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Focus Features Awards African Short Filmmakers
Five lucky filmmakers of African nationality and residence have been awarded $10,000 USD apiece on behalf of Focus Features, through their Africa First Program for short films. The money is to go toward financing for pre-production, production, and post production on narrative shorts made within Afr...
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"King's Speech" Atop Hamptons Fest; "Mamas," "Circo, "Love" Also Win
Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech," starring Colin Firth as Britain's King George VI, won the narrative audience prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival tonight in East Hampton, NY. The documentary audience award went to Jill Andresevic's "Love Etc." The festival, which closes tomorrow on Lo...
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Box Office: "Inside Job" Continues Doc Surge With Big Debut; "Tamara Drewe" Weak
It was a double-edged sword for Sony Pictures Classics this weekend. Releasing two of the whopping nine new specialty films reporting estimates, the distributor both enjoyed by far the best news of the weekend, as well as perhaps the most disappointing. According to estimates provided by Rentrak ea...
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Report: "Blue Valentine" Slapped With NC-17
Derek Cianfrance's Ryan Gosling-Michelle Williams anti-romance "Blue Valentine" was delivered quite the opposite of a valentine this morning when Deadline broke the news that the film had been slapped with an NC-17 rating. Due to be released in late December, the MPAA's decision on "Valentine" is s...
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Other Israel Film Festival Hosts U.S. Premiere Among Many Highlights This Year
The opening of the Speakeasy Cafe marks one of the many highlights leading up to the fourth annual Other Israel Film Festival, which takes place from November 11 - 21, in Manhattan. Located on Manhattan's upper west side, the cafe will host conversations with Naomi Ragen, Benny Morris, Debra Winger ...
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IFC Takes "Sleepover" Rights for SXSW/Cannes Title
North American and select international rights to David Robert Mitchell's award-winning drama, "The Myth of the American Sleepover" have been picked up by IFC Films.
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MTV and FilmBuff Partner To Release "Savage County"
Digital distribution company FilmBuff has announced a partnership with the team behind MTV's new horror film production, "Savage County," for a full-scale digital release through the month of October. The film will world premiere October 7th on MTV2, at 11 p.m. EST/10 p.m. CST.
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NYFF"s "Robber" Heads To Kino
Kino International has announced the acquisition of the US rights to Benjamin Heisenberg's "The Robber" (Der Raeuber), one of the feature film selections at this year's New York Film Festival. Described on The New York Film Festival website as "at once an action thriller, a love story, a character s...
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Hawaii Film Festival's Award Worthy 2010 Slate
An array of possible contenders come awards season make up the biggest entries on the lineup of the 30th annual Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), which takes place from October 14 - 24. This season will feature a massive slate of 214 films from 40 different countries, with all screenings be...
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Anne Thompson Named indieWIRE Editor at Large
Leading film journalist Anne Thompson is taking on a greater role at indieWIRE as the company enters a period of transition. The news is one of two important developments at iW this week. While Thompson will maintain her popular blog at indieWIRE, her new title -- indieWIRE Editor-at-Large -- formal...
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