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The Cove Director Louie Psihoyos Goes After Santa Monica Sushi Restaurant

For director Louie Psihoyos, making the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove—a film that follows activist Ric O’Barry in his quest to stop the capture, slaughter and sale of dolphins in a small Japanese town and around the world—was not enough in the way of activism. In the days leading up to the Oscars, the filmmaker continued his work to stop the unlawful sale of dolphin and whale meat—this time off screen....  read more

Sundance 2009: Award Winners

Moments ago in Park City, Utah, the Sundance film festival announced the winners of its 2009 awards. While the noisiest competition at Sundance often seems to be the one among distributors vying for marketable films, or the one among filmmakers trying to drum up interest in their movies, Sundance also referees an official competition in which juries choose their favorites of the eligible films. Of the many prizes awarded by juries, the most prestigious are the two "grand jury prizes" for American dramatic and documentary films and the two "world cinema jury prizes" for foreign dramatic and documentary films. Each...  read more