Exclusive: Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to Coast, a coming-of-age drama starring Fatima Ptacek (Dora the Explorer), stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo (Cristela), Academy Award winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Ciara Bravo (Cherry), with plans to release it day-and-date in theaters and on VOD on April 8. Vmi Worldwide, which is handling international sales and distribution, will rep the film at the Berlin Film Festival when it kicks off on February 10.
Set in a farming community along the Central California coast, the story revolves around 16-year-old Abby (Ptacek), who is desperate to escape the trappings of small-town life. Stuck in a loop of sameness, she refuses to believe the lives of those around her are all she has to look forward to, longing for something more. Everything changes when she falls for the lead singer of a touring rock band and must decide whether to leave her family and friends...
Set in a farming community along the Central California coast, the story revolves around 16-year-old Abby (Ptacek), who is desperate to escape the trappings of small-town life. Stuck in a loop of sameness, she refuses to believe the lives of those around her are all she has to look forward to, longing for something more. Everything changes when she falls for the lead singer of a touring rock band and must decide whether to leave her family and friends...
- 2/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The 3rd Annual NYC Web Fest announced its jury members today, a diverse array of entertainers and producers from film, TV, stage and the digital space. New members of the jury include Alex Cirillo & Dani Faith Leonard, co-founders of the film & media incubator “Big Vision Empty Wallet”; award-winning actor Tony Denison, co-star of TNT drama “Major Crimes,” a spin-off of “The Closer”; filmmaker Xavier Burgin; and “Black & Sexy TV” actor Austin Jaye. They will join returning jury members Justin Edmead of TDot TV and NYC Web Fest’s Senior Programmer April Day.
Read More: Attention, Filmmakers: Submit to NYC Web Fest Before Time Runs Out
NYC Web Fest was founded in 2014 by Lauren Atkins after realizing there were several festivals showcasing digital series on the west coast, but nothing in New York. “Our goal is to make this festival the premier home for digital producers on an international level. An...
Read More: Attention, Filmmakers: Submit to NYC Web Fest Before Time Runs Out
NYC Web Fest was founded in 2014 by Lauren Atkins after realizing there were several festivals showcasing digital series on the west coast, but nothing in New York. “Our goal is to make this festival the premier home for digital producers on an international level. An...
- 7/14/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Following director Mary Harron’s recent “Anatomy of a Scene” video for the New York Times, one of the most famous sequences in “American Psycho” has a new look. Mara Wilson, late of “Matilda” and more recently a prominent voice on social media, stars in this female-led version of the business-card scene that birthed the famous line, “Oh my god, it even has a watermark.” (Warning: If the you consider the very notion of an all-female “Ghostbusters” a personal affront, this may not be the video for you.)
Read More: ‘American Psycho:’ Mary Harron Anatomizes the Famous Business-Card Scene
Wilson plays Paula Allen, the equivalent of Jared Leto’s original Paul Allen — a smarmy higher-up at a financial firm. Dani Faith Leonard, who also created the “Swapped” series, stars as Patricia Bateman (a take on Christian Bale’s Patrick Bateman); the two are joined by Keisha Zollar as Dana Van Patten,...
Read More: ‘American Psycho:’ Mary Harron Anatomizes the Famous Business-Card Scene
Wilson plays Paula Allen, the equivalent of Jared Leto’s original Paul Allen — a smarmy higher-up at a financial firm. Dani Faith Leonard, who also created the “Swapped” series, stars as Patricia Bateman (a take on Christian Bale’s Patrick Bateman); the two are joined by Keisha Zollar as Dana Van Patten,...
- 6/19/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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