Rooftop Films has a heavy hitting film set up for it’s Saturday night screening.  You can see China Heavyweight with Rooftop Films’ iconic flare and charm at 8:00 PM! CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT (Yung Chang | 89 min.) The latest film from award winning director Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) is more than a sports documentary, it is [...]

  Tropfest concluded in New York with Josh Leake of Portland, Oregon claiming the top prize for a film called “Emptys,” made for $1,300 dollars. The aspiring filmmaker beat out seven other hopefuls in the first ever U.S. Tropfest competition, and earned $20,000 from the Motion Picture Association (MPA).  Alexander Poe came in second and [...]

Planet RE:think, the ecological documentary headlining the United Nations Earth Summit “Rio+20,” is premiering worldwide on Facebook following its theatrical debut in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Viewers can watch Planet RE:think online via Cinecliq and Vimeo. Directed by Eskil Hardt, this impactful documentary investigates the two major crises we presently face: the collapse of our [...]

IFP’s Independent Film Week is the ONLY place in the U.S. where industry leaders gain access to over 150 new projects first– well before they are discovered at festivals or by general audiences.

The 2012 Edinburgh International Film Festival announces their Best of Fest schedule Thursday, June 28th! The Best of Fest list features the highest rated films featured at the EIFF, as well as your final chances to see them before the conclusion of this year’s festival.

Film 2012 presenter, Claudia Winkleman, is to host this year’s Film Nation: Shorts awards ceremony on July 4th. Winkleman will preside over the handing out of 10 awards in categories from best animation (14 – 16 yrs old) to best fiction (20 – 25), culminating with Best of Film Nation: Shorts, which will be chosen [...]

With such close proximity to Washington D.C., the epicenter of all things politics in the United States, it’s only fitting that my first screening of We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists was at Silverdocs Film Festival in Silver Spring, Maryland. In the small but quaint Discovery Theater located in the Discovery Communications headquarters [...]

CALL FOR ENTRIES Submissions are now being accepted for the 9th Annual Big Apple Film Festival.  The festival will screen a variety of specially selected film from the New York City independent film community, as well as additional selections from across the country and around the world. The festival includes New York City premieres, interactive [...]

Dorian Tocker’s debut feature, Everyday Saturday had its world premiere last Wednesday at the Northside Film Festival, where it was greeted with acclaim from the audience who showered him in compliments during the post screening Q&A. The film which literally sits close to home for Tocker, it was filmed in his childhood home, is about [...]

The Los Angeles Film Festival announced the jury and audience award winners for the 2012 Festival at the Awards Brunch. The Narrative Award recognizes the finest narrative film in competition at the Festival and went to Pocas Pascoal for the North American Premiere of All is Well, with an Honorable Mention going to Dominga Sotomayor’s [...]