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On Saturday, January 22 at the House of Hype LIVEStyle Lounge, 50 Cent and Randall Emmett announced the action film project “Tomorrow Today”. Curis “50 Cent” Jackson is set to direct. 50 Cent and his “business associate”, boxer Floyd Mayweather, are working on the project together.
The company currently has six feature films wrapped and a 10 picture/$200 million deal firmly in place. Cheetah Vision Films launched at Sundance in 2009.
50 Cent electrified Sundance as he perfo...
How does the king of B and C movies come to dominate the most prestigious film festival for Independent Filmmakers on the planet? This year, a documentary about the life and times of one of the longest running, successful filmmakers in Hollywood made its debut. The documentary centers around Roger Corman, the god of B-rate home cinema who launched the careers of filmmakers such as James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.
Alex Stapleton's CORMAN'S WORLD: EXPLOITS OF A H...
What do Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon and The Sundance Film Festival have in common? The World Famous HarryO’s!
It’s Thursday, the opening day of the Sundance Film Festival. Main Street is a breeze to drive down and the public parking lots are free - as opposed to the harsh $20 they’ll charge starting Friday. Now I know why a local store clerk at the nearby outlet mall told my friend everyone in Park City hates us festival folk. At $20 for parking, I’d be bitter too.
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Sundance kicks off opening day with with two films from each category - one dramatic and one documentary. The opening day films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition are Pariah (Dramatic) and Sing Your Song (Documentary). The Guard (Dramatic) and Project Nim (Documentary) will kick off the Sundance World Cinema Competition.
Photo by Harry Benson
Project Nim, directed by James Mar...
Sundance announced their major milestones and initiatives today for the new year. Founder and President of the Sundance Institute, Robert Redford, gave his remarks and answered questions along with Executive Director Keri Putnam and Festival Director John Cooper. The Festival conducted a live video stream of the press conference - available here: www.sundance.org/live -Dianna Renee ...
Highlights include Coffee with Oscar®-winner Vilmos Zsigmond; and a Panel on Shooting Low-Budget Features on Film
Kodak will once again give its full support to the independent filmmaking community at the Slamdance and Sundance Film Festivals, which will run concurrently in Park City, Utah, beginning January 20.
Kodak will present an extended Q&A with Oscar®-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC and producer Jack Robinette following the screening of the...
Mohammed moves to the mountain as the 2011 edition of the Sundance Film Festival, the only world class film event to take place at a ski resort, kicks off tomorrow, with not one film but a cross-section of some of the Festival's strongest and most buzzed titles. John Cooper, the new Sundance honcho since last year, has done away with the traditional single Opening Night Gala and replaced it with a series of films. "It was almost impossible to find a film that represented the entire...
While the Sundance Film Festival is all for self-exploration, pushing boundaries, and taking the untrodden path, sometimes a little guidance can go a long way. From last minute ticket advice to must-see panels and musical performances, this Festival 101 crash course will guarantee you don't miss a thing.
When you've made it to Park City, you're ready to zip up your fleece, watch some films, sample some restaurants, and get the whole show going. What better way to find out what's h...
Sundance Institute and Mahindra Group today announced a multifaceted agreement that showcases the commitment to and support of independent cinema around the world both by the Mahindra Group, one of the largest companies in India known throughout the world for its commitment to excellence and to social responsibility, and of the nonprofit Sundance Institute, one of the world's leading cultural organizations
The collaboration allows for the establishment of the Mumbai Man...
Sundance Channel sets up shop in Park City, Utah for the network's biggest ever exclusive, all-access, multimedia experience at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, taking place from January 20th - January 30th. For the first time ever, Sundance Channel will open its doors to Park City with a bricks-and-mortar operation, "Sundance Channel HQ." Located at the heart of the action at 692 Main Street, Sundance Channel HQ will be a non-stop hub connecting festival-goers, movie-lovers and...
