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Berlinale Co-Production Market Selects 36

The sixth Berlinale Co-Production Market has selected 36 film projects from 23 countries that will be presented from February 8-10, 2009. From 333 submissions, 22 projects are in the official selection, four projects will be presented at the "Rotterdam-Berlinale-Express" in cooperation with the Cine...

Weekend Estimates: "Torino" Explodes In Wide Release, "Defiance" Leads Limiteds

Nearly doubling the opening of 2000's "Space Cowboys" to become Clint Eastwood's highest wide-release opening as either a director or star, Warner Bros.' "Gran Torino" topped the overall box office this weekend, grossing $29,025,000 and bringing its total to $40,065,130 after four previous weekends ...

New Sundance Sales Strategy for Star Films? (Variety)

"Go to Sundance, screen your film, have a bidding war," a strategy detailed by CAA's Micah Green in Variety today, used to be the approach employed by John Sloss' Cinetic Media (where Green once worked) and then the Hollywood talent agencies. Not so fast these days.

Sony Classics Confirms "Tyson" for North America

Confirming an acquisition initially hinted at way back at the Cannes Film Festival last May, Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American rights to writer-director James Toback's doc "Tyson," which will have its North American premiere at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. The film is the f...

By the numbers: The Top 250 Films of '08

DGA Announces Doc Nominees

The Directors Guild of America has announced their annual award nominees in the documentary film category. The nominees are Gonzalo Arijon for "Stranded: I've Come From A Plane That Crashed on the Mountains," Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricia Lanfranco for "The Judge and the General," Ari Folman for...

"Slumdog" Takes Five At Critic's Choice Awards

The 14th Annual Broadcast Film Critics' Association's Critics Choice Awards were handed out Thursday night, with Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" dominating, taking awards for best picture, best director (Danny Boyle), best screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), best composer (A.R. Rahman), and best young a...

IFC Takes "Che" Back On The Road

IFC Films will take the "Roadshow Edition" of Steven Soderbergh's "Che" on the road once again with 9 additional markets opening next Friday, January 16th. This follows considerable success of the film's screenings in New York and Los Angeles, where in three weeks and from single theater engagements...

Netflix and Film Independent To Help "Find Your Voice"

Netflix, Inc. and Film Independent (FIND) have announced that they are joining forces to "discover the next great independent filmmaker." The "Netflix FIND Your Voice Film Competition" will award one aspiring filmmaker the means, guidance and resources to make a full-length, narrative film. Josh Brolin will serve as honorary chair and panel judge and the winner's film will be given distribution online at Netflix. The winner of the competition, who will own all rights to his or her film, will be determined between now and July 2009. In addition to production resources needed to make the film, the winner will receive a $150,000 cash production ...