LONDON 'to become film friendly'
BBC News - London,England,UK
... by Lord Puttnam, will work to tackle issues that affect film-making in London and a low budget digital feature film fund will encourage independent film-making ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3650709.stm>

LATINO Film Festival turns 20
The Daily Northwestern - USA
The Chicago Latino Film Festival will celebrate its 20th birthday this year not with cake and candles but with a 12-day schedule of more than 120 movies from ... <http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/22/40876ebe189c7>

CRAIGSLIST Gets Its Name in Lights
Fortune (subscription) - USA
... so fascinated filmmaker Michael Ferris Gibson that he made 24 Hours on Craigslist.org, which debuted in April at South by Southwest, the indie film and music ... <http://www.fortune.com/fortune/careers/articles/0,15114,612553,00.html>

CANNES Film Festival to Mix Glamour, Youth
Reuters - USA
PARIS (Reuters) - Hollywood stars from Charlize Theron to Brad Pitt guarantee glamour on the red carpet at next month's Cannes film festival but they will ... <http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=4895729&section=news>

FROM Greek princess to drag queen
CNN - USA
... After all, that little movie that could earned more than $200 million on an indie-film budget, and nothing says success in Hollywood like $200 million at the ... <http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/20/nia.vardalos/>

WALKING on 'Sunshine'
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... In rolling out the film March 19, Focus brass ignored some of the rules that have long governed indie distribution, choosing instead to shore up others. ... <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000491305>

THIS crazy, mixed-up real life
The Australian - Australia
... We're going to see a rise of DVD and distribution companies and people buying ... Real: Life on Film opens in Melbourne on April 29, then tours to Sydney, May 6 ... <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9339804%255E16947,00.html>

NEW Line Cinema Acquires ``Vera Drake,'' the Latest Feature From ...
Business Wire (press release) - USA
... the oldest and most successful fully integrated independent film company in the world. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical ... <link>

INDIE director Winick goes to Hollywood
Reuters - London,England,UK
... After studying at Los Angeles' American Film Institute in the 1980s, he kicked around getting some experience, grew frustrated and nearly quit. ... <http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=496323&section=news>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Movie City News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Tony N' Tina's Wedding, which was shot on location in New York City in June of 2003 ... Industry veteran Ira Deutchman who is representing the film for sale ... <http://www.moviecitynews.com/notepad/2004/042004a_pr.html>

DITH Pran discusses 'The Killing Fields'
UW Badger Herald - Madison,WI,USA
... Rouge took power, they forced all city residents to ... he published articles in the New York Times and ... he discussed his situation with the film industry to create ... <http://www.badgerherald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/21/4086026f0f6ad>

SCARED" of the Box Office, Miramax's Italian Thriller on Top ...
Indie Wire - USA
... The film found a home at the Landmark Act 1 ... addition to the Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema in the city. ... the opening night party, and actors from New York and Los ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040421boxoffice.html>

TO film biz fares well in poll, at least
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... New York topped the list with 25.7% of the vote ... of course — since it stands in for most every other city!". ... on the Web's most popular site for film lovers and ... <link>

THE 8th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival Proudly Announces MTV2 as ...
Business Wire (press release) - USA
... be held from August 4-8, 2004 in New York City. ... film are always expanding with new and diverse ... accompanied by an official Urbanworld Film Festival submission ... <http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040420005300&newsLang=en>

BROADWAY Dreams for Bollywood Musical
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... author Meera Syal for the show’s New York run ... Set in the city that is also known as Mumbai ... Bollywood is India’s film industry, which churns out more than 900 ... <http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2807967>

MATCHFRAME Launches `MDI'; Affordable Digital Intermediate for ...
Business Wire (press release) - USA
... MDI combines the widest range of services specifically targeted to the independent film market under the umbrella of a single company. ... <link>

PBS: American Family ? Journey of Dreams
Washington Post - USA
... I would recommend asking family and friends for money, there are two very good organizations to join that have great programs to help independent film makers. ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9225-2004Apr13.html>

