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.
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 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.
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.
Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1 and 2, The Natural) and Larry Bishop, son of Joey Bishop (The Rat Pack) and star of films such as (Underworld, Kill Bill 2, Hell Ride, The Savages) will be honored with the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival Walk Of Fame Stars at the upcoming festival to run April 10-14, 2013 in Upstate New York.
Calling all filmmakers with a sense of humor – the 16th Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival in Western Australia, is looking for comedy films to screen at the upcoming festival.
According to the festival, “Our definition is ‘a film that is driven by, or ultimately concludes with an excellent sense of humour!'”
The final DEADLINE is 13 May, 2013.
The Bare As You Dare documentary, directed by Ian McCluskey, premieres at the 11th Annual Filmed by Bike, April 20-23, 2013, at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon. The film follows several unlikely-to-get-naked cyclists as they forgo their clothes and ride with thousands of people on the Portland World Naked Ride.
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).
Wes Bentley (HUNGER GAMES, AMERICAN BEAUTY), Vinessa Shaw (3:10 TO YUMA), Haley Bennett (UNTITLED MALICK PROJECT V) and Jason Isaacs (THE PATRIOT) have been cast in the feature film THINGS PEOPLE DO, written and directed by Saar Klein. Filming begins April 3, 2013 in New Mexico.
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.
The Revelation Perth International Film Festival launches Revel-8 2013, inviting submissions from filmmakers from across the country
THEME: PHOBIA!
Calling all Super-8 filmmakers – whether you’re a seasoned campaigner or a Super-8 newbie, Revel-8 Film Fest is throwing out the challenge far and wide to take part in a celebration of image meets music.
Keanu Reeves’ recent docu Side by Side got a whole debate going between lovers of film and digital – get in on the conversation by putting your creative talents to work on celluloid’s smallest, but most accessible film medium.
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) which runs April 9 to 14, 2013 at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, will screen an impressive lineup of narrative and documentary features and short films at this year’s festival reflecting the rich diversity of Indian cinema,
Highlights include: a special screening of Mira Nair’s THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, a political thriller based on the New York Times bestseller with a star-studded cast; MISS LOVELY by Ashim Ahluwalia, a dark look at the seedy underbelly of Bollywood C-movies and soft-porn during the 1980’s, that premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes last year; PEDDLERS, Vasan Bala’s directorial debut, which premiered at the 2012 International Critics’ Week, a crime thriller following the desperation of young drug runners who are merely looking to survive; SHAHID, based on the true story of Shahid Azmi, a human rights activist murdered in India in 2010, directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by Guneet Monga and Anurag Kashyap; and Sundance and Berlin favorite SALMA, directed by Kim Longinotto, a documentary about one South Indian woman’s courageous journey in the face of mass oppression.