Press Releases Archive for May, 2017
SIFF Announces Lineup For Seattle Int’l Film Festival’s 43rd Edition
The Seattle International Film Festival, the largest and most highly attended festival in the United States, announced today the complete lineup of films, guests, and events for the 43rd annual 25-day Festival (May 18 – June 11, 2017). This year, SIFF will screen 400 films representing 80 countries and will include: 161 features (plus 4…
Read the full article »Gaumont, La Cinematheque Francaise And The Film Foundation Partner To Restore « L’Atalante » By Jean Vigo
Gaumont, La Cinematheque Francaise, and Martin Scorsese’s non-profit organization, The Film Foundation, have collaborated for the first time to restore Jean Vigo’s masterpiece, « L’Atalante ». For this ambitious project, the partners enlisted scholar Bernard Eisenschitz, who had previously worked on two earlier restorations of « L’Atalante ». The director’s daughter, Luce Vigo, also provided invaluable assistance. This is the…
Read the full article »Sundance Institute Names First Two Films For Creative Distribution Fellowship; Initiative Also Relies On Kickstarter
Columbus and Unrest Secure Groundbreaking New Distribution Arrangement, with Support from Sundance Institute; New Sundance Institute Creative Distribution Fellowship will Enable the Entrepreneurial Release of Two Acclaimed Films from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for its Creative Distribution Fellowship, a new initiative to support filmmaking teams seeking a more…
Read the full article »Amazon Gives Prime To Every Household In Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
[pr] Amazon Gives Prime To Every Household in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts As Academy Award Winning Film Comes to Prime Video Amazon Original Movie and Academy Award Winning Film, Manchester by the Sea, available on Prime Video starting Friday, May 5 To celebrate, Amazon offers all families in Manchester-by-the-Sea a one-year Prime membership and a bag of…
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