Headsets & Highballs along with the Ghetto Film School are hosting a panel on Monday, February 7, titled "The Future of Storytelling." The speakers slated to attend - including producer Caroline Baron ("Capote"), director/producer Ariel Schulman ("Catfish"), co-producer Kathryn Dean ("Winter's Bone"...
Read More »The 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam unveiled the winners of this year's Tiger Awards today. The three winning features - Park Jung-Bum's "The Journals of Muscan," Sergio Caballero's "Finisterrae," and Sivaroj Kongsakul's "Eternity" - all mark feature film debuts for the directors, who wer...
Read More »Alliiance Films and Relativity Media have extended their output deal, following their initial three year deal signed in Septetember 2008, that generated such films as "The Fighter," "Dear John" and "Brothers." The renewed contract will run until August 2015.
Read More »North American rights to actor Dermot Mulroney’s directorial debut "Love, Wedding, Marriage" have been picked up by IFC Films. The romantic comedy stars Kellan Lutz ("Twilight"), Mandy Moore ("License to Wed"), James Brolin ("Traffic"), Jane Seymour ("Wedding Crashers") and Jessica Szohr.
Read More »In the first purchase of the upcoming SXSW Film Festival, New Video has acquired Janet Grillo's "Fly Away." New Video plans to give the film a limited theatrical run through its Flatiron Film Co. on April 26, with a focus on digital, cable VOD and DVD distribution.
Read More »The Sundance Theatre Lab, a three-week retreat for playwrights, composers, directors and librettists, has identified its team of 31 fellows for this year's program. The lab is the centerpiece of the Sundance Institute's Theater Program, intended to provide the proper creative environment for artists...
Read More »The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival released major titles including its Competition, Spotlight Premieres, Headliners, Emerging Visions and other sections slated for the 2011 edition of the popular event taking place March 11 - 19 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »Miramax and Tribeca Film have partnered to distribute Massy Tadjedin's directorial debut "Last Night." The film, which stars Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes, and Guillaume Canet, tells the story of a man's business trip away from his wife, where he becomes taken with a coworker to whom ...
Read More »Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" will open the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 11th, the festival announced today. This marks Allen's second consecutive trip to the Croisette after "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," and tenth overall, but this is his first time opening the festival.
Read More »The New York International Children's Film Festival announced its complete lineup today. In addition to a slate of twelve new feature films, the festival will also screen short films grouped in age-appropriate programs and host a panel on women in film for its young girl attendees. The panel, "Bre...
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