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Film Independent announced the fourteen filmmakers selected from the Middle East, Northern Africa and Turkey to participate in the third annual Global Media Makers, an international film exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that it has named incoming AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Fellow Taryn Procsal as recipient of the Kirk Douglas Fellowship, a full-tuition two-year scholarship awarded to an AFI Conservatory Fellow.
Refinery29, the leading digital media and entertainment company for young women, today announced a new partnership deal with NEON, the award-winning studio responsible for the release of I, Tonya, Sundance- and Spirit Award Winner- Ingrid Goes West.
The 2018 LA Film Festival announces a diverse slate of 40 feature films, 41 short films, and 10 short episodic works representing 26 countries. More special screenings and programs will be announced in the coming weeks in addition to Opening and Closing Nights and Galas.
Today the LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that also produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, unveiled the official U.S. Fiction, Documentary, World Fiction, LA Muse and Nightfall sections.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced today that the AFI Conservatory has named Academy Award®-nominated producer, and News and Documentary Emmy Award winner, Lianne Halfon as Producing Discipline Head and will oversee all aspects of the Producing curriculum.
NEON has acquired the worldwide theatrical rights to Todd Douglas Miller’s (Dinosaur 13) cinematic space event documentary, Apollo 11. Executive produced by CNN Films, the film features never-before-seen, large-format film footage of one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments.
The LA Film Festival, under the leadership of Festival Director Jennifer Cochis, announced new programmatic elements for the 24th edition, which has moved to fall, and will include an immersive storytelling program curated by Guest Director Jacqueline Lyanga.
Before I, Tonya and "the incident," there was Sharp Edges, the documentary made thirty-two years ago by Yale University student Sandra Luckow as part of her senior thesis, now acquired by NEON and set for a one week theatrical run.
Miami Love Affair, the award-winning romantic comedy starring Burt Reynolds, from writer/director/actor Ralph Kinnard, and his producing partner Julian Fernau of CoCo Productions, and Lance Paul of Ginger Knight Entertainment is currently on the film festival circuit.
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announces the Screen Australia-Onbass Fellowships, the initial two full-tuition scholarships to attend the AFI Conservatory, which will be awarded for the 2019 and 2020 academic years, for a Master of Fine Arts degree.
Missing Link, LAIKA's fifth animated film, will be released by U.S. distributor Annapurna nationwide on Friday, April 19, 2019. LAIKA is the producer of Oscar-nominated films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), The Boxtrolls (2014), ParaNorman (2012) and Coraline (2009).
Glenn Frankel and Keri Walsh have been named 2018 Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy’s Educational Grants Committee will award both the $25,000 grant awards on the basis of their proposals.
In anticipation of the reissue of his pioneering work, The Blue Notebooks, originally released in 2004, and now re-released by Deutsche Grammophon with several bonus tracks and a Super Deluxe edition due on June 29, 2018.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that Jennifer Todd has won the runoff election for the open Producers Branch seat on the 2018–19 Board of Governors. Todd joins incumbents Albert Berger and Mark Johnson in representing the branch.
Michael Moore, Oscar®-winning filmmaker and Traverse City Film Festival founder and president, announced today that Jane Fonda will be honored with the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented to Fonda during the festival's 14th annual edition.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2018–19 Board of Governors, who assume their posts as of July 1. A runoff election is required for the Producers Branch.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the appointment of Michael Lumpkin as Director of AFI Festivals to oversee year-round programming and operations so to streamline efforts with studios, distributors, sponsors and cultural partners.
American Film Institute (AFI) celebrated this year's AFI Conservatory graduates, and newest filmmakers, at Hollywood's historic TCL Chinese Theatre with Honorary degrees conferred upon Academy Award®-winning actor/director Jodie Foster and Academy Award®-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announces the inaugural AFI Cinematography Introductory Intensive for Women (CIIW), sponsored by 21st Century Fox. The tuition-free program, taking place on the AFI campus in Los Angeles, August 3-6, 2018.
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced that Julia Roberts will present the nation's highest honor for a career in film, the AFI Life Achievement Award, to her longtime friend and colleague George Clooney.
Saban Films, one of the most active U.S. distributors on the Croisette this week, has acquired U.S. distribution rights to writer/director Maria Pulera's supernatural thriller Between Worlds which stars Nicolas Cage, Penelope Mitchell, Franka Potente, and Hopper Penn.
RT Features and Martin Scorsese's Sikelia Productions announced recently that they have signed on to produce and finance Danielle Lessovitz's Port Authority and Croatian writer-director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic's Murina, a tense coming-of-age drama.
