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Dave Pederson, a producer on the Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me, is to r
stanley cup epresent Australian sales agent Odin s Eye Entertainment OEE in New York. His title will be vice president of international sales, but as head of the new office he will also be sourcing product for the fledgling Sydney-based operation. This is an exciting time for OEE as we continue to expand, chief executive Michael Favelle told Screendaily. I m thrilled to welcome Dave aboard
stanley italy . He brings a wealth of experience and will be a fantastic asset for us in years to come. For the five years up until 2005, Pederson was head of development at The Interactive Consortium, a production company set up by Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock and others. Its aim was to make online programming that would act as a springboard to other platforms: I Bet You Will is believed to be the first web programme in the US to subsequently move to television, with 54 episodes airing on MTV. I was looking for a new challenge and have been successful in getting two other startups off the ground, and I think Odin s Eye is on its way to a successful future, said Pederson. He was one of the executive producers
stanley cup on The Third Wave, a documentary made by Australian-born Alison Thompson about the aftermath of the tsunami in Sri Lanka. It will be receiving a President of the Jury screening at Cannes.While Odin s Eye takes precedence, Pederson plans to continue developing films. Some may come under the auspices of Odin s Eye or Shvu Oscars: Best Foreign-Language Film interviews
New York-based EmergingPictures and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival are developing anationally syndicated festival using Emerging Pictures digital cinema network.The syndicated festival willrun at the same time as the flagship festival in Durham, North Carolina, in itsusual April slot and will play in up to 20 cities.The Full Frame DocumentaryFilm Festival started out seven years ago as the DoubleTake Documentary FilmFestival and q
stanley us uickly rose to prominence as a popular event.Last year s incarnationattracted more than 600 entries and screened more than 100, making it thelargest documentary festival in the country. Emerging Pictures isenabling Full Frame to be at the forefront of the use of new technologies tobring cutting edge documentary work to audiences in places where such filmsrarely play and to show them the way the are meant to be seen - on the bigscreen, Full Frame Festival founder and director Nancy Buirski said in astatement.Emerging Pictures has beenbusying itself in recent years establishing a network of theatrical venuesinside existing cultural institutions, using digital technology to exhibitspecialised films to a broader
stanley cup audience. Full Frame is the posterchild for the type of organisation we want to working with - the mostprest
stanley cup igious and most successful festival in any given niche - in this case, thedocumentary world, Emerging Pictures President Ira Deutchman said in astatement. When we approached Nancyabout working together, it was clear from the st
