Hollywood Reporter
Blakc Irish Is Good To Go Anywhere

NEW YORK -- New indie distributor Anywhere Road acquired all domestic rights to its sophomore release, "Black Irish," starring Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson and Melissa Leo.

Writer-director Brad Gann\'s feature debut follows the trials of an Irish-American family in South Boston. Angarano ("Snow Angels") portrays a teen struggling with an emotionally distant father (Gleeson, of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"), a pregnant, unwed sister (Emily Van Camp), a bullying brother (Tom Guiry) and a mother (Leo) who wants him to join the priesthood.

Anywhere Road will release the film Sept. 28 in New York and Boston, followed by a national rollout through the fall. The company\'s first pickup, the Brazilian musical drama "Antonia" (jointly acquired with Netflix\'s Red Envelope Entertainment), will hit theaters Aug. 17.

The film was produced by Gann, J. Todd Harris, Kelly Crean, Jeffrey Orenstein and Mark Donadio. Gann\'s credits include the screenplay for the football drama "Invincible," starring Mark Wahlberg. The deal was negotiated by Harris on behalf of the filmmakers with Anywhere Road president Robert Ogden Barnum and executive vp Kaiser Wahab. - written by: Greg Goldstein

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Jackson Hole Film Festival congratulates one of its 2007 Student Voices filmmaker, Danielle Shamash, for her award at 2007 BAFTA/LA Student Film Awards. Below is the BAFTA announcement.

BAFTA/LA congratulates Danielle Shamash and Vineet Dewan for their success at the BAFTA/LA Student Film Awards.

30 films were originally submitted by 11 Los Angeles area schools and a panel of jurors from the Education and Outreach Committee selected the final seven.

On June 21, 2007, BAFTA/LA screened the seven finalists and invited BAFTA/LA Voting Members to decide on the winning short film. The top prize was shared between USC’s Vineet Dewan for Clear, Cut Simple and the AFI’s Danielle Shamash for The Sunday Man. Both students receive a year’s non-voting Membership to BAFTA/LA. Second prize went to Bryan Nest for The Vaudevillian, while Third prize went to Chih Ming Chang for In Search of the Puppeteer.

Runners up were Arvin Chen, Robert Glickert and Miwa Matreyek.