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IFC Fills Slate Vacancy with Medem’s ‘Rome in Room’
SD reports that IFC has acquired US rights to Julio Medem’s Room In Rome ahead of its eventual world premiere that would take place at the Berlin Film Festival of 2010.
Sundance Selects Keeps the Devil Away from ‘White Lightnin’
Ask me what the most ambitious films are of the year, and so far I might point you to Dominic Murphy’s White Lightnin’ - a crazy piece of filmmaking that merits a "genre" label of its own. The pic was a recent winner Hitchcock D’Or at the Dinard Film Festival and grabbed the headlines less than 48 hours ago for winning big at the Mumbai Film Festival. Screen Daily reports that Sundance Selects won't leave this small in stature film orphaned in the backwoods for much longer.
Magnolia Binge on ‘The Good Heart’
Magnolia Pictures are prepping their 2010 calender with the pick-up of an English language Icelandic film featuring Brian Cox and Paul Dano. Not your typical Icelandic production, Indiewire reports that Dagur Kari's The Good Heart will go the VOD platform release route before the theatrical rollout.
Cinema Eye Honors 2010: The Cove Flooded with 7 Noms
The Cinema Eye Honors, my favorite awards ceremony after the Indie Spirits, has released the nominations in eleven categories with Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove racking up a total of seven nominations .
Sapochnik Reinvents Himself with ‘Contortionist’s Handbook’
With Repo Men (formerly Repossession Mambo) long overdue, it looks like Miguel Sapochnik has set his sights on a project put together by Das Films and GreeneStreet Films' John Penotti and Tim Williams. The helmer hasn't yet seen the release of his debut film, but he'll go into production with The Contortionist’s Handbook in May this year.
