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AFI's film festival family, based in Los Angeles, Dallas and Washington DC banded together to host a reception in the Variety Film Lounge at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival recently to celebrate the accomplishments of filmmakers heading to the upcoming AFI FEST presented by Audi in November, and to spend some quality time with friends old and new in the festival, filmmaking and distribution worlds:
 ← Sundance Film Festival makes an appearance at the Variety Film Lounge
LOST's Michelle Rodriguez →
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 ←Greg Brown (AFI Dallas), Amy King(SilverDocs), Christian Gaines (AFI FEST), Michael Caines (AFI Dallas)
Variety Film Lounge atmospehere →
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 8:00 PM GONE, BABY, GONE
2007 114 MIN 35MM
Q&A with director/co-writer Ben Affleck and actors Casey Affleck and Amy Ryan to follow the screening.
Tickets on sale at: www.arclightcinemas.com
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 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 7:30 PM
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
1957 161 MIN 35MM
A rare conversation and Q&A period with Oscar®-Nominated filmmaker Richard Gladstein will precede the screening.
Advance tickets available in-person at the Skirball Admissions Desk or at http://skirball.tix.com or 800-595-4TIX. Tickets also available at the door the evening of the program, subject to availability.
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IFP Documentary Rough Cut Lab - November 6 - 9, 2007, NYC
The IFP Documentary Rough Cut Lab is a national program connecting mentors and projects before they are submitted to festivals. The Lab aims to identify 10 high quality independently produced documentaries each year that can benefit from the support and expertise of experienced film professionals. The key creative teams of these projects receive feedback from a range of professionals in editing, scoring, post delivery, outreach, marketing and publicity, sales representation and festival strategy. The 2007 Documentary Lab Leaders: the documentary production team of Arts Engine, Inc.: (ELECTION DAY, DEADLINE, ARCTIC SON, NUYORICAN DREAM). As part of IFP's ongoing commitment to diversity, the Documentary Rough Cut Lab seeks to ensure that at least 50% of the participating projects have an inclusive range of races, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities and physical abilities in key creative positions. Key criteria: the Lab is for first-time documentary feature directors who have at minimum a full rough assembly for consideration. Full criteria and submission procedures are available at http://market.ifp.org/newyork/labs/
Submission deadline: September 10
November 7-11, 2007
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Doc/Fest Sheffield is where the international documentary family gets together under one roof for a week of intense deal-making, docwatching and debate. It is the UK's premier documentary festival/conference and a must-attend event on the industry calendar
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