James Hanlon and Darren Capik in association with their production company PikLon Entertainment today announced that their controversial documentary “POPWHORE - A New American Dream won two major awards at this summer's New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF). The documentary received the prestigious Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary and James Hanlon was the recipient of the award for Best Director of a Documentary. This marks the 11th accolade for Hanlon, a re...

                    For the past ten years, Canadian Film Centre Media Lab has been in the forefront of the thrust towardinteractive media, having developed original content for a variety of platforms, including cellphones, digitalcinema broadband and gaming consoles. It was time to take it to the people.But how do you make an innovative interactive feature film with two producers, three writer-direct...

The much-anticipated New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) kicked off in style at premier club Pacha on Thursday, July 19. The opening night festivities attracted over 1,000 filmmakers, artists, actors, delegates, press and industry. Filmmakers promoted and networked and 100 trailers were played on large screens throughout the evening. Guests in attendance included Stephen Bogart (son of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall); Otto Sanchez (Kidnapped, Bad Boys II); stu...

NomadsLand.com, the online platform for social issue filmmakers, today announced its release of enhanced social networking and distribution tools to assist filmmakers in making films about pressing global issues.NomadsLand (www.nomadsland.com) has been described as "YouTube and MySpace for progressive directors and producers." Designed by filmmakers for filmmakers, NomadsLand is the home for a growing worldwide collective of creative directors, video producers, production companies and...

Alex Quiroga's El realizador de Sucedió en España regresará a la cartelera con 'Buscando a Emma', un thriller centrado en las complejas relaciones que mantiene un grupo de mujeres. La cinta se estrenará en septiembre y ha contado con un presupuesto que supera el medio millón de euros.El largometraje está protagonizado por Cristina Goyanes, Francesca Strauss y Carmen Vicente Arche, mientras que entre el reparto masculino destacan los nombres de Jorge Lucas y Javier Redondo.La p...

Très beau premier long métrage de la réalisatrice qui présente son film dans la sélection officielle d’un Certain Regard. Sous les applaudissements du public, les acteurs amateurs pour la plus part, ont fait une superbe prestation. Le film adopte l’univers et le langage des ados d’aujourd’hui, il met en scène le quotidien d’un groupe d’amis dont la préoccupation du moment est de savoir avec qui, quand et comment faire l’amour pour la première fois ?  Jude H...

Dynamic company, ITN Distribution Inc. (ITN) has announced that they have acquired worldwide sales rights to Johnny 316, an impossible love story starring Vincent Gallo (Buffalo 66, The Brown Bunny) and stunning actress and model Nina Brosh. ITN President Stuart Alson will act as exclusive agent for the feature film and plans to generate heavy sales out of Riviera F11 at the 2007 Marche DuFilm/Cannes. Other films on the ITN roster include, That’s the Way of the World starring Harvey Keitel;...

Submit your independent pilot or webseries and be a part of the next wave of independent production.The final deadline is  June 4th.  Comcast will be awarding $10,000 to the winner of each category: Drama, Comedy, Documentary, and Alternative (Reality, Game/Talk Show, etc.), so get your pilots in now.Submissions will be accepted through withoutabox.com athttp://www.withoutabox.com/login/4557  For more information about submissions, including fees and rules,  please check out our website, w...

Submit your independent pilot or webseries and be a part of the next wave of independent production.The final deadline is  June 4th.  Comcast will be awarding $10,000 to the winner of each category: Drama, Comedy, Documentary, and Alternative (Reality, Game/Talk Show, etc.), so get your pilots in now.Submissions will be accepted through withoutabox.com athttp://www.withoutabox.com/login/4557  For more information about submissions, including fees and rules,  please check out our website, w...

 A film that gives us a rare glimpse into the fascinating mind of the man who created such visionary classics as Eraserhead, Mullholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Wild At Heart, The Elephant Man and more…Compiled from over two years of footage, the film is an intimate portrait of Lynch’s creative process as he completes his latest film, INLAND EMPIRE. We are with him as he discovers the beauty in ideas, leading us on a journey through the abstract which ultimately unveils his cinemati...