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Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Rushed, an indie thriller directed by Vibeke Muasya that stars Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Robert Patrick, Jake Weary and Peri Gilpin. A theatrical release is planned. Hogan penned the screenplay and stars as Barbara O'Brien, an upstate New York Irish Catholic…

Kino Lorber has acquired distributor Artsploitation Films from its owner and president Ray Murray. Murray and his team will remain with the business as a Kino Lorber brand and division. The deal for Artsploitation, which releases international genre and cutting-edge specialty films, adds 100 titles to Kino Lorber’s…

The 31st Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival this week unveiled its full lineup for its virtual edition, which will run May 27-June 6. A total of 143 films including 33 features and five episodic series will unspool, according to new executive director Lauren Howes and director of programming Andrew Murphy. A…

Burden and Bathtubs Over Broadway took the narrative and documentary audience prizes, respectively, at the 23rd annual Nantucket Film Festival. The six-day festival does not have juried awards, instead putting more emphasis on the audience experience. Written and directed by Andrew Heckler, Burden edged out Juliet, Nak…

The 23rd Nantucket Film Festival will open June 20 with Sony Pictures Classics’ Boundaries, which is written and directed by Shana Feste and stars Christopher Plummer and Vera Farmiga in the lead father-daughter roles. Bobby Cannavale, Peter Fonda, Christopher Lloyd and Kristen Schaal also star. Organizers said the…

The Nantucket Film Festival, whose 23rd edition is set for June 20-25, has announced its 2018 honorees. The Screenwriters Tribute will go to Noah Baumbach, the Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling Award will go to Morgan Neville, and the New Voices in Screenwriting Award to recent Sundance alum Andrew…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first look at Chronically Metropolitan, having its world premiere next week at the Nantucket Film Festival. Directed by Xavier Manrique (Hope Springs) and written by Nick Schutt (Blood & Oil), the New York  City-set film stars Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Chris Noth (The Good Wife), Shiloh Fernandez…

The Nantucket Film Festival added more than 30 additional feature selections to the lineup of its June 22-27 run, including two world premieres: Xavier Manrique's Chronically Metropolitan, described as a sardonic romantic comedy about a young writer's attempts to win back his ex, starring Shiloh Fernandez, Mary-Louise…

Oliver Stone, who co-wrote and directed the upcoming Snowden, will receive the 2016 Screenwriters Tribute Award at the 21st Nantucket Film Festival on June 25. The fest’s top prize, it recognizes outstanding screenwriters in the entertainment industry. Previous winners include Aaron Sorkin, David O. Russell, Judd…

The Oscar-winning Chinatown scribe will receive the 2015 Screenwriters Tribute at an event on June 27 hosted by comedian David Steinberg, the Nantucket Film Festival announced Thursday. Towne will also participate in an In Their Shoes… conversation at the festival with Chris Matthews of MSNBC's Hardball and NBC's The C…

The 20th edition of the Nantucket Film Festival will show A24's The End Of The Tour with Jason Segel as the late David Foster Wallace, also starring Jesse Eisenberg, on opening night, June 24th. For the sixth year in a row, NFF will screen a Disney•Pixar film on opening day. This year the studio brings to the festival…