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Biz Break: Bernie Opens Big, Cannes Masters, Tribeca's Cuban Defectors Speak

BernieLocal fave Richard Linklater debuted his black comedy, based on the true story of a charismatic Texas undertaker who killed his elderly companion, last year at the Los Angeles Film Festival to modest critical support. But with an April limited release looming, the Jack Black-Shirley Maclaine starrer is in dire need of a profile raiser. Can the hometown crowd help make Bernie a must-see?Read more of Movieline's SXSW 2012.

Welcome back to Movieline's new industry feature Biz Break. Monday morning's newsy highlights include a big-time opening for Jack Black's Bernie, the film talent leading Cannes' 2012 Master Classes, the end of Sundance's first London foray, the latest word on the Cuban actors who ditched their Tribeca premiere for U.S. asylum, and more...
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War Witch and Una Noche Take Top Tribeca Film Festival Prizes

War Witch and Una Noche Take Top Tribeca Film Festival Prizes

Kim Nguyen's War Witch cast a spell at the Tribeca Film Festival Thursday evening, winning the event's $25K Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, while Una Noche's Lucy Mulloy won $50K and the fest's Best New Narrative Director prize as well as other nods at a ceremony in Lower Manhattan. Also taking home prizes at the ceremony were The World Before Her by Canadian Nisha Pahuja, which took Best Documentary Feature while Dutch director Jeroen van Velzen's won Best New Documentary Director for Wavumba.
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Cuban Castmates Defect En Route to Tribeca Premiere

Cuban Castmates Defect En Route to Tribeca Premiere

I know at least part of the feeling: "The Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Una Noche, a film about three Cuban teens trying to escape the Communist island nation for a better life in the U.S., was marred by the disappearance of two of the film's lead stars — who went missing as soon as their plane from Cuba touched down in Miami. Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian, the 20-year-old Cuban-born actors, were flown from Cuba to the United States on Wednesday and were supposed to make their way to New York on Friday in order to promote the film. But instead, the pair stayed in Miami, according to 20-year-old Dariel Arrechada, the third star of the film who traveled with them." [Huffington Post]