Writer-director François Ozon’s YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL which made its world premiere this week in Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival will be released in the US by Sundance Selects, a sister label to IFC Films.
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First-Time Writer, Director Meera Menon Wins inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
First-time writer/director Meera Menon (Farah Goes Bang) was selected out of eight filmmakers to win the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at the annual Women’s Filmmaker Brunch at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Menon will receive a cash prize of $25,000 for “work and talent that embody the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer.” The Festival runs through April 28.
Boneshaker Starring Academy Award Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis Among Opening Night Shorts Program for 2013 Maryland Film Festival
The 2013 Maryland Film Festival will kick off on Wednesday, May 8th, with an Opening Night Shorts program, described by the festival as “an eclectic mix of work from an extremely talented array of filmmakers.” Featured short films include Francis Bodomo’s Boneshaker, a drama about an African family lost in rural Alabama starring Academy Award nominated Quvenzhané Wallis, last seen in Beasts of the Southern Wild. The 2013 Maryland Film Festival runs May 8-12 in downtown Baltimore.
Documentary on African American Funerals to Kick off 26th Season of POV on PBS
POV (Point of View) kicks off its 26th season on PBS on Monday, June 24, 2013 with Christine Turner’s Homegoings, and closes Sept. 23, 2013, with Samantha Buck’s Best Kept Secret. Homegoings “takes viewers inside African-American funerals through the heart and soul of a man who has devoted his life to caring for the departed and their loved ones.” Best Kept Secret, is described as a film about a Newark, N.J. teacher fighting the system to get her autistic students the help they desperately need.
Pedro Almodovar’s I’M SO EXCITED! Opens June 28, 2013
I’M SO EXCITED!, written and directed by famed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar opens in the US on June 28, 2013 two weeks after premiering at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival.
USA Film Festival Unveils 2013 Lineup, incl The Way, Way Back, Manhunt
The USA Film Festival released the schedule of events for the 43rd Annual USA Film Festival, April 24 – 28, 2013 to be held at the Angelika Film Center, in Dallas, Texas.
DVD: Canadian Sci-Fi Horror Film The Corrupted Gets A Summer Release Date
The Canadian sci-fi horror film The Corrupted will be released this summer on DVD, VOD,by Eagle One Media. Directed by John Klappstein and Knighten Richman, The Corrupted, features Keltie Squires, Shaun Tisdale (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil), Ashley Tallas, Jeremy Hook, and Anuj Saraswat.
AMPAS Cocktail Party to Inaugurate the Future Home of The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
On Thursday, April 11, 2013, the Academy Museum of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held the inaugural celebration for the future home of The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at the historic Wilshire May Company Building in Los Angeles. Guest in attendance included Annette Bening (left), Co-Chair of The Academy Museum, Warren Beatty (center) and Academy Governor Jim Gianopulos (all pictured above).
Pasadena Starring Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines to World Premiere at 2013 Sarasota Film Festival
PASADENA, the new independent ‘dramedy’ starring Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, Alicia Witt, Sonya Walger and Ashton Holmes will have its World Premiere today, Saturday April 13, 2013, in Sarasota, Florida, at the 2013 Sarasota International Film Festival.
Maryland Film Festival Adds Twelve More Films to 2013 Lineup
Maryland Film Festival unveiled twelve more feature films in the festival’s 2013 lineup. The list includes two highly anticipated documentaries with Baltimore subjects, Jeffrey Schwarz’s loving and definitive portrait I Am Divine (photo above), and Joe Tropea and Skizz Cyzyk’s Catonsville Nine documentary Hit & Stay.
Also featured are a wide range of international films including Augustine (France), Berberian Sound Studio (UK), Post Tenebras Lux (Mexico), and Watchtower (Turkey); Sundance 2013 breakthrough dramas A Teacher and This Is Martin Bonner; and the latest from David Gordon Green, Prince Avalanche.
MFF 2013 will take place May 8-12 in downtown Baltimore.
The latest announced titles for MFF 2013 are:
Zulu Starring Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom to Close 2013 Cannes Film Festival
The 66th Festival de Cannes aka Cannes Film Festival, has chosen the thriller Zulu starring Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom and Tanya van Graan to close the festival on May 26, 2013. The film which shot entirely on location in South Africa by Jérôme Salle is adapted from the novel of the same name by Caryl Férey.
Opening Night Red Carpet Photos of 2013 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
The 11th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles kicked-off Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Arclight Hollywood in Los Angeles with a red carpet and the Los Angeles premiere of Anurag Kashyap’s GANGS OF WASSEYPUR, followed by a gala.
Celebrities in attendance included Actress Freida Pinto and director Anurag Kashyap (pictured above).
The film festival, which runs through April 14, is showcasing 30 plus narrative and documentary features and short films.