INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM MOVIES COVERAGE

Image Entertainment Aquires LAST LOVE with Michael Caine

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, has acquired all U.S. rights to the romantic drama Last Love, based on Francoise Dorner's French novel La Douceur Assassine. Starring Os... (more...)

Image Entertainment Acquires Domestic Rights to Winnie Mandela Biopic Starring Jennifer Hudson

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, has acquired all U.S. rights to Winnie Mandela at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. (more...)

DON'T LET THE RIVERBEAST GET YOU! Coming to DVD 5/21

DON'T LET THE RIVERBEAST GET YOU! is the next independent horror film set to release from Brain Damage Films. You'll believe in him when he starts to eat you! The film comes to DVD May 21st, 2013. (more...)

Amanda Seyfried & Chris Pine to Lead Nuclear Wasteland Film Z FOR ZACHARIAH

Chris Pine and Seyfried have signed on to star in Craig Zobel's film adaptation of Rober C. O'Brien's classic sci-fi novel Z FOR ZACHARIAH, it was announced today. Tobey Maguire will produce via Mater... (more...)

Image Entertainment Picks Up TOKAREV Starring Nicolas Cage

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, has acquired all US and Canadian rights to Hannibal Classics' new action-thriller Tokarev, starring Nicolas Cage. Tokarev (working titl... (more...)

THE NUMBERS STATION Set for DVD & Blu-ray Release, 5/28

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of the action/thriller, The Numbers Station, starring John Cusack (The Raven), Malin Akerman (Couple's Retreat),... (more...)

Cinedigm & Magnet Media Announce Five Film Partnership

Cinedigm (NADSAQ: CIDM) and Magnet Media Productions today announced they have entered into partnership to distribute five feature films over the next three years using Cinedigm's expansive digital di... (more...)

Vision Films Acquires Sharon Stone's FEMME Documentary

Vision Films, a worldwide distributor of independent films, has announced today that it has picked-up worldwide rights to the inspirational documentary FEMME, which is directed by Emmanuel Itier (THE ... (more...)

Vision Films Picks Up Duff McKagan Documentary

Vision Films, a worldwide distributor of independent films, has announced today that the company has secured worldwide distribution rights to former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan's auto-biographi... (more...)

Rooftop Films Summer Series Announces Full Schedule

Rooftop Films announces its full schedule for the 2013 Summer Series, featuring more than 45 outdoor screening of new independent films, including 15 previously unannounced short film programs and dat... (more...)

Cinedigm's Documdrama Lauches New YouTube Channel

Cinedigm's (NASDAQ: CIDM) DOCURAMA, the world's only multi-platform brand dedicated to documentary film, is launching a paid channel on YouTube today. (more...)

Sundance Institute Selects 13 Projects for Directors and Screenwriters Labs, June 2013

Sundance Institute today announced the 13 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from May 27 through June 27. Under the lea... (more...)

WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS Soundtrack Set for 5/21 Release

Back Lot Records will issue a digital release of the soundtrack for We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, the new documentary from Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, on Tuesday May 21st . The Origi... (more...)

Epic Pictures to Develop Lionel Messi Biopic

Patrick Ewald, CEO, and Shaked Berenson, COO and co-founder of Epic Pictures Group, have just announced that their company has acquired all rights to the biography MESSI: The Inside Story of the Boy ... (more...)

The Film Arcade and Cinedigm Acquire Sundance Award Winner AFTERNOON DELIGHT

The Film Arcade and Cinedigm (CIDM) are proud to announce the acquisition of AFTERNOON DELIGHT, a provocative comedy about sex, marriage and finding yourself again. (more...)

Melissa Leo Among Presenters for SVA's 24th Annual DUSTY Film & Animation Awards Tonight

The BFA Film, Video and Animation Department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), home of the 24th Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival and headed by Reeves Lehmann, chair of the BFA Film, Video and ... (more...)

SVA Launches 2013 Dusty Film and Animation Festival Today

Reeves Lehmann, chair of the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department at School of Visual Arts (SVA), presents the 4th Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival, held in New York City today, May 4 throug... (more...)

2013 Maoli Film Festival Comes to Kumu Kahua Theatre Today

In honor of the eighth annual MAMo: Maoli Arts Month, Kumu Kahua Theatre and Pacific Islanders in Communications bring you the third annual Maoli Film Festival at Kumu Kahua Theatre. (more...)

PLAY THIS MOVIE LOUD! Film Series Runs at Moving Image, Now thru 6/9

Museum of the Moving Image will present an eighteen-film screening series celebrating music movies on the big screen, in conjunction with its current exhibition Spectacle: The Music Video. Taking its ... (more...)

STRUCK BY LIGHTENING Among Cinedigm's May Releases

Cinedigm announces May releases including Shane Carruth's Upstream Color, The Rabbi's Cat, Struck By Lightning. All titles are releasing on DVD and Digital Download (more...)

Emilia Clarke to Lead James Franco's THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS Adaptation

Coming off of her stint as Holly Golightly in Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S on Broadway, Emilia Clarke has signed on to star in James Franco's upcoming film THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS, according... (more...)

PLAY THIS MOVIE LOUD! Film Series to Run at Moving Image, 5/4-6/9

Museum of the Moving Image will present an eighteen-film screening series celebrating music movies on the big screen, in conjunction with its current exhibition Spectacle: The Music Video. Taking its ... (more...)

Steve Carell Film to Close 2013 LA FILM FESTIVAL: Full Line-Up Announced

Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by Film Independent, in conjunction with Presenting Media Sponsor the Los Angeles Times and Host Partner L.A. LIVE, announced its official US and interna... (more...)

Kumu Kahua Theatre Announces Maoli Film Festival Schedule, 5/4-5

Using the medium of film to share the Hawaiian tradition of storytelling, this film festival presents authentic Hawaiian voice. The Maoli Film Festival gives center stage to Hawaiian filmmakers and fi... (more...)

BLING RING to Close 2013 Seattle Film Festival

The Seattle International Film Festival, the largest and most-highly attended festival in the United States, announced today the complete schedule of films and events that will make up the 39th Seattl... (more...)