakers a run in the city for a flat fee.
Read More »Over the weekend, Magnolia Pictures' genre film division Magnet Releasing acquired Gareth Edwards' "Monsters."
Read More »Lorber Films has announced the acquisition of all U.S. rights to Jim McBride's classic 1967 film "David Holzman's Diary." The film blends fiction and reality, spoofing the art of documentary by telling the story of a young man making a film on his life. In 1991, "Diary" was on of the first films t...
Read More »The Tribeca Film Festival, set for April 21 - May 2 in New York City, is unveiling its Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight section lineups today. The full rosters are listed below.
Read More »While the wide-release box office saw the continued reign of "Alice in Wonderland" and the suggestion that Robert Pattinson can't sell a non-"Twilight" film ("Remember Me" debuted to only $8.2 million), the specialty set saw a couple films find fair debuts and one expanding "Ghost Writer" continue t...
Read More »Hot Docs has announced the 28 projects that will be presented during this year's Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF), North America's largest market for the international documentary community. The TDF will take place May 5-6, 2010 during the Hot Docs Festival, Conference and Market, which runs April 2...
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