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The Japanese rightsholders Toho want to stomp out the monster film 'Colossal' from Voltage Pictures. Movies Movies Business THR Online Anne Hathaway Nacho Vigalondo Nicolas Chartier Toho Company Ltd Voltage Pictures Cannes 2015 Cannes Film Festival Godzilla Godzilla (2014 read more. THR, Esq. MORE
July 25, 2001 HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE Congratulations to our clients Charles Acosta and Dov Kelemer whose films were invited to screen at the upcoming Hollywood Film Festival. I am moderating a panel on financing film on August 2 from 10:00 AM to11:45 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Hollywood Film Festival and Conference runs from August 2-6. MORE
Spike Lee and Francis Ford Coppola will attend the country's largest and most sprawling marathon of film fests in Seattle, which runs May 21 through June 14. The film is expected to close a deal with IFC Films and PBS.). Set in Argentina, the film marks Coppola's first original script since 1974. Vincent Gallo, who stars as one of two brothers trying to reconcile their past, will also accompany the film on June 10. MORE
September 5, 2001 To End All Wars Premieres at Telluride Film Festival I have just returned from the Telluride Film Festival with my clients, Director David Cunningham and Producer Jack Hafer, where their compelling film “To End All Wars” was received by enthusiastic audiences. The film is based on an eyewitness account by author Ernest Gordon who was an Allied prisoner of war during WW II forced to build the “Railway of Death” for the Japanese. MORE
An amended complaint was filed by the singer following reports that producer Alan Elliott showed the doc at a private screening at the Toronto Film Festival for commercial purposes. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Culture THR Online MORE
Toronto International Film Fest announcements are coming fast. Full release on the jump: July 28, 2009 NEWS RELEASE #12 GALAS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ADDED TO FESTIVAL LINEUP Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of two Gala Presentations and eight Special Presentations to the programming lineup for this year’s Festival, running September 10 to 19. MORE
The Fort Worth, Texas Fearless Film Festival announced winners and schedules here. Filmmakers’ panels, new this year to the Fearless Film series, survey legal frameworks for as well as resources available to Texas filmmakers in three sessions Saturday, April 18 in the downtown Fort Worth library’s Chappell Meeting Room. Poyser, director of artist services for the Austin Film Society, leads this Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund workshop. by Tamera H. Bennett. MORE
The singer says the new film showing her 1972 performance violated her rights to name and likeness and invaded her privacy. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online Telluride Film Festivalread more. THR, Esq. MORE
The cancelation comes after the singer was granted an injunction against the film's planned screening at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Business THR Online Aretha Franklin MORE
The actor-producer is suing Kylin Pictures for using his name to sell 'Shanghai Sojourners' at the Shanghai International Film Festival and then removing him from the project and not paying him. Movies Movies THR Online Kevin Costner Shanghai International Film Festival Asia International MORE
I recently had the great pleasure of serving as a juror at the Middle East International Film Festival, held in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, from October 12 – 19. The Middle East Film Festival, in its second year now, was organized to bring together filmmakers from all over the world, particularly filmmakers from the Middle East. It’s part of the country’s multi-pronged approach to building a film industry from the ground up in Abu Dhabi. MORE
Joe Leydon noticed something funny about Bertrand Tavernier's new movie In the Electric Mist, which is premiering at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival. Tags: Film Festivals Berlin DVD In the Electric Mist Tommy Lee Jones Stateside, the pic is going straight to DVD. It's a sign of the times when movies with that sort of pedigree can't get a theatrical release. MORE
Eriq Gardner A real estate mogul building the country's largest home is suing a documentary filmmaker and the Sundance festival organizer for putting out marketing literature that stated he went from "rags to riches to rags." Movies Movies Business Sundance Film Festival MORE
September 5, 2001 To End All Wars Premieres at Telluride Film Festival I have just returned from the Telluride Film Festival with my clients, Director David Cunningham and Producer Jack Hafer, where their compelling film “To End All Wars” was received by enthusiastic audiences. The film is based on an eyewitness account by author Ernest Gordon who was an Allied prisoner of war during WW II forced to build the “Railway of Death” for the Japanese. MORE
Tags: Directors Film Festivals Toronto International Film Festival Trailers A Serious Man Coens Steven Soderbergh trailer MORE
July 25, 2001 HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE Congratulations to our clients Charles Acosta and Dov Kelemer whose films were invited to screen at the upcoming Hollywood Film Festival. I am moderating a panel on financing film on August 2 from 10:00 AM to11:45 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Hollywood Film Festival and Conference runs from August 2-6. MORE
