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OSCARS: Indies Capture 60 Nominations

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday January 24, 2012 @ 6:59am PSTTags: Hugo, Indie Films, Oscars, The Artist

Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2012 — Independents captured 60 nominations in feature categories during this morning’s announcement of contenders for the 84th Academy Awards, according to the Independent Film & Television Alliance® (IFTA). (Companies listed include Independent companies involved in the film which are also IFTA Member companies)

Best Picture
The Artist (Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company)
Hugo (GK Films)
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life (Summit Entertainment)

Directing
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company)
Martin Scorsese – Hugo (GK Films)
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight)

Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir –- A Better Life (Wild Bunch, Summit Entertainment)
Jean Dujardin –- The Artist (Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company)
Gary Oldman –- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal, Focus Features)

Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close –- Albert Nobbs
Meryl Streep –- The Iron Lady (Pathé International, Goldcrest Pictures, U.K. Film Council, The Weinstein Company)
Michelle Williams –- My Week With Marilyn (The Weinstein Company, U.K. Film Council) READ MORE »

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Gotta Love Micro-Budget Indie Filmmaking

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday February 1, 2011 @ 9:58am PSTTags: Indie Film Finance, Indie Films, Micro-Budget Indie Movies, Micro-Budget Production, Movies

Indulge me for a minute: what is the least amount of money to make a film? In this day and age of big budget complexity in the movie biz, there’s something incredibly cool about this kind of ingenuity. Pics are being made … Read More »

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Gotham Indie Awards Fete Actor Foursome

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 30, 2010 @ 10:36am PDTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Gotham Independant Film Awards, Hilary Swank, IFP's 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards, Indie, Indie Films, James Schamus, Movies, Robert Duvall
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New York, NY (September 30, 2010) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that director Darren Aronofsky, actors Hilary Swank and Robert Duvall, and Focus Features CEO, James Schamus, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the

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UPDATE: How “Toxic” Is IFTA’s Best Indies?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 9, 2010 @ 6:08pm PDTTags: IFTA, Independent Film & Televison Alliance, Indie Films, The Toxic Avenger
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Lloyd Kaufman disputed my assessment that The Toxic Avenger doesn’t belong on the short list of the elite indie films of the 1980s. I’m letting him have his turn, though I can’t say he has changed my … Read More »

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Apparition Cuts Staff, Nears ‘Tree of Life’ Distribution Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 7, 2010 @ 5:07pm PDTTags: Apparition, Apparition Staffers Let Go, Bill Pohlad, Bill Pohlad Apparition, Bob Berney, Indie Films, Terrence Malick, Tom Ortenberg, Tree of Life
Mike Fleming

In a pre-Toronto blow to the indie film community, Bill Pohlad’s Apparition has let go almost the entire staff that hadn’t been laid off in July. That means about 8 staffers have followed the original cut of about 15 staffers. … Read More »

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Icon UK Strikes First Output Deal

By TIM ADLER in London | Thursday July 15, 2010 @ 8:44am PDTTags: Canadian Film Distribution, Icon UK, Indie Films, Output Deals, Stewart Till

Canadian_flagExpect more international output deals soon. D Films, the Canadian distributor, initially plans to release between 5 and 6 films a year from the British sales and distribution company. This will rise to between 6-8.

The Icon output deal will cost D … Read More »

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