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American Promise Takes The Top Award at 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

American Promise

The 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award Winners were announced Sunday afternoon at the festival’s annual Awards Barbecue. The top prize, the Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award was presented to American Promise directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. This personal film follows the directors’ son and his best friend from their first day of kindergarten through high school graduation, and how their lives diverge.

Considered one of the nation’s premier documentary film festivals, Full Frame is celebrating its 16th annual festival. For the first time, Full Frame is a qualifying event for consideration for nominations for both the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject and The Producers Guild of America Awards.

2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award Winners

2013 Kansas City FilmFest to Open With The Discoveers

2013 Kansas City FilmFest to Open With The Discoveers

Kansas City’s biggest film festival, the 17th Kansas City FilmFest, returns in 2013 with line-up of 110 feature-length and short films at the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet. The festival runs Wednesday, April 10 – Sunday, April 14, 2013 The opening night of the Fest kicks off with THE DISCOVERERS, where writer/director Justin Schwarz will accept a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of Stuart Margolin.  Other films include the showing of BRONIES: THE EXTREMELY UNEXPECTED ADULT FANS OF MY LITTLE PONY. […]

Four Projects that Dramatize Science and Technology Themes in Film Awarded Tribeca Film Institute Grants

Four Projects that Dramatize Science and Technology Themes in Film Awarded Tribeca Film Institute Grants

 Tribeca Film Institute

The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) announced the four projects that will receive financial and creative support from the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Sloan Filmmaker Fund.  The projects will be awarded a total of $140,000 and will be recognized at the annual Tribeca Film Festival, taking place April 17-28, 2013.  The winning films are: 2030, Newton’s Laws of Emotion, Oldest Man Alive and The Doctor.

REVIEW: Lotus Eaters

REVIEW: Lotus Eaters

by Chris McKittrick

The Lotus Eaters of Homer’s Odyssey spent their days indulging in food that made them ignore all of their wants and needs in order to pursue ultimate leisure. The aptly-titled film Lotus Eaters, directed and co-written by Alexandra McGuinness (Paris Noir), follows the modern equivalent of that mythological race, a group of young London models, actors, and rock stars whose society lives are filled with drug and booze fueled parties, yet all seem to suffer from the first-world problem of being profoundly bored with their lifestyle.

The New York Indian Film Festival Announces 2013 Full Lineup With Hansal Mehta’s SHAHID as the Centerpiece Film

The New York Indian Film Festival Announces 2013 Full Lineup With Hansal Mehta’s SHAHID as the Centerpiece Film

Hansal Mehta’s SHAHID

The 2013 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) will screen 22 features (14 narrative, 5 documentary, 3 recently restored classics) – all having their New York City premieres. Among the highlights of the festival’s 13th year is centerpiece selection Hansal Mehta’s SHAHID. SHAHID traces the true story of slain human rights activist lawyer Shahid Azmi. 

RIP: Film Critic Rogert Ebert Dies At 70

RIP: Film Critic Rogert Ebert Dies At 70

Roger Ebert, arguably the most popular film critic of all times, died today in Chicago. He was 70.

Ebert was originally diagnosed with thyroid and salivary cancer cancer in 2002, but earlier this week, he disclosed that he will be taking a “leave of presence” due to a recurrence of cancer.

Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Picks The 2013 Jury And Add More Films

Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Picks The 2013 Jury And Add More Films

 

The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) has picked its jury for the 2013 festival, and added four films to the program – Toronto Film Festival favorite SHIP OF THESEUS in its U.S. Premiere; the powerful environmental documentary narrated by Darryl Hannah, PAD YATRA: A GREEN JOURNEY; the Walt Disney animated Family Day film ARJUN: THE WARRIOR PRINCE; and short film IRON TRACKS (LOHPATH). 

Full Film Festival Lineup Released for 2013 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin, Texas

Full Film Festival Lineup Released for 2013 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin, Texas

A Última Vez que Vi Macau (The Last Time I Saw Macao)

The 16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival to run from April 16 to 21, 2013 in Austin, Texas, will screen 54 feature films and 66 short films in 10 program sections. 

The festival will feature a selection of new films from North, Central, and South America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula. Films made by or about Latinos in the U.S. or the rest of the world, and films by or about indigenous groups of the Americas are also included in the program.

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