Los Angeles-based film acquisition and distribution company Saban Films has acquired the North American rights to Berlin, I Love You. The notable cast includes Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren, Academy Award® nominee Keira Knightley, Diago Luna, Luke Wilson and Jim Sturgess.
On 9 May 2018, the French court dismissed the request by Paulo Branco and his production company Alfama Films Production to ban the Terry Gilliam film from being screened during the Closing night of the Festival de Cannes, on Saturday 19 May.
In the context of ongoing national debates over immigration, the timely new two-hour documentary The Chinese Exclusion Act, from Emmy® Award winning documentary filmmakers Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu, will debut as a special presentation May 29, 2018.
Film acquisition and distribution company, Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Kristoffer Nyholm's Keepers, starring Gerard Butler, (Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen) Peter Mullan ("Top of the Lake", Children of Men) and Connor Swindells.
Film acquisition and distribution company, Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Matthew Ross's Siberia, starring Keanu Reeves (The Matrix) and Ana Ularu (Inferno) with supporting performances from Golden Globe Nominee Molly Ringwald ("Riverdale") and Pasha Lychnikoff (Shameless).
Immediately following the world premiere, NEON acquired the North American rights to Border, a troll love story directed by Ali Abbasi (Shelley) and based on a novel by the writer of Let the Right One In.
LAIKA, the animation studio behind the Academy Award® nominated Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline, announces its fifth and most ambitious film to date: MISSING LINK at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
AFI DOCS has announced its Opening and Closing Night films, and Centerpiece and Special Screenings, with AT&T returning as Presenting Sponsor of the festival for the fifth consecutive year taking place in Washington, D.C June 13-17, 2018.
Under The Silver Lake, from A24 and Pastel, presents a thrilling noir fantasy showcasing the days of nights of L.A. and the unique, reclusive and dangerous personalities that come out when the sun goes down.
Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced that Fox Searchlight Pictures has signed a deal with Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro that covers live action feature film projects to be written, produced and/or directed by him.
BLOOM announced today that Emmy Award® Winner and Golden Globe® Nominee Martin Freeman (Black Panther, The Hobbit) will star alongside Diane Kruger (In the Fade, Inglorious Bastards) in The Operative, Yuval Adler's upcoming espionage-thriller.
Stuart Ford's AGC Studios has acquired the international rights to Midway, to be directed by iconic filmmaker Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 2012) from a script by Wes Tooke, and will introduce the film to buyers at Cannes.
30WEST and FilmNation Entertainment announced today that Academy Award® Nominee Amy Ryan (Birdman, Gone Baby Gone) has joined the cast of Mindy Kaling's Late Night, directed by Nisha Ganatra and starring Kaling and Emma Thompson.
After a whirlwind week of French films and record breaking attendance, Le Brio, Bloody Milk, C’EST LA VIE!, Promise at Dawn and Infidelity from Television, Film, Shorts, and Digital were among the jury prizes awarded.
'Ce Magnifique Gâteau!' (This Magnificent Cake!), the new mid-length stop-motion marvel by acclaimed Belgian directors Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, will have the honour of presentation at the celebratory Directors' Fortnight 50th anniversary ceremony on May 14.
Lakeshore Entertainment announced today that rom-com veteran Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, Monster-in-Law, The Ugly Truth) will direct the ensemble romantic comedy The Wedding Year, with award-winning actress Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) leading the cast. Don Diego wrote the screenplay.
FFI Holdings PLC (AIM: FFI), the holding company of Film Finances Inc., the world leader in the provision of completion contracts to the entertainment industry for films, television, mini-series and streaming, announced that it has acquired Signature Entertainment UK.
The American Film Institute (AFI) will host its annual AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) Showcase on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that trailblazing cinematographer Rachel Morrison (AFI Class of 2006) will receive the 2018 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal an award which honors outstanding achievements of AFI Conservatory Alumni in June 2018 ceremony.
LAIKA, the animation studio behind the Academy Award®-nominated Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline, has pacted with AGC International, the worldwide sales and distribution arm of AGC Studios, Stuart Ford's recently launched global content studio.
BLOOM announced today that they will launch international sales on Julius Onah's Luce at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. The dramatic thriller stars two-time Academy Award® Nominee Naomi Watts Academy Award® Winner Octavia Spencer, Academy Award® Nominee Tim Roth and Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Visual Communications (VC), the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, announced its outstanding program of films and events for the upcoming 34th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) running MAY 3 - MAY 12, 2018.
The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today recipients of its 2018 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants. Additionally, the grants committee is assisting the international community devastated by natural disasters in 2017.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that Daniel Fellman has been named governor of the Academy’s Executives Branch. Fellman will serve out the remainder of William Mechanic’s term which concludes on June 30, 2019.
The H Collective has entered into a deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) to distribute and market up to four films per year globally. This Sony Deal followed the news that The H Collective had acquired Vin Diesel’s One Race Films.
