XII. BROOKLYN INT'L FILM FESTIVAL June 5 - June 14 @ Brooklyn Heights Cinema 2009 WINNERS GRAND CHAMELEON AWARD BREAKING UPWARDS by DARYL WEIN   Best Feature Film BREAKING UPWARDS by DARYL WEIN   Best Documentary (AKA Diane Seligman Award) THE HILLSIDE CROWD by BERNI GOLDBLAT   Best Short Subject: THE CHAMBERMAID by ANN HOLMGREN   Best Animation PASSAGES by MARIE-JOSEE SAINT-PIERRE   Best Experimenta...

The 11th Annual Regal Entertainment Group SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL will get underway on Friday evening March 27, 2009 and run through Sunday, April 5, 2009. The Festival will be presented at Sarasota’s Hollywood 20 Cinemas with Opening Night at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, Closing Night Tribute at the Sarasota Opera House, screenings and conversations at the Historic Asolo, and other area venues. This year’s Festival will present over 160 narrative, documentary and short films from t...

Friday, June 15-------With the accent on documentary production, financing and distribution here at SILVERDOCS, an announcement from the Sundance Institute regarding their own documentary lab initiative is particularly relevant. With many of the SILVERDOCS film having received their world premieres at the Sundance Film Festival in January, it is clear that Sundance has a large role to play in the development and disemination of non-fiction material.The Sundance Institute announced today the se...