Posted on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 by
Wes
For one week only we’re offering Jennifer Venditti’s award winning Billy The Kid for a whopping 50% OFF! That’s right, this documentary which won international acclaim including Best Documentary at Edinburgh and Melbourne International Film Festival, as well as Jury prizes at Los Angeles and SXSW Film Festival can be yours to enjoy over and over again [...]
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Posted on Monday, July 2nd, 2012 by
Wes
Hollyshorts announced recently that Zachary Quinto and his Before The Door Pictures banner will open the 8th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) with a special theatrical world premiere of Periods., an improvised comedy film series created by NY-based filmmakers Victor Quinaz, Anna Martemucci and their ensemble crew. The showcase of the Periods. shorts will be [...]
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Posted on Monday, July 2nd, 2012 by
Wes
Moviehouse is an interactive screening series featuring film and video work by the city’s most intrepid moviemakers and performance artists. We project a curated show on alternative spaces throughout the city. At each screening we invite our audience into a salon-style dialogue among filmmakers, audience members and the wider community. Jl Aronson will join the [...]
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Posted on Friday, June 29th, 2012 by
Wes
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 [...]
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Posted on Friday, June 29th, 2012 by
Wes
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 [...]
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Posted on Friday, June 29th, 2012 by
Wes
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 [...]
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Posted on Thursday, June 28th, 2012 by
Wes
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.
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Posted on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 by
Wes
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.
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Posted on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 by
Wes
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 [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 by
Wes
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 [...]
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