POOF! Movie Magic
Fast Company - USA
... lesbian film festival held annually in New York, where the ... to the organizers of the Sundance Film Festival, the ... showcase held each January in Park City, Utah. ... <http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/82/moviemagic.html>

RICK" to Open the Independent Film Festival of Boston
Indie Wire - USA
by Brian Brooks. Curtiss Clayton's SXSW drama "Rick" starring Bill Pullman will open the Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFB) on Thursday, April 29th. ... <http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_040419bost.html>

KING of the indie goes mainstream
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
... A favourite of the indie film circuit rather than a mainstream Hollywood star, Ethan admits his private woes are just more fodder for the public’s desire for ... <link>

POINT.360 Introduces New Web Services for Broadcast Advertisers TMCnet - USA ... reformat, archive and ultimately distribute its clients' film and video ... The Company provides worldwide electronic distribution, using fiber optics, satellites ... <http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Apr/1032625.htm>

DG2L To Demonstrate World’s First MPEG-4 Digital Cinema System ...
Streaming Media (press release) - USA
... coupled with state-of-the-art piracy protection and at the lowest cost in the industry, DG2L sets the bar for digital film distribution and presentation ... <http://www.streamingmedia.com/press/view.asp?id=2618>

TALES of Self-Distribution: "Robot Stories," "Maestro," "The ...
Indie Wire - USA
... He has no regrets and says that his distribution work, "builds credibility for more jobs." Taking the film on the road put him in touch with useful film ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040419self.html>

HP, Warner Bros. Studios to Usher in New Era in Film and ...
TMCnet - USA
... production, digital restoration and distribution processes. As with photography and music, the companies are pursuing the digitization of film and television ... <http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Apr/1032383.htm>

GIVE US MOORE
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Los Angeles -- Julianne Moore is so not tortured ... Todd Haynes' "Safe." She then appeared in indie dramas including ... as part of the San Francisco Film Festival on ... <link>

ANTI-BUSH sentiment busts out all over
The Globe and Mail - Canada
... The festival also hosted a talk by John Sayles, whose latest film, Silver City ... of anti-administration films is backed with Hollywood money or distribution muscle ... <link>

DUTCH museum recovers long-lost 1922 Valentino film
Reuters - India
... interest in the film from archives around the world as well as the film's producers, Paramount, and planned to produce a copy for international distribution. ... <link>

NO Fireworks for CanWest
Winnipeg Sun - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
... CanWest is negotiating with "a number of parties" that might be interested in buying Fireworks' film and television library and distribution operations. <http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/Business/2004/04/17/425677.html>

WARNER to get Japanese award for film distribution
Indian Television - India
Japan will also be awarded the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for best foreign film distributor of the Year. Achievements that Warner Bros. ... <http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k4/apr/apr136.htm>

DISTRIBUTORS at Crossroads
Screen India - India
... Digital film distribution is one way of tackling piracy, while the other way is to release a particular film in as many centres as possible, provided one can ... <http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=7842>

'FRACTURE' set for New Zealand distribution
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
Po – lyph – o - ny), is delighted to announce a distribution deal has been struck for FRACTURE, a film by Larry Parr, produced by Charlie McClellan and ... <http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0404/S00079.htm>

BILL Murray Charms Brooklyn; Tim Kirkman Plans New Film; Gen Art ...
Indie Wire - USA
... distribution associate for two years, will serve as the interim distribution director. ... The film is both retro and futuristic (and also perfectly mocks the '80s ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040416buzz.html>

CENSORS Board Prosecutes 50
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... and we use police to raid the outlets for the production and distribution of such ... Mr. Arua said the NGO was happy to identify with the National Film and Video ... <http://allafrica.com/stories/200404160294.html>

DUART Chooses Digital Vision's Bitpack for DVD Encoding PrimeZone (press release) - USA ... Digital Vision's business concept is to offer state-of-the-art technology and products to clients in film/video, multimedia and the distribution of digital ... <http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news_releases.mhtml?d=55964>

