http://www.shortfilmnews.com/ Shortfilmnews.com ASP-Rider Modular V1.1 - http://www.asp-rider.com/ http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1577170181 Short Film News (SFN) -The 82nd annual Academy Awards were announced and The Hurt Locker was the big winner on a good humoured Oscar night, claiming six awards including best picture and best director for Kathryn Bigelow. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-850346095 Short Film News (SFN) -The Tribeca Film Festival and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) announced that “Shrek Forever After” will open the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival will announce its feature film slate on March 10 and 15, 2010.http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1577335239 Short Film News (SFN) -The 9th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF) unveiled the lineup with six Iranian Films among them. The 9th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival will take place in March 18-26, 2010.http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=795268351 Short Film News (SFN) -The judges of the seventh annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival have selected this years award winning films. The awards were announced Thursday evening at the awards ceremony at The Loft in downtown Missoula. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1885600227A century after the death of one of the world's greatest novelists, unique documentary film footage shot during the last two years of the life of Leo Tolstoy is being restored.http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=1265886266 Short Film News (SFN) - First 'India International Youth Film Festival' awarded two Iranian short films. Participating films in this festival were made by directors under the age of 35. These films were screened in two days at the films division auditorium of Jawaharlal Nehru university in New Delhi. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-558520983 Short Film News (SFN) -The winners of the 16th edition of the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema were announced. During the Closing Ceremony, Mr. Alain Chrétien, Vesoul Deputy Mayor, gave The Medal of Vesoul City to Mrs Aruna Vasudev, Founder and President of NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema), at the occasion of the celebration of 20th anniversary of NETPAC which opened at FICA 16th festival. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1338699144Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean fame is now quite the iconic swashbuckler, and while the character is a fine performance by Johnny Depp, the actor revealed his inspiration for crafting the drunk pirate lied within Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. So it only made sense for the British rocker to appear as Captain Jack's father in At World's End. Now we can add another link in this strange chain as The Playlist reports Depp will direct a documentary chronicling Richards' life combining all-new.http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-825120865Author J.D. Salinger refused to release rights to produce a film version of his classic novel Catcher in the Rye, turning down directors from Frank Capra to Steven Spielberg, according to former Variety reporter, Mike Fleming. It is a wish that will likely be upheld by his estate, following the writer's death January 27. But this wish won't apply to an upcoming documentary. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=1265017382 Short Film News (SFN) -The winners of the 2nd Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) were announced. 2nd Jaipur International Film Festival took place 29 -31 January 2010 in the pink city, Jaipur.http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=1517670562 Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures are returning with their Oscar Shorts programme in February. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-592554068 Short Film News (SFN) -The 2010 Sundance Film Festival announced the jury prizes in shorts filmmaking and gave honorable mentions based on outstanding achievement and merit. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=808643901 Short Film News (SFN) -Marjan Riahi Founder & Manager of SFN will serve on the jury of the 2010 Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. Riahi will judge as a member of the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC). http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=371274284Is Chico Colvard nervous? Could be: When the first-time docmaker arrives at Sundance with his very personal "Family Affair," his competition will include three Oscar winners, four one-time nominees and a lineup of nonfiction directors who've made enough movies to fill six seasons of "POV" -- on subjects as diverse as war crimes, Al Gore and Muhammad Ali. If Colvard isn't on edge, he should be defusing bombs.http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1473364388 Short Film News (SFN) -The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has announced it will honor filmmakers Liz Garbus and Rory Kennedy with the 2010 Career Award. The filmmaking team co-founded their production company Moxie Firecracker Films in 1998.