film festivals
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke Drama ‘Everest’ to Open Venice Film Festival
Director Baltasar Kormákur’s film will kick off the fest on Sept. 2
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Santa Barbara International Film Festival Hires Cindy Chyr as Director of Advancement (Exclusive)
Marketing veteran will help generate funds to support SBIFF’s dynamic arts and educational programs
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Academy Awards Expands Visual Effects and Doc Shortlists, But Doesn’t Add Categories
AMPAS Board of Governors also opts not to change the number of Best Picture nominees
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Russell Brand Documentary ‘Brand: A Second Coming’ Sells to Ignite Channel (Exclusive)
Ondi Timoner directed the acclaimed SXSW and LA Film Festival entry, which will receive a theatrical release
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5 Things Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ Needs to Land an Oscar Best Picture Nomination
It’d take rave reviews, strong box-office returns and help from the Academy rulebook
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Film ‘The Walk’ to Open New York Film Festival (Video)
Robert Zemeckis drama depicts high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s walk between the World Trade Center towers
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‘Human Centipede’ Director Tom Six Takes on Censorship, Critics: ‘I Like the People Who Hate It’
Gross-out virtuoso also talks about the prison-set third chapter: “I wanted to invent something that would drop crime rates like pants in a whorehouse”
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Apocalyptic Asteroid Drama ‘Persephone’ Reaches Kickstarter Goal in Two Weeks
Producers Chris Ferrantino and Josh Posner plan to start shooting with star Aighleann McKiernan in July
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Univision to Double Down on Soccer and ‘Billennials’ in Upcoming Slate
Upfronts 2015: The Spanish language broadcaster focuses on young bilingual viewers and sports
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Famke Janssen, Michael Nyqvist to Star in Thriller ‘Every Good Boy Does Fine’
Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen will produce the indie movie, which 13 Films will sell at Cannes
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Sundance Adds Festivals in Hong Kong, London
Festival will take its programming internationally to Hong Kong in 2015 and England in 2016
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Joyous Tribeca Doc ‘Song of Lahore’ Shows How Pakistani Music Came Back From the Dead
Tribeca 2015: The country’s classical music was almost killed by Islamic repression, but it came alive onscreen and at the festival
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Inside The Wrap’s Sundance 2015 Industry Panel (Photos)
Panelists including filmmaker Chloe Zhao and Indiegogo Executive Kristen Konvitz discussed the state of the industry in a talk moderated by Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman at TheWrap’s annual industry panel at the Sundance Film Festival/Photos by Patrick Fraser
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Sundance: ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ Sells to Fox Searchlight (Updated)
Heated bidding surrounded drama about teenage filmmaker befriending a classmate with cancer
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Sundance: Tom Cruise Plot, Prison Camps in Scientology Doc ‘Going Clear’
Doc reminds viewers of the insidious power of L. Ron Hubbard’s church that has long focused on Hollywood
