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No Bundle of Joy; Watts And Dillon Sign Up for Collyer’s ‘Sunlight Jr.’
A full five years since showing up at Sundance with her stripped down addiction drama Sherrybaby, (for which Maggie Gyllenhaal received tons of accolades for) Laurie Collyer will be exploring some of the same dramatic terrain once again -- her third film has begun lensing with the not too shabby pairing of Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon toplining the pic about a shipwrecked working class couple in distress. Sunlight Jr. will bask in a a rundown Florida backdrop with Original Media’s Charlie Corwin and Freight Yard Films’ Andrea Roa producing.
Adopt Films Goes for One Night Stand; Anne Emond’s Nuit #1 Receives July Playdate
Akin to his 2006 relationship drama (Flannel Pajamas) in terms of sheer brutal honesty, it comes as no surprise that Jeff Lipsky's new distrib shingle Adopt Films has picked up Quebecois helmer Anne Émond’s feature debut
2012 Cinema Eye Honors: Patterson, Dennis, Guzman, Kapadia, James and Clio Bernard Lead Noms
A foursome of Sundance titles (Position Among the Stars, The Interrupters, Hell and Back Again and Senna) and a trio of titles that were launched at Tribeca (Clio Bernard’s The Arbor), Cannes 2010 (Patricio Guzman’s Nostalgia for the Light) and SXSW (Tristan Patterson’s Dragonslayer) lead the noms with four a piece for this year's five edition of the Cinema Eye Honors -- the annual awards group that honors docu films in directing, editing, design and production tech categories.
Interview: Borderline Films’ Josh Mond, Antonio Campos and Sean Durkin
If the names aren't familiar, their films are...and will be. After film festival accolades for Afterschool (2008), Two Gates of Sleep (2010) and with the Campos' sophomore film Simon Killer in post and poised for another huge film festival premiere, it is the revelation at this year's Sundance Film Festival and association with Indie vet producer Ted Hope on the uniquely titled Martha Marcy May Marlene that has turned the spotlight inwards on a trio of film school friends who've united, branded and excelled in bringing about an evocative and refreshing new works on the American independent film scene.
Interview: Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Not surprisingly, Durkin won Best Director in Park City, Fox Searchlight picked up the rights during the fest and the quality speaks for itself as it was invited for its international premiere in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes.
