WATCH: Oscar Winner, 'Shape Shifter' Brie Larson on the Challenges of Making 'Room' (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Rising indie distributor A24 harbored high awards hopes for Lenny Abrahamson's intense prison escape drama "Room," so they took the film to world premiere at Telluride, where it popped with audiences and critics, and then to Toronto — both of which Larson thanked in her winsome Oscar acceptance speech for giving the movie "a platform." It's holding its own at the box office, with $23 million worldwide in the till so far. The film's rising star, Brie Larson, also landed Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Indie Spirit wins on the way to the Oscar. Finally, with "Room," Larson, who was so fine as a conflicted social worker in "Short...

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COLCOA Announces French Classics and Focus on a Filmmaker Programs

COLCOA French Film Festival, "9 Days of Film Premieres in Hollywood," and its producer, the Franco-American Cultural Fund, have  announced the Focus on a Filmmaker program as well as an exclusive line up of predominantly digitally restored French Classics, presented as World, International or U.S. Premieres. All screenings will take place at the Directors Guild of America. The COLCOA Classics Series will be shown from Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 and on Monday April 25 as part of the 20th anniversary program. Focus on a Filmmaker: Academy Award0 Nominee...

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Doha Film Institute Selects 33 Projects from 19 Countries to Participate in Second Edition of Qumra

Directors and producers from 19 countries are attached to 13 narrative feature films, 10 feature documentaries and 10 short films participating in the 6 day program of industry sessions designed to progress their projects and prepare them for international markets. The emphasis is on supporting first-and-second-time filmmakers with projects in development and post-production. The Doha Film Institute's second edition of Qumra will be taking place in Doha, Qatar from March 4-9. 15 projects are from Qatar-based filmmakers, 12 from the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region and 6 from the rest of the world. 11 of the 33 projects are features films in development,...

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Filmmakers James Schamus and Joshua Oppenheimer Unveiled as Final Two Qumra Masters

The second edition of Qumra, March 4 - 9, the industry development event organized by the Doha Film Institute to nurture emerging voices in cinema with a focus on first and second-time filmmakers, will include as Masters, James Schamus and Joshua Oppenheimer along with Naomi Kawase, Aleksandr Sokurov and Nuri Bilge Ceylan participating in a series of master classes and one-on-one sessions with selected Qumra filmmakers and their projects along with screenings and Q&A sessions for Doha audiences throughout the week. Read about previously announced Qumra Masters. Held at the incredibly beautiful Museum of Islamic Art, designed by...

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Cinema Tropical Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary with Festival at Museum of the Moving Image

Cinema Tropical, the acclaimed New York-based organization dedicated to promoting Latin American cinema in the United States, is celebrating its 15th Anniversary with the 2016 edition of the Cinema Tropical Festival presented with the Museum of the Moving Image. Presenting six feature films from Argentina, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, and Puerto Rico, the festival will feature select winners and nominees from the 6th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards, which were announced at a special ceremony at the New York Times Company headquarters last month. Founded in 2001 by Carlos A. Gutiérrez and Monika Wagenberg with the mission of distributing, programming and promoting what...

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US in Progress Paris 2016 Launches its Call for Entries for U.S. Films in Post

US in Progress Paris, a three-day works in progress event targeted at American independent filmmakers and European buyers, will take place in the scope of Champs-Elysées Film Festival on June 07-14 2016 in Paris. The event is looking for 5 U.S. independent films at post-production stage (rough & fine cuts). The call for entries is open till April 8th 2016. The application requirements for the films are the following: * Narrative feature projects in post-production are eligible. * Production Company needs to be US based. * Films looking for completion money, services and sales agent or European distribution should apply. * Films in post-production when applying, with at...

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Attention, Filmmakers: Hamptons International Film Festival Now Accepting Submissions

READ MORE: Hamptons International Film Festival Announces 'Spotlight' and Carol as Centerpiece Films The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) announced this morning that the submission process for its 24th year has officially begun. Documentary filmmakers may especially want to pay attention to the festival this year as HIFF is an Academy Award-qualifying festival for the Documentary Short Subject award. Screening your documentary short at the festival will make it eligible for the Oscar even if the short doesn't end up getting theatrical distribution. HIFF has been granted the opportunity in light of its successful year of short films in 2015. Specifically, three of this year's...

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