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Last Updated: Dec. 22, 2022
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Documentary Short Image from “38 at the Garden”
Category Commentary: It’s an eclectic mixture of short films in the running for the documentary short race.
The New Yorker’s “Nuisance Bear” is among the most acclaimed, making multiple stops at festivals and picking up various trophies.
Frank Chi’s “38 at the Garden,” looking at the cultural impact of...
Last Updated: Dec. 22, 2022
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Documentary Short Image from “38 at the Garden”
Category Commentary: It’s an eclectic mixture of short films in the running for the documentary short race.
The New Yorker’s “Nuisance Bear” is among the most acclaimed, making multiple stops at festivals and picking up various trophies.
Frank Chi’s “38 at the Garden,” looking at the cultural impact of...
- 12/22/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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38 at the Garden (HBO) HBO’s 38 at the Garden.
38 at the Garden chronicles the meteoric rise of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin during the 2012 basketball season of “Linsanity,” when he wowed audiences and teammates alike by scoring 38 points against the Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden.
Anastasia (MTV Documentary Films)
Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko grieves for her young adult daughter, from whom she was forcibly separated and who died while Shevchenko was under house arrest for speaking out against the government.
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison (MTV Documentary Films)
The short tells the story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson, whose play The Peculiar Patriot was shut down mid-performance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
As Far as They Can Run (MTV Documentary Films)
The latest from Emmy-nominated Iranian American documentarian Tanaz Eshaghian, As Far as They...
38 at the Garden (HBO) HBO’s 38 at the Garden.
38 at the Garden chronicles the meteoric rise of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin during the 2012 basketball season of “Linsanity,” when he wowed audiences and teammates alike by scoring 38 points against the Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden.
Anastasia (MTV Documentary Films)
Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko grieves for her young adult daughter, from whom she was forcibly separated and who died while Shevchenko was under house arrest for speaking out against the government.
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison (MTV Documentary Films)
The short tells the story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson, whose play The Peculiar Patriot was shut down mid-performance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
As Far as They Can Run (MTV Documentary Films)
The latest from Emmy-nominated Iranian American documentarian Tanaz Eshaghian, As Far as They...
- 12/7/2022
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount+ has set a Nov. 29 premiere date for a slate of new titles from MTV Documentary Films.
The slate spans two feature documentaries and five documentary shorts, all of which are executive produced by Sheila Nevins, executive producer at MTV Documentary Films and the former boss of HBO Documentary Films.
The line-up spotlights the story of a family saying goodbye to their patriarch in “Dig!” director Ondi Timoner’s “Last Flight Home,” as well as the portrait of an artist working against all odds in “Art & Krimes by Krimes.”
Meanwhile, the doc shorts delve into everything from the Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola in “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From A Plantation Prison,” and the Black Sea, where a Russian activist and mother buries her child in “Anastasia.”
Also premiering is the doc short “As Far As They Can Run,” an intimate look at children with intellectual disabilities...
The slate spans two feature documentaries and five documentary shorts, all of which are executive produced by Sheila Nevins, executive producer at MTV Documentary Films and the former boss of HBO Documentary Films.
The line-up spotlights the story of a family saying goodbye to their patriarch in “Dig!” director Ondi Timoner’s “Last Flight Home,” as well as the portrait of an artist working against all odds in “Art & Krimes by Krimes.”
Meanwhile, the doc shorts delve into everything from the Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola in “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From A Plantation Prison,” and the Black Sea, where a Russian activist and mother buries her child in “Anastasia.”
Also premiering is the doc short “As Far As They Can Run,” an intimate look at children with intellectual disabilities...
- 11/21/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Two MTV Documentary films vying for Academy Awards attention — Ondi Timoner’s “Last Flight Home” and Tanaz Eshaghian’s short “As Far as They Can Run” — garnered the top nonfiction honors at the 23rd annual Woodstock Film Festival.
“Last Flight Home,” about Timoner and her family’s last days with her father, won the best documentary prize, while “As Far as They Can Run,” about disabled children in rural Pakistan who have been deemed “useless” by their communities, took home the fest’s best short documentary award.
“Last Flight Home” premiered at Sundance earlier this year before opening the Telluride Film Festival in September. This year marked Timoner’s first time at the Woodstock fest.
“The greatest joy I have is sharing my work in person,” Timoner told Variety. “The reason I make films is to impact people and this film is doing that more than any other film I’ve made.
“Last Flight Home,” about Timoner and her family’s last days with her father, won the best documentary prize, while “As Far as They Can Run,” about disabled children in rural Pakistan who have been deemed “useless” by their communities, took home the fest’s best short documentary award.
“Last Flight Home” premiered at Sundance earlier this year before opening the Telluride Film Festival in September. This year marked Timoner’s first time at the Woodstock fest.
“The greatest joy I have is sharing my work in person,” Timoner told Variety. “The reason I make films is to impact people and this film is doing that more than any other film I’ve made.
- 10/2/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
They wouldn’t be there if they weren’t guilty. That’s the prevailing mindset of almost everyone in Love Crimes of Kabul, even the women who find themselves in jail in Afghanistan’s capital. In the documentary, director Tanaz Eshaghian gets out of the way to let the stories of three women in Badam Bagh Women’s Prison speak [...]...