THE world according to helen mirren
St Petersburg Times, Russia - St. Petersburg,Russia
... this perspective, there is something that Mirren wishes the European film industry could have learned from the American film industry - effective distribution. ... <http://www.sptimes.ru/archive/times/961/features/a_12240.htm>

ORANGE Wednesdays
ic Ayrshire.co.uk - Ayrshire,UK
... Chairman of (AIM) All Industry Marketing for UK cinema, added "The UK film and cinema industry is a vibrant mix of over 150 distribution and exhibition ... <link>

MONOSOL buys UK edible films firm
Food Production - Europe
... strips, to contain active vitamin ingredients using its proprietary edible film technology ... taking on the firm's warehouse space and sales and distribution teams ... <http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/news-NG.asp?id=51432>

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Revises Time for First Quarter 2004 Results ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... The Company owns the largest modern film library in the world, consisting ... United Artists, MGM Television Entertainment, MGM Networks, MGM Distribution Co., MGM ... <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040415/lath048_1.html>

CALABASAS, Calif.-Based Movie Maker Finds Growing Audience for ...
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
... film, "Jillian's Vantage," screened in the festival circuit, he knows he'll never see the short film bowing on 1,000 screens. Without a distribution deal, he ... <http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8438064.ht

HERITAGE Tour
Moscow Times - Moscow,Russia
... Europe's film industry] shouldn't have allowed the Americans to take over -- and now they have completely taken over the distribution arena of film," she said. ... <http://context.themoscowtimes.com/index.php?aid=132170>

DISNEY'S troubles worsen with disappointing film releases. Mickey News (press release) - Clovis,CA,United States ... The film, which cost the company an estimated US$140 million in production and distribution outlays, is unlikely to recoup its costs, even at the international ... <http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_4154Troubles>

AMERICAN Television and Film Co. Signs Larry Holmes to Star in ...
Business Wire (press release) - USA
... American Television and Film Company (Pink Sheets:ATFT) develops feature films and television shows for worldwide distribution. <link>

RISE of the indie changes the landscape
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA
... for something new, turned more of their attention to the film-festival circuit and introduced "classics" divisions for development and distribution of art films ... <http://www.marinij.com/Stories/0,1413,234~24409~2085181,00.html>

DESI film fest in LA
Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India
... So, some avenues should open up for the distribution of their films ... Presented along with the University of California-Los Angeles Film and Television Archive ... <http://ww1.mid-day.com/entertainment/movies/2004/april/81139.htm>

CHINA: Mainland film studio plans trailblazing IPO
Asia Pacific Media Network - USA
... Xiying was formed by asset injections from Xibu that included distribution rights for its 200-film library and a number of advertising operations. ... <http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=10251>

LOW Budget Coming Out Film Gets Major Distribution
365Gay.com - USA
... Next month it will screen in the Director's Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival. Now its been picked up for national distribution by Wellspring. ... <http://www.365gay.com/entertainment/News&Gossip/041304Shownews.htm>

HERE! TV Will Launch America's First 24/7 Premium Programming ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... distribution handles either all North American rights or Worldwide rights on these and ... Opens this summer at the Angelica Film Center New York and at the Regent ... <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040413/latu109_1.html>

MOVING Mountains: Netflix Brings Sing Faster to DVD
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... and so Docurama is particularly pleased to add this film to its ... The program creates a national distribution channel for films and entertainment programming ... <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040414/sfw031_1.html>

CORTEC ’ s Eco Film ™ & Eco Works ™ Receive BPI ...
Emediawire (press release) - USA
... four manufacturing sites, distribution in 75 countries and eight sales offices in five countries. Capitalizing on their cutting edge industrial film extrusion ... <http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/4/emw118254.htm>

HANOI to host two International conferences
Voice of Viet Nam - Hanoi,Vietnam
... Great Victory" and "Dien Bien in Renewal" by the Hanoi Film Studio and the Dien Bien Department of Information and Culture. A distribution company has released ... <http://www.vov.org.vn/2004_04_14/english/vanhoa.htm>