Epic reunions and not-to-be-missed intimate conversations will take center stage during the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, running April 18-29. Tribeca will celebrate the anniversaries of Schindler's List, Scarface, and In the Soup with reunion screenings and conversations.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its inaugural Careers in Film Summit: New York on Saturday, April 14th at the Time Warner Center in New York City and streamed live on Oscars.org.
Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula announced today the creation of Searchlight Television, making the company a 360-degree hub for creative talent and broadening the variety of projects produced under the Searchlight banner.
The Franco-American Cultural Fund announced today the program for the 22nd COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL, which will run April 23-30 at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. The event will showcase a record number of films.
Today the Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced the Focus on a Composer and selections for the Television section at COLCOA French Film Festival, which runs from Monday, April 23 through Monday, April 30 at the Directors Guild of America.
In a very aggressive preemptive mid-six figure deal, The H Collective has acquired Aaron W. Sala's horror thriller spec The Beast. Busted Shark Productions' Sherryl Clark will produce alongside The H Collective, who will also fully finance the feature.
The Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced the films that will be featured in the Documentary and Shorts sections at COLCOA French Film Festival which runs from Monday, April 23 and runs through Monday, April 30 at the Directors Guild of America.
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the LA Film Festival, announced the nine filmmakers and six projects selected for its 2018 intensive five-week Documentary Lab designed to help filmmakers currently in post-production.
Academy Award winning feature film producer Greg Shapiro has joined recently launched content creation and global licensing operation AGC Studios as Head of Film, it was announced today by AGC’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stuart Ford.
Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Pitch Perfect) has signed on as the lead in an Untitled Horror Project produced by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, Slither) and The H Collective. David Yarovesky (The Hive) will direct.
Greg Berlanti's film follows the story of Simon Spier (Nick Robinson), a teenage boy who has to come out to his friends and family while also trying to uncover the identity of his anonymous crush, has already garnered near universal critical and social acclaim.
Film Independent handed out honors to Call Me by Your Name, Get Out, I, Tonya, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Big Sick, Ingrid Goes West and Lady Bird at this afternoon’s 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards.
When Hollywood stars gather to celebrate the Film Independent Spirit Awards, Seattle will take center stage as IFC Seattle Story Award Grant recipient and filmmaker, Matty Brown will premiere a teaser of his short film titled Dreamcatcher.
Today, Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, and IFC announced, in partnership with Facebook, that the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be live streamed on Facebook Watch.
Today Disney announced the launch of a world-wide celebration honoring 90 years of Mickey Mouse. Since his big-screen debut in Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928, Mickey has been the global ambassador for The Walt Disney Company.
AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi has officially announced its dates and call for entries. Submissions for the 32nd edition of AFI FEST will take place in Hollywood, CA, from November 8–15, 2018, open today.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announces the first-ever AFI Conservatory EXPO, a one-day festival showcasing 30 thesis films from the Class of 2017 introducing the AFI Conservatory's most recent MFA graduates to leaders of the film and television community.
Producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd today announced additional presenters for the 90th Oscars® telecast. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the Oscars will air live Sunday, March 4, on the ABC Television Network.
The Franco-American Cultural Fund announced that Mélanie Laurent will be honored as their "Focus on a Filmmaker" at the COLCOA French Film Festival. Additionally, they have announced the five films that comprise the "COLCOA Classic Series."
Academy governor Lois Burwell, event producer Cheryl Cecchetto and master chef Wolfgang Puck will team to create this year's Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' official post-Oscars® celebration which follow the 90th Oscars ceremony.
Gael García Bernal, Mary J. Blige, Andra Day, Natalia LaFourcade, Miguel, Keala Settle, Sufjan Stevens and Oscar® winner Common will perform this year's nominated songs at the 90th Oscars® ceremony, show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd announced.
Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired worldwide rights to writer, director, producer and star Nate Parker's powerful slave drama THE BIRTH OF A NATION, which received a standing ovation following its Sundance Film Festival debut.
Ten editorial staff members of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French newspaper known for its controversial and at times offensive cartoons, and two police officers were murdered in what is being called a religious based terror attack.
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The Academy will host live Oscar® viewing parties in New York and London for members and invited film industry guests on Oscar Sunday, March 4. The Oscars®, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.
Kartina.TV, the leading IPTV provider of Russian-language entertainment outside of Russia, is thrilled to announce the official selection of the 2013 Russian Film Week in New York. Supported by Studio "We" and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
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San Diego, California, For Immedite Release - The San Diego Jazz Fest takes place November 26-November 30 and will feature over thirty bands and guest artists from across the U.S. playing for dancing and listening in seven venues.
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