Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 10, 2009 under Film Festival, Industry | 
The San Francisco Film Society announced the appointment of Jennifer Chaiken and Todd Traina to its board of directors.
“We are immensely pleased to add the considerable talents and expertise of Jennifer Chaiken and Todd Traina to our board as the Film Society continues to expand,” said Pat McBaine, president of the Film Society’s board of directors. “They bring the fresh perspective of youth and filmmaker expertise to the SFFS board and will certainly contribute greatly to our increasing efforts to bring visionary and progressive programming to Bay Area audiences and valuable services to filmmakers nationwide.”
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 26, 2009 under Industry |
Screen Actors Guild on Thursday, announced results of elections for its top two elected positions. Ken Howard will serve as Screen Actors Guild president and Amy Aquino will serve as secretary-treasurer. Both began serving two-year terms beginning yesterday, September 25.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 24, 2009 under Industry |
The Weinstein Co. is reportedly planning another round of layoffs, this time involving about 35 positions in various divisions over the coming month.
This is in response to recommendations from Miller Buckfire, the consultant hired by the company earlier this year. Miller Buckfire has recommended that the company cut its theatrical releases to no more than 10 films per year and concentrate on its core business of producing and distributing films.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 3, 2009 under Industry |
YouTube is reportedly in early talks with Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Lionsgate about streaming movies online to its users for a rental fee.
There are still some issues to resolve such as pricing and the release date for YouTube. Pricing would be similar to VOD and iTunes, which is about $3.99 per movie and the split would 70% for the studio and 30% for YouTube.
Testing is expected to begin in the next several weeks.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 2, 2009 under Filmmaking, Industry |
The San Francisco Film Society announced today the third round of filmmakers who have been awarded SFFS FilmHouse Residencies. This innovative program, developed in partnership with the San Francisco Film Commission and launched in November 2008, supports local independent filmmaking by making office space available free of charge to filmmakers actively engaged in various stages of film production. The newest recipients are all filmmakers working on nonfiction projects in postproduction stages, and they join a group of established residents working in many different styles and genres and in all stages of production. FilmHouse, part of the Film Society’s expanding filmmaker services programs, functions as a vibrant workshop and community builder for local filmmakers of all stripes.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 16, 2009 under Film Festival, Industry |
Sundance Institute announced this week the expansion of its Creative Producing Initiative designed to nurture emerging independent producers in both narrative and documentary fields. For 2009-2010, the Initiative will include the re-conceived Creative Producing Summit (formerly the Independent Producers Conference), the Creative Producing Lab supporting six Fellows from the Feature Film Program and, new for this year, four from the Documentary Film Program, as well as Sundance Industry Meetings to connect filmmakers with industry members at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on June 29, 2009 under Foreign Film, Industry, LGBT |
- About Elly
Here Media announced today the launch of Here Films, the new acquisition and distribution division of Here Media, Inc. All current staff of Regent Releasing will be folded into the newly formed parent company Here Media effective immediately. Here Films staff will oversee all remaining Regent releases through 2009 with all new films being released through the Here Films banner. Here Films recently acquired several high profile films including Cannes Directors’ Fortnight winner “I Killed My Mother” (J’ai tué ma mère), Berlin Silver Bear Winner “About Elly” (Darbareye Elly), and the Kenneth Branagh made for cinema opera “The Magic Flute.” Here Films will distribute all these pictures in select U.S. theaters, on DVD and via here! Networks in 2010.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on June 8, 2009 under Industry |
- Kate Winslet in Weinstein Company’s “The Reader”
The Weinstein Company has reportedly hired Miller Buckfire, a financial consultant based in New York, to help restructure the company’s finances. Those are built around some $700 million in lending arrangements and $490 million in equity contributed by investors that include Goldman Sachs, the French television broadcaster TF1 and the advertising company WPP Group.
In a statement, the Weinstein Company said it expected to grow, rather than diminish, with help from Miller Buckfire. “They will allow us to expand our animation business, while remaining focused on our other core entertainment assets in movies, television, theater and books,” the statement said.
However, the presence of Miller Buckfire – which has considerable bankruptcy experience and specializes in what its Web site calls “overleveraged” companies whose needs are urgent – signals a more than routine push to reboot the Weinstein operation.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 29, 2009 under Industry, People |
New York Ch. 4 movie critic Jeffrey Lyons has been shown the exit reports Page Six of the NY Post. Lyons was the host of the nationally syndicated show “Reel Talk.” Also canned were co-host Alison Bailes and executive producer Michael Avila. A rep for NBC tells Page Six of the NY Post “We appreciate the insight and intelligence that both Jeffrey and Alison, along with the show’s producers, have brought to ‘Reel Talk’ and shared with viewers in New York and across the country for the last several years.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 28, 2009 under Industry |
The 4th Madrid de Cine Spanish Film Screenings in Spain will run June 7, 8 and 9, 2009. During the 3-days event, international buyers, Spanish producers, sales companies and international media will have the opportunity to seeing the latest releases of Spanish Cinema as well as interviewing film directors, actors and producers.
The event will showcase more than 50 recent Spanish productions to 132 buyers from 31 countries, including 11 confirmed acquisition executives from the U.S.
U.S.-based Venevision International, Magnolia Pictures, Lionsgate, TLA Entertainment, Strand Releasing, Outside Pictures, LAPTV, Sundance Channel and Regent are some of the buyers confirmed to attend.
