The Board of Governors of the Motion Picture Academy voted on Thursday to establish a new executive structure for the organization, replacing retiring executive director Bruce Davis with former Film Independent head Dawn Hudson and long-time Academy executive Ric Robertson, who will become the organization’s CEO and COO respectively. Robertson will report to Hudson in the new leadership tandem.Hudson has spent 20 years at the helm of Film Independent, which grew from a small non-profit into a ...

Hey everyone....yeah, there's a million film fests out there, and we're starting one in central Maine that we'd love to get your submission for. A call for entries is underway for the first-ever Lewiston Auburn Film Festival (LAFF), which will be held on April 2, 2011, in both Lewiston and Auburn, Maine. You can read a little more here, or go directly to  www.lafilmfestival.org for the details. Instead of sticking viewers in a traditional cineplex, LAFF is coveting various downtown eateri...