The 11th Annual Sprout Film Festival, showcasing over 50 films featuring people with developmental disabilities, will take place this Friday May 31st to Sunday June 2nd, 2013, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
The independent film CAROLINE AND JACKIE which had its world premiere at 2012 Tribeca Film Festival will begin a week-long run at the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles, California, May 31st – June 6th, and if successful, will expand in other distribution outlets.
The ‘multi-layered’ mystery “THE TIME BEING,” directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain and starring Wes Bentley and Academy Award Nominee Frank Langella, will be released in the US and Canada by Tribeca Film beginning July 23 on demand and July 26 in select theaters.
The Fantasia International Film Festival unveiled the official poster for the 17th edition of the festival taking place in Montreal from July 18 to August 6, 2013.
The Cucalorus Film Festival in historic Wilmington, North Carolina, is looking for submissions from filmmakers for the upcoming 19th edition of the festival to held November 13-17, 2013. Cucalorus, describes itself as a free-spirited and multidisciplinary showcaseand screens an collection of independent and international films with special programs on social justice, emerging artists, shorts, works-in-progress, dance, music videos, North Carolina, and international cinema.
Writer-Director Daniel R. Chavez new film “BROKEN GLASS”, a “gritty-inspiring” drama starring Eric Charles Jorgenson will have it’s world premiere on June 4 at the historic Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as an Official Selection in Dances With Films, an independent film festival. “BROKEN GLASS” will have its European premiere in Spain as an Official Selection at the Madrid International Film Festival with nominations for Best Film and Best Original Screenplay.
The Telluride Film Festival today unveiled the poster designed by Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis for the 40th Anniversary running August 29 – September 2, 2013, in Telluride, Colorado.
Country singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett will be honored with the Stephen Bruton Award at the 2013 Lone Star Film Festival (LSFF). The Lone Star Film Festival in Sundance Square which has been ranked in the top 25 of MovieMaker Magazine’s coveted annual list “TOP 50 FILM FESTIVALS WORTH THE ENTRY FEE” will take place November 6-10, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas.
London’s EAST END FILM FESTIVAL (EEFF) returns for its 12th edition this summer, from June 25 to July 10, 2013. EEFF will open on Tuesday June 25 with the World Premiere of the new feature documentary THE UK GOLD – the second feature from journalist and filmmaker Mark Donne
“MY RIGHT EYE” (The Apple of My Eye), written and directed by Josecho de Linares (Spain) was the big winner – winning the GRAND JURY PRIZE – when the 39th Seattle International Film Festival announced this year’s ShortsFest Jury Award winners. The film is described as the story of “Zurdo who has a a special relationship with his grandmother. Since he went away to study they have lost contact. On the last day of summer Zurdo decides to visit her with the intuition that he might not see her again.”
The 67th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) which runs from June 19-30 , 2013, will showcase 146 feature films from 53 countries, including 14 World premieres, 6 international premieres and 10 European premieres.
Tribeca Films is planning a late 2013 theatrical release for Director Felix van Groeningen’s “THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN” which recently played in competition at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, where writers Joos and van Groeningen won Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film and lead actress Veerle Baetens won Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film. Earlier this year it won the Panorama Audience Award at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.