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• Seven lucky receipients working on six projects are the 2008's Annenberg Film Fellows grants winners...or in other words, these folks got cash to keep the dream alive. Filmmakers Fellipe Barbosa, Frank Budgen, Daniel Casey, John Magary, Moon Molson, and Lara Foot Newton and Gerard Marx whom all were breathing fresh air and workshopping their projects in June at the Sundance Institute's Directors Lab will now plan the next steps in prepping for production.   Here are the projects to keep an eye out for in 2010 and beyond...: Blood Abundance, Or The Half-life Of Antoinette/John Magary (writer/director): Set amidst poverty, with moments of both joy and upheaval, Blood Abundance, Or The Half-life Ofantoinette is a retelling of the chaotic life of Antoinette Dawson as she raises seven children in New Orleans. John Magary has written and directed several short films, including Site In Fishkill Creek, We Are    All Guerrillas,

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For the second consecutive year, the Sundance Institute will partner with art house cinemas nationwide to present specialized screening programs of films that have played the Sundance Film Festival.

Under the banner of the Sundance Institute Arthouse Project, which was inaugurated last year, the film series will play theaters in 12 cities.

Each of the participating venues will design a customized Sundance screening series for its local community, drawing from films that have played the Sundance fest -- some of which are still seeking distribution -- as well as films supported by the Sundance Institute.

This year, the local programs will include a specially selected series of short films from the 2007 fest: Death to the Tinman, directed by Ray Tintori; Peace Talk, Jennifer Malmqvist; King, Caran Hartsfield; Salt Kiss, Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa; God Provides, Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzsky; Everything Will Be OK, Don Hertzfeldt; and Happiness, Sophie Barthes.

The participating theaters and film programs are Belcourt Theatre in Nashville; Broadway Center Cinemas in Salt Lake City, Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass., Enzian Theater in Orlando, International Film Series in Boulder, Colo., Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Mich., Oklahoma City Museum of Art in Oklahoma City, Pickford Cinema in Bellingham, Wash., Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, Calif., Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Mo., and Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville, Maine.