The Doorpost Film Project is launching its first film development and production contest, which rewards each of its 15 finalists with $10,000 to be used in the production of their films.

The Doorpost Film Project supports and funds filmmakers who depict the core of life, its struggles and its purpose. Join this philosophically challenging project and express your ideals through the power of film.

Win $10,000!!!

For more information, go to: www.thedoorpost.com/2008/regs/




TODAY'S JOKE: Wondering how the job market will turn out in 2009? Find out here:

www.filmannex.com/movie/film/660/job_market_2009

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WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT?

• Groups Boycotting TROPIC THUNDER

Ben Stiller’s new comedy TROPIC THUNDER hit the theaters with full speed, and there’s no denying that some of the audience found the film hilarious. However, many groups, including the American Association for People with Disabilities, found the offensive and the jokes out of place. “More than a dozen groups on Monday called for a boycott of the film TROPIC THUNDER citing what they described as the movie’s disregard for people with intellectual disabilities.”

To read the rest of the article, please visit: www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/movies/12boycott.html?ref=movies

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WHAT'S NEW ON FILM ANNEX?

• Samsung Films joins the Film Annex network! One of the leading and most reputable electronics company, Samsung, launches a new project to promote its new camera Samsung NV 24HD. The three short films, all shot with the new Samsung NV 24HD, can be seen on Film Annex. These funny, inspirational, and highly imaginative films will bring out the creativity in you. Especially if you like penguins…

Visit the Film Annex page of Samsung Films: www.filmannex.com/samsungfilms


WHAT SHOULD I WATCH ON FILM ANNEX?

• A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS

An early masterpiece from Yasujiro Ozu. The leader of a small theater troupe visits his native town after many years, which rekindles the flame between him and his old love. A must-see for all the film buffs out there.

WATCH IT NOW for FREE: www.filmannex.com/movie/film/611/a_story_of_floating_weeds


• CLIMB UP SO KIDS CAN GROW UP

This promotional video from the American Foundation for Children with AIDS will lead you toward taking action and making a change in the life of others who need your help. In this short, heart-warming film, children in Mombasa, Kenya thank those who give them hope and live through their participation in Climb Up So Kids Can Grow Up. For more information on this campaign and how you can get involved, visit: www.climbupsokidscangrowup.com

WATCH IT NOW FOR FREE: www.filmannex.com/movie/film/862/climb_up_so_kids_can_grow_up_thanks

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WHAT ELSE IS PLAYING? WHAT'S GOOD?

• Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine

“The brilliant, iconoclastic Louise Bourgeois, now 96 and surely the grande dame of the art world, will have a full-career retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum simultaneously with the premiere of this riveting documentary portrait. Co-directed by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach, the movie records Bourgeois at work and play, fashioning art in her studio and ruminating upon the deep emotional and psychological roots of her work.” (www.filmforum.org/films/louise.html).

*Playing at the Film Forum (NYC) till August 19th.


• ELEGY

ELEGY stars Oscar®-nominee Penélope Cruz and Academy Award®-winner Ben Kingsley, with extraordinary supporting performances from Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard, ELEGY is based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Roth’s short novel The Dying Animal. Driven by Isabel Coixet’s visually assured and deeply observant direction, ELEGY charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him.

WATCH THE TRAILER ON FILM ANNEX:

www.filmannex.com/movie/film/953/elegy

*Playing everywhere.

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ANY EVENTS I SHOULDN'T MISS?

Charlie Chaplin season at BFI Southbank!

Where and When: August – September @ BFI South Bank – Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT, London, UK
What: For the next six months, Londoners can watch Charlie Chaplin’s career unfold at BFI Southbank.

For more info:
www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/5400/charlie-chaplin-season-at-bfi-southbank.html

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