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Actor Ron Silver Dies at 62

"Father" Tops Sofia Film Fest

Weekend Estimates: "Sunshine" Cleans Up Spec Box Office (UPDATED)

Overture Films delayed release of 2008 Sundance acquisition "Sunshine Cleaning" appears to have significantly paid off. The Christine Jeffs-directed film, which stars Amy Adams and Emily Blunt as sisters that take up crime scene clean-up in an effort to make extra cash, grossed a spectacular $214,0...

TODAY: Meet the SXSW Filmmakers at Apple Store in Austin, TX

Today, March 15th, indieWIRE and Apple present a conversation with SXSW Filmmakers.

"John" Leads Lola Award Nods

B-Side Finds "Manifesto" Ahead of SXSW; Follows Recent Trends In Online Distribution

B-Side Entertainment, based in Austin, has announced the first film to be released through its distribution arm. Brett Gaylor's copyright and content creation law doc "RiP: A Remix Manifesto," which will screen at this year's SXSW Film Festival, has been acquired by B-Side. They will handle the US ...

Distributor Trela Media Launches With "Cindy Sherman"

Trela Media, an independent film distribution company, has launched by announcing its first acquisition, Paul H-O and Tom Donahue's "Guest of Cindy Sherman." Based in New York, Trela Media will acquire and release four to six independent films per year. "I have seen several high-quality films, incl...

Variance Teams Up For "Nursery University"

Marc H. Simon and Matthew Makar's doc "Nursery University," will find a spring release via an innovative team-up of Variance Films, Elementary Films, and Argyle Productions. The film, about the oddly competitive world of Manhattan nursery school admissions, will open in New York City on April 24th, ...

Lorber Takes "Asset," "Nollywood"

Lorber HT Digital has acquired rights to two docs - upcoming SXSW entry "Intangible Asset #82," the directorial debut of Australian jazz singer Emma Franz, and Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal's "Nollywood Babylon," which screened in Toronto and Sundance.