Beyond Sundance, Web offers indie film 2nd chance
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PARK CITY, Utah  - Director Robert Rodriguez came  to the Sundance Film Festival in 1992 with his $7,000 movie "El  Mariachi," walked away with the Audience Award and entered  Hollywood where he became a big-time moviemaker.
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More than just a hobby for teens, online video appears to be going mainstream.
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The maker of a documentary about Fox News offers raw footage of his film online for others to re-edit into new 'mixes.' With the spread of broadband and cheap filmmaking software, film may become remixers' favored medium. By Daniel Terdiman.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - When Amin Matalqa made his first feature film in his native Jordan, he got some local attention, but when his "Captain Abu Raed" earned a spot at the Sundance Film Festival, the director saw his ticket into U.S. movie theaters.
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It seems like the time would be right for the film festival to embrace the "webolution" that's transforming Hollywood. Instead, the indie event is paring down its internet offerings.
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While the Spirit Awards  hardly confer the same prestige as the Oscars, they are still a  valued accolade for the big fish of indie film and a crucial  point of entry for outsiders.
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Imagine attending the world's film festivals and hobnobbing with fellow cinephiles without moving from your armchair, and you've got the idea behind a Web site called Jaman.com.
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The aspiring California filmmakers behind the popular lonelygirl15 Web site have said they were surprised at the attention garnered by their creation.
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The Sundance Film Festival moved into its debut weekend on Saturday with long lines for movies like "The Matador," starring Pierce Brosnan, as well as for films that lacked big-name stars, such as "Brick" or "Lila Says."
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The Sundance Film Festival opens on  Thursday with quirky comedy "Happy Endings," but for 20,000  people heading to the top U.S. event for independent film,  "Endings" is just the start of 10 days of packed screenings,  star-gazing and parties.
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Two new international cinema competitions are to be introduced at next year's Sundance Film Festival.
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The Sundance Film Festival, the premier U.S. showcase for independent cinema, named the films on Monday that will compete at its 2005 festival in January, including documentaries about energy company Enron and Peru's fugitive president, Alberto Fujimori.
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IFC Entertainment is  creating a straight-to-VOD business for indie films called  Festival Direct.
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Sony is trying to edge into Internet videos with a website to be introduced today called Crackle that will feature short segments by aspiring filmmakers, many of whom Sony paid for their productions.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - With buyers exercising caution at Sundance, a documentary about the trials of being a teenager offered the most suspenseful dealmaking plotline.
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Movie executives decamp to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah to search for the next independent hits.
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Sundance will bring a  reliable cast of characters when it opens Thursday. Actor Sam  Rockwell will hobnob at the Riverhorse restaurant in Park City.  Festival chief Robert Redford will endorse indie film at the  Eccles theater. Dealmaker John Sloss will manage wee-hour buyer  visits to his condo.