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SUNDANCE: Park City hangovers

February 5, 2010 - 2:37 pm

By Gregg Goldstein

Memories of Sundance may be fading away, but deals for many of its titles are only beginning to gear up. As overnight film-fest bidding wars become an endangered species, the indie film market is allowing buyers to take their sweet time choosing a higher quality level of film, with more coastal execs screening pics to be sure they’re the right fit.

It’s worth noting that last year’s biggest deal (and biggest hit) “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” wrapped its Lionsgate distribution pact a week after Sundance ended. The 2010 iteration’s Sunday close had no effect on continuing dealmaking.

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SUNDANCE: ‘Catfish’ rattles and touches audience

January 23, 2010 - 1:55 pm

122723 catfish 3411 SUNDANCE: Catfish rattles and touches audienceBy Jay A. Fernandez

The screening of “Catfish” at the Library Theatre Friday afternoon was packed, and those in attendance were treated to one of those glorious surprises that Sundance revels in sneaking to indie-film audiences. The film is incredibly moving even while being laugh-out-loud funny and chest-tighteningly suspenseful. And the crowd was transfixed enough to talk back to the screen during the film and stand clapping the moment it ended.

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The film’s not an obvious sale, but a small distributor with a creative marketing campaign that targets those in their twenties who live and love on Facebook could provoke some healthy theatrical box office and perhaps some cultural debate to boot.

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