All articles by Elnaz Toussi – Page 2
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Armenia selects If Only Everyone as foreign language Oscar entry
Natalya Belyauskene’s drama [pictured] will fly the flag for the Eurasian country and its North American premiere screening will close the Arpa International Film Festival in Los Angeles on Dec 1.
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Digital distribution tool PUMit launches
French technology firm UbicMedia’s platform will make its way to the North American market on Oct 21. The technology helps filmmakers to screen and monetise their work online.
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Jump, Let The People Sing to open LAIFF
The Los Angeles Irish Film Festival will open with the US premiere of Kieron J Walsh’s Jump and Gary Kenneally’s tell-all documentary Let the People Sing.
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Kodak announces scholarship winners
The winners of the 2012 Kodak Student Scholarship Awards and Kodak Student Cinematography Scholarship Awards have been announced.
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Rubenstein Communications hires PR veteran Joe Libonati
The execiutive joins as svp effective immediately, Steven and Howard Rubenstein announced on Monday (10).
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Brainstorm Media, DIRECTV team up on doc series
Brainstorm Media and DIRECTV have partnered to present a series of socially and culturally relevant documentaries for the beginning of October on the satellite service.
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Film Independent unveils 11 Screenwriting Lab fellows
Film Independent has announced the 11 fellows for its 13th annual Screenwriting Lab that features an intensive six-week programme and mentors Robin Swicord and Jeff Stockwell.
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Tribeca Film picks up The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Burns wrote, directed and stars in the Toronto-bound family drama and reunites with former collaborators Connie Britton and Michael McGlone.
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San Francisco Film Society announces festival dates
The 56th San Francisco International Film Festival will takes place from Apr 25- May 9 2013.
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Shooting on The Runner scheduled in October
Kristopher Dolphin’s latest action thriller The Runner will star international model and actor Adam Sabbagh.
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TFI, WorldView team up on grants
The Tribeca Film Institute has expanded its Latin America Media Arts Fund to more than $90,000 in grants to support innovative film and artists who live in the Caribbean, Mexico, central and South America.
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ProductionLine, Scott McGinnis team up on Q
Michigan-based production company ProductionLine Films has partnered with the director, producer and TV veteran.
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Impact Film Festival to screen locally during conventions
The House I Live In (pictured), The Invisible War and How To Survive A Plague are among the politically charged films that will screen alongside the Democrat and Republican party conventions.
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American Asylum, BASS prepare The Last Beat
Robert Saitzyk will direct the film, loosely based on the final days of Jim Morrison.
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Mark Margolis joins cast of Fessenden's Beneath
Mark Margolis has joined the cast of Chiller’s Beneath alongside Danny Zovatto, Bonnie Dennison, Chris Conroy Jonny Orsini, Griffin Newman and Mackenzie Rosman.
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Don't Get Excited to begin shooting in September
Production is set to start for Ira Zankel and Aaron Godfred’s Don’t Get Excited, which follows an accountant who takes a chance on life and love after being told by his doctor he has a potentially fatal heart condition.
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Ten finalists in running for Your Film Festival prize
YouTube and Emirates in partnership with Scott Free Productions and the Venice Film Festival have announced [Aug 1] the Your Film Festival finalists to attend the Venice Film Festival and vie for a $500,000 prize.
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In Lieu Of Flowers wraps in New York
Patina Pictures has completed filming on William Savage’s feature debut.
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Korean American Film Festival to run Aug 9-11
Jinoh Park’s Should’ve Kissed will open the Los Angeles event, which has announced the inauguration of its programme in collaboration with its New York branch.
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Upstanding citizen
Syrian director Sam Kadi talks to Elnaz Toussi about his debut feature The Citizen, his hopes for his homeland and the American Dream.