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Set Hernandez's Debut Feature UNSEEN to Premiere In Theaters And POV

Multi Emmy Award-winning series, POV, reimagines a cinema more accessible for audiences with vision loss in unseen, the debut film by Filipino-American director Set Hernandez.
Woodstock Film Festival Announces Lineup for 22nd Anniversary

The festival features documentary surrounding Alanis Morissette, Miles Davis, Julia Child, and more. 43 feature films including 11 world premieres, 6 US premieres, 7 east coast premieres, and 7 New York premieres, as well as 85 shorts will premiere throughout the 5-day period.
Woodstock Film Festival Announces 2016 Trailblazer, Lifetime and Fiercely Independent Award Recipients

The Woodstock Film Festival announced that its honorary Fiercely Independent Award will be presented by Actor Ben Foster to Oren Moverman, an Israeli-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and former journalist based in New York City.
Golden Door International Film Festival to Award 4th Annual Scholarships

The Golden Door International Film Festival (GDIFF) will be awarding more than $5000 in scholarships to Jersey City students, as well as to filmmakers of movies spotlighting autism awareness, at a ceremony to be held March 14th.
Laguna Playhouse to Present LOUIS & KEELY: LOVE AT THE SAHARA Opens 2/27

The Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham and Hershey Felder Presents are thrilled to announce the fourth show in the Laguna Playhouse 2015-2016 season, Tony Award-winner Anthony Crivello and Vanessa Claire Stewart starring in LOUIS & KEELY: 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA, written by Vanessa Stewart, Taylor Hackford & Jake Broder, choreography by Vernel Bagneris and directed by Taylor Hackford.  "Our subscribers and audiences are about the have the time of their lives as we transport them to 1950's Las Vegas and beyond and the incomparable song-stylings of Louis Prima and Keely Smith," says Wareham. LOUIS & KEELY: 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA will begin previews on Wednesday, February 24; will open on Saturday, February 27 and will run through Sunday, March 27, 2016 at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.
Jennifer Connelly and Natalie Portman Among Winners at 15th Annual Woodstock Film Festival

The 15th annual Woodstock Film Festival Maverick Awards Ceremony was held tonight at the historic Backstage Studio Productions in Kingston, NY.
THE SQUARE, SLOMO, INSIDE MAN Top 2013 IDA Documentary Awards

The International Documentary Association (IDA)'s 29th Annual IDA Documentary Awards were held last night, Friday, December 6th at the Director's Guild in Los Angeles. Scroll down for a full list of winners!
WHEN WE WERE KINGS to Be Adapted Into Stage Musical

According to Variety, the 1996 documentary 'When We Were Kings' is being turned into a stage musical. Producers revealed that the show will feature musical from the film's soundtrack, which included songs by B.B. King, the Pointer Sisters, James Brown, and more. Writers for the project have not yet been anounced.
SMASH HIS CAMERA Kicks Of HBO Doc's Film Summer Series, Airs 6/7

Jackie Onassis sued him. Marlon Brando broke his jaw. To the people he pursued, legendary paparazzo Ron Galella was a bandit stealing their images, yet he created some of the most iconic celebrity images of the modern era.
ROCK OF AGES Producers Lead Sundance Film Noms

Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Matt Weaver & Scott Prisand, two of ROCK OF AGES' lead producers and co-owners of the LA-based Corner Store Entertainment, have two films in the top dramatic category at Sundance Film Festival. The films, which star a host of stage stars, are SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS (Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, Orlando Bloom and Juliette Lewis) and HESHER (Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon Levitt).

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