Tribeca Film Festival co-founders Robert

Tribeca Film Festival co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal today announced the Tribeca Family Festival presented by American Express. The Family Festival will extend the Tribeca Film Festival celebration to the streets of New York City by offering a wide variety of family entertainment and activities at an all-day outdoor festival. Also announced was a special children’s film program curated by the New York International Children’s Film Festival. The Tribeca Family Festival will take place on Saturday, May 11 from 9AM to 5PM on Greenwich Street between Hubert and Duane Streets. The Children’s Film Programs will take place on Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12 with eight film programs curated by the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF). Screenings for ages 4 through 16 will include world premieres, special presentations and a selection of the best NYICFF shorts and features from the past five years. The slate includes … a special presentation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone with never before seen footage … (Thanks to TWW for the link.)

LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation LNET, the leading provider of broadband, interactive television services to the hospitality industry, today announced that two movies each accounted for more than $1 million in sales on the company’s hotel systems last month. The movies — Ocean’s 11, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (both from Warner Bros.) — were offered as part of LodgeNet’s March movie lineup in more than 850,000 interactive guest rooms worldwide.