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SUNDANCE INSTITUTE LAUNCHES “NEXT WEEKEND” SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL WITH “AMERICAN MOVIE” AND “COVEN”

By | August 2013

The Sundance Institute’s inaugural Next Weekend Film Festival kicks off on August 8, 2013, in classic independent fashion with an outdoor screening, at Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, of Chris Smith’s documentary “American Movie” and doc subject Mark Borchardt’s horror film “Coven.” Both Smith and Borchardt will introduce their respective films…

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SUNDANCE INSTITUTE LAUNCHES “NEXT WEEKEND” SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL WITH

The Sundance Institute's inaugural Next Weekend Film Festival kicks off on August 8, 2013, with an outdoor screening, at Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever...

EVERYTHING IS FESTIVAL RETURNS TO CINEFAMILY FOR 4TH ANNUAL EVENT

Running August 12-21, 2013, the 4th annual Everything Is Festival will take place at Cinefamily in Los Angeles. Hosts and performers for this year's event...

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Bill (Guy Mack) and Tony (Tom DeMar) are a couple of winos caught up in their usual routine, standing drunkenly outside a hospital and watching the dead...

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A hauntingly atmospheric short film set in South Eastern Australia in 1853, Alan King's short film Goldfield sets up a wonderful mystery. As Guillaume...

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Where I grew up in Maine was just far enough from the ocean that having a meaningful relationship with it meant renting a cottage at Old Orchard Beach. As...

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