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Deal for Dieckmann's "Motherhood"

Freestyle Releasing has announced that it will distribute Katherine Dieckmann's "Motherhood" from iDeal Partners Film Fund and Killer Films. The comedy, starring Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards, premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and will open in October 2009 in theaters acros...

Tobey Maguire to star in 'Details'

"Loren Cass" Goes to Kino for Late July Release

First time filmmaker Chris Fuller's "Loren Cass" (2007) has been acquired by Kino International and will have its theatrical roll out July 24 at Cinema Village in New York, the company announced Tuesday. The film will expand to other major markets during the summer and fall of 2009, before a release...

"Pippa Lee" Picked Up

Screen Media has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Rebecca Miller's "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" for release in late October. The film - which had its world premiere at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival - was adapted from Miller's book of the same name. It has an all star cast, including Robi...

Mid-Year Report: Specialty Box Office Winners & Losers

Independence Day has come and gone, and as specialty distributors rev up their late summer sleepers and award-seeking fall slates, it's time to take a glance back at the last six months. While we all know Hollywood seems to doing fine - with help from "Transformers" and "Up" overall 2009 box office ...

Swinton's Festival To Hit The Road

The Guardian has reported that actress Tilda Swinton and film critic Mark Cousins have officially announced the follow-up to last year's "Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams" - a film festival they created in a former ballroom in Nairn, Scotland, complete with beanbags for seats and free entry if yo...

Israeli Thriller "For My Father" to Thrill North America

Israeli director Dror Zahavi's thriller "For My Father" (Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv) has found a North American home. Film Movement picked up the Hebrew-language film and plans a limited theatrical release in addition to VOD nationwide in the Winter of 2010. Film Movement's president Adley Gartenstein ne...

$1.5M for Filmmakers? Cinereach and Sundance Unveil Three-Year Grant Program

The Sundance Institute and Cinereach unveiled a $1.5 million three-year grant for a new project dubbed, "The Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute." Funded by Cinereach, the program will support what the Institute calls "a unique and flexible resource pool for documentary and feature film projects...

28 Films to Vie for Oscar Consideration at DocuWeeks

Stories of starvation, persecution, escape from the world's worst human rights violator, and a surprising inside look at an iconic cult are among the topics on display in this year's selection of films at the upcoming DocuWeeks showcase in NYC and LA.