A ‘Dream’ Pact between IFC and Celluloid Dreams

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Here’s a bit of news that proves that IFC’s video-on-demand service is not only making a buck, but has become a premiere outlet for bringing difficult to market film festival fair to cinephiles’ footsteps. With ambitious plans to offer almost 100 titles per year via their (that’s almost 2 a week folks!), Variety reports that their Festival Direct label is expanding by swallowing up a large portion of Celluloid Dreams’ current sales slate. The 10 title deal includes pics from the fests like TIFF, Venice and Cannes including the highly-praised Hirokazu Koreeda film Still Walking, Caroline Link‘s A Year Ago in Winter, Thomas Vinterberg‘s When a Man Comes Home, White Night Wedding, All Around Us, Duane Hopkins’ Better ThingsBirdwatchers, Mark of an Angel, The Wave and the needs-more-editing Plastic City (see picture). All the pics will unfold in 2009 and surely pass thru their Gotham-based art-house theater for a one week run.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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