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Polanski's "Ghost" to Haunt North America
Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" will be distributed by Summit Entertainment in North America, the company announced Friday. Summit plans to release the film in the first half of 2010. Sales have been made in all major territories around the globe. The North America...
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B.O. of the '00s: The Top Grossing LGBT-Related Films
The 2010s are fast approaching - 20 days and counting - and indieWIRE is continuing this weekly Friday chart devoted to glancing back at the past ten years. With a film opening each weekend as a starting point, iW is charting various sub-categories of 2000s film, focusing on their North American bo...
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Slamdance Unveils 2010 Lineup
The 2010 Slamdance Film Festival has released its lineup for its sixteenth installment. The festival will run January 21 - 28, 2010 in Park City, UT.
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Positioned for the Digital Future, Krim & Lorber Still Favor the Big Screen
Richard Lorber and Don Krim, veterans of art and specialized film distribution for more than thirty years each, first met during their freshman year at Columbia University in the '60s. The two have separately built strong track records distributing international cinema -- on big screens and small --...
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Sundance Unveils 8 Films From 2010 Fest for U.S. City Screenings
Sundance Institute has unveiled eight films that will participate in its inaugural Sundance Film Festival USA, a new initiative that will spotlight films from Sundance's 2010 line up in eight cities. As part of the program, filmmakers will travel from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City to citie...
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Lorber & Kino Combine
Richard Lorber and Don Krim, leading distributors of international and independent cinema, have announced the merger of their companies to create a sizable film distribution company, Kino Lorber. The new company has a combined library of more than 600 films, many of them acclaimed foreign language t...
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Box Office 2.0: What Happens To "Precious" Now?
After four consecutive weekends of exceeding pretty much all expectations, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire" finally had something of a rough go this past weekend. According to final numbers, the Lionsgate release dropped a steep 67% from last weekend's frame, grossing only $2,282,07...
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Thirty-three Films Set for 27th CineMart in Rotterdam
Thirty-three projects have been selected for the 27th CineMart, taking place January 31 - February 3 in Rotterdam. The 2010 CineMart selection includes projects from several filmmakers who are competing at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (taking place January 27 - February 7), or have comp...
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First Run Nabs "Most Dangerous Man"
First Run Features has acquired Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith's documentary "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers." The film, which is currently on the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary and recently received the Special Jury Award at IDFA, will begin to r...
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Sundance Unveils 2010 Short Film Program
Sundance Institute has announced the program of short films selected to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. This year the Festival's Short Film Program comprises 70 short films from U.S. and international filmmakers selected from 6,092 submissions up 8% over 2009.
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