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Tropfest to launch New York festival at Bryant Park
The short film festival has teamed up with Starz Cinema, NBC 4 and WNYC Radio, Citi, Thompson Hotels and Film Society Lincoln Center to launch the June event.
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NewsBAMcinemaFest unveils fourth annual selection
The North American premiere of Jonathan Caouette’s Walk Away Renee (pictured) is among the 11-strong roster set to screen in Brooklyn from Jun 20-Jul 1.
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Fifth annual IFFLA honourees to include Kishore Lulla, Michelle Satter
The Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles has announced its annual Industry Leadership Awards honourees.
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CinemaCon to honour Diego Boneta as Rising Star Of 2012
The star of upcoming summer release Rock Of Ages will collect the award at the convention in Las Vegas on Apr 26.
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IFFLA heads towards tenth anniversary event in April
Bedabrata Pain’s Chittagong and Prashant Bhargava’s Patang bookend the Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) which will screen 33 films from around the world.
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Film Independent’s second Documentary Lab begins in LA
Film Independent’s seven-week intensive programme has got underway in Los Angeles for filmmakers in the non-fiction arena.
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San Francisco Film Society announces SFFS/KRF grants
The Society in association with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation have selected 11 narrative feature projects for the seventh round of grants up to $300,000.
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Women In Film Foundation announces annual Film Finishing Fund
Grants up to $15,000 will be given to films by, for and about women to cover post services such as online editing, sound mixing, colour correction and closed captioning.
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Jesse Owens to open Full Frame, Stanley Nelson honoured
The world premiere of Laurens Grant’s film will screen at the event in Durham, North Carolina, on Apr 12 and is the filmmaker’s first feature for PBS.
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Los Angeles Irish Film Festival founder-director named Irish woman of the year
Lisa McLaughlin will be honoured by the Mayor and city council of Los Angeles with a lunch at a St Patrick’s Day event on Mar 17.
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Academy awards Palms Springs Int’l Shortfest $20,000
The Palm Spring International ShortFest, set to run this year from Jun 19-25, will apply the grant towards the 2012 ShortFest forums.
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NewsIFP announces programming for Script To Screen Conference
Moneyball director Bennett Miller will take part in an on-stage conversation in the Mar 17 event, presented in partnership with WGA East, the New York Television Festival and BookExpo America.
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NewsOscar nominee Jonah Hill to receive IFF LA award
The 26th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles will present Oscar nominee Jonah Hill with the achievement in film award on opening night Mar 15.
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Miami festival to spotlight four rising international directors
The focus will be on Joong-Hyun Kim, Alejandro Landes, Pippo Mezzapesa, and Susan Youssef whose films will be presented in North America for the first time.
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Tropfest to host Las Vegas event at The Cosmopolitan
Tropfest will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas with “indie spirited” musical performances and an all-star competition featuring films from the festival over the past 20 years.
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NewsAlexander Payne to get Golden Eddie award from ACE
Alexander Payne will be honoured with the American Cinema Editors Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award.
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NewsTribeca Teaches programme expanded to Los Angeles
The Tribeca Film Institute launches new programme in Los Angeles and celebrates African American women’s leadership in its Tribeca Youth Screening Series.
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Film Comment selects 32 to screen in May
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s handpicked selection of films for this year’s Film Comment festival will include films that are alternately previewing prior to their theatrical release or films that may never come back to the big screen.
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NewsTate Taylor to receive 2012 WGA Paul Selvin Award
The Writers Guild Of America will honour The Help screenwriter and director with the award in recognition of “work that touches on the constitutional rights and civil liberties.”
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ShortsHD, Magnolia to release Oscar nominated shorts on Feb 10
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012 series will visit more than 200 theatres in the US and Canada.