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Bjork-Featured Enviro Doc Out On iTunes Today

The Icelandic environmental documentary "Nattura-Summer 2008" will be released exclusively on iTunes today, March 10 via an exclusive digital distribution partnership with E1 Entertainment Distribution U.S. The film focuses on the current environmental issues that face Iceland and includes interview...

Benten Films and Watchmaker Films Announce International Partnership

US-based distributor Benten Films, the first label run by film critics, and UK-based Watchmaker Films have entered into "a strategic and financial partnership." Effective immediately, Benten President and CEO Andrew Grant will head up Production and Acquisitions for Watchmaker. Benten VP and Art Dir...

Film on brutal Ethiopia dictator wins "Africa's Oscars"

With GM Gone, Ken Burns Lines Up New Sponsors

"La Mission" To Open San Francisco

The 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival will open with Peter Bratt's "La Mission," a drama about the powerful ties of family and community that premiered at Sundance earlier this year. The San Francisco-set "Mission" tells the story of Che (Benjamin Bratt), a reformed and respected ex-con...

Bloomberg: Indies To Benefit As Studios Retreat

"The retreat by Hollywood studios from movie-making is creating an opening for independent producers who say they don't need fickle credit markets to get films going," Bloomberg.com's Michael White writes in a recent article. "The producers plan to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in new movie...

"Slumdog" Producer Sets Up Cloud Nine Films

German Film Funding In Uproar

Newport To Partner With MoMA

The Newport International Film Festival has announced a new partnership with The Museum of Modern Art, featuring a special selection of films from the Museum’s annual exhibition "To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation." The announcement was made by NIFF Executive Director, Jennifer Maizel at a NIFF benefit event in Newport on Saturday night. The NIFF will present its annual Claiborne Pell Tribute Award at the 2009 Festival. The Honoree of NIFF’s annual Claiborne Pell Tribute Award will be presented with a $10,000 contribution in their name to be given to The Museum of Modern Art for its internationally ren...