CINEMANOW, SBC Yahoo seal partnership deal
Raleigh News - Raleigh,NC,USA
... The deal is designed to broaden the distribution of CinemaNow while sweetening the offerings ... a video-on-demand service owned by five of the major film studios. <http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/1286790p-8400694c.html>

NICHE Media Ventures Announces ``Terra Incognita''; a ...
Business Wire (press release) - USA
... Its services, technology, catalogs of film and music and distribution will provide reoccurring revenue which will allow it to develop multiple niche projects ... <link>

SMARTSOUND Software Inks New Distribution Deals with WYNIT and ...
Business Wire (press release) - USA
... with a variety of needs, from corporate video to high-end film and video ... Expanding our distribution allows more resellers the ability to take advantage of this ... <link>

HEWITT, Scott & Mistry Discover Truth About Love
Comingsoon.net - USA
... UK distribution will be handled by Redbus Film Distribution with foreign sales being handled by Lakeshore Entertainment. Principal ... <http://comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4261>

RSVP kicks off with two signings
Media Week - UK
... cross-media signing, worth about £250,000 and announced last Tuesday, is with Target NMI on behalf of Mel Gibson’s Icon Film Distribution company to promote ... <link>

A New Truth for Hewitt
Film Stew - Hollywood,CA,USA
... & Hay. UK distribution will be handled by Redbus Film Distribution with foreign sales being handled by Lakeshore Entertainment. ... <http://www.filmstew.com/Content/DailyNews/Details.asp?ContentID=8396&Pg=1>

"THE Passion" Makes Impact at Easter
Zenit News Agency - Rome,Italy
... in Zagreb, Croatia, "The Passion" set a record during its recent opening weekend as the republic's most-watched movie, a film distribution company said. ... <http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=52107>

LIBERTY Launches Production & Distribution of 20 One-Hour ...
Business Wire (press release) - USA
... LIEI owns and operates an International film and television distribution company, and distributes programming worldwide in 80 countries under exclusive ... <link>

VAIL Fest Offers a Few Stumbles, But More Successes, With ...
Indie Wire - USA
... welcomed a large and enthusiastic group of filmmakers and film industry experts ... from smaller, non-corporate-owned indie companies or were without distribution. ... <http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_040412vail.html>

FEATURE STORY: JEFF FRIDAY & THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL: ...
Eurweb - UK
... What puts the ABFF beyond your average film fest are some of the cutting edge ... Unfortunately, most [of these films] will not get major distribution,” he said. ... <http://www.eurweb.com/articles/headlines/04122004/headlines1402704122004.cfm>

CHINA'S first film law ready to make debut
People's Daily - China
... Yu Dong, general manager of Poly Bona Film Distribution Co Ltd, hopes the law will protect the rights of copyrights owners and film distributors. ... <http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200404/09/eng20040409_139934.shtml>

HAMPTONS Alum Share Script; NBC Deal for "Deadline"; Philly Fest ...
Indie Wire - USA
by Wendy Mitchell. INDUSTRY MOVES: Tony Cianciotta has been named President of Capri Releasing, Capri Films' new Toronto-based film distribution arm. ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040409buzz.html>

HOLLYWOOD Stars and UK Film Council Discover the Truth About Love PRNewswire UK (press release) - UK ... John Hay. UK distribution will be handled by Redbus Film Distribution with foreign sales being handled by Lakeshore Entertainment. ... <http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=120861>

GABRIELE Salvatores: not scared
Washington Square News - New York,NY,United States
... years after winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film for "Mediterraneo," the director is once again getting his shot at US film distribution with "I'm ... <http://www.nyunews.com/artsandentertainment/film/7238.html>

SLAMDANCE Moves into Distribution with Two Films; Partners with ...
Indie Wire - USA
... the Slamdance name into distribution and talent-management, the organization's president and co-founder, Peter Baxter, has teamed with film and television ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040409slam.html>

