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Sarasota Film Festival Releases the Full Lineup of Films for 2012

The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) officially announced their complete 2012 Festival program today, featuring over 230 films from 30 nations. The Sarasota Film Festival kicks off on April 13th with the previously announced ROBOT & FRANK on Opening Night, with Todd Solondz’s DARK HORSE serving as the Festival Centerpiece and Joe Berlinger’s UNDER AFRICAN SKIES serving as the festival’s closer. The Narrative Feature Competition 11 FLOWERS, Director: Wang XiaoshuaiALPS, Director: Giorgos Lanthimos ARCADIA, Director: Olivia […]

Arizona Premiere of Robot & Frank as Opening Night film at 2012 Phoenix Film Festival

Robot & Frank will have its Arizona Premiere on March 29 as this year’s Opening Night film at the 12th Annual Phoenix Film Festival. On opening night Bob Oldfather, the founder of Bookman’s Entertainment Exchange, and Macerich, the owners, operators, and developers of over 65 diverse retail properties including the home of the Phoenix Film Festival, Scottsdale 101 will be presented with the festival’s annual Visionary Award. Both are being honored for their continued community […]

Inaugural Sundance London film and music festival Special Events and panels Lineup

The inaugural Sundance London film and music festival released the program of the Special Events and panels that will take place at the festival from April 26-29 , 2012, at The O2. Among the Special Events announced are: ‘Rufus and Martha Wainwright sing Kate McGarrigle,’ an intimate performance by Rufus and Martha Wainwright following the world premiere of Sing Me The Songs That Say I Love You ~ A Concert for Kate McGarrigle, Lian Lunson’s […]

Tai Chi O to be released in the US and Canada in early 2013

Tai Chi O, the first in a planned trilogy of films from Chen Kuofu, the producer of Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame will be released in the US by Well Go USA Entertainment. Directed by Stephen Fung with Sammo Hung (Ip Man 2) serving as Action Director, Tai Chi O, stars William Feng, Eddie Peng and Angelababy. The film will be released in the US and Canada in early 2013. Tai Chi […]

Sundance Selects to Release SXSW Winner GIMME THE LOOT

Sundance Selects has quickly snapped up Adam Leon’s GIMME THE LOOT which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival and will screen at New Directors/New Films this weekend. It stars newcomers Tashiana Washington,Ty Hickson, Meeko, Zoe Lescaze and Sam Soghor. In GIMME THE LOOT, Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teens from the Bronx, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, […]

Kenneth Branagh to be honored with Founder’s Directing Award at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival

Kenneth Branagh will be the recipient of the Founder’s Directing Award at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 19 – May 3). “We are thrilled to honor Kenneth Branagh for his remarkable directorial achievements and multifaceted career at this year’s Festival,” said Melanie Blum, the San Francisco Film Society’s interim executive director. Branagh is currently receiving a lot of attention for last year’s Academy Award-nominated performance as Sir Laurence Olivier in My Week […]

The Kid with a Bike is a heart-warming and heart-breaking little film

By Francesca McCaffery The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) is the latest film from Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who both wrote and directed. It stars Cécile de France, and the astonishing young newcomer- Thomas Doret. Thomas plays Cyril, a young boy who has been abandoned to a children’s home by his father, and can’t quite seem to accept this fact. He also keeps insisting that he needs to find […]

Ten Filmmakers Selected For 2012 Film Independent Documentary Lab

Film Independent announced the filmmakers and projects selected for its second annual Documentary Lab. The Documentary Lab is an intensive seven-week program in Los Angeles, with the main focus of assisting documentary filmmakers on their works-in-progress and providing creative feedback. This year’s Lab Mentors include filmmakers Laura Gabbert (No Impact Man), Doug Blush (The Invisible War), Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer Caroline Libresco and producer Eddie Schmidt (This Film Is Not Yet Rated). Guest speakers […]

2012 Sundance premiered Filly Brown to be released in Fall 2012

The 2012 Sundance premiered Filly Brown, starring Gina Rodriguez (Go For It), Jenni Rivera (I Love Jenni), Lou Diamond Phillips (Courage Under Fire, Hollywood Homicide), Academy Award Nominee Edward James Olmos (Dexter, Battlestar Galactica), Emilio Rivera (Sons of Anarchy), Noel Gugliemi (Training Day), Kerry Norton (Battlestar Galactica) and Chrissie Fit (General Hospital) will be released in theaters in in the Fall of 2012 by Indomina. Filly Brown is centered around Maria Jose “Majo” Tonorio, aka […]

Outsider Pictures to release Pablo Giorgelli’s Award Winning Film Las Acacias

Outsider Pictures will release Pablo Giorgelli’s film Las Acacias in the United States. Las Acacias recently screened as part of the 29th annual Miami International Film Festival (MIFF)’s new category, the Lexus Ibero-American Opera-Prima Competition. Already a winner of major prizes at last year’s Cannes Film Festival (Camera d’Or for Best First Film) and the Latin Horizons prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Giorgelli’s film unfolds along the highway linking Asunción to Buenos Aires, […]

MARINA ABRAMOVIC THE ARTIST IS PRESENT to be released in June

Matthew Aker’s film MARINA ABRAMOVIC THE ARTIST IS PRESENT will be released in the U.S. by a partnership with Submarine Entertainment and Music Box Films. The film which is co-directed by Jeff Dupre is expected to be released in theaters in June 2012. Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Marina Abramović has been redefining performance art for nearly 40 years. Using her body as a medium, and pushing herself beyond her physical and mental limits, Abramović creates […]

Award Winning Film Detachment Starring Adrien Brody Opens in New York March 16

DETACHMENT from Director Tony Kaye (AMERICAN HISTORY X) and starring Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody opens in New York today Friday, March 16, at AMC EMPIRE 25 VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS. In the film, Adrien Brody plays Henry Barthes, a substitute teacher who conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form a bond with either his students or colleagues. A lost soul grappling with a troubled past, Henry finds himself at […]

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