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CommentWhy 'Losing Sight Of Shore' can be a good thing
Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sarah Moshman tells the story of The Coxless Crew in her latest documentary Losing Sight Of Shore, the extraordinary journey of four women rowing the Pacific Ocean unsupported.
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WIFTS Foundation announces honourees
Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema will host the WIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards on Dec 1 in Los Angeles.
NewsProduction wraps on The Girl From Nagasaki
The husband-and-wife team of Michel Comte and Ayako Yoshida updates Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly.
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Arpa to screen more than 60 films from 17 countries
Ajay Singh’s family film Upside Down are among the films making a West Coast premiere at the Arpa International Film Festival, set to run from Nov 29-Dec 2 in Los Angeles.
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Fog Cutter Films lines up 2013 maiden shoot
The newly formed production company will start principal photography next year on psychological thriller The Revolution Of Jenny Speck.
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Olympusat 360 broadens restoration services
Television network developer and distributor Olympusat has announced its production and restoration facility, Olympusat 360.
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Shooting on family drama Sequoia underway
Andy Landen directs from a screenplay by Andrew Rothschild about a chance encounter with a boy in Sequoia National Park that disrupts a patient’s suicide plans.
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Kid Cannabis, Monica wrap for producers
Gordon Bijelonic and Datari Turner Films have completed principal photography on Kid Cannabis in Victoria, Canada, and on Monica in Houston, Texas.
NewsSundance’s Film Forward reveals line-up
Touring festival Film Forward has unveiled the titles that will be taken to communities throughout the US and around the world in 2013.
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ATX Television Festival, Final Draft announce pitch contest
The ATX Television Festival has announced its first pitch competition in collaboration with Final Draft for aspiring writers to pitch original ideas for a scripted series to top television decision makers.
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SFFS unveils Kenneth Rainin finallists
Thirteen finalists have been announced in the eighth round of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation of the San Francisco Film Society.
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Miami Fest to stage 29-day retrospective countdown
Organisers of next year’s 30th anniversary of the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) will count down with a 29-day retrospective commencing on Jan 26 2013 with a screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s Dark Habits (Entre Tinieblas).
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Moviepilot launches social media agency
The venture will focus on movie and TV marketing to help studios promote their releases.
NewsVince Vaughn to receive Starz Film Festival’s John Cassavetes Award
The honour is presented annually “to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the world of filmmaking.”
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Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures moves ahead
Award-winning architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali have designed the first major US museum dedicated to the history and ongoing development of motion pictures.
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Fort Lauderdale to screen The Sapphires, Quartet
Stefan Ruzowitzky and actors Dabney Coleman and Garret Dillahunt are set to attend this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
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35th Starz Denver Film Festival to honour Argentina, Daniel Burman
The event will include 14 films in an Argentinian sidebar and a three-film tribute to Burman is planned for his feat of having the most films from Argentina play on US screens. The Colorado event is set to run from Nov 1-11.
NewsFirst recipients of Kazuko Trust's scholarship award announced
Laida Lertxundi and Michael Robinson will debut their new work at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
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Joshua Zeman prevails in SFFS screenwriting contest
The San Francisco Film Society has announced that to Joshua Zeman will receive the 2013 Djerassi Residency Award / SFFS Screenwriting Fellowship for his film Collider.
NewsFirst Time Fest launches in New York in March 2013
Co-founders Johanna Bennett and Mandy Ward of First Time Fest (FTF) said industry experts and select members of the public will judge 12 finalists from a potential pool of thousands.