Timed to SXSW, Freestyle Digital Media has picked up the North American rights to the music-driven documentary Finding Lucinda.
Directed by Joel Fendelman, the road movie follows singer-songwriter Ismay, also known as Avery Hellman, on a quest to track down her hero and music icon Lucinda Williams and the people and places that shaped her early career. The doc, which premiered at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, is set for a fall 2024 release by the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group.
Finding Lucinda features interviews with Charlie Sexton — who played with Williams when he was 11 years old and she was a little-known songwriter in Austin — Buddy Miller, Mary Gauthier, Josh Baca and Max Baca of Los Texmaniacs, Wolf Stephenson and John Grimaudo, Williams’ guitarist from her first record.
The film was written by Fendelman and Hellman, and produced by Liz McBee, Chuck Prophet and Jennifer Steinman Sternin.
Directed by Joel Fendelman, the road movie follows singer-songwriter Ismay, also known as Avery Hellman, on a quest to track down her hero and music icon Lucinda Williams and the people and places that shaped her early career. The doc, which premiered at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, is set for a fall 2024 release by the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group.
Finding Lucinda features interviews with Charlie Sexton — who played with Williams when he was 11 years old and she was a little-known songwriter in Austin — Buddy Miller, Mary Gauthier, Josh Baca and Max Baca of Los Texmaniacs, Wolf Stephenson and John Grimaudo, Williams’ guitarist from her first record.
The film was written by Fendelman and Hellman, and produced by Liz McBee, Chuck Prophet and Jennifer Steinman Sternin.
- 3/11/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On June 23, 2014, a 79-year-old Methodist minister named Charles Moore drove to a nearly deserted shopping center parking lot in his former hometown of Grand Saline, Texas, poured gasoline on himself, and set himself on fire. The note Moore left on his car's windshield outlined the reasons for his act of self-immolation, which was his extreme form of protest against the long history of racism endemic to both Grand Saline and America in general. The events leading up to, and the repercussions from, Moore's ultimate activist sacrifice are patiently explored in Joel Fendelman's documentary Man on Fire. As opposed to the (literally) burning fervor of its central figure, this film adopts a slow, meditative pace. Scenes of small town life alternate with interviews allowing...
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- 1/28/2018
- Screen Anarchy
The documentary film and television community came together to honor their own at the festive 33rd Annual Ida Documentary Awards celebration Saturday night at the Paramount Studio Theatre. The evening’s top prizes went to Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini’s Sundance-jury-winning love story “Dina” for Best Feature, and Laura Checkoway’s Oscar-shortlisted “Edith+Eddie” for Best Short.
Other winners included Dan Lindsay and Tj Martin’s Oscar-shortlisted “La 92” for the ABC News VideoSource Award, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Curated Series, HBO’s “The Defiant Ones” for Best Limited Series, BBC’s “Planet Earth II” for Best Episodic Series, The New York Times Op-Docs for Best Short Form Series (which boasts three Oscar-shortlisted shorts), and Joel Fendelman’s “Man on Fire” for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award.
Charles Burnett presented the Emerging Filmmaker Award to Yance Ford, winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award for Storytelling,...
Other winners included Dan Lindsay and Tj Martin’s Oscar-shortlisted “La 92” for the ABC News VideoSource Award, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Curated Series, HBO’s “The Defiant Ones” for Best Limited Series, BBC’s “Planet Earth II” for Best Episodic Series, The New York Times Op-Docs for Best Short Form Series (which boasts three Oscar-shortlisted shorts), and Joel Fendelman’s “Man on Fire” for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award.
Charles Burnett presented the Emerging Filmmaker Award to Yance Ford, winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award for Storytelling,...
- 12/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The documentary film and television community came together to honor their own at the festive 33rd Annual Ida Documentary Awards celebration Saturday night at the Paramount Studio Theatre. The evening’s top prizes went to Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini’s Sundance-jury-winning love story “Dina” for Best Feature, and Laura Checkoway’s Oscar-shortlisted “Edith+Eddie” for Best Short.
Other winners included Dan Lindsay and Tj Martin’s Oscar-shortlisted “La 92” for the ABC News VideoSource Award, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Curated Series, HBO’s “The Defiant Ones” for Best Limited Series, BBC’s “Planet Earth II” for Best Episodic Series, The New York Times Op-Docs for Best Short Form Series (which boasts three Oscar-shortlisted shorts), and Joel Fendelman’s “Man on Fire” for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award.
Charles Burnett presented the Emerging Filmmaker Award to Yance Ford, winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award for Storytelling,...
Other winners included Dan Lindsay and Tj Martin’s Oscar-shortlisted “La 92” for the ABC News VideoSource Award, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Curated Series, HBO’s “The Defiant Ones” for Best Limited Series, BBC’s “Planet Earth II” for Best Episodic Series, The New York Times Op-Docs for Best Short Form Series (which boasts three Oscar-shortlisted shorts), and Joel Fendelman’s “Man on Fire” for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award.
Charles Burnett presented the Emerging Filmmaker Award to Yance Ford, winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award for Storytelling,...
- 12/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Slamdance Film Festival announced today their narrative and documentary feature film competition for its 24th Festival edition, taking place January 19-25, 2018 in Park City. Established in 1995 by a group of filmmakers whose work had been rejected by the Sundance Film Festival, Slamdance is dedicated to fostering a community for independent emerging artists, fashioning itself “the premiere film festival by filmmakers, for filmmakers.”
The feature competition includes 16 premieres, mostly produced in the U.S. All competition films are feature length directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1 million Usd, and without Us distribution. In addition, the festival announced a new partnership with alumni Anthony and Joe Russo (“Captain America: Civil War,” and “Avengers: Infinity War”) to establish the inaugural Russo Fellowship award. Every participating filmmaker will be eligible for a $25,000 cash prize and mentorship from the Russos in the development of the winner’s next project at the brothers’ Los Angeles studio.
The feature competition includes 16 premieres, mostly produced in the U.S. All competition films are feature length directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1 million Usd, and without Us distribution. In addition, the festival announced a new partnership with alumni Anthony and Joe Russo (“Captain America: Civil War,” and “Avengers: Infinity War”) to establish the inaugural Russo Fellowship award. Every participating filmmaker will be eligible for a $25,000 cash prize and mentorship from the Russos in the development of the winner’s next project at the brothers’ Los Angeles studio.
- 11/28/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The International Documentary Association has announced its initial round of nominees for the 2017 Ida Documentary Awards, including special mentions and nods for limited series, curated series, episodic series, and more. Nominees for Best Feature and Best Short, and awards for creative recognition, will be announced on November 1. The Ida will honor director Marcel Mettelsiefen’s “Watani: My Homeland” with the Pare Lorentz Award. Also receiving a special mention in the category is Joe Berlinger’s “Intent to Destroy.”
Other standouts from this first list of nominees include Bryan Fogel’s controversial “Icarus,