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"Four Seasons" For First Run

First Run Features has acquired all rights to "Four Seasons Lodge," a new feature documentary directed by New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs.

Leaner Tribeca Fest in '09: Competition, Discovery Rosters Unveiled

The Tribeca Film Festival unveiled its narrative, documentary and Discovery competition roster Monday morning, featuring a new streamlined event with 84 features and 46 shorts screening April 22 - May 3. This year's line up includes includes 46 world, five international, 13 North American, 3 U.S. an...

"Teza" Wins Top Award at African Film Festival

IFP Announces Staff Changes

Michelle Byrd, Executive Director of IFP, the nation's largest membership organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that Mitchell Micich has been promoted to Deputy Director, Finance & Operations and Amy Dotson has been promoted to Deputy Director. Both will report directly to Byrd. Al...

"Pedro" Heads To Wolfe

Wolfe Releasing has announced the acquisition of Nick Oceano's "Pedro," the biopic of "Real World" star Pedro Zamora written by Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black.

Weekend Estimates: "Tokyo!" Leads Slew of Spec Openers

Six new specialty films reported numbers this first weekend of March, according to estimates provided by Rentrak early this afternoon. Liberation Entertainment's anthology "Tokyo!", co-directed by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Joon-ho Bong, led the way with a stellar showing at New York's Sunshine ...

"Seraphine" Saluted with Seven French Cesars

Martin Provost's "Seraphine" won seven Cesar Awards in Paris last night, honored as best picture of the year and winning prizes for best original screenplay (Martin Provost), best actress (Yolande Moreau), best cinematography (Laurent Brunet), best costume design (Madeline Fontaine), best original s...

7th Floor & 57th and Irving Team for New Distribution Unit, 7-57

New York City-based production companies The 7th Floor and 57th and Irving Productions are teaming to launch a new distribution label called 7-57 Releasing. The 7th Floor and 57th & Irving Productions will co-own and manage the new company, while continuing to run their separate production entities,...

Oscilloscope Tunes in "Burma VJ" for the U.S.

Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up U.S. distribution rights IDFA and Sundance '09 doc "Burma VJ" by Danish director Anders Ostergaard. The company plans a theatrical and non-theatrical release this spring, with DVD to follow in 2010. Oscilloscope's David Fenkel negotiated the deal with Josh Bra...