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Regent Takes Dali Biopic "Ashes"

The international sales rights to Paul Morrison's "Little Ashes," starring Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali, have been acquired by Regent Worldwide Sales, the sales affiliate of Regent Entertainment. Regent Worldwide acquired the rights to film from British producers Aria Films and Met Film and the...

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SAG To Start Talking Tuesday

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CineMart Gives Awards To "HIM," "Birdie"

During the CineMart 2009 Closing Night Party tonight in Rotterdam, the Arte France Cinema Award for Best CineMart 2009 Project went to "HIM," by American Lance Weiler. "HIM" is a cross-media project - a collision of film, gaming, and interactive technology, placing the viewer literally in the shoes ...

SF Film Society and Foundation Team for $3M Production Grants

The San Francisco Film Society and The Kenneth Rainin Foundation are teaming on an annual grant to to encourage production of narrative feature films in the San Francisco Bay area. The five year program will include grants totaling $3 million that support "films that through plot, character, theme o...

Production Incentives Paying Off In NY

ASC Announces 2009 Heritage Award Recipients

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has named the 2009 recipients of the ASC Burton Stone Heritage Award for "outstanding achievement in student filmmaking." Nathan Levine-Heaney from Florida State University took the top prize in the Graduate category, while Aaron Dunson from the Univers...

Couple Defy Ban, Screen "Bashir" In Beirut