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Tornatore's "Baaria" To Open Venice

Giuseppe Tornatore's Sicilian epic "Baaria" will become the first Italian film in twenty years to open the Venice Film Festival. It will open the festival's 66th edition on September 2nd with a gala screening, and will screen in competition.

SAG approves contract

Tim Burton Heads To MoMA For Five-Month Exhibition

The Museum of Modern Art will present a major exhibition exploring the full scale of filmmaker Tim Burton's career, both as a director and concept artist for live-action and animated films, and as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer. The exhibition will be on view from November 22, 2009...

SAG Approves Contract

Hula-palooza! Docs Take Center Stage at 10th Maui Film Festival

Docs feature heavily in the 10th Maui Film Festival taking place June 17 - 21. Director Dana Brown's "Highwater" will open at the fest's open air Celestial Cinema, a doc showcasing the 2005 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing in Oahu's North Shore, while best foreign-language Oscar winner "Departures" by Y...

EditFest Expands To NYC

315 Shorts Set For Palm Springs Fest

The 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its roster of 315 films, selected from more than 2,500 worldwide entries. Now in its 15th year, ShortFest will showcase 76 World Premieres, 43 North American Premieres and 14 U.S. Premieres. All selections are structured into 52 themed progra...

"The Drummer" Beats to Film Movement

North American rights to Kenneth Bi's "The Drummer" have been acquired by Film Movement. The Mandarin and Cantonese language film stars Jackie Chan's son Jaycee and is about a rebellious young man growing up in his gangster father's shadow, who is forced to strike out alone and discovers the Zen wor...

"No Impact Man" Consumes U.S. Rights

U.S. rights Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein's documentary "No Impact Man" has been picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories. The film, which had its world debut this year at the Sundance Film Festival, takes a look at the personal fallout resulting from one man's decision to eliminate his family's imp...