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Werc Werk To "Howl"

Indie production and finance shingle Werc Werk Works has come on board to produce and fully finance Rob Esptein and Jeffrey Friedman's "Howl." The project will be poduced by Werc Werk Works CEO Elizabeth Redleaf and President Christine Walker. Gus Van Sant serves as Executive Producer with Redleaf....

Cinereach Names 10 for $250K in Grants

Emerging filmmakers from Japan and Palestine as well as local New York group, Rooftop Films are among the recipients of over $250,000 in grants announced by Cinereach. Ten works-in-progress and organizations committed to Cinereach's mission to support "socially-relevant, artistic filmmaking" will sh...

IDA's Schmidt: "Documentaries, boring? I think not"

Relating quote from a recent New York Times article in which a filmmaker quipped that a "dirty little secret" was that documentaries are "boring," International Documentary Association president Eddie Schmidt launched a broadside counter-attack Wednesday night at an event hosted at the Association o...

Hollywood To Tone Down Oscar Parties

California Beckons Film Crews

Oscar and the Box Office: What's Really Going On?

This past weekend, Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" became the highest grossing film ever at New York's Angelika Film Center. Its gross at the Angelika alone, which stands at $1,157,497, surpassed the record of $1,135,141 held by Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful." More over, "Slumdog"'s avera...

Biz Employment Outlook Grim

Costume Guild Likes "Slumdog," "Duchess"

IFC Takes "Pontypool"

"Pontypool," a Canadian zombie horror-thriller directed by Bruce McDonald, has been acquired for U.S. release by IFC Films. The film will have its New York City premiere in late March as part of the Museum of Modern Art's Canadian Front 2009, the annual showcase of the best in Canadian cinema. The ...