Film Industry News:
Tribeca Moves Into Distribution, Launches Virtual Film Fest
by Brian Brooks DeNiro and Rosenthal’s Tribeca Enterprises, the for-profit wing of the umbrella group that produces the annual Tribeca Film Festival will launch Tribeca Film Festival Virtual (TFFV), an online venture that will offer work screening in the April festival to audiences through its website: www.tribecafilm.com/virtual. . .Read it on IndieWire.com.
How best picture is decided
by Christy Grosz Predicting the winners of the Oscars might be the most popular sport in the entertainment industry, but actually selecting a winner is no game for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It's a system -- called preferential voting -- that generates yearly complaints from statistician nerds and conspiracy theorists everywhere. . .Read it on The LA Times.
Movie exhibitors' stocks seeing big gains
By Georg Szalai Shares in exhibition companies have risen sharply since the last Academy Awards. In some cases, one-year gains exceed 100%. . .Read it on The Hollywood Reporter.