Daly's New Venture EnterTech Releasing Scores Major Coup With Acquisition of ``Not of This World''; AFI Film Festival Grand Jury Prize and Best Feature Audience Award Winner.News From the 13th Annual American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase Film Festival LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999-- EnterTech Releasing Corp., a subsidiary of EnterTech Media Group, has acquired Giuseppe Piccioni's award-winning film "Not of This World" for U.S. distribution. On Friday, the film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for best feature film, as well as the best-feature audience award, at the AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación Film Festival. The AFI awards are just the latest for the film, as it was recently awarded five David Di Donatello Awards (the Italian Academy Awards), including best director, best actress and best screenplay screenplay Written text that provides the basis for a film production. Screenplays usually include not only the dialogue spoken by the characters but also a shot-by-shot outline of the film's action. . In addition, "Not of This World" was selected the audience award winner at the Montreal Film Festival and honored with the Silver Hugo at the Chicago Film Festival. EnterTech is the new venture from producer John Daly John Daly is the name of:
"We are very happy to have secured such a beautiful, quality film as one of our first projects under the EnterTech banner," stated Daly. "Giuseppe Piccioni has created one of the best films this year." "Not of This World" was co-written and directed by Piccioni, and tells the story of a young nun who finds an abandoned baby and begins an investigation to find the father. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. EnterTech President Tolner, the rights to the film were secured after winning the Italian awards. "Several of our executives were aware of the film early on, and we knew we had a winner on our hands. This film embodies the type of project that EnterTech is committed to bring to audiences around the world," Tolner said. EnterTech Releasing is a division of EnterTech Media Group. The company has headquarters in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and is headed by Chairman John Daly and President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Tolner. EnterTech Media Group has filed for a listing and intends to be publicly traded on Nasdaq. For more information, contact Victoria Pevan at StellarQuest Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , 310/843-0898. |
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