- 7/12/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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Filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian says Westerners haven’t gotten the real story about the life of women in Afghanistan.
“Westerners assume, whether unconsciously or consciously, that there’s this nation where the women are just sitting around being miserable, quiet, downtrodden, sad,” she says, remembering her time in Afghanistan. “You forget that these are human beings. No one just sits around being quiet and sad, anywhere.”
Iranian-born Eshaghian, the Emmy-nominated director of the 2008 documentary “Be Like Others,...
Filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian says Westerners haven’t gotten the real story about the life of women in Afghanistan.
“Westerners assume, whether unconsciously or consciously, that there’s this nation where the women are just sitting around being miserable, quiet, downtrodden, sad,” she says, remembering her time in Afghanistan. “You forget that these are human beings. No one just sits around being quiet and sad, anywhere.”
Iranian-born Eshaghian, the Emmy-nominated director of the 2008 documentary “Be Like Others,...
- 7/11/2011
- by Nick Andersen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
And so the HBO Documentary Films summer series continues. We’ve already seen a handful of provocative films including Bobby Fischer Against the World, A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt, Sex Crimes Unit and more, and on Monday, July 11th at 9:00pm Et/Pt, it’ll be Love Crimes of Kabul‘s turn to join the ranks. Directed by Tanaz Eshaghian, Love Crimes of Kabul covers life in Kabul, Afghanistan nine years after the fall of the Taliban. Even with the oppressive regime out of the picture, Sharia Family Law’s strict policies are still in effect, resulting in many women serving time in Badam Bagh Women’s Prison for offenses like running away...
- 7/8/2011
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Once again, the Tribeca Film Festival is partnering with Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center to present two features in this year's Human Rights Watch International Film Festival: If a Tree Falls (Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman) and Love Crimes of Kabul (Tanaz Eshaghian). The 22nd Annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival will be held from June 16 to 30. Now in its 14th year at at FilmLinc's Walter Reade Theatre, it's a terrific festival for those of you - and who in NYC isn't? - interested in global issues of fairness, justice, and, the human capacity for resilience. This year's highlights include an opening night fundraiser for Human Rights Watch, featuring the highly-anticipated Bosnia thriller The Whistleblower, starring Rachel Weisz (tickets here); the entertaining biodoc tribute to Harry Belafonte, Sing Your Song (which played at Tff 2011); and a special tribute to filmmaker/war photojournalist Tim Hetherington...
- 5/23/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
The 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center
June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater Program of 19 Films from 12 Countries . including 17 New York Premieres
Now in its 22nd year, the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to New York with an extraordinary program of films set to inspire, inform and spark debate. A co-presentation of Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival will run from June 16 to 30 at the Film Society.s Walter Reade Theater. Nineteen of the best human rights themed films from 12 countries will be screened, 17 of them New York premieres. A majority of the filmmakers will be on hand after the screenings to discuss their films with the audience.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival program this year is organized around four themes: Truth, Justice and Accountability; Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism; Human Dignity,...
June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater Program of 19 Films from 12 Countries . including 17 New York Premieres
Now in its 22nd year, the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to New York with an extraordinary program of films set to inspire, inform and spark debate. A co-presentation of Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival will run from June 16 to 30 at the Film Society.s Walter Reade Theater. Nineteen of the best human rights themed films from 12 countries will be screened, 17 of them New York premieres. A majority of the filmmakers will be on hand after the screenings to discuss their films with the audience.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival program this year is organized around four themes: Truth, Justice and Accountability; Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism; Human Dignity,...
- 5/13/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nineteen films from twelve countries make up the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
- 5/13/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Nineteen films from twelve countries make up the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, June 16-30 at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
Co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival is organized around four themes:
- Truth, Justice and Accountability
- Times of Conflict and Responses to Terrorism
- Human Dignity, Discrimination and Resources
- Migrants’ and Women’s Rights.
Launching on June 16 with the political thriller “The Whistleblower,” starring Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn, other special features include a centerpiece portrait of Harry Belafonte titled “Sing Your Song,” a tribute to the photographer, filmmaker and journalist, “No Boundaries: Tim Hetherington,” recently killed in Libya, and a HIV/AIDS themed drama, “Life, Above All” from South Africa will close out the festival.
Here’s the official word on the films in the program. For the complete line-up, screening and scheduling information, go to http://www.hrw.org/iff
Truth,...
- 5/13/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
An unlikely mashup of two of today's biggest headlines (the Iranian election protests and Chastity Bono's sex reassignment), the timely new documentary Be Like Others addresses a loophole that's begun booming thanks to Iran's inhospitable treatment of gay men: the sex change industry. Faced with a society that outlaws homosexuality and promises often-fatal punishment, gay Iranians like Anoosh (pictured above right, with boyfriend Ali) are turning to Tehran doctor Bahram Mir-Jalali and his transsexual counselor Vida in order to become women, a process sanctioned and practically encouraged by Iranian law. We talked to director Tanaz Eshaghian about her eye-opening film, set to premiere on HBO2 June 24.
- 6/18/2009
- Movieline
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