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Produced by Conference Announces 2012 Programming

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The fourth annual Produced By Conference is assembling its 2012 program. The forum covers film, television and digital industries and topics, features award winning filmmakers and and will be hosted this year by Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA. Registration begins here on April 30.

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April 26, 2012 9:57 PM
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Tribeca Film Festival Awards Go To 'War Witch,''Una Noche,' 'The World Before Her'

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The 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival revealed the winners of its competition categories Thursday. This year’s festival presented 89 features and 60 short films from 46 countries; the programmers were led by Tribeca’s Chief Creative Officer Geoff Gilmore, new Artistic Director Frederic Boyer, and Director of Programming Genna Terranova.

By Anne Thompson
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April 26, 2012 9:14 PM
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Classics at Cannes 65: 'Once Upon a Time in America,' 'Jaws,' 'Lawrence of Arabia,' 'Tess,' Ballad of Narayama'

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The 65e Festival de Cannes has revealed its Classics selection of restored prints. The Cannes Classics selection has been a mainstay of the festival's official selection since 2004, as the "relationship between contemporary cinema and its own memory was disrupted by the advent of the digital age."

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April 26, 2012 1:23 PM
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Is Sean Penn Heading to Cannes with 'Gangster Squad'?

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A tweeter purporting to be Cannes Fest Director Thierry Fremaux tweeted (en francais) that Sean Penn is coming to Cannes, spurring buzz that his film, Ruben Fleischer's "The Gangster Squad," in which he stars with Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Mireille Enos, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie and Nick Nolte, will be added to the fest program.

By Anne Thompson and Sophia Savage
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April 26, 2012 1:13 PM
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Jonathan Lethem's State of Cinema Address at San Francisco Int'l Film Festival

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Check out Jonathan Lethem's State of Cinema address from April 21 at the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival:

By Sophia Savage
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April 26, 2012 11:59 AM
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San Francisco International Film Festival: 'Vivan las Antipodas!,' "Wu Xia'

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A day of happy accidents. I knew that I wanted to see “Wu Xia,” a martial arts movie that had been extremely successful in its homeland and which the Weinstein Company had acquired with some fanfare at Cannes last year, at 3:45.

By Meredith Brody
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April 26, 2012 2:02 AM
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TFF 2012: Three Things You Should Know About Short-Form Filmmaking

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The Tribeca Talks panel “The Future is Short: Storytelling in the Digital Age” offers simple and telling information about how to get your content out there and maybe make some money back. The landscape is still fairly disjointed, with a few too many special sauces brewing in the pot.

By Valentina Valentini
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April 25, 2012 6:41 PM
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IFC Midnight Takes US and UK Rights to 'As Luck Would Have It'

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IFC Midnight acquired all US and UK rights to director Alex De La Iglesia’s "As Luck Would Have it." The film world premiered at a special screening at this year's Berlin Film Festival. It will premiere in North America at this year's Tribeca Film Festival in the Spotlight Section.

By Maggie Lange
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April 25, 2012 2:31 PM
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Seattle International Film Festival Tribute Honorees: Spacek and Friedkin

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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), announced today that it will recognize Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek and director William Friedkin as 2012 Tribute honorees.