In these two videos: Hilary Duff (star of TV, movies and music) and Danny Masterson (of TV's That 70's Show) each attend the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival red carpet awards presentations with their also famous siblings...Christopher Masterson (from TV's Malcom In The Middle) and Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite).
The Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival invites you to enjoy screenings of what we believe to be the best new feature films, documentaries, shorts and videos by filmmakers who posses an independent vision and operate to create innovative work outside the studio system. We honor these filmmakers with awards of merit and screenings at our Film Festival each December in Hollywood, CA. The Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival celebrates independent and international filmmaking from students to seasoned professionals and of any size budget under 5 million USD and as long as the film has been made in the last three years and has no significant American distribution.
11 European films have been confirmed by European Film Promotion's (EFP) members to receive Film Sales Support (FSS) at North America's prestigious Sundance Film Festival. FSS, which is EFP's support scheme for European sales agents, is entering year 8 in 2011. With the continuous financial support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, FSS has been influential in helping bring European cinema to audiences around the world, in particular to North and South America.
To have been cho...
- On-Air Film Festival Airs 21-30 January
Sundance Channel will celebrate the world renowned Sundance Film Festival in Europe and Asia with a 10-day lineup of films spanning the Festival's rich history, with new titles airing each night. The special programming event, which runs 21-30 January and coincides with the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, will also feature the Sundance Channel premieres of selections from last year's Festival, the award-winning His & Hers and the nominated T...
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Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in six out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 2. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
On Day One, the Festival will forego the convention of one opening ni...
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This weekend December 3-5 2010 marks the Third Annual Minneapolis Underground Film Festival. Held at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design the mission has always been to show the films you will not find broadcast, online or at the multiplex. Underground films come from the heart and are made with a passion ...
As promised, here is the second installment of Carol's blog from Sundance 2010 featuring Documentary reviews. Check back next week for her narrative film reviews.
Documentaries, oftentimes considered the poor relative of the narrative fiction film, have in the last decade enjoyed a popular renaissance. Fueled by the runaway success of Micheal Moore’s Bowling for Columbine (2002) and followed by stand-out docs including Capturing the Friedmans (2003), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) and March Of The...
Sad, but true - there will be no CineVegas this year. When I ran into Trevor Groth during the Sundance Film Festival, (after complementing him on upgrading the films selected for Sundance in 2010), he stated that CineVegas will not be happening this year. Besides being one of two Festival Directors for the Sundance Film Festival, Mr. Groth is also the Artistic Director for CineVegas - a presitigous festival held in Las Vegas, NV. The sponsors for the CineVegas Festival pulled out due to ...
James Cameron may not be playing a film at Sundance, but that didn't stop his smash-hit Avatar from stealing the spotlight. At a private party hosted by Film Utah Magazine, Ubisoft and XBox revealed a sneak peek of the world's first game to be played in 3D.
The game allows you to travel through the make-believe world of Pandora as you fight off enemies in your Avatar. You have to wear 3D glasses, but the experience is very cool:
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Part 1 Sundance 2010 Wrap Up (Scribe - Carol Coombes)
Tinsel & Tine: Because it's impossible for me to attend has many festivals as would be my wish, I would really love to spread the word to Film Festival Attendees around the world to send post to Tinsel & Tine. Please feel free to blog about what ever part of the film festival is of interest to you and do it in your own style.
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With that being said - T & T is happy to present Carol Coombes Blog from Sundance!
Director Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2010 to very positive reviews, resulting in one of the festival's most visible bidding war. Rumored suitors included Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, The Weinstein Company, and Summit Entertainment; however, Focus Features (the specialty film unit of Universal Pictures) confirmed on Thursday that they had picked up distribution rights for the United States, the United Kingdom, South...
Yesterday Newmarket films acquired the dramatic competition film, Hesher, during the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. The seven figure deal was agreed to early in the morning after negotiations took place with Chris Ball (Co-Chairman of EMG) and John Crye (Head of Acquisitions for Newmarket).
Synopsis: Hesher is the story of a twenty-something long-haired tattooed metal-head who one day unexpectedly