CEI Entertainment Inc. Lands Two-Picture Deal With Legendary ...
Business Wire (press release) - USA
... and television programming, and provides co-production and syndication services as well as feature film packaging and distribution procurement partnerships ... <link>

NOW Showing
Jakarta Post - Indonesia
... Ingenious, chilling, witty, and funny independent film shows a how good idea (and good content) can make up for a low budget. Delicious till the last drop. ... <http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20040418.O25&irec=10>

NEW York Firm Mails DVDs of Low-Budget Films to People in Rural ...
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
... But, at about the same time, "Raja" was appearing on screens in Waukegan, Ill., Tupelo, Miss., and Kemp, Texas -- in the homes of independent film buffs. ... <http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8441021.htm>

UNCONVENTIONAL Wisdom
Back Stage - New York,NY,USA
... that sensibility represented in cinema. It was at a time when independent film didn't mean what it does now. There wasn't such a ... <http://www.backstage.com/backstage/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000489305>

IN a prison of sexiness
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... She's even sexy playing herself: "Rocked with Gina Gershon," a six-part documentary series airing on cable's Independent Film Channel, chronicles the tour she ... <http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/183657p-159348c.html>

MIRAMAX establishes diversity film scholarships
University at Buffalo Reporter - Buffalo,NY,USA
Miramax Films, the independent film company founded by Co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein, has generously established a $50,000 scholarship fund to support ... <http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol35/vol35n30/articles/Miramax.html>

TURTURRO returns home to SE Queens for movie
Flushing Times Ledger - Flushing,NY,USA
... Turturro also chose a Queens location in 1992, when he was directing the independent film “Mac.” The story of two brothers growing up in Brooklyn featured ... <http://www.timesledger.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11326552&BRD=1079&PAG=461&dept_id=170338&rfi=6>

TEA reels in film students
Yale Daily News - USA
... After over a decade of work in the independent film industry, Koffler and Vachon finally achieved financial success and critical acclaim. ... <http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=25761>

STUDIOS Discuss Screeners
DVD-Recordable - USA
Film studio representatives and independent film-makers have met to discuss the ongoing piracy issue. The parties were recently ... <link>

LIBERALS putting politics on film
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... has become so pronounced that an industry name has emerged for it: "Documentaries as Swing Vote," according to a symposium at an independent film festival in ... <http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040413-121654-9058r.htm>

PIRATES of the Box Office
Washington Post - USA
... s face after independent film makers charged that the big studios were interfering with one of their few ways to get publicity for their works. MPAA President. ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7790-2004Apr13.html>

SUNDANCE Channel Premieres Four Award-Winning Films in May Film ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Through its original programs, Sundance Channel connects viewers with filmmakers, the creative process, and the world of independent film. ... <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040412/nym105_1.html>

CAN $350 Million Help Hollywood Find Religion?
MTV - USA
... Small Christian releases such as 1999's "The Omega Code," which, with its $15.2 million, was the top-grossing independent film of that year, and 2002's ... <http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486316/20040412/index.jhtml?headlines=true>

THE EYES HAVE IT
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
... It's since become something of a mini-empire, with a Web site (www.staremaster.com), an indie film and now negotiations for a game show. ... <http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/18802.htm>

MOVIE Minis
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... They flee to Los Angeles and try to cover their tracks with a drag-queen act. ... Indie film darling Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames fight off an army of flesh-eating ... <http://washingtontimes.com/weekend/20040414-115819-9537r.htm>

TV'S Most Powerful and Successful Producers Profiled in 'TV Land ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... significant contributions to the television industry as well ... exploits of four single women in New York City. ... of the most successful feature film producer's in ... <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040415/nyth113_1.html>

CITY'S bright idea
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... who knows a thing or two about film heroes - directed ... really want to be with the best, New York City is where ... of higher pay in the suburbs or private industry. ... <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/183797p-159480c.html>