SUNDANCE 2018 WINNERS U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic The Miseducation of Cameron Post U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary Kailash Directing Award: U.S. Documentary Alexandria Bombach, On Her Shoulders U.S. Documentary… Full story

Partner Lisa Callif  negotiated a distribution agreement with HBO Documentary Films on behalf of the filmmakers, for the documentary The Price of Everything for the film’s U.S. TV rights. HBO Documentary… Full story

New Line Cinema, a film production label of Warner Bros., is facing a $900 million copyright lawsuit filed by Gerald Brittle, an author who claims that the 2013 horror franchise… Full story

The 2018 Sundance Festival will be in Park City, Utah from January 18th – 28th!  BAD REPUTATION  BELIEVER CRIME + PUNISHMENT EIGHTH GRADE GENERATION WEALTH HAL HALF THE PICTURE JANE… Full story

  The Spirit Awards will air live March 3rd, 2018 from Los Angeles, California. Best Feature The Florida Project, Producers Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca… Full story

The 29th Producers Guild of America Awards will be on January 20th, 2018 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.  CHASING CORAL Dir. Jeff Orlowski CITY OF GHOSTS Dir. Matthew Heineman JOSHUA:… Full story

Monday November 27th, 2017 – Cipriani Wall St.  BEST FEATURE Good Time Josh and Benny Safdie, directors; Paris Kasidokostas-Latsis, Terry Dougas, Sebastian Bear-McClard, Oscar Boyson, producers (A24) The Florida Project… Full story

Partner Lisa Callif moderated the panel “Going Legal: The Defiant Ones Case Study” at the 2017 Film Independent Forum. Along with members of the production team of the acclaimed HBO documentary The Defiant Ones, Lisa… Full story

The 33rd Annual International Documentary Association Awards Saturday December 9th, 2017 at the Paramount Theater Best Feature City Of Ghosts Director/Producer: Matthew Heineman AMAZON STUDIOS Dina Directors/Producers: Antonio Santini and… Full story

In his USC Spotlight article “A Useful Article About Useful Articles,” Associate Erez Rosenberg discusses how the useful article doctrine validates the unlicensed use of props and set dressings in… Full story

As reported in Deadline, Partner Lisa Callif represented the filmmakers for the documentary Teach Us All and negotiated an international distribution deal. Teach Us All focuses on the crisis in… Full story

When independent film directors bring their films to festivals, many hope that studios will pick up their distribution rights, opening the doors to widespread theatrical release and award consideration. However,… Full story