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Media Watch: Industry Heavyweights Talk 'The New Disruptors: Content, Devices and Distribution'
"We are in the future and the future is now," said producer Paula Wagner in her intro to Loyola Marymount University School of Film & Television's annual Steed Symposium, which mounted a heavyweight industry panel to talk "The New Disruptors: Content, Devices and Distribution."
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Lee & Pantenburg Present 'Film Studies in Motion - A Web Series in 7 Episodes,' Leading up to Oberhausen Fest Panel
Beginning today, Kevin B. Lee and Volker Pantenburg are presenting weekly selections of analytical video essays from the web. The series, "Film Studies in Motion - A Web Series in 7 Episodes," is in preparation of their presentation "Whatever happened to Bildungsauftrag? - T...
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Gravitas Expanding Release for Aaron Rottinghaus' 'Apart' via Tugg
Gravitas Ventures will use on-demand enabler Tugg to expand the current theatrical and VOD run of Aaron Rottinghaus' psychological thriller "Apart."
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Amazon Adds 'Melancholia,' '13 Assassins' and More Magnolia Goodies to Prime Instant Video Library
Amazon is adding a slew of Magnolia Pictures titles to its Prime Instant Video library. "Melancholia," "13 Assassins" and "Page One: Inside the NY Times" are a few of the Magnolia standouts available for streaming to Prime members on the site.
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Netflix and Weinsteins Strike First Streaming Deal, Including Likely Oscar-Winner 'The Artist'
It won’t be long before likely Oscar-winner “The Artist” will silently grace your instant queue. Yes, Netflix and The Weinstein Company have established a streaming deal.
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What If You Could Tip a Filmmaker?
Over at the Tribeca Film Festival's excellent "Future of Film" blog, its editor, internet expert Chris Dorr, asks: "What If You Could Tip a Filmmaker?" Here's the piece, in full:
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Oscar Watch: William Joyce Talks Brave New Interactive World of Oscar Winner 'Fantastic Flying Books' UPDATED
Who says high and low tech can't come together in animation and publishing?
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Focus Goes On 10th Anniversary Buying Spree, from Bana Thriller to Sundance's 'For a Good Time Call'; Talk Digital Focus World
As Focus Features ramps up for its 10th anniversary, chairman James Schamus and president Andew Karpen are on a buying tear. And with three Oscar nominations in hand for BAFTA front-runner "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," which is scoring at the box office ($42 million worldwide), they're ...
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SnagFilms News Update: Semel Joins Board, New Financing Round Closed, 'Kinyarwanda' Acquired
Burgeoning digital distributor SnagFilms has been making changes of late. Most recent news is that the digital indie distributor has closed a new, seven-figure financing round, has added ex-Yahoo and Warner Bros. chief Terry Semel to its board and is plunging full steam ahead into distribution of na...
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Terry Gilliam Short "The Wholly Family" To Screen Online on January 23
It'd be a mistake for anyone to call one-time Monty Python member Terry Gilliam a conventional filmmaker, but with his new short, "The Wholly Family," the imaginative director is now trying something completely different: an online screening of the film, made possible by sponsor The Guardian.
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