Two drawn on for Film Society

Klainberg Chaisson Film Society of Lincoln subsequently Center makes a set of new employs, tapping producer Lesli Klainberg as controlling director and Anne Chaisson as connect director of corporate sponsorships.The soon-to-be-vacant publish many experts get their eye on, program director, does not possess a successor. Longtime leader Richard Pena will ankle after this fall's NY Film Festival.In her own new position, Klainberg, who had been a producer of last year's NYFF, will oversee all FSLC programs, fests, venues, and education and community initiatives, while ongoing on because the producer of NYFF. Her company Orchard Films has a listing of doc credits including "Indie Sex," "Fabulous! The Storyline of Queer Cinema" and "Directed by Alan Smithee." Chaisson has headed development for that Hamptons and Nantucket fests, but for the latter years created the Gotham Independent Film Honours. She also offers experience developing and creating indie films, including 2002 outing "Rodger Dodger."Film Society is preparing because of its annual team-track of the Museum of contemporary Art, the brand new Company directors/New Films fest, in March, by having an initial slate of seven photos lately introduced. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Osnes has 'Pipe Dream'

OsnesLaura Osnes will topline the Encores! staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein tuner "Pipe Dream" this spring.Osnes ("Anything Goes") recently starred as Bonnie in Rialto tuner "Bonnie and Clyde" before that short-lived production shuttered last month. She's recently been tapped to topline Gotham readings of the upcoming Broadway revival of "Cinderella."The production at Encores!, the NY City Center series that presents semi-staged concert readings of often overlooked musicals, will rep one of the few times "Pipe Dream" has been performed in the last 20 years; it had previously been kept out of circulation by an underlying rights issue."Pipe Dream" is based on the John Steinbeck novel "Sweet Thursday," which follows the romance between a marine biologist and a woman (Osnes) who hitchhikes into town.Other Encores! offerings this seaons are "Merrily We Roll Along" in February and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in May. Helmed by Marc Bruni, "Pipe Dream" runs March 28-April 1. The Encores! program has yielded Main Stem transfers including "Chicago" and "Finian's Rainbow." Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Gamemaker puts on CES schmooze

Santiago'Journey'For a trade event recognized for items based on entertainment, the client Electronics Show isn't recognized for being content-focused -- particularly for gamemakers, who typically use other shows like E3, Comic-Disadvantage or perhaps the Global Gaming Expo to show their latest game game titles.But Kellee Santiago, leader of thatgamecompany, sees an opportunity for content designers to make the most of CES."Personally, I'm searching toward just seeing what's approaching, what's going to be accessible to date as new items and new technology that people will desire to incorporate into future encounters," mentioned Santiago.Santiago co-founded thatgamecompany with creative director Jenova Chen in 2006 following the wealth of "Cloud," a game title title they created while former pupils inside the interactive media program at USC's School for Movie Arts. That game created 120,000 downloads and motivated the pair to create more game game titles that could provide engaging alternate encounters for the mainstream videogame market.Game game titles for instance "flOw" and "Flower" have since become downloadable hits for Sony's Ps Network.Santiago will demo "Journey" at CES, among four games which will be featured inside the The brand new the new sony pavilion.In "Journey," players awaken in the virtual desert and really should climb a mountain while finding the mysteries in the virtual world, a celebration many at CES might recognize after four occasions of wandering the Las vegas Convention Center.It is not only the information producers scouting innovative touchscreen shows and new audio systems that will benefit from the marketplace of ideas at CES.The show may also be an opportunity for people content designers to inspire the hardware and technology leaders who may not realize the smoothness and depth of interaction some gaming companies are going after.InchIt isn't always apparent to hardware manufactures or technology producers in the breadth that games can contact players and the way unique the understanding might be,In . mentioned Robin Hunicke, a producer at thatgamecompany. "Lots of people still think platform or simply a racing game. It's a excellent chance for people to demonstrate them really artistic and various content."Thatgamecompany's game game titles, a mixture of experimental action, elegant graphics together with a dash of high-minded philosophy, attract audiences from within the gaming spectrum.At CES, Santiago hopes to trap clients which will be receptive for the distinct interactive action her company offers."People allow us with interactive technologies that are ageing," she mentioned. "Our tastes are ageing but hardly any mainstream videogames have really presented a wider quantity of encounters for people ageing tastes." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Variety honors Charlize Theron

Variety's Timothy Gray with Shailene Woodley Directors Gareth Evans, Zal Batmanglij, Phillipe Falardeau, Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh, Gerardo Naranjo, Matt Piedmont, Michael Roskam and Lynn Shelton join Variety s Steven Gaydos at Palm Springs brunch. Variety's Indie Impact and 10 Directors to Watch 2012 brunch unspooled under vivid blue desert skies Sunday at the Parker Hotel in Palm Springs. Honoree Charlize Theron said, "I have the career I have today because of independent films," crediting "Monster" helmer Patty Jenkins with seeing her potential. All the directors she's worked with deserve credit, she concluded, "even the bad ones." Variety's Steven Gaydos introduced the 10 helmers to watch, saying, "What they have in common is a commitment to indie cinema -- even when they make a studio film, it feels independent." Among the directors at the relaxed event were Mexican helmer Gerardo Naranjo, who said he's almost hoping "Miss Bala" doesn't get Oscar nommed so he can get off the campaign trail and back to work. "Sound of My Voice" helmer Zal Batmanglij said his next film, "The East," will also feature "Voice" star Brit Marling, this time in a story about a woman who infiltrates an anarchist group. Also brunching on the Parker lawn were Palm Springs Film Fest director Darryl Macdonald, fest chairman Harold Matzner and artistic director Helen du Toit, as well as thesps Shailene Woodley, Robert Forster and Ed Lauter. Contact Pat Saperstein at pat.saperstein@variety.com