Much like Michael Moore, Kirby Dick ( Twist of Faith, This Film is Not Yet Rated ) has a talent for putting himself front and center in his documentaries, as well as making them controversial and entertaining. Clearly his latest, Outrage , which is debuting at the Tribeca Film Fest, is no exception. Tags: Current Affairs Directors Documentaries Film Festivals gay politicians Kirby Dick Magnolia Senator Craig Tribeca Film festival MORE
You have until March 15 to submit your short films (up to 20 minutes’ length) in categories ranging from documentary and narrative to experimental, animation, dance, music-video and coming-attractions trailers to Fort Worth’s third annual Fearless Film Festival. Visit the Main Street Arts Festival website for details and an application. Tags: recording agreements music publishing Music Dallas/Fort Worth Texas Music Business Copyright Blogroll Film/TV MORE
Daniel Miller Andrew Hurwitz joined Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz on Tuesday, just days before the Sundance Film Festival begins. The Business Home Sundance 2012 Sundance Film Festivalread more. THR, Esq. MORE
Tags: Film Festivals David Carradine Gabriel Sunday My Suicide Seattle Film Fest MORE
could score at September's Toronto Film Fest. Toronto International Film Festival Unstoppable Tags: Cash Crunch Denzel Washington Directors Film Festivals Matt Damon New Media Che Creation Denzel Washington Moneyball Steven Soderbergh The Informant! Hollywood's war on rising budgets continues, as Denzel Washington stepped out of Fox's runaway train picture Unstoppable. MORE
Eriq Gardner Appeals court tackles animosity over 2009 Sundance Film Festival hit read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies MORE
The film fest at SXSW runs from March 13 to 21; I'll be on the doc jury. Here are trailers for SXSW films Alexander the Last , which will be released via IFC On-Demand at the same time it debuts at the fest, and Troll 2 : more are on view at the SXSW YouTube screening room. Tags: Film Festivals Trailers YouTube SXSW Film Festival trailers YouTube screening room And I'll be blogging. MORE
Moreover, I recently had several discussions at the Toronto Film Festival and elsewhere with several emerging market financiers who all viewed the current US economic situation as a unique investment opportunity. No matter our behavior, the economy fluctuates from boom to bust on a fairly predicable basis. MORE
I recently had the great pleasure of serving as a juror at the Middle East International Film Festival, held in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, from October 12 – 19. The Middle East Film Festival, in its second year now, was organized to bring together filmmakers from all over the world, particularly filmmakers from the Middle East. It’s part of the country’s multi-pronged approach to building a film industry from the ground up in Abu Dhabi. MORE
Dade Hayes details some of the comings, goings and speculation behind the scenes in the turbulent New York film fest scene, from Tribeca under ex-Sundance chief Geoff Gilmore to Film Society of Lincoln Center honcho Mara Manus , who is giving the musty old place a thorough overhaul. Back from SXSW, I've been playing catch-up. For much of the news media, Natasha Richardson was the sad, sad story of the week. MORE
Christopher Woodrow, CEO of film-financing player Worldview, made a splash last year as an amfAR sponsor with Oscar contender 'Birdman' on the way. The Business Business THR Weekly Magazine Christopher Woodrow Sarah Johnson Redlich Cannes 2015 Cannes Film Festival Birdman Child 44 Song One The Green Inferno Wish I Was HereThen came charges of embezzlement, an email where he falsely said a colleague had died — and litigation. Lots of it. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. MORE
Tags: Film Festivals New Media The Daily Beast Tina Brown Venice Film festival MORE
Moreover, I recently had several discussions at the Toronto Film Festival and elsewhere with several emerging market financiers who all viewed the current US economic situation as a unique investment opportunity. No matter our behavior, the economy fluctuates from boom to bust on a fairly predicable basis. MORE
Film Independent chief Dawn Hudson and new LAFF director Rebecca Yeldham were heaving sighs of relief at the sunny awards brunch at the Hammer Museum Sunday. While official figures are not in, sales of festival passes were down at this year's LAFF, but day-to-day ticket sales were brisk, with many sell-outs, Hudson said. IFC will open the film at the IFC Center in New York in August followed by LA and five other cities in September. Best Narrative Short Film. MORE
This year the Seattle International Film Festival introduced iSIFF, a nifty mobile iPhone app for organizing your festival schedule (downloadable via iTunes). The iSIFF uses a visual filtering tool - the SIFFter - that helps you to sort through more than 400 films by country, genre, or venue. Tags: Apple Film Festivals Web/Tech iPhone iSIFF Seattle International Film Festival SIFF SIFFter MORE
The Los Angeles Film Festival has nabbed producer Rebecca Yeldham as their new fest director. Yeldham admits that she resisted at first, wanting to continue her career as an indie producer of such films as Anvil! But she began to realize that her own enthusiasm for the prospect of redefining and building a world-class film festival in Los Angeles was taking her over. The definition of the festival and programming agenda will evolve.". MORE
