Press Releases Archive for November, 2015
Slamdance Announces Competition Features And Docs
SLAMDANCE ANNOUNCES 2016 FEATURE FILM COMPETITION WITH INCREASED GLOBAL REACH AND DIVERSITY Lineup full of premieres and highlights first-time directors from around the globe including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Italy and UK tackles subjects of redemption, agoraphobia, misfits, captivity, friendship and whistleblowers (LOS ANGELES, CA – November 30, 2015) The Slamdance Film Festival today…
Read the full article »DIRECTOR TOM MCCARTHY TO RECEIVE SONNY BONO VISIONARY AWARD AT 27th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS GALA
Palm Springs, CA (November 24, 2015) – The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival(PSIFF) will present Spotlight director Tom McCarthy with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award at its annual Awards Gala. Past recipients of the Sonny Bono Visionary Award include filmmakers Tom Hooper, Danny Boyle, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater and Michel Hazanavicius. McCarthy…
Read the full article »Sundance Announces Nine For Midnight, Including New Rob Zombie, Kevin Smith
Park City, UT — Adrenaline junkies and genre film-lovers know the real fun at the Sundance Film Festival starts at midnight. Sundance Institute tonight offers a first look at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival by announcing the nine feature films that will screen in its iconic Midnight section, which has launched films including The Blair…
Read the full article »Oscar Shortlists 10 Animated Shorts
10 ANIMATED SHORTS ADVANCE IN 2015 OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 88th Academy Awards®. Sixty pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by…
Read the full article »Oscar Shortlists 10 Live Action Shorts
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 88th Academy Awards®. One hundred forty-four pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “Ave Maria,” Basil…
Read the full article »Cinema Eye Honors Announces 2016 Fiction Film Nominees That Blur Line Between Nonfiction, Including Tangerine, Taxi And Tribe
-Cinema Eye, the organization that presents the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking as part of the annual Cinema Eye Week, today announced the five nominees for its annual Heterodox Award. The Heterodox Award honors a narrative fiction film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. The five films nominated this year…
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AMBI TO REMAKE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S “MEMENTO” November 16, 2015 – Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s AMBI Pictures will finance and produce a remake of Christopher Nolan’s iconic, twist-laden film “Memento.” Writer/director Christopher Nolan adapted “Memento” from a short story by his brother Jonathan Nolan titled “Memento Mori”, and the unusual, neo-noir psychological thriller took audiences by storm upon…
Read the full article »Cinema Eye Announces Nominees For Ninth Annual Nonfiction Film Awards
Cartel Land and The Look of Silence Lead Nonfiction Film Nominees With Nods for Outstanding Feature, Direction, Production & Cinematography Amy, Democrats, Listen to Me Marlon and The Wolfpack Round Out List of Six Nonfiction Feature Film Nominees 4 Nominations for Meru; 3 Nominations each for Going Clear, Heart of a Dog and Kurt…
Read the full article »Kartemquin Pairs With Fandor For Distribution Of Doc Library
Fandor, the leading curated subscription streaming service for independent and international films, announced today that they will jointly release over thirty films made and distributed by legendary Chicago documentary production studio Kartemquin Films, sixteen of which debut today. The move underscores Fandor and Kartemquin’s commitment to providing extraordinary cinema to an ever-growing audience of film enthusiasts. “I…
Read the full article »Ben Stiller And Stuart Cornfeld’s Red Hour Partners Production With Bold Films
Veteran Producer & Executive Nicky Weinstock Teams Up with Red Hou To Create a Production and Digital Powerhouse Los Angeles, CA – November 9, 2015 – Red Hour announced today that it is partnering with Bold Films to produce a new slate…
Read the full article »16 ANIMATED FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2015 OSCAR® RACE
Sixteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Anomalisa” “The Boy and the Beast” “Boy and the World” “The Good Dinosaur” “Home” “Hotel Transylvania 2” “Inside Out” “Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet” “The Laws of the Universe –…
Read the full article »Johnny Depp To Receive Maltin Modern Master Award At 31st Santa Barbara International Film Festival
SANTA BARBARA, CA (November 4, 2015) – Johnny Depp is set to receive the newly renamed Maltin Modern Master Award at the 31st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the festival announced today. Previously known as The Modern Master Award the honor was renamed this year to honor the famed film critic who has moderated the…
Read the full article »ALL STAR CAST ANNOUNCED ON SHANE CARRUTH’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED UPCOMING FEATURE: THE MODERN OCEAN
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Radcliffe, Chloë Grace Moretz, Tom Holland, Asa Butterfield, Abraham Attah, Jeff Goldblum LOS ANGELES- (Nov 3, 2015) Casting was announced today on Shane Carruth’s highly anticipated third feature, THE MODERN OCEAN starring Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Radcliffe, Chloë Grace Moretz (IF I STAY, THE EQUALIZER, KICK ASS 2), Tom Holland (SPIDERMAN, IN THE HEART OF…
Read the full article »NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2015 MOËT BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS
The Lobster leads the nominations with 7 45 Years and Macbeth have 6 nominations each Amy, Brooklyn and Ex Machina have 5 4 nominations for High-Rise and Suffragette 28 different British feature films nominated London, Tuesday 3 November: The Lobster topped the list of nominations for the Moët British Independent Film Awards, announced this morning….
Read the full article »Michael Moore “Rejects” “R” Rating For “Language, Some Violent Images, Drug Use And Brief Graphic Nudity”
Academy Award® winner Michael Moore announced today that he will reject the “R” rating the MPAA assigned to his latest comedy, WHERE TO INVADE NEXT. The ratings group cited Moore’s film “for language, some violent images, drug use and brief graphic nudity.” Tom Quinn, Jason Janego and Tim League, who are distributing the film, join Moore in…
Read the full article » 1 Comment »FSLC Sets Most Comprehensive Douglas Sirk Retrospective In Decades
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES IMITATIONS OF LIFE: THE FILMS OF DOUGLAS SIRK, DECEMBER 23 – JANUARY 6 Most comprehensive Sirk retrospective in decades includes 25 films with all but one in 35mm or 16mm Image: Written on the Wind New York, NY (November 2, 2015) – The Film Society of…
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