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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) reports that the winner of the 6th NFB Online Short Film Contest @ Cannes, Crash! Bang! Wallow?, was awarded to Jon Dunleavy and Keith Wilson-Singer of the UK.This year, the 10 shortlisted films generated more than 2 million views in 14 days – on the NFB’s English and French YouTube channels.This sixth edition was organized by the NFB in collaboration with the Short Film Corner and in association with YouTube."...In partnering the contest, the NFB continues to encourage the creators of bold and innovative shorts..."The public had 14 days to vote online for the best short film on the YouTube site, with more than 20,000 votes received.Winning short, Crash! Bang! Wallow?, is an animated film that tells the tale of ex-Hollywood stuntman 'Larry LeTan' and his fight to find a place in the modern world.Filmmakers Dunleavy and Wilson-Singer will receive a digital HD video camera and laptop computer from the NFB.The short films that came in second, third and fourth place are Love and Theft by Andreas Hykade (Germany), The Technician by Simon-Olivier Fecteau (Canada) and The Story of My Life by Pierre Ferrière (France).

After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school -- until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

Trailer for Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work

In the age-old battle between cats and dogs, one crazed feline has taken things a paw too far. Kitty Galore, formerly an agent for cat spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue and hatched a diabolical plan to not only bring her canine enemies to heel, but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to join forces for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves - and their humans.

Award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment in Iran.

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. plans to make at least five Asian-language films budgeted at $3 million US to $5 million US each in the next two years with Singapore's Media Development Authority.

In this drama set in 1950s South Africa, two women find love in surprising places. Lisa Ray (WATER) stars as Miriam, a married mother, while Sheetal Sheth (AMERICAN CHAI) plays Amina, a progressive owner of a café. Though the women appear to have little in common, they are instantly drawn to one another, and a forbidden affair begins. THE WORLD UNSEEN is a stirring film that addresses issues of race, gender, and desire. Shamin Sarif directs this adaptation of her own novel. (1 hr. 34 min.)

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Alberta may have been the setting of celebrated movies like Unforgiven and Brokeback Mountain, but its film and TV industry is failing to attract similar big budget movie productions and is in danger of collapse, according to the production community.

Trailer for Sex and the City 2

In 2008, California voters were asked to weigh in on Proposition 8, a ballot measure that would amend the state constitution to specify that marriage was legal only between a man and a woman, effectively ending the drive to bring gay marriage to California. Proposition 8 was passed, the first time California voters had agreed to limit civil rights by law, and among its most vocal supporters were members of the Church of Jesus Christ and Later-Day Saints, better known as the Mormons. Mormon groups contributed $22 million to advertising campaigns against Prop 8, and some Mormon activists took part in inflammatory disinformation campaigns about the possible effects of making gay marriage legal. Filmmakers Reed Cowan and Steven Greenstreet examine the role of the Mormon church in the battle against same-sex marriage in the documentary 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION, as well as examining Mormon doctrine on homosexuality (including church-approved programs to "cure" homosexuality), suicide rates among gay teens in Mormon communities, and misleading comments from Mormon leaders on the impact of Prop 8 on religious freedoms. 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION received its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

An Indonesian filmmaker says that his upcoming movie about the childhood of U.S. President Barack Obama will portray how the diversity of Jakarta influenced the future president.

Martin Scorsese's feature-length documentary on the late George Harrison will be released next year with plenty of unseen footage and unheard songs.

Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan has had a successful return to Cannes with his second feature, Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats).