CMJ 2010 Music Marathon and Film Festival will be held in downtown New York, October 19 - 23, 2010. The festival features the best new music and film from around the world. This year’s talent showcase featuring over 1,200 artists include Phoenix, GZA, UNKLE, Black Sheep, John Vanderslice, Cute Is What We Aim For, Justin Townes Earle, Black Label Society, Angus & Julia Stone, Corin Tucker Band, Dan Black, Eli Paperboy Reed, Freddie Gibbs, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Screaming Females, Franz Nicolay, and Children Of Bodom. CMJ 2010 Full Artist Announcement.

CMJ 2010 Special Panel Presentation of two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway show American Idiot will feature cast members John Gallagher JR., Rebecca Naomi Jones, music director Carmel Dean, and music supervisor/arrangements/orchestrations Tom Kitt. CMJ 2010 Full Panel List.

CMJ 2010 Entertainment Business Law Seminar in Association with the New York State Bar Association Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section (EASL) will be held at the New York University (NYU) Kimmel Center, Friday, October 22, 2010. This year’s seminar will examine how creative marketing and legal practitioners can protect creative property while ensuring mobility internationally.

2010 CMJ Film Festival selected theaters are Clearview Chelsea Cinemas, (260 West 23 St.), Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59 St.), Norwood Club (241 West 14 St), and the NYU Cantor Film Center (36 East 8 St). For further information, please visit http://cmj2010.com.

CMJ 2010 FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL LINEUP

CMJ 2010 International Films

E Ji (Mother), directed by Ning Cai, US Premiere | 2010 | Feature | 100m, NYU Cantor Film Center

Gainsbourg & His Girls (Gainsbourg, l’homme qui aimait les femmes), co-directed by Didier Varrod and Pascal Forneri, US Premiere | 2010 | French | documentary | 105 m

Kinshasa Symphony, directed by Claus Wischmann, NY Premiere | 2010 | Germany | Documentary | 95m

One Day, directed by Hou Chi-Jan, US Premiere | 2010 | Feature | Mandarin | 93m | CMJ 2010 Centerpiece Film, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas

Taipei Exchanges, directed by Hsiao Ya-Chuan, NY Premiere | 2010 | Mandarin | Feature | 82m, Q&A with director, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas

The Child Prodigy (L’Enfant Prodige), directed by Luc Dionne, NY Premiere | 2010| French | Feature | 99m

CMJ 2010 Documentary Films

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, directed by Lev Anderson an Chris Metzler, Music Documentary | USA | 107m, Norwood Club

Firewall of Sound, directed by Devin DiMattia, Music Documentary | USA | 64m, Norwood Club

Hard Rock Havana, Nicholas Brennan, Music Documentary | USA | 11m, Norwood Club

Imogen Heap, directed by Justine Pearsall, Music Documentary | USA | 90m, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas

No Fun City, directed by Melissa James, Music Documentary | Canada | 85m, Norwood Club

The Promise: Darkness on the Edge of Town, directed by Thom Zimny, Music Documentary | USA | 88m, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas

The Rescue, co-directed by Jason Russell and Laren Poole, Music Documentary | USA & Uganda | 37m, Norwood Club

CMJ 2010 Feature & Short Films

Circus Maximus, directed by Tommy LaSorsa, World Premiere | Feature |USA | 80m, Norwood Club

Context, directed by Kimberly Rice, Narrative Short | USA | 7m, Norwood Club

Inside Out, directed by Jim O’Doherty, Short | USA | 24m, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas

Just Jane, directed by Kevin Taylor, Narrative Short | USA | 5m, Norwood Club

Los 4 McNifikos, directed by Tucker Davila Wood, Short | Spain | 6m, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas

Love & Other Drugs, directed by Edward Zwick, Feature | USA | 113m, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas

Music, directed by Andrew Zuckerman, Feature | USA | 80m, Norwood Club

Passengers Side, directed by Matt Bissonnette, Feature | Canada | 85m, Norwood Club

Perry St., directed by Antonio Padovan, Narrative Short | USA | 15m, Norwood Club

Someday Hero, directed by Darcy Fray, Narrative Short | USA | 13m, Norwood Club

Son of Morning, written/directed by Yaniv Raz, Feature | USA | 80m, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas

The Other Side, written/directed by Amyn Kaderali, Short | USA | 17m, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas 

By Maria Esteves