• San Francisco Film Society Announces Schedule for 14th Annual New Italian Cinema, Nov 14 – 21

    A scene from WEDDINGS AND OTHER DISASTERS, playing at New Italian Cinema, November 14 – 21 at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema. Courtesy of San Francisco Film Society

    The San Francisco Film Society, New Italian Cinema Events of Florence, Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco present New Italian Cinema, November 14 – 21 at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema. The eight-day festival is dedicated to bringing Italy’s newest directors and films to Bay Area audiences and celebrating the country’s rich cinematic tradition. The 2010 edition opens with Ferzan Ozpetek’s humorous drama Loose Cannons and a three-film retrospective of this talented and prolific auteur’s work, and closes with Paolo Virzì’s moving new film The First Beautiful Thing. The core program of New Italian Cinema features seven recent films by breakthrough filmmakers vying for the City of Florence Award.

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  • Finalists for Fall 2010 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants

    The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation today announced the ten finalists for the fourth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants of up to a total of $225,000, to be given to one or more feature films that through plot, character, theme or setting significantly explore human and civil rights, discrimination, gender and sexual identity and other urgent social justice issues of our time. Additionally, the grants support films that have a significant economic or professional impact on the Bay Area filmmaking community. The total amount disbursed in 2009-13 will be more than $3 million, including a total of $275,000 already awarded in the first three rounds. Finalists for the Fall 2010 grants follow.

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  • Charleston International Film Festival announces 2011 Dates

    The 4th Annual Charleston International Film Festival (CIFF) will be held at the classic and swanky American Theater in historic downtown Charleston, SC, May 18–22, 2011.

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  • Terry Gilliam presents “Idiots and Angels” by Oscar nominated Director Bill Plympton

    Kicking off its multi-city tour at the IFC Center in NYC on October, 6th, Screenings of “Idiots and Angels” (run time 78 mins.) will be presented along with Plympton’s new, multi-award winning animated short film: “The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger”, which won the grand prize for animation at the Florida Film Festival.

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  • Germany’s Oscar Entry – WHEN WE LEAVE – to open in US in January 2011

    Olive Films will present the US theatrical release of Germany’s Oscar entry for 2011, WHEN WE LEAVE, a film by Feo Aladag, starring Sibel Kekilli (Head-On).  Winner of BEST FILM and BEST ACTRESS awards at 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, as well as winner of BEST ACTRESS award at the German Film Awards, WHEN WE LEAVE will have its US Theatrical premiere in New York and Los Angeles in January 2011.  A national release will follow.

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  • Afi Fest 2010 Announces World Premiere Of Love & Other Drugs As Opening Night Gala And Black Swan As Closing Night Gala

    Edward Zwick’s LOVE & OTHER DRUGS

    AFI FEST 2010 will host the world premiere of Edward Zwick’s LOVE & OTHER DRUGS as the festival’s Opening Night Gala on November 4. Darren Aronofsky’s BLACK SWAN closes the festival on November 11. AFI FEST 2010 will take place in Hollywood, California at the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the Mann Chinese 6 theatres, the Egyptian Theatre and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel from November 4-11, 2010.

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  • 2010 Woodstock FIlm Festival Awards Winners announced

    Oona (Bridget Collins) and Mani (Adeel Akthtar) in Best Narrative Feature:STRANGER THINGS, directed by Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal

    The 11th annual Gala Maverick Awards Ceremony was held tonight at the historic Backstage Studio Productions Arts & Entertainment Complex in Kingston, NY. The festival, which began Wednesday, September 29, will close Sunday, October 3, after celebrating 11 years of exceptional independent film, panels, concerts, events and parties, with the best of the best in the indie film world.

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  • Savannah Film Festival announces honorees and gala screenings

    Acclaimed actors Liam Neeson, Sir Ian McKellen and Isabella Rossellini will be honored as part of the 13th Annual Savannah Film Festival, which will take place Oct. 30 to Nov. 6.  McKellen will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award on Nov. 4, Neeson will receive an Achievement in Cinema Award on Nov. 2 and Rossellini will receive a similar award on Nov. 5.

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  • San Francisco Film Society Announces Full Program For Second Annual Cinema By The Bay, November 5 – 8

    A scene from Nina Gilden’s documentary 4TH & GOAL, playing at Cinema by the Bay, November 5 – 8 at the Roxie Theater. Courtesy of San Francisco Film Society

    The San Francisco Film Society will present the second annual Cinema by the Bay, a celebration of the passion, innovation and diversity of Bay Area filmmaking, the intelligence and probing spirit of local directors and the incredible depth and breadth of America’s film and media frontier, November 5 – 8 at the Roxie Theater, Southern Exposure and the Lab. The four-day festival will feature new work produced in or about the San Francisco Bay Area and provide a compelling window into Bay Area film culture and practice at its best. CBTB includes features, shorts, narratives and documentaries from well-known and emerging local talent.

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  • Santa Fe Film Festival Announces Schedule For 11th Edition Of Film Fest

    The Santa Fe Film Festival today announced the slate of films set to screen during the 11th edition of the film festival (October 22-24) at the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA).

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  • From Ireland/Holland – NOTHING PERSONAL – film opens in NY Nov. 19; in LA Nov. 26

    Olive Films will present the US Theatrical release of NOTHING PERSONAL, a film by Urszula Antoniak.  Winner of Best Actress Award for Lotte Verbeek at Locarno and Marrakech film festivals, as well as the Winner of Best First Feature and Fipresci Prize at Locarno, and Best Film and Best Director award at the Dutch Film Festival, NOTHING PERSONAL will open at Cinema Village in New York on November 19, and at Sunset 5 in Los Angeles on November 26.

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  • from Spain – ME, TOO, Yo, también, – film opens in NYC Nov. 19; in LA Nov. 26

    Olive Films will present the US Theatrical release of ME, TOO, a film by Álvaro Pastor & Antonio Naharro.  Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and Winner of Best Actor and Best Actress awards at 2009 San Sebastian International Film Festival,  as well as GOYA Best Actress Award, ME, TOO will open at Cinema Village in New York on November 19, and at Sunset 5 in Los Angeles on November 26.

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