GREAT Canadian Loser story sure bet
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The fortune-challenged hero of Peter Wellington's Luck (which won top prize for fiction feature at last week's South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas ... <link>

TRIBECA accents cultural exchange
People's Weekly World - United States
... Cate Blanchett, as well as panels by industry ... The Tribeca Film Festival was founded by De Niro, Rosenthal and Hatkoff to celebrate New York City as ... <http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/5002/1/208>

OSCARS for Bengali cinema?
Screen India - India
... 2003 at the Hyatt Regency in the city ... unique platform to recognise the Bangla film industry ... the magnificent Grand Ballroom, Manhattan Centre, New York ... <http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=7624>

BAEZ just as political as ever
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
... into her much-anticipated interview session at South by Southwest ... since her debut at the Newport Folk Festival in ... About the film "Dont Look Back" by DA ... <link>

SF International Film Festival features mega-stars, premieres Alameda Times-Star - Alameda,CA,USA ... are scheduled to appear at the April 27 and 28 screenings of Mario's documentary "BAADASSSSS!" The picture centers around Melvin's 1971 independent film "Sweet ... <http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1549~2040326,00.html>

FILMMAKER Looks to eBay to Auction Film Rights
Indie Wire - USA
... which is the directorial debut of the film's stars Alex D'Lerma and Lozano, is a Latino father-and-son crime drama that debuted at the Ohio Independent Film ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040325ebay.html>

DISPATCHES from a Film Festival Part 1
AlterNet - USA
... In the new age of indie vogue, film festivals – once rare and vital vehicles for showcasing independents – are now a dime a dozen. ... <http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18226>

ASBURY Park's Paramount Theatre hosts independent film festival Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA ... by FYI Productions of New York ... and lesbian couples, including a New ... the national debate after city ... premise of bringing together industry ... the festival with film ... <link>

EDDIE Griffin for Irish indie film
RTE Interactive - Ireland
American actor Eddie Griffin is to star in an Irish independent film, which is due to start filming in Ireland in mid-May. According ... <http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0324/griffine.html>

THE moving image's return to honesty
International Herald Tribune - Paris,France
... The shaky, handheld camera has become part of the standard vocabulary of both Hollywood and independent film, used reflexively as an indicator of "authenticity ... <http://www.iht.com/articles/511400.htm>

RUSSIAN cinema
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Nonetheless, when the little Russian indie eventually claimed the festival's prestigious Golden ... The film went on to make the festival circuit rounds and earned ... <link>

GLOBAL Film Initiative Gets New Directors/New Films Selection " ...
Indie Wire - USA
The Global Film Initiative has acquired Bosnina director Pjer Zalica's "Fuse," which will screen at the upcoming New Directors/New Films series presented by ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040323fuse.html>

POSEY Tracks 'Frankenstein' for USA
Zap2it.com - USA
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Indie-film fixture Parker Posey is set to take her first regular TV role, and it's a monster. Okay, actually, it's about a monster. ... <link>

DAVID Arquette, William H. Macy, James Russo, Ryan Browning and ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
NEW YORK, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- What ... SHOWTIME's new original film STEALING SINATRA ... Ron Underwood (Mighty Joe Young, City ... found work in the film industry ... <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040322/nym204_1.html>

OUT of the art house
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... agrees upon, though, is the fact that the definition of independent film is more complicated than ever. With nearly every major studio running its own indie ... <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000469077>

TEARING down the Wall
The Globe and Mail - Canada
... Since its world premiere in February, 2003, at the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale), where it won best European film, Good Bye, Lenin! ... <link>

FROM Video Activism to Charles Manson: the 11th New York ...
Indie Wire - USA
... Roddy Bogawa's closing night bio/doc hybrid "I Was Born But..." and indie ... Composed mainly of street interviews, and footage of war-time destruction, the film ... <http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_040322nyuf.html>

2004 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award Goes to Two Columbia ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Born and raised in New York City ... in his third year in the graduate film ... as an oil trader at the New York ... A panel of entertainment industry experts, forming ... <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040322/lam028a_1.html>

UP from Down Under
New York Newsday - New York,NY,United States
... of the wilderness to rough it in New York City ... says Jane Smith, chief executive of the New ... creating a range of institutions around the film industry ... <link>

EMMY nomination for Cape Town film company
Independent Online - South Africa
... be an enormous boost for the local industry ... Film Afrika has co-produced television dramas and ... announced on May 21 at Radio City Music Hall in New York ... <http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=124&art_id=vn20040318113819447C684128&set_id=1>

