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Official Line-up of the 68th Venice Film Festival

The official line-up of the 68th Venice Film Festival was announced earlier today Thursday July 28th. The official selection of the festival includes the sections, Venezia 68 (In Competition), Out of Competition, Orizzonti and Controcampo Italiano, alongide a retrospective section and two autonomous sections (International Critics’ Week and Venice Days). The 68th Venice International Film Festival will take place from August 31st to September 10, 2011. In addition to George Clooney’s “The Ides of March”, […]

George Clooney’s New Film, The Ides of March, to open 68th Venice International Film Festival

The Ides of March, the new film written & directed by George Clooney, will be the opening film – in Competition – at the 68th Venice International Film Festival scheduled to take place from August 31st to September 10, 2011. Based on Beau Willimon’s play Farragut North, screenplay written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March is set in the near future, in the world of American politics during […]

From the Sky Down, Davis Guggenheim’s documentary about Irish band U2 to open 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

Following the trend set by Sundance Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival will also open on September 8 with a documentary film, – the world premiere Gala Presentation of From the Sky Down – Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim’s documentary about Irish band U2. “For the first time in 36 years the Toronto International Film Festival will open with a documentary,” said Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Toronto International […]

Toronto International Film Festival Reveals a Selection of Films in 2011 Lineup

The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a selection of films in the 2011 Galas and Special Presentations programmes. Running from September 8 to 18, 2011, this year’s Festival presents the world premieres of films from directors Bruce Beresford, Luc Besson, Rémi Bezancon, Cameron Crowe, Terence Davies, Mathieu Demy, Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, Roland Emmerich, Julian Farino, Jim Field Smith, Francis Ford Coppola, Marc Foster, Rodrigo Garcia, Lasse Hallstrom, Huh Jong-ho, Cédric Kahn, Jonathan Levine, […]

Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival Kicks Off Tonite

Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF), founded by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, kicks off the 2011 edition of the festival, now in its seventh record-breaking year, tonight, Tuesday July 26, and runs thru July 31. Moore, the Academy Award-winning director of “Bowling for Columbine” and “Capitalism: A Love Story,” launched the Traverse City Film Festival in 2005, aiming to bring often-undistributed national and international films to film lovers from the northern Michigan community and around the […]

RIP: Greek-cypriot film director Michael Cacoyannis

Greek-cypriot film director Michael Cacoyannis died in Athens on Monday aged 89, his cultural foundation said reports AFP. Cacoyannis shot to fame with the triple-Oscar winning “Zorba the Greek” in 1964, an adaptation of the Nikos Kazantzakis-penned novel which starred Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates and Irene Pappas among others. He was also know for his film “Electra”, based on the Euripides tragedy, which received two awards at Cannes in 1962.

Cinemalaya 2011 winners; Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank and Bisperas are big winners

The 7th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival handed out its awards last night and the big winners are Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank (for the New Breed Full-Length Category) and Bisperas (Directors’ Showcase Category) – each winning five awards including the much coveted title “BEST FILM” in their respective categories. The complete list of Cinemalaya 2011 winners: New Breed (Full-Length) Category Best Film – Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank Best Director – Marlon Rivera (Ang Babae […]

Chesapeake Film Festival Announces Its Lineup for 2011

The 4th Chesapeake Film Festival (CFF), running from September 23-26, 2011, announced its lineup of independent films to be screened this year at venues in Chesapeake College Wye Mills, Easton, Cambridge and Chestertown on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The CFF will open with The Last Rites of Joe May, written and directed by Joe Maggio, whose film Bitter Feast also showed at CFF in 2010. The drama, starring Dennis Farina, is about an aging hustler who […]

Thousands of Youtube Users Create Youtube Documentary “Life in a Day”

One year ago, the challenge went out on Youtube, “Life In A Day is a historic global experiment to create a user-generated feature film shot in a single day. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a glimpse of your life on camera. The most compelling and distinctive footage will be edited into a feature film, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald.” More than 80,000 videos, representing over 4,500 hours […]

2011 Filmmaker Magazine “25 New Faces of Independent Film”

Filmmaker Magazine announced earlier this month announced the 2011 “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. The feature is the 14th edition of the magazine’s annual look at the new, up-and-coming talent, a list that includes includes directors, screenwriters, composers, editors and actors scouted by Filmmaker’s editors over the last 12 months. Past 25 Faces include: Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture), Rashaad Ernesto Green (Gun Hill Road), Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine), […]

Facebook Announces FlickLaunch- the first social networking platform for Indie Films

Reuters announced recently that horror/thriller “The Perfect House” will be the very first film to première on FlickLaunch, the first independent-movie distribution platform built on Facebook. The film, a hauntedhouse anthology that tells three separate stories using different horror-film techniques, will debut on FlickLaunch on Octover 1st as a seven-day, $5 rental accessible through its Facebook page.This news was announced on Friday by FlickLaunch and by the makers of “The Perfect House,” which stars Monique […]

REVIEW: “Another Earth” Is Otherworldly, Low-Key Perfection

Actress-producer-co-writer of “Another Earth” Brit Marling lights up the screen in this truly wonderful, low-key “sci-fi romance,” which she co-wrote with director Mike Cahill. The film was one of the toasts of Sundance, and is an extremely low-budget mediation on destiny and the concept of “what if there were another YOU out there?” Marling plays Rhoda Williams, a bright, pretty seventeen-year old about to graduate high school, happily celebrating her acceptance into MIT’s astrophysics program. […]

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