The second NY/SF International Children’s Film Festival, a three-day celebration of diverse, enlightening, inspiring and entertaining films for kids and teens ages 3-18 and their families, will run October 21 – 23 at San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema and the Premier Theater, Letterman Digital Arts Center. “The inaugural Children’s Film Festival in 2010 was such a great success and a testament to the demand for — and appreciation of — high quality […]
Rooftop Films announced the recipients of the 2011 Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund Grants. Grants were made to two feature films and five short films. The 2011 grantees are: ROOFTOP FILMS & EDGEWORX POST-PRODUCTION GRANT:AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS (David Lowery) ROOFTOP FILMS & EASTERN EFFECTS EQUIPMENT GRANT:OBVIOUS CHILD (Gillian Robespierre) ROOFTOP FILMS & ADRIENNE SHELLY FOUNDATION SHORT FILM GRANT FOR WOMEN:A LIGHT IN THE NIGHT (Sarah Daggar-Nickson) ROOFTOP FILMMAKERS’ FUND SHORT FILM GRANTS:MAN ON MARS (Anna Farrell)TSUNAMI […]
The San Francisco Film Society announced the three winners of the inaugural SFFS Documentary Film Fund grants. The Fund was created to support the postproduction of singular feature-length nonfiction film work that is distinguished by compelling stories, intriguing characters and an innovative visual approach. 2011 Winners Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, An American Promise, $25,000 In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson began documenting the experiences of two African American boys — their son […]
Last weekend in New York Vimooz visited the Fifteenth Annual Urbanworld Film Festival in NYC, presented by BET Networks and sponsored by HBO and MoviePass. Urbanworld was founded in 1997 by Stacy Spikes, and is dedicated to redefining the multicultural roles in contemporary cinema. One of the spotlight films, Mario Van Peebles domestic drama “All Things Fall Apart,” which stars Fifty Cent as a rising college football star struck down by cancer (!), was a […]
Late ‘60s America was so multi-dimensional, so rife with various and extensive cultural and political facets, it’s difficult to get a true hold on what was really accomplished in that era, since the Civil Rights Movement of the early to mid 1960s. But a LOT surely was accomplished, just as much as so much was left bitterly undone. The “Black Power Movement” of that era, spearheaded by a young, brilliant freedom-rider named Stokley Carmichael, has […]
Academy Award nominee Morgan Spurlock visited the NASDAQ on Friday to ring the closing bell in celebration of his film, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, being officially recognized by Guinness World Records as holding the record for the Most Paid-For Product Placements in a Film. He was joined by Amanda Mochan of Guinness who presented the certificate to Morgan, as well as multiple sponsors of his film, including POM Wonderful, […]
The Tribeca Film Festival announced that the 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival will be held April 18 – April 29, 2012 in New York City. For filmmakers, deadlines to submit U.S. and International films for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival are as follows: September 19, 2011 – SUBMISSIONS OPEN October 28, 2011 – EARLY DEADLINE, FEATURES & SHORTS December 2, 2011 – OFFICIAL DEADLINE, ALL FEATURES AND SHORTS January 11, 2012 – LATE DEADLINE, AVAILABLE […]
Tribeca Film has acquired Newlyweds, actor/writer/director Edward Burns’ comedic relationship drama that had its world premiere as the Closing Night selection at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, and plans a late 2011 release date. Newlyweds is the 10th film written and directed by Burns. Shot in a fast paced 12 days exclusively in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, the film is a chronicle of modern marriage complete with the crackling humor and sharp insights into […]
Director, producer Brett Ratner, (“Horrible Bosses,” currently in release) and Don Mischer will produce the 84th Academy Awards. This will be Ratner’s first involvement with the Oscar show; Mischer will for the second year in a row serve as a producer and as the telecast director. “I was so impressed with Brett when I met with him to discuss the Oscar show,” said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak. “He has […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Honorary Awards to actor James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to philanthropist Oprah Winfrey at the Academy’s 3rd Annual Governors Awards dinner on Saturday, November 12. The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given to an individual for “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding […]
Tom Sherak was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on August 2. This will be his third consecutive one-year term in the office. Previously, Sherak was a partner at Revolution Studios and prior to joining Revolution, Sherak held various positions at Twentieth Century Fox including senior executive vice president of Fox Filmed Entertainment. Sherak has been responsible for the launch, distribution and/or post-production of many blockbuster films including “Black Hawk […]
If you live in San Francisco, Puzzle, (Rompecabezas, Argentina/France 2010), Natalia Smirnoff’s delicate first feature which focuses on a marginalized woman in Latin American society, opens Friday, September 9 at the San Francisco Film Society’s new theatrical home, San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema (1746 Post Street). A middle-aged housewife, cherished by her husband and two sons but nevertheless taken for granted, discovers an aptitude for jigsaw puzzles in this beautifully modulated character […]