SXSW 2013 MOVIES COVERAGE

Monterey Media Acquires THE CITIZEN with Agnes Bruckner

monterey media has completed a deal with production company 3K Pictures for all US and Canada rights to Sam Kadi's debut drama THE CITIZEN starring Agnes Bruckner (BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, THE WOODS), Kha... (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...)

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...)

Neil Labute's SOME GIRLS Heading to Digital Release, 6/28

Deadline reports that Neil LaBute's film adaptation of SOME GIRLS will be the first project to be released on Vimeo's new On Demand program. The indie film is set to have its New York, Los Angeles and... (more...)

Tribeca Film Institute Kicks Off 'TFI Interactive' Program Today

The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) previously announced the program for the second annual TFI INTERACTIVE daylong conference at the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF). Made possible by support from the Ford Fo... (more...)

Academy Announces Deadlines for 2013 Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Competition

Deadlines to submit entries to the 2013 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition are Wednesday, April 10 (regular deadline) and Wednesday, May 1 (final deadline). As many as five $35,0... (more...)

Cinedigm Acquires Distribution Rights to Destin Daniel Cretton's SHORT TERM 12

Cinedigm has acquired all North American and Latin American distribution rights to Destin Daniel Cretton's 2013 SXSW Film Festival dual Grand Jury and Audience Award winner Short Term 12. Cinedigm pla... (more...)

Magnolia Pictures Announces Acquisition of Joe Swanberg's DRINKING BUDDIES

The Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired North American distribution rights to writer-director Joe Swanberg's DRINKING BUDDIES, starring Olivia Wilde, Jake ... (more...)

Tribeca Film Institute Announces 'TFI Interactive' Program, 4/20

The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) today announced the program for the second annual TFI INTERACTIVE daylong conference at the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF). (more...)

SXSW Announces 2013 Film Award Winners

The South by Soutwest festival announced juried honors in narrative and documentary feature, short film, design, and special categories at an awards ceremony held last night at the Paramount Theater i... (more...)

VIDEO: Mick Jagger & More Featured in MUSCLE SHOALS Documentary

Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to the documentary MUSCLE SHOALS. The film explores the history of the famous Alabama recording studio that launched some of the most famous songs in the wor... (more...)

Director Harmony Korine Appears at SPRING BREAKERS Screening for Moving Image Retrospective Today

Director, screenwriter, and artist Harmony Korine has developed an aesthetic as unique and bracing as any that launched in the heyday of 1990s American independent film. Korine made his name as the sc... (more...)

Oblivion Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Set For Release On 4/9

Back Lot Records will release the soundtrack for Oblivion, Universal Pictures' upcoming action-adventure starring Tom Cruise, on April 9, 2013, it was announced today. The Oblivion Original Motion Pic... (more...)

Dave Stewart's Weapons of Mass Entertainment Enlists New Film & Visual Artists

WEAPONS OF MASS ENTERTAINMENT, the trend-setting multimedia and entertainment hub founded by the legendary DAVE STEWART, has recently welcomed an array of new talent to its already impressive roster. ... (more...)

Catherine Borek Joins Post-Film Panel for Rubicon Theatre's Screening of OT: OUR TOWN Doc Today

Rubicon Theatre Company previously announced that Catherine Borek, star of the documentary 'OT: OUR TOWN,' will join director Scott Hamilton Kennedy and representatives from Rubicon's cast of Our Town... (more...)

Chard Hartigan's THIS IS MARTIN BONNER Set for Summer Theatrical Release

Monterey Media Inc. announced today that the company has acquired U.S. distribution rights to THIS IS MARTIN BONNER, directed by Chad Hartigan. Starring Paul Eenhoorn and Richmond Arquette, THIS IS MA... (more...)

Cinedigm Acquires Worldwide Distribution Rights to ABSENCE

Cinedigm (CIDM), has acquired worldwide distribution rights to ABSENCE, Jimmy Loweree's debut feature film. Cinedigm's theatrical distribution of ABSENCE will commence in late 2013, with subsequent ro... (more...)

Catherine Borek to Join Post-Film Panel for Rubicon Theatre's Screening of OT: OUR TOWN Doc, 3/4

Rubicon Theatre Company today announced that Catherine Borek, star of the documentary 'OT: OUR TOWN,' will join director Scott Hamilton Kennedy and representatives from Rubicon's cast of Our Town, for... (more...)

Director Harmony Korine to Appear at SPRING BREAKERS Screening for Moving Image Retrospective, 3/12

Director, screenwriter, and artist Harmony Korine has developed an aesthetic as unique and bracing as any that launched in the heyday of 1990s American independent film. Korine made his name as the sc... (more...)

THE EAST with Skarsgard & Page to Close Out SXSW

THE EAST, directed by Zal Batmangli, has been chosen as the film to close out the 2013 South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival on March 16 in Austin, Texas, it was announced today. (more...)

VIDEO: First Look - Paul Walker Stars in Official Trailer for HOURS

The upcoming film HOURS will have its world premiere at SXSW this year and is currently being sold in Berlin. The film stars Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez and Judd Lormand. Below, check out the movie... (more...)

BROADWAY IDIOT Documentary Following AMERICAN IDIOT Musical to Make World Premiere at SXSW 2013

According to SXSW's 2013 website, the documentary film BROADWAY IDIOT, which follows the musical AMERICAN IDIOT's journey to Broadway, will have its World Premiere at this year's film festival. (more...)

THE MUSIC TEACHER, A CHJANA and More Win 2013 Sundance Institute Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards

Sundance Institute and India's Mahindra Group today announced the four winners of the 2013 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards, in recognition and support of emerging independent fi... (more...)

Anchor Bay Picks Up THE RAMBLER at 2013 Sundance Festival

Anchor Bay Films kicks off the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with the pick-up of The Rambler starring Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend's Wedding, The Grey). Written and directed by Calvin Lee Reeder, the... (more...)

FSLC to Launch Daily Radio Show from Sundance Film Festival

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will kick off a daily radio program tomorrow from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival called Film Society's Daily Buzz with Eugene Hernandez. The daily radio show, recor... (more...)