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“Matching Jack” to Receive International Award

October 31, 2011 12:00 PM
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Matching Jack, which won best picture at the Milan International Film Festival, was feted in Los Angeles with a gala screening Wednesday night November 2.

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American Film Market Begins November 2 - 9, 2011

October 30, 2011 2:30 AM
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Everyone in the film world knows the American Film Market in Santa Monica is one of the Big 3 world film markets which generate about $3 billion in deals. The business of independent motion picture production and distribution - a truly collaborative process - reaches a peak every year at the American Film Market, the Cannes Film Festival's Marche May 16-27, 2012 and the European Film Market during the Berlinale February 9 - 17, 2012.

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“Beyond The Moonwalk” Gets a Dance Partner

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October 27, 2011 12:00 PM
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This project is one of our faves.

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Why Marshall McLuhan would Dig Transmedia and DIY Distribution

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October 27, 2011 2:30 AM
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UCLA is hosting a DIY Day this Friday 9AM to 7:30 PM and The Film Collaborative's Orly Ravid and Jeffrey Winter will present their new must-read book "How to Sell Your Film Without Selling Your Soul" at 6:30. It will all take place at the Charles E. Young Research Library on the north side of the UCLA campus. Parking in Structure 3.

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American Film Festival's Films In Progress

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October 25, 2011 2:30 AM
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I am looking forward to serving on the jury of GiP, the first industry event devoted solely to U.S. indie films in Europe, The American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland is hosting the first "Gotham In Progress", a European industry showcase for U.S. indies in final production stages. Out of the 11 projects, selected from 39 applications, 7 will be presented in full at closed industry screenings. The second edition of American Film Festival is the only ongoing Polish film event focused on American cinema and offers narrative and documentary competition sections with Audience Awards of $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. Retrospectives of Todd Solondz, Terrence Malick and Joe Swanberg will also take place during the event. And I get to be on the jury in this city, once named Breslau, the jewel in the crown of the Prussian Empire who won it from the Hapsburg Empire, and which returned to Poland after the war. It is also the home of the largest film festival in Poland, its sister festival New Horizons. Both are associated with the largest distributor in Poland, Gutek.

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TIFFCON at the Tokyo Film Festival

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October 24, 2011 2:00 AM
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Pusan International Film Festival and its content market has wrapped and TIFFCOM 2011, the content market affiliated with the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival, has begun today.

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U.S. Distributors Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms: Adopt Films

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October 20, 2011 1:30 AM
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Veteran distribution executive and October Films co-founder Jeff Lipsky has teamed with longtime Twin Cities entrepreneur and former exhibitor Tim Grady to form a new acquisitions-oriented independent distribution company called Adopt Films. They announced their first acquisition at TIFF 2011, the French-American filmmaker Marie Losier’s award-winning documentary The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye. Adopt Films plans a first quarter 2012 release in the U.S.

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The Latest Iran Update

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October 19, 2011 4:58 AM
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Director Shirin Neshat (Women Without Men), Mohsen Makhmalbalf and Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashlou—call upon countries worldwide to boycott official Iranian film and TV organizations and sanction its members as the repression of Iranian filmmakers and actors intensifies.A Scene from Women Without Men by Shirin NeshatAnthony Kaufman's blog Reel Politik has the most recent update on the imprisoned filmmakers and artists in Iran. Full text is below.

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Academy Award Submissions for Best Foreign Language Oscar With Sales Agents

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October 19, 2011 1:00 AM
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The complete list of submissions for the nomination for Best Foreign Language Academy Award, has been announced. 63 countries' selections have been accepted. Last year there were 65 selections. I have added the international sales agents and when there is one, the U.S. distributor. The Female Factor: 8 of 63 films or 13%. Last year, of the 65 films submitted, 9 were directed by women — that’s 14%. The films by women are Leticia Tonos' Love Child ♀ (the Dominican Republic), Valerie Donzelli's Declaration of War ♀ (France), Ann Hui's A Simple Life ♀ (Hong Kong), Juanita Wilson's As If I Am Not There ♀ (Ireland), Nadine Labaki's Where Do We Go Now? ♀ (Lebanon), Maria Peters' Sonny Boy ♀ (the Netherlands), Anne Sewitzky's Happy, Happy (Norway) ♀ and Pernilla August's Beyond ♀ (Sweden).

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RIP: Sue Mengers

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October 18, 2011 1:40 AM
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Credited with being the first female super agent, Sue Menger aged 79, has died.

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