SHORT TERM 12

New York’s Rooftop Films Releases Full 2013 Film Lineup for Outdoor Summer Series, incl. “12 O’Clock Boys,” “Frances Ha”

Rooftop Films full feature film slate for 2013 was released today and it includes more than 45 new independent films, including two special sneak preview screenings co-presented with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Rooftop Films and the Academy will present a free screening of “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” which premiered at Sundance. The film, which opens June 14th, shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Rooftop and the Academy will also partner to present “Short Term 12”, the feature film debut of Destin Cretton. Cretton was a 2010 Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship winner, and “Short Term 12” went on to win the 2013 SXSW Grand Jury Award in March.

First-Time Writer, Director Meera Menon Wins inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at 2013 Tribeca Film Festival

First-Time Writer, Director Meera Menon Wins inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at 2013 Tribeca Film Festival

Meera Menon

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

Boneshaker Starring Academy Award Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis Among Opening Night Shorts Program for 2013 Maryland Film Festival

Francis Bodomo’s Boneshaker starring Academy Award Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild

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

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.

Tribeca Film Institute Announces Winners of 10th Annual Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards

Tribeca Film Institute Announces Winners of 10th Annual Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards

The narrative The Lobbyists and the documentary (T)ERROR  were tonight announced the winners of the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) 10th Annual Tribeca All Access (TAA) Creative Promise Awards.  Each project received $10,000 to help bring their films to completion.  The Institute also announced this year’s TAA alumni grants and fellowships during the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The grants, all presented at tonight’s event, total over $90,000 in funds. 

Actress Nicole Kidman, Director Ang Lee Among 2013 Cannes Film Festival Jury

Actress Nicole Kidman, Director Ang Lee Among 2013 Cannes Film Festival Jury

Director, producer Steven Spielberg will preside this year over ‘jury of his peers’ at the 66th Festival de Cannes aka Cannes Film Festival. Vidya Balan (Indian actress), Naomi Kawase (Japanese director), Nicole Kidman (Australian actress/producer), Lynne Ramsay (British scriptwriter/director/producer), Daniel Auteuil (French actor/director), Ang Lee (Taiwanese director/producer/scriptwriter), Cristian Mungiu (Romanian scriptwriter/director/producer), and Christoph Waltz (Austrian Actor) will help decide the winning films in competition at the festival. The winning films and awards including the biggest award – the Palme d’Or, will be announced during the Closing Ceremony on May 26th, 2013. Images: clockwise from top […]

GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY starring Penn Badgley to Open in NY and LA on May 3

GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY starring Penn Badgley to Open in NY and LA on May 3

GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY, starring Penn Badgley of Gossip Girl, Imogen Poots and an Official Selection of 2012 Toronto Film Festival will open in New York and Los Angeles on May 3, 2013.  

Directed by Daniel Algrant and co-starring Ben Rosenfeld, Frank Wood, GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY follows the journey of Jeff Buckley grappling with the legacy of his late musician father, Tim, leading up to and culminating with his legendary 1991 performance of his father’s songs”

Barbra Streisand Honored for Film Career with 40th Annual Chaplin Award

Barbra Streisand Honored for Film Career with 40th Annual Chaplin Award

Barbra Streisand attended the 40th Anniversary Chaplin Award Gala at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on April 22, 2013 in New York City where she was honored for her film career with the 40th annual Chaplin Award from the Film Society of Lincoln Center

Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival Celebrates Third Year at the Assembly Hall in Toronto on May 3 and 4, 2013

Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival Celebrates Third Year at the Assembly Hall in Toronto on May 3 and 4, 2013

Hatch

Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival, spearheaded by Canadian actress, Michelle Nolden (Saving Hope, Nikita, Republic of Doyle) and film and television producer, Chris Szarka (Rent-A-Goalie, The Rawside of…) will celebrate its third year at the Assembly Hall in Toronto on May 3 and 4, 2013. Films screening at the festival include Hatch (pictured above), described as “A newborn’s destiny hangs in the balance, as grownups come to terms with what they cannot have.”

Porcelain Horse and Young Lakota Among Cine Las Americas International Film Festival 2013 Winners

Porcelain Horse and Young Lakota Among Cine Las Americas International Film Festival 2013 Winners

MEJOR NO HABLAR DE CIERTAS COSAS (PORCELAIN HORSE)

Cine Las Americas announced the award winners for the 16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, which took place on April 16 to 21, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The Ecuadorian film MEJOR NO HABLAR DE CIERTAS COSAS (PORCELAIN HORSE) won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature and YOUNG LAKOTA won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature. YOUNG LAKOTA also won the Audience Award for Documentary Feature.

16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival Award Winners:

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