Highland Film Group Launches US Distribution Arm, Partners With Paramount Home Entertainment

Also Read: New York Comic Con 2020 Schedule: Here Are All the Must-See 'Metaverse' Virtual PanelsGames were first partially included in the Tribeca awards roughly a decade years ago, the organization said, when Rockstar Games’ detective thriller “L.A. Noir” was the first video game to be an official selection in the festival.

Naman Ramachandran The 51st Edition of the International Film Festival of India, scheduled to be held at Goa from Nov. 20-28, 2020, has been postponed to Jan.

Ben Croll French outfit Atlas V, the production company behind the critically acclaimed “Gloomy Eyes” and one of the industry leaders in narrative VR, has just launched production on its newest animated project, a 20-minute standalone film called “The Little Mouse.”Sharing details of the project with Variety, Atlas V co-founder Antoine Cayrol called the film “a narrative driven fairy tale” that acts as the origin story for the Gallic equivalent of the tooth fairy (known in French-speaking

As the news media put it so dismissively in headlines after the Manson Family murders, actress Sharon Tate was murdered along with "four others." Those "others" were in fact Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent and Jay Sebring. The latter is the subject of the documentary Jay Sebring….Cutting to the Truth, directed by Anthony DiMaria.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorC.J. Strock, formerly of William Morris Endeavor, joins Patrick McAuliff and Phil Egenthal, formerly of Paradigm Talent Agency to form Mint Talent Group, the new company announced early Tuesday.

Late night personality Stephen Colbert is getting in on helping Americans get out and vote with a newly launched state-by-state resource guide, which the Late Show hostdebuted during his Tuesday night show. Titled "Better Know a Ballot," the nonpartisan voter information campaign aims to eliminate the confusion around getting registered to vote and casting a ballot in the upcoming 2020 presidential election with its series of informational videos.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerGrasshopper Film has secured the U.S. distribution rights to IWOW: I Walk on Water, a documentary feature from New York-based photographer and filmmaker Khalik Allah, to released in physical and virtual theaters later this year. In IWOW, Allah focuses on longtime muse Frenchie, a 60-something schizophrenic, homeless Haitian man, who he becomes increasingly intertwined with.

Ellise Shafer editorTwo decades after Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” hit theaters for the first time, its story of a rookie music journalist traveling the nation with a band on the brink of stardom remains timeless—as do the costumes, even with their ’70s flair.Costume designer Betsy Heimann already had an impressive arsenal of credits behind her before the film’s debut in 2000, including “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction” and Crowe’s “Jerry Maguire”.

Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui, one of Venice’s two Career Golden Lion recipients this year alongside Tilda Swinton, brings prewar Hong Kong to exquisite if restrained life in her latest historical drama, Love After Love (Di Yu Lu Xiang).

The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival is launching an inclusion fellowship series to provide a pathway for filmmakers from the Latinx community with Netflix on board to sponsor its inaugural effort. Each year, the fellowship will champion an underrepresented group from within the Latinx community with year one focusing on five filmmakers who identify as Afro Latino.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNew works by prominent Arab film directors such as Egyptian auteur Yousry Nasrallah and Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania – whose “The Man Who Sold His Skin” just scored a prize at Venice – are among projects selected for the upcoming Cairo Film Festival’s co-production platform alongside those by emerging talents.The Cairo Film Connection, as the key Arab cinema platform is known, has announced its list made up of seven feature films and eight docs in

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Vice’s fledgling TV distribution division has got off to a productive start with a big package deal with Hulu.The U.S. streamer has picked up 100 hours of Vice TV shows including the likes of breakout wrestling doc series Dark Side of the Ring.It marks Vice Distribution’s first deal since it launched in July.

Appropriately enough given the subject matter of his celebrated documentaries like Cartel Land, director Matthew Heineman delivers something different from the usual rock-doc in The Boy from Medellin, his portrait of reggaeton superstar J Balvin: While offering some of the expected musical material and concert footage, the film is much more interested in the singer's emotional health, especially as it pertains to political unrest in his native Colombia.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: LA-based Film Bridge International has boarded international sales rights to crime series Big Dogs, which it will begin selling during the Toronto virtual market.The eight-part series premiered domestically on Amazon Prime in July and stars Brett Cullen (Joker), Manny Perez (The Night Of), Michael Rabe (Homeland), and Lance Henriksen (Falling).Filmed in New York, the series charts intersecting stories of organized crime, white collar felonies, and

As the Toronto Film Festival gets underway, animal rights activists gathered outside Bell Lightbox to protest luxury parka maker Canada Goose's sponsorship of the awards season launchpad. On Thursday, around a dozen protesters, led by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and backed by mobile billboards traversing King Street, urged TIFF to cut ties with Canada Goose over how it sources its coyote fur and goose down to make its puffy jackets.

Financing, production and sales company Highland Film Group is celebrating its 10th anniversary by launching a new U.S. distribution division, The Avenue Entertainment.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Highland Film Group is launching The Avenue Entertainment, a new U.S. theatrical distribution arm with industry veteran JJ Caruth as President of Domestic Marketing & Distribution.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterBlack Panther has risen all the way back to first place on the UK’s Official Film Chart, which tracks home entertainment purchases (minus rental-only titles).

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAll three movies will be released in select theaters by Vertical Entertainment in conjunction with their release on home entertainment platforms.“It’s an honor for our films to stand alongside the rich tradition of cinema that Paramount has put forth for over a century,” said Brad Feinstein, CEO of Romulus Entertainment.