• Screen Actors Guild Announces Results of 2010 National Board Elections

    Screen Actors Guild today announced elections results for the Guild’s National Board of Directors. Twenty-seven (27) of the 69 National Board seats were open for election this year, representing Screen Actors Guild’s Hollywood, New York and Regional Branch Divisions. The newly elected National Board members will assume office on September 25. SAG’s Hollywood Division elected thirteen new National Board members; the New York Division elected five members; and nine National Board members were elected from the union’s Branches in Arizona, Chicago, Florida, Georgia, Houston, New Mexico, San Francisco, Seattle and Utah.

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  • San Francisco Film Society Presents French Cinema Now, Oct 28 – Nov 3

    A scene from the film LOVE LIKE POISON, playing at French Cinema Now, October 28 – November 3 at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema.

    The San Francisco Film Society, in association with the French-American Cultural Society, the French Consulate of San Francisco and Unifrance USA, presents French Cinema Now, Thursday, October 28 – Wednesday, November 3, at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema, One Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level. The weeklong annual festival brings the most significant new work from one of the world’s most renowned filmmaking countries to discerning Bay Area audiences. FCN covers a broad spectrum of subject matter and genres, builds a comprehensive picture of the current moment in French cinema and delivers some of the country’s most vital filmmakers in person to San Francisco audiences.

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  • International Film Festival Nashville Announces Their 2010 Lineup

    The International Black Film Festival Nashville (IBBFN) announced the ever growing festival lineup for its fourth annual film festival, which commences with a pre-festival Faith & Film kickoff on Sunday, Sept. 26, and the official festival starting on Wednesday, Sept. 29-Saturday, Oct. 2. Complete details are available at www.ibffnashville.com.

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  • Rooftop Films Announces 2010 Filmmaker’s Fund Recipients

    Rooftop Films announced the recipients of their 2010 Filmmakers’ Fund grants. The Filmmakers’ Fund was created to allow deserving filmmakers, who are often forced to exhaust all available resources making one film, to complete their next film.

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  • 2010 Temecula Valley International Film Festival Winners

    BEST FEATURE FILM, LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Director: Matt Thompson

    BEST FEATURE FILM
    LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
    Director: Matt Thompson
    Writer: Kent Moran
    Producers: Luke Moran, Kent Moran
    Executive Producer Charlkes Cook

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  • 2010 Savannah Film Festival Announces Competition Films

    “Night Catches Us,” a feature film starring Anthony Mackie of “The Hurt Locker,” is about one man in 1976 dealing with the aftermath of the black power movement.

    The Savannah College of Art and Design announced the competition film lineup and jurors for its 13th annual Savannah Film Festival, scheduled for Oct. 30-Nov. 6 in historic downtown Savannah.

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  • 2010 Sydney Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival announces first six films

    MACHETE!

    Fantastic Planet, Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival announces the first six feature films of this year’s program.

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  • The 5th Annual Project Twenty1 Film & Animation Festival October 1st-3rd, Philadelphia

    Project Twenty1, the Philadelphia-based film festival and competition, is holding its 5th annual Film & Animation Festival the weekend of October 1st through 3rd at the 350-seat International House theater at 3701 Chestnut St.

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  • San Francisco Film Society Presents Second Annual Taiwan Film Days, Oct 22 – 24

    A scene from the documentary LET’S FALL IN LOVE, playing at Taiwan Film Days October 22-24, at Viz Cinema.

    The San Francisco Film Society in association with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco, Taiwan’s Government Information Office and Taiwan’s Tourism Board presents Taiwan Film Days, October 22 – 24 at Viz Cinema at the New People center, 1746 Post Street. This exciting showcase highlights the best of contemporary Taiwanese cinema and provides Bay Area audiences with unique opportunities to view bold new Taiwanese films and engage with visionary filmmakers.

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  • Joint AFTRA and SAG National Board Approves Proposals for Primetime TV and Theatrical Negotiations

    The Joint National Board of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA, AFL-CIO) today met by videoconference plenary in Los Angeles and New York and approved a package of proposals for the upcoming Joint AFTRA Exhibit A and SAG TV/Theatrical Negotiations.

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  • Festival of New German Cinema in LA – Oct. 20-24

    VINCENT WANTS TO SEA

    American audiences have been treated to an amazing spectrum of German films over the years.  The past decade has been no exception. Having won two Oscars® for Best Foreign Language Film and having been nominated six times during the last eight years is proof that German films are a force on the international film scene.   The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles is delighted that German Currents, the fourth annual showcase of recent German films is returning this year to the Aero Theatre and other venues around Los Angeles. The opening night film (WHEN WE LEAVE) and the second night screening (ROCK HUDSON) will take place at the Egyptian Theatre, ANIMALS UNITED in 3D will screen at The Landmark, and a children’s matinee film will screen at Goethe-Institut Los Angeles; the rest of the program will take place at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.

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  • Academy Grants $50,000 to Telluride Film Festival

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the 2010 Telluride Film Festival’s Guest Director program, this year featuring novelist and screenwriter of “The English Patient,” Michael Ondaatje.

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