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Oscilloscope to Hit the Streets with Ostergaard’s Burma VJ
Fast forward two decades after that incident that saw a lone man stand face to face with a tanker in Tiananmen Square, and now the cameras are more in number and those doing the reporting are just as fearless. Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up a second documentary film in just as many weeks, grabbing the 2009 IDFA and Sundance-winning doc film from Danish director Anders Ostergaard. The company plans a theatrical release this spring.
Roadside and Lionsgate Corner Sundance Doc ‘The Cove’
When my friends skip down south I plead with them not top do any of those dumb swimming with the dolphins day trips, I think that a dent might be made in an industry practice that is largely unknown and ignored. Not one, but two players in the indie film distribution industry will magnify Louie Psihoyos' message docu film The Cove. Variety reports that Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate Films will co-distribute the doc this Summer.
Review: Tokyo!
"As a triple narrative that doesn’t place the metropolis in a radiant light, viewers will be left with the interiors dominating the storylines, -- international audiences who are expecting a Paris, Je T’aime inclusion of the city will be disappointed."
Tokyo! | Review
If These Walls Could Speak: Tokyo’s Isolation is Focal Point in Triple Dish
Paramount Vantage Conjures Up Ghosts/Aliens
With not too many future NCFOMs, Into the Wilds, There Will Be Bloods in the pipeline, today's announcement belongs to the batch of comedy projects that PV's president Guy Stodel is shepherding, re-tooling the division with the type of fair that seems fit for a certain 18-25 demographic that is elusive with more serious bait. THR reports that Vantage as co-acquired along with Comedy Central the rights to Ghosts/Aliens.
