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LatinoBuzz: Lourdes Portillo - Film Exhibition
The exhibition, titled Lourdes Portillo: La Cineasta Inquisitiva, was very well received. In 2013 and 2014, the program is moving outside of NYC to venues throughout the country so that others have the opportunity to celebrate her work!
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L.A. Today: A New Rooftop Drive-in and Oscars Outside!
With the scent of spring in the air, I can't wait for L.A. to open its great outdoor events. A new Rooftop Theater, Electric Dusk Drive-In began in March already, and Oscars Outdoors, a screening series at the Academy's new open-air theater, located on the Academy Hollywood campus will begin this s...
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LatinoBuzz: A Homeless, Undocumented, Young Latina Wins Big at the Oscars
The Academy Awards are rarely a platform for independent films, let alone Latino films but this year was different for a young Latina artist named Inocente Izucar. The circumstances of her life, chronicled in the short documentary film Inocente, are heartbreaking. She has suffered physical abuse, ch...
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Mitchell Block Direct: Short Films -- Oscar-Expectations
The Last 11 Years of Live Action Short Film Nominations and Short Films Branch Memories
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Mitchell Block Direct: Academy and DGA Awards Nominations Announced
Vol. I Issue 6 Send us links to your sizzle reels and film sites.
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When Are Films Political? This is Not a Film
After a successful theatrical run that began with exclusive engagements in late February at New York's Film Forum and Laemmle's Music Hall in Los Angeles, This is Not a Film, co-directed by Jafar Panahi and Motjaba Mirtahmasb, remains one of the best-reviewed films of the year and is now the Officia...
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Mitchell Block Direct: Vol. I Issue 4: Alex Gibney, Paperman, and The Academy Awards Animation Shorts Nominations
Mitchell Block examines Oscar winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, Paperman, and the 85th Academy Awards Animation Shorts nominations.
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Oscar Short List of Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles.
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LatinoBuzz: More Generation Mex Filmmakers on the Rise
Last week we featured some of Mexico’s young filmmakers who have emerged as part of a recent revival in Mexican cinema. These new directors have pushed out the old guard and persevere in difficult situations, using public funding and micro-budgets to create films which take aim at Mexico’s social il...
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LatinoBuzz: Latin American Films Take Center Stage at the Box Office, Sometimes
It’s rare for a film in Spanish or Portuguese to make it to a U.S. theater. Even within Latin America or Spain, it’s difficult for local films to compete against Hollywood blockbusters. Once in a while, against all odds, Latino films triumph at their local box office.
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