Coming right before an emotional Sundance Film Festival that paid tribute to its departed leader, Robert Redford, and its move to a new host city, Utah quietly took a big leap into AI filmmaking. A $2 million grant for a new company, Nuovo Film Festival, was approved during a Jan. 8 meeting of the Governor’s…
Former Sundance CEO Joana Vicente and her partner, the Oscar-nominated producer Jason Kliot, have launched a new tech-focused film accelerator and production company. Called Open Cities, the new shop seeks to empower independent filmmakers on a global stage with ethical AI tools, financing and creative mentorship. Based in Portugal and New York, the company was…
MetFilm Sales has acquired international sales rights to Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić’s feature documentary “To Hold a Mountain,” which recently received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize. MFS will present the title to international buyers for the first time at the EFM…
