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Film News: Film fest has large impact on economy — The economic impact of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on Utah’s state economy was $62.7 million, according a report compiled by the University of Utah.

Film News: Film fest has large impact on economy — The 2010 Sundance Film Festival added $62.7 million to Utah’s economy, although overall spending was down from the prior year, says a report compiled by the U. of Utah.

Film News: Animation fest celebrates 50 years of art, innovation — Although its official name is JICA (short for “Jour-nees Internationales du Cinema d’Animation”), everyone in the animation community refers to its oldest and most prestigious festival as Annecy — the beautiful French lakeside town where it takes place.

Film News: Biz is booming at toon outfits around the world — Whether trying to uphold the hand-drawn tradition or scrambling to join the stereoscopic 3D bandwagon, business is booming at animation outfits around the world

Film News: Thesp to receive acting kudo — Robert Duvall will take home the Compass Rose acting award from the Nantucket Film Fest.

Film News: ‘China,’ ‘Sorry, Thanks’ get on-demand distribution — IFC Films has picked up two alums of the 2009 SXSW film fest, “Made in China” and “Sorry, Thanks,” for on-demand distribution.

Film News: Fest to stage Woody Allen retrospective — Hong Kong helmer John Woo will head the jury at the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival next month, and mainland China’s biggest film fest will feature a retrospective of his work and of Woody Allen.

Film News: Portugal’s biggest film fest sells 40,000 tickets —
Helmers Ben and Josh Safdie’s Gotham-set autobiographical comedy “Daddy Longlegs” (formerly known as “Go Get Some Rosemary”) won the $20,000 grand prize at the seventh IndieLisboa, which wrapped Sunday.

Film News: Just-concluded event will come back to Hollywood in 2011 —
A second edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival is in the works.

Film News: Wild Bunch, MK2, Memento among visitors — Wild Bunch, MK2 and Memento Films International are among top Gallic mini-majors traveling to the 5th edition of the Lisbon Screenings — integrated within the 7th edition of IndieLisboa, the Portuguese capital’s biggest film fest.