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Feature marks long-time cinematographer Prieto’s directorial debut. La La Land’s Jordan Horowitz to produce; Martin Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff executive producers.

Topic, the content studio owned by First Look Media, announced on Thursday that it will finance Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s feature directorial debut.

Bastard is based on a script by Bill Gullo and principal photography is set to begin in the first quarter of 2018.

The revenge thriller is set against a looming flood that will ravage the small town of Bird’s Point, Missouri. Wme Global brokered the deal and will represent the film for North America.

Prieto (pictured) is a prolific cinematographer, having shot such films as Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 21 Grams and Babel, Ben Affleck’s Argo, Oliver Stone’s Alexander and Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

The cinematographer-turned-director has an extensive working relationship with Martin Scorsese after working with the director...

Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, who has "The Wolf of Wall Street" opening wide on Christmas Day, recently completed the disturbing eight-minute short "Likeness," starring Elle Fanning, and it's well worth a watch. The almost dialogue-free film, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, was inspired by Prieto's daughter's bout with an eating disorder. Prieto told the New York Times that the experience of making the film served as a "healing device" for him and his daughter. Watch the short below:...

Work featuring Cate Blanchett, Elle Fanning, Ian McKellen, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson and Hugo Weaving will be on show at the 2013 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market, set to run from Jun 18-24.

Now in its 19th year, ShortFest will showcase 330 films including 70 world premieres, 55 North American premieres and 14 Us premieres as films arrive from 49 countries.

The line-up includes Jason Ritter in Boats Against The Current (USA), the voice of Rachel Griffiths in Butterflies (Australia), the voice of Cate Blanchett in the North American premiere of A Cautionary Tale (Australia), Ian McKellen in the world premiere of The Egg Trick (UK), Christopher Eccleston and Felicity Jones in the world premiere of Emily (UK) and Gerard Depardieu in Frank-Etienne (France).

Anticipated highlights include the voice of Bill Nighy in the North American premiere of The Hungry Corpse (UK), Missi Pyle in Killing Vivian (USA), Brenda Blethyn and Tom Jones in the world premiere of King Of The...

For short films, the Tribeca Film Festival is a must. Winning the award for Narrative Short or Best Documentary Short automatically qualifies a film for the Academy Awards. Their track record isn’t too bad either. Shawn Christensen’s Curfew had its New York premiere at the Festival and went on to win the Academy Award.

This year, Tribeca will show 60 short films in eight categories, from a variety of new and returning directors (including Christensen with Grandma’s Not A Toaster), and featuring performances from a number of Hollywood stars. Elijah Wood plays a standup comic who attempts a daring set in Setup,...