The SB Independent Audience Choice Award at the Santa Barbara Film Fest went to Skin, which explores a fascinating angle on apartheid. The film, which I saw in Toronto, stars Sam Neill and Alice Krige as white Afrikaner parents under the yoke of South African apartheid who are trying to raise their child (Sophie Okonedo), who is black. Tags: Film Festivals Alice Krige Sam Neill Santa Barbara Film Festival Skin Sophie Okonedo MORE
With at least $10 million on the line, Fox Searchlight''s written deal triumphs over one lawyer''s oral understanding of what happened at the Sundance Film Festival. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online MORE
I decided not to attend the Cannes Film Festival back in May because of the dismal economy and what I expected to be a poor showing there. The Toronto Film Festival was supposed to be different. People took meetings, did lunch, partied, went to screenings and generally did the things one does at a film market except buying, selling and investing in films. the American Film Market is less than two months away. MORE
I decided not to attend the Cannes Film Festival back in May because of the dismal economy and what I expected to be a poor showing there. The Toronto Film Festival was supposed to be different. People took meetings, did lunch, partied, went to screenings and generally did the things one does at a film market except buying, selling and investing in films. the American Film Market is less than two months away. MORE
Moreover, I recently had several discussions at the Toronto Film Festival and elsewhere with several emerging market financiers who all viewed the current US economic situation as a unique investment opportunity. No matter our behavior, the economy fluctuates from boom to bust on a fairly predicable basis. MORE
Truth is, Geoff Gilmore has been looking to move on from running the Sundance Film Festival for some time. The good news with Gilmore's defection from director of the Sundance Fest to Creative Director of Tribeca Enterprises, which mounts the Tribeca Film Festival: he's still inside his wheelhouse. And he's taking on a film fest that has room to grow and expand, having never really found its identity as a New York Fest. MORE
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has replaced outgoing associate programming director and New York film fest selection committee member Kent Jones with ex- Village Voice editor/critic Dennis Lim, who teaches criticism at NYU and edits Moving Image Source. The committee now boasts two critics who have lost full-time staff jobs: former Time Out New York film editor Melissa Anderson has also joined the NYFF selecting group chaired by Film Society program director Richard Pena. MORE
Cannes Film Festival officials have banned Lars von Trier from the event after he announced he was "a Nazi" at a press conference and told the media he "understood Hitler". He has since tried to distance himself from his remarks MORE
The singer asks a Colorado judge to prevent the release of the Sydney Pollack film, which will screen in Telluride and Toronto. Risky Business Movies Movies Business THR Online Aretha Franklin Telluride Film Festival TIFF 2015 Toronto International Film Festivalread more. THR, Esq. MORE
Why a decision to block a film at the Telluride Film Festival marks a disturbing precedent. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online MORE
Tribeca Film Festival Business Robert De Niro’s group says it was exploited in the bidding process for rights to a pier. read more. The Business Movies Robert De Niro THR Online THR, Esq. MORE
I decided not to attend the Cannes Film Festival back in May because of the dismal economy and what I expected to be a poor showing there. The Toronto Film Festival was supposed to be different. People took meetings, did lunch, partied, went to screenings and generally did the things one does at a film market except buying, selling and investing in films. the American Film Market is less than two months away. MORE
Film Festival Related Topics THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2016
The actor-producer is suing Kylin Pictures for using his name to sell 'Shanghai Sojourners' at the Shanghai International Film Festival and then removing him from the project and not paying him. Movies Movies THR Online Kevin Costner Shanghai International Film Festival Asia International
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
The singer asks a Colorado judge to prevent the release of the Sydney Pollack film, which will screen in Telluride and Toronto. Risky Business Movies Movies Business THR Online Aretha Franklin Telluride Film Festival TIFF 2015 Toronto International Film Festivalread more. THR, Esq.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 11, 2012
Eriq Gardner A real estate mogul building the country's largest home is suing a documentary filmmaker and the Sundance festival organizer for putting out marketing literature that stated he went from "rags to riches to rags." Movies Movies Business Sundance Film Festival
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 22, 2013
Tribeca Film Festival Business Robert De Niro’s group says it was exploited in the bidding process for rights to a pier. read more. The Business Movies Robert De Niro THR Online THR, Esq.
