Press Releases/News

August 30th, 2010
GOING THE DISTANCE, the first narrative film from 2008 ASF/Nantucket Film Festival grant winner Nanette Burstein, opens Friday September 3rd

The movie stars Justin Long and Drew Barrymore.

Check out the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRkWLZRAOLY&feature=player_embedded

August 30th, 2010
Article about 2009 IFP/Adrienne Shelly Foundation Directors Grant winner Christina Beck and her film PERFECTION
August 9th, 2010
Mark your calendars for the September 24th launch of our 3rd annual eBay auction which features cool celebrity lunches, VIP show tix, tv/movie walk-ons and more!

 

Wanna go to lunch with "Mad Men's" Jon Hamm? "Glee's" Jane Lynch, "Curb Your Enthusiam's" Cheryl Hines and Susie Essman? There's plenty others too. 
Stay tuned for more updates as we add more exciting items and celeb experiences.
 
 
July 21st, 2010
2009 ASF/Women in Film grantee Rebecca Richman Cohen's WAR DON DON premiers 9/26 on HBO2

Read Filmmaker Mag profile of Rebecca at: tinyurl.com/24z3ruu

July 12th, 2010
A video interview with '08 ASF/Columbia U grant winner Madeleine Olnek

who talks about her film COUNTERTRANSFERENCE: www.youtube.com/watch

July 8th, 2010
Interview with A SMALL ACT filmmaker Jennifer Arnold, ASF's '10 Nantucket Film Festival grant winner.

 

This terrific documentary debuts Monday (July 12) on HBO.  
 
July 1st, 2010
Check out the trailer for GOING THE DISTANCE, the first narrative film from 2008 ASF/Nantucket Film Festival grant winner Nanette Burstein.

The film opens August 27th, and stars Justin Long and Drew Barrymore.
tinyurl.com/27svthq

June 28th, 2010
WAR DON DON (HBO Documentary Films) won the Special Jury Prize at SXSW Film Festival.

As well as the Karen Schmeer Award for Excellence in Editing at IFFBoston, and the Cinereach Award for excellence in vital, artful storytelling at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York.

www.wardondonfilm.com/

June 28th, 2010
Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" opens wider next weekend

By July 2 the film will be in over 160 theaters across the USA...  Their new documentary "Burma Soldier" will have a special screening at the Galway Film Festival on July 8, and will be broadcast later this year on HBO.

www.ifcfilms.com/films/joan-rivers-a-piece-of-work

June 24th, 2010
Today would have been Adrienne's 44th birthday. We love and miss you...