All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 231
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NewsTelluride picks Payne as guest director for 2009 festival
Alexander Payne will serve as the guest director for the 36th Telluride Film Festival, which will run September 4-7.
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NewsSchwarz promoted to SVP at Participant
Participant Media has promoted Liana Schwarz to Senior Vice President, Campaign Development & Operations.
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NewsFreestyle takes on US release of My One And Only
Freestyle Releasing has struck a deal with production company Herrick Entertainment for the US theatrical release of My One and Only.
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NewsNoyce draws Mixed Blood with Jackson thriller
Phillip Noyce will direct Mixed Blood, which will co-star Samuel L Jackson.
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NewsGhent festival plans Asian focus including Anime exhibit
The 36th Ghent International Film Festival (October 6-17) will have a continent-specific themed programme for the first time, focusing on Asia.
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NewsCambodian shoot starts for The Road To Freedom
Producer Tom Proctor and director Brendan Moriarty are starting a Cambodian shoot for their “buddy picture” and war story The Road to Freedom for California-based Madcat Productions.
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NewsChildren Of Invention, Way We Get By take honours in Newport
Tze Chun’s Children Of Invention and Aron Gaudet’s The Way We Get By won jury narrative and documentary prizes as the 12th annual Newport International Film Festival wrapped on Sunday [June 7].
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NewsBabelgum to launch End Of The Line's expanded series
Rupert Murray, who directed the environmental documentary The End Of The Line, will now expand that project into a six-part documentary series that will be exclusively launched by online and mobile platform Babelgum.
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NewsNantucket to start new children's festival in August
The Massachusetts island of Nantucket will host the inaugural Nantucket children’s Film Festival from August 9-14, 2009.
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NewsNew York City hopes to extend but trim film tax credit
Legislation is being introduced this week to seek $24m to extend New York City’s popular film and TV tax credit programme until 2011, but the move aims to trim the rebate from 5% to 4%.
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NewsLAFF to open with Paper Man starring Jeff Daniels
The Los Angeles Film Festival will open on June 18 with the world premiere of Paper Man.
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NewsGoldwyn ties up US rights to Yellow Handkerchief
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to Udayan Prasad’s The Yellow Handkerchief.
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NewsBAFTA/LA to honour Blunt with Britannia Award
BAFTA/LA will honour Emily Blunt with the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year.
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NewsHBO dances with Sweethearts Of The Prison Rodeo
HBO Documentary Films has acquired US rights to Sweethearts Of The Prison Rodeo directed by Bradley Beesley.
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NewsLos Angeles Film Festival to host US premiere of Transformers sequel
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen will have its US premiere on June 22 as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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NewsCineVegas to honour Voight, Dafoe and Kuchars
Actors Jon Voight and Willem Dafoe and homemade movie pioneers George & Mike Kuchar will be among the Vanguard Award honorees at CineVegas 2009.
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Sarasota's Kielbasa heads to Virginia Film Festival
Jody Kielbasa has been named as the new director of the Virginia Film Festival.
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NewsAdlabs' BIG to open Chicago multiplex
Adlabs’ exhibition arm, BIG Cinemas, is opening its first BIG-branded cinema in the US, with a five-screen multiplex planned in Chicago.
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NewsNewport festival to kick off June 3 with In The Loop
The 12th annual Newport International Film Festival will open June 3 with Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop, and will close on June 7 with Pierre Marcel’s new documentary Tabarly.
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NewsSchwartz to replace Rosen as dean at UCLA film school
UCLA has appointed Teri Schwartz as dean of its School of Theatre, Film and Television.