YouTube Offers First Glimpse of Crowd-Sourced Documentary YouTube has offered its first glimpse of the Ridley Scott-produced, crowd-sourced documentary Life in a Day before the film's world premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 27. Read more on Mashable via Yahoo! News First-time filmmaker brings 'Hood to Coast' relay race to the big screen Inspired by his first trip down the mountain, the filmmaker earns the blessing of the … [Read more...]

Sundance Selects and Sundance Institute Reunite to Bring Festival Films to VOD Sundance Selects, the theatrical and VOD film label, has partnered up with the Sundance Institute for a second time to bring five films being screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival to approximately 40 million homes nationwide via VOD, as part of the 'Direct from the Sundance Film Festival' initiative. The films include four world premieres recently acquired by … [Read more...]

Ryan Gosling driven to the brink Ryan Gosling knows now he could have died that day on the Brooklyn Bridge when he allowed the character he was playing to take control of a key scene in Blue Valentine. Read more on Canada.com BAND BAAJA BAARAAT's success gets Anushka on PATIALA HOUSE poster T Series' PATIALA HOUSE is a movie about father son relationship starring Rishi Kapoor (Bauji) and Akhsay Kumar (Parghat aka Gattu). The story is based in … [Read more...]

Two Montrealers detained in Africa: Reports Two documentary filmmakers from Montreal are being detained in the West African nation of Mauritania, several media outlets reported on Thursday. Read more on Montreal Gazette Week in Film: Ring in the New Year We're always looking for the most interesting films to check out around the city each and every week. This week the new year kicks off with some great programming all around town. We've got … [Read more...]

Villeneuve, Lussier, Gass-Donnelly to be feted by Variety magazine PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Canadian directors Denis Villeneuve, Patrick Lussier and Ed Gass-Donnelly have made Variety's "10 Directors to Watch" list. They will be feted at a breakfast reception hosted by Mark Wahlberg at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Sunday. Read more on Brandon Sun Villeneuve, Lussier, Gass-Donnelly to be feted by Variety magazine PALM SPRINGS, … [Read more...]

Film News: Jafar Panahi sentenced to prison Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammed Rasulov have been jailed for six years, and banned from making films or leaving the country for twenty years Read more on Australian Broadcasting Corporation New on DVD - Machete and Dinner for Schmucks - January 4, 2011 Annoying guests and lots of deadly cutlery: an ex-Fed becomes a pawn in a cross-border power struggle in the hyperviolent exploitation … [Read more...]

'The King's Speech': If all else should fail, try junk mail It has won a swathe of nominations for the Golden Globes and is tipped to win big at the Academy Awards later this year. But The King's Speech, the story of how King George VI overcame his stammer, was just a letterbox delivery away from never getting made. Read more on Independent … [Read more...]

Senegal revives African culture festival, 33 years later Senegal is hosting the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture for the first time since 1966, when it showed potential for significant growth. Today, the president says, 'it's time to believe again.' Read more on The Christian Science Monitor The year that was We may have gone from one crisis to another but the Filipino remains optimistic about the future. What could be a better … [Read more...]