Current Trends
MARCH 11, 2009
You have until March 15 to submit your short films (up to 20 minutes’ length) in categories ranging from documentary and narrative to experimental, animation, dance, music-video and coming-attractions trailers to Fort Worth’s third annual Fearless Film Festival. Visit the Main Street Arts Festival website for details and an application. Tags: recording agreements music publishing Music Dallas/Fort Worth Texas Music Business Copyright Blogroll Film/TV
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 19, 2011
Cannes Film Festival officials have banned Lars von Trier from the event after he announced he was "a Nazi" at a press conference and told the media he "understood Hitler". He has since tried to distance himself from his remarks
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
The singer says the new film showing her 1972 performance violated her rights to name and likeness and invaded her privacy. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online Telluride Film Festivalread more. THR, Esq.
Entertainment Law Resources Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2008
I recently had the great pleasure of serving as a juror at the Middle East International Film Festival, held in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, from October 12 – 19. The Middle East Film Festival, in its second year now, was organized to bring together filmmakers from all over the world, particularly filmmakers from the Middle East. It’s part of the country’s multi-pronged approach to building a film industry from the ground up in Abu Dhabi.
Entertainment Law Resources Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2008
I recently had the great pleasure of serving as a juror at the Middle East International Film Festival, held in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, from October 12 – 19. The Middle East Film Festival, in its second year now, was organized to bring together filmmakers from all over the world, particularly filmmakers from the Middle East. It’s part of the country’s multi-pronged approach to building a film industry from the ground up in Abu Dhabi.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MAY 19, 2015
The Japanese rightsholders Toho want to stomp out the monster film 'Colossal' from Voltage Pictures. Movies Movies Business THR Online Anne Hathaway Nacho Vigalondo Nicolas Chartier Toho Company Ltd Voltage Pictures Cannes 2015 Cannes Film Festival Godzilla Godzilla (2014 read more. THR, Esq.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MAY 14, 2015
Christopher Woodrow, CEO of film-financing player Worldview, made a splash last year as an amfAR sponsor with Oscar contender 'Birdman' on the way. The Business Business THR Weekly Magazine Christopher Woodrow Sarah Johnson Redlich Cannes 2015 Cannes Film Festival Birdman Child 44 Song One The Green Inferno Wish I Was HereThen came charges of embezzlement, an email where he falsely said a colleague had died — and litigation. Lots of it. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 17, 2012
Daniel Miller Andrew Hurwitz joined Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz on Tuesday, just days before the Sundance Film Festival begins. The Business Home Sundance 2012 Sundance Film Festivalread more. THR, Esq.
DealFatigue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
I decided not to attend the Cannes Film Festival back in May because of the dismal economy and what I expected to be a poor showing there. The Toronto Film Festival was supposed to be different. People took meetings, did lunch, partied, went to screenings and generally did the things one does at a film market except buying, selling and investing in films. the American Film Market is less than two months away.
DealFatigue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
I decided not to attend the Cannes Film Festival back in May because of the dismal economy and what I expected to be a poor showing there. The Toronto Film Festival was supposed to be different. People took meetings, did lunch, partied, went to screenings and generally did the things one does at a film market except buying, selling and investing in films. the American Film Market is less than two months away.
DealFatigue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
I decided not to attend the Cannes Film Festival back in May because of the dismal economy and what I expected to be a poor showing there. The Toronto Film Festival was supposed to be different. People took meetings, did lunch, partied, went to screenings and generally did the things one does at a film market except buying, selling and investing in films. the American Film Market is less than two months away.
Entertainment Law Resources Blog
JULY 25, 2001
July 25, 2001 HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE Congratulations to our clients Charles Acosta and Dov Kelemer whose films were invited to screen at the upcoming Hollywood Film Festival. I am moderating a panel on financing film on August 2 from 10:00 AM to11:45 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Hollywood Film Festival and Conference runs from August 2-6.
