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The weekend is chalk full of new Specialty releases, though most will likely be low performers in terms of dollars at the box office. Entertainment One is opening Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen starrer Outcast with limited runs and will likely find tepid returns at the theatrical box office, though it may shine in the digital/on-demand space where it will also bow this weekend. Documentary Ballet 422 (Magnolia Pictures), meanwhile, has had solid buzz heading into the weekend and should score well in its niche market. Monterey Media is hoping to have traction with stars Wes Bentley, Vincent Piazza and Amber Tamblyn as it opens 3 Nights In The Desert in theaters and on-demand, while Freestyle Releasing is targeting the rom-com crowd for its debut, One Small Hitch. Other Specialty openers this weekend include First Run Features’ doc The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk And The End Of Apartheid In South Africa,...

In other major awards handed out at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Jono Oliver’s Home (Us) won the Spirit Of Freedom: Narrative prize and Nicolas Cuellar’s Cast The First Stone (Us) took corresponding documentary honours.The Short Film prize went to Live - Vivre (Guadeloupe-Martinique) from Mj Maharaki while the 2013 Biff Audience Award was presented to John Burgess’ One Small Hitch (Us).This year the festival showcases 108 films from

In other major awards handed out at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Jono Oliver’s Home (Us) won the Spirit Of Freedom: Narrative prize and Nicolas Cuellar’s Cast The First Stone (Us) took corresponding documentary honours.

The Short Film prize went to Live - Vivre (Guadeloupe/Martinique) from Mj Maharaki and the 2013 Biff Audience Award was presented to John Burgess’ One Small Hitch (Us).

This year the festival showcased 108 films from 32 countries, four features of which were world premieres. Every film was...