A Racy Rating for "Young Adam," Damon Dash Teams with Lions Gate ...
Indie Wire - USA
INDUSTRY MOVES: Steven Friedlander has joined Warner Independent Pictures as executive VP of ... The film weaves five stories in post-9/11 New York city ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040319buzz.html>

BIG stars, small films
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
So what is Grammer doing in a small independent film like "The Big Empty"? And why are recognizable actors like Jon Favreau, Rachael ... <http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1079692307137870.xml>

DOCUMENTARIES move out of niche into film mainstream
Alameda Times-Star - Alameda,CA,USA
... Once relegated to public broadcasting, cable channels or independent film festivals, the genre is increasingly viewed as popular entertainment worthy of big ... <http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1549~2028299,00.html>

Q&A with writer-director Gary Ross
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... How did that influence you? Ross: There was no independent film movement in America then. ... My parents would schlep me to see ... <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/apmovies_story.asp?category=1402&slug=Film%20Q~A%20Gary%20Ross>

THE world's sexiest dwarf
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
... His biography lists a respectable number of off-Broadway and movie appearances including a debut role in the cult indie film Living in Oblivion. ... <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/03/19/bfdinklage19.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/03/19/ixartleft.html>

FILM: The passion of the cruiser
Las Vegas Mercury - Las Vegas,NV,USA
... You could argue that 2003's film-fest fave Latter Days, which Cox wrote and directed, had minor indie hit written all over it. Gay ... <http://www.lasvegasmercury.com/2004/MERC-Mar-18-Thu-2004/23452269.html>

OSCAR'S halo effect loses some shine
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
... Individual pictures – especially indie efforts – can still get a boost from Oscar's ... And a December DVD release can, in turn, promote a film's Oscar ... <http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2827068a2202,00.html>

FLORIDA Film Festival Lauds "Down to the Bone" and "Happy Hour" ...
Indie Wire - USA
Debra Granik's "Down to the Bone" and Mike Bencivenga's "Happy Hour" were awarded top prizes at the Florida Film Festival in Orlando (March 5-14), taking the ... <http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_040319fff.html>

INDIE At All Costs
fairfieldweekly.com - Norwalk,CT,United States
... once the seemingly unbreakable wall between the mainstream media and the indie ... Coney Island provides a fascinating backdrop for the film, an anachronistic place ... <http://fairfieldweekly.com/gbase/Music/content?oid=oid:56294>

WILD Rosa
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
... the rest of that film’s cast – with the exception of Chloe Sevigny – have disappeared from view, and while Sevigny has gone the edgy, thrift-store indie ... <http://www.sundayherald.com/40605>

CARREY and Kaufman put out an eternally memorable film
Orlando Sentinel (subscription) - Orlando,FL,USA
... Forget about being an indie darling, Charlie. ... The rest of the film takes place largely in Joel's head as he undergoes the procedure. ... <http://www.orlandocitybeat.com/citybeat/movies/ocb-movies-eternal031904,0,6503261.story?coll=ocb-home-headlines>

10 steps to no-budget filmmaking
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... He applied to the Canadian Film Centre's First Feature Project, "a fully mentored, hands ... The project is uniquely designed to make the sort of indie films that ... <link>

'SEABISCUIT' writer-director Gary Ross speaks at SXSW
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
... Ross sat down for a discussion of his career before an audience at the South by Southwest Film Festival, which runs through Saturday. ... <http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=101321&SecID=2>

HE shoots, he scores
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... jury prize for best ensemble cast at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival and the most promising new filmmaker award at the Northampton Independent Film ... <http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/03/20/he_shoots_he_scores>

KING of Iron Town’
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
... Fisher, who wrote and directed the fictional brother-against-brother boxing movie, "King of Iron Town," is ready to show the 95-minute independent film at 7 pm ... <http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2004/March/21/LFlist1.htm>

TOM Hanks shows his cards
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... help produce for $5 million called "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" that grossed more than $240 million domestically and became the highest-grossing independent film ... <http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/03/21/tom_hanks_shows_his_cards>

THIS is not a Ben and Jen movie
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... No wonder Smith is one of his staunchest defenders, even as Weinstein was pilloried recently in Peter Biskind's widely read book about the indie film movement ... <link>

THE Magdalene Sisters
DVD Talk - Portland,OR,USA
The Magdalene Sisters walked away with an armful of awards from various film festivals and independent film groups: Best Picture at the Venice, Los Angeles ... <http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=9979>