Entertainment Law Resources Blog
JULY 25, 2001
July 25, 2001 HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE Congratulations to our clients Charles Acosta and Dov Kelemer whose films were invited to screen at the upcoming Hollywood Film Festival. I am moderating a panel on financing film on August 2 from 10:00 AM to11:45 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Hollywood Film Festival and Conference runs from August 2-6.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
Why a decision to block a film at the Telluride Film Festival marks a disturbing precedent. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online
Thompson On Hollywood
JULY 30, 2009
Tags: Directors Film Festivals Toronto International Film Festival Trailers A Serious Man Coens Steven Soderbergh trailer
Thompson On Hollywood
APRIL 13, 2009
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has replaced outgoing associate programming director and New York film fest selection committee member Kent Jones with ex- Village Voice editor/critic Dennis Lim, who teaches criticism at NYU and edits Moving Image Source. The committee now boasts two critics who have lost full-time staff jobs: former Time Out New York film editor Melissa Anderson has also joined the NYFF selecting group chaired by Film Society program director Richard Pena.
Thompson On Hollywood
JULY 22, 2009
Tags: Film Festivals New Media The Daily Beast Tina Brown Venice Film festival
Thompson On Hollywood
JUNE 15, 2009
Tags: Film Festivals David Carradine Gabriel Sunday My Suicide Seattle Film Fest
Thompson On Hollywood
JUNE 14, 2009
This year the Seattle International Film Festival introduced iSIFF, a nifty mobile iPhone app for organizing your festival schedule (downloadable via iTunes). The iSIFF uses a visual filtering tool - the SIFFter - that helps you to sort through more than 400 films by country, genre, or venue. Tags: Apple Film Festivals Web/Tech iPhone iSIFF Seattle International Film Festival SIFF SIFFter
Thompson On Hollywood
JULY 28, 2009
Toronto International Film Fest announcements are coming fast. Full release on the jump: July 28, 2009 NEWS RELEASE #12 GALAS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ADDED TO FESTIVAL LINEUP Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of two Gala Presentations and eight Special Presentations to the programming lineup for this year’s Festival, running September 10 to 19.
DealFatigue
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Moreover, I recently had several discussions at the Toronto Film Festival and elsewhere with several emerging market financiers who all viewed the current US economic situation as a unique investment opportunity. No matter our behavior, the economy fluctuates from boom to bust on a fairly predicable basis.
Thompson On Hollywood
APRIL 23, 2009
Much like Michael Moore, Kirby Dick ( Twist of Faith, This Film is Not Yet Rated ) has a talent for putting himself front and center in his documentaries, as well as making them controversial and entertaining. Clearly his latest, Outrage , which is debuting at the Tribeca Film Fest, is no exception. Tags: Current Affairs Directors Documentaries Film Festivals gay politicians Kirby Dick Magnolia Senator Craig Tribeca Film festival
Thompson On Hollywood
APRIL 15, 2009
Spike Lee and Francis Ford Coppola will attend the country's largest and most sprawling marathon of film fests in Seattle, which runs May 21 through June 14. The film is expected to close a deal with IFC Films and PBS.). Set in Argentina, the film marks Coppola's first original script since 1974. Vincent Gallo, who stars as one of two brothers trying to reconcile their past, will also accompany the film on June 10.
Thompson On Hollywood
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
The film fest at SXSW runs from March 13 to 21; I'll be on the doc jury. Here are trailers for SXSW films Alexander the Last , which will be released via IFC On-Demand at the same time it debuts at the fest, and Troll 2 : more are on view at the SXSW YouTube screening room. Tags: Film Festivals Trailers YouTube SXSW Film Festival trailers YouTube screening room And I'll be blogging.
Thompson On Hollywood
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
The SB Independent Audience Choice Award at the Santa Barbara Film Fest went to Skin, which explores a fascinating angle on apartheid. The film, which I saw in Toronto, stars Sam Neill and Alice Krige as white Afrikaner parents under the yoke of South African apartheid who are trying to raise their child (Sophie Okonedo), who is black. Tags: Film Festivals Alice Krige Sam Neill Santa Barbara Film Festival Skin Sophie Okonedo
DealFatigue
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Moreover, I recently had several discussions at the Toronto Film Festival and elsewhere with several emerging market financiers who all viewed the current US economic situation as a unique investment opportunity. No matter our behavior, the economy fluctuates from boom to bust on a fairly predicable basis.
DealFatigue
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Moreover, I recently had several discussions at the Toronto Film Festival and elsewhere with several emerging market financiers who all viewed the current US economic situation as a unique investment opportunity. No matter our behavior, the economy fluctuates from boom to bust on a fairly predicable basis.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 29, 2011
Eriq Gardner Appeals court tackles animosity over 2009 Sundance Film Festival hit read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
The cancelation comes after the singer was granted an injunction against the film's planned screening at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Business THR Online Aretha Franklin
Entertainment Law Resources Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
September 5, 2001 To End All Wars Premieres at Telluride Film Festival I have just returned from the Telluride Film Festival with my clients, Director David Cunningham and Producer Jack Hafer, where their compelling film “To End All Wars” was received by enthusiastic audiences. The film is based on an eyewitness account by author Ernest Gordon who was an Allied prisoner of war during WW II forced to build the “Railway of Death” for the Japanese.
Entertainment Law Resources Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
September 5, 2001 To End All Wars Premieres at Telluride Film Festival I have just returned from the Telluride Film Festival with my clients, Director David Cunningham and Producer Jack Hafer, where their compelling film “To End All Wars” was received by enthusiastic audiences. The film is based on an eyewitness account by author Ernest Gordon who was an Allied prisoner of war during WW II forced to build the “Railway of Death” for the Japanese.
Thompson On Hollywood
MARCH 12, 2009
The Los Angeles Film Festival has nabbed producer Rebecca Yeldham as their new fest director. Yeldham admits that she resisted at first, wanting to continue her career as an indie producer of such films as Anvil! But she began to realize that her own enthusiasm for the prospect of redefining and building a world-class film festival in Los Angeles was taking her over. The definition of the festival and programming agenda will evolve.".
Thompson On Hollywood
FEBRUARY 17, 2009
Truth is, Geoff Gilmore has been looking to move on from running the Sundance Film Festival for some time. The good news with Gilmore's defection from director of the Sundance Fest to Creative Director of Tribeca Enterprises, which mounts the Tribeca Film Festival: he's still inside his wheelhouse. And he's taking on a film fest that has room to grow and expand, having never really found its identity as a New York Fest.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
An amended complaint was filed by the singer following reports that producer Alan Elliott showed the doc at a private screening at the Toronto Film Festival for commercial purposes. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Culture THR Online
Thompson On Hollywood
JULY 15, 2009
could score at September's Toronto Film Fest. Toronto International Film Festival Unstoppable Tags: Cash Crunch Denzel Washington Directors Film Festivals Matt Damon New Media Che Creation Denzel Washington Moneyball Steven Soderbergh The Informant! Hollywood's war on rising budgets continues, as Denzel Washington stepped out of Fox's runaway train picture Unstoppable.
Thompson On Hollywood
JANUARY 15, 2009
Joe Leydon noticed something funny about Bertrand Tavernier's new movie In the Electric Mist, which is premiering at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival. Tags: Film Festivals Berlin DVD In the Electric Mist Tommy Lee Jones Stateside, the pic is going straight to DVD. It's a sign of the times when movies with that sort of pedigree can't get a theatrical release.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 9, 2015
With at least $10 million on the line, Fox Searchlight''s written deal triumphs over one lawyer''s oral understanding of what happened at the Sundance Film Festival. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online
Thompson On Hollywood
MARCH 19, 2009
Dade Hayes details some of the comings, goings and speculation behind the scenes in the turbulent New York film fest scene, from Tribeca under ex-Sundance chief Geoff Gilmore to Film Society of Lincoln Center honcho Mara Manus , who is giving the musty old place a thorough overhaul. Back from SXSW, I've been playing catch-up. For much of the news media, Natasha Richardson was the sad, sad story of the week.
Thompson On Hollywood
JUNE 28, 2009
Film Independent chief Dawn Hudson and new LAFF director Rebecca Yeldham were heaving sighs of relief at the sunny awards brunch at the Hammer Museum Sunday. While official figures are not in, sales of festival passes were down at this year's LAFF, but day-to-day ticket sales were brisk, with many sell-outs, Hudson said. IFC will open the film at the IFC Center in New York in August followed by LA and five other cities in September. Best Narrative Short Film.
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