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Clearly riding solid numbers following its media blitz campaigning against the MPAA’s R rating, Bully opened in five locations, with a hefty $23,000 average, not bad for a small documentary released unrated. Under normal circumstances, going unrated might spell box office trauma, but distributor The Weinstein Company…

EXCLUSIVE: The Island President, the film about Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed and his quest to lobby for reforms that will ease global warming, has taken on a new context for Samuel Goldwyn Films after Nasheed was forced yesterday to resign at gunpoint. The distributor acquired the film at the 2011 Toronto Film…

Sundance Institute announced two winners for its inaugural Hilton Worldwide LightStay Sustainability Award honoring documentaries that showcase “the connection between sustainability, economic growth and community development.” Jon Shenk’s The Island President took the prize in the feature category and Jehane Noujaim…

Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired US rights to The Island President, the documentary that won the Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival. Goldwyn will release the film in February and is hopeful that it will make noise in the Oscar race. The Jon Shenk-directed film tells the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the…

The 2011 Toronto Film Festival is drawing to a close, and the festival just handed out its prizes. The winners: Cadillac People’s Choice Award Nadine Labaki-directed Where Do We Go Now? Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Documentary Jon Shenk-directed The Island President Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Midnight Ma…