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This Thursday: indieWIRE Hosts "The Imperialists Are Still Alive!" at Northside FilmFest
Fans and followers of indie filmmaker Whit Stillman are likely to be struck by Zeina Durra's "The Imperialists Are Still Alive!," a new feature film about a group of modern, upwardly mobile New Yorkers. In fact, Stillman even has a cameo in the film, which debuted in January at the Sundance Film Fes...
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Box Office: "Cyrus" Soars To Summer Highs As Marketplace Heats Up
It looks like summer 2010 might have its first full-on specialty film breakout (it also seems to have quite the studio blockbuster in "Toy Story 3"). According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier this afternoon, Fox Searchlight release "Cyrus" soared to a $180,289 gross from just 4 theaters. T...
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"Minutemen" & "Gabi" Take Brooklyn Film Fest Prizes
Corey Wascinski's "The Minutement Movie" and "Gabi On the Roof In July" took the top three prizes, with "Minutemen" grabbing two nods, closing out the 13th edition of the Brooklyn International Film Festival. With this year's theme, "Stunt," BIFF presented 101 films from 92 countries. BIFF and its s...
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Writer Peter Brunette Dies at Italian Festival
Film critic and author Peter Brunette, a frequent contributor to indieWIRE in recent years, died this morning in Italy while attending the Taormina Film Festival.
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Shadow Distribution Picks Up Doug Block's Follow Up To "51 Birch Street"
Shadow Distribution has just announced that it will be handling the North American theatrical distribution of Doug Block's feature documentary "The Kids Grow Up." The film has already made the rounds at the Hot Docs, Full Frame and IDFA Film Festivals, and will next screen at Silverdocs Festival, be...
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Cannes Winner "Screaming Man" Picked Up For U.S.
Film Movement has announced their acquisition of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's "A Screaming Man," which won the Jury Prize from the 2010 Cannes Film Festival last month. The film - picked up in association with UK distributor Soda Pictures - will be released in North America in the first quarter of 2011, ...
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Camera d'Or Winner "Leap Year" Jumps to U.S.
U.S. rights to Michael Rowe's Cannes Camera d'Or winner, "Leap Year" (Ano Bisiesto) have been picked up by Strand Releasing from Pyramide International, the Culver City-based distributor said on the eve of their honor at a retrospective being held at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. ...
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Election Day Doc "11/4/08" Picked Up By FilmBuff
Jeff Deutchman's documentary "11/4/08" has been acquired by VOD-based distributor FilmBuff for an October 2010 release, it was announced today. The news came as the film - which premiered at SXSW earlier this year - has its first official New York screening tonight, as part of the Stranger than Fict...
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"Mother" & "Twins" Win Top NewFest Prizes
Quebecois director Xavier Dolan's "I Killed My Mother" won Best Narrative Feature, while "The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls" by Leanne Pooley took the prize in the documentary category over the weekend at the 22nd NewFest, New York's LGBT Film Festival. The prizes were handed out by the festival's e...
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Dunst, Close and Franco to Screen Films in 16th Palm Springs ShortFest
314 films are on tap for the 16th Palm Springs International ShortFest, taking place June 22 - 28 in the desert resort city. Fifty-two themed programs will divide the fest, which will screen 58 world premieres and 55 North American debuts.
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