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Gisborne Filmmaker Rates Highly at Los Angeles Film Festival

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:48:24 GMT

Gisborne Filmmaker, Polly Green’s latest film Soft Power Health, a short documentary film about professional kayaker Dr. Jessie Stone’s humanitarian aid efforts in Uganda, was announced as a winner in the My Hero Short Film Festival in Los Angeles, and...
Source: InfoNews.co.nz

L.A. Film Fest gets $30K grant

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:43:13 GMT

The foundation arm of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has awarded the Los Angeles Film Festival a $30,000 grant to help make the fest more accessible and give greater access to emerging filmmakers.
Source: Variety

LA Film Festival Receives $30,000 Grant

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:17:05 GMT

Academy Foundation's award will be used to fund event's "International Spotlight" Disney released a triptych of posters for this spring's "Alice in Wonderland" on Thursday.
Source: The Wrap

People names Depp the sexiest again

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:34 GMT

WESTWOOD VILLAGE, CA - JUNE 23: Actor Johnny Depp arrives at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival's and Universal Pictures' premiere of "Public Enemies" at the Mann Village Westwood Theatre on June 23, 2009 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
Source: Denver Post

Johnny Depp wins his 2nd 'Sexiest Man Alive' title

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:42:19 GMT

(FILES) Actor Johnny Depp arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival for the premiere of "Public Enemies" in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 2009. People Magazine on November 18, 2009 named Depp this year's "Sexiest Man Alive."
Source: The San Jose Mercury News

Wah Do Dem

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:03:09 GMT

Slight but winning and often funny, the scrappy Amerindie "Wah Do Dem" is a fish-out-of-water comedy driven by Sean "Bones" Sullivan's offbeat performance as a Brooklyn hipster in rural Jamaica without money or a passport.
Source: Variety

Independent Spirit Award Nominees Due Dec. 1

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:16:06 GMT

Taraji P. Henson and two-time Spirit Award winner Matt Dillon will announce nominees for the 2010 Spirit Awards on Dec. 1 at 8 a.m. at the Sofitel LA Hotel.
Source: The Wrap

Rise of the Critic-Turned-Programmer?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:50:57 GMT

Unlike his colleague across town at AFI Fest, which had major changes at this year’s edition that closed out over the weekend, Ansen said the staples of Film Independent’s event should remain in place for the Los Angeles Film Festival’s 2010 edition,...
Source: Indie Wire

Quoted in 'Friday Bullets: What They Do'

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:17:11 GMT

said in Blogging.LA:

I was named a Film Independent Project:Involve Screenwriting Fellow, Class of 2010. You probably already know Film Independent (FIND) as the fine folks who bring you the Independent Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, this is one of their talent development programs.

Quoted in 'Justice League Movie Moving Forward?'

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:41:17 GMT

said in Comic Book Movies:

In addition to the ensemble superhero pic Justice League, the Mulroneys, repped by CAA and Management 360, wrote and directed Paper Man, the superhero-tinged dramedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Daniels that opened the Los Angeles Film Festival this year.

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Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:59:00 GMT

Actress Rosario Dawson arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival for the premiere of "Public Enemies" in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 2009.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:59:00 GMT

Actress Rosario Dawson arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival for the premiere of "Public Enemies" in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 2009.

I SELL THE DEAD EXCLUSIVE 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival HORROR TRAILER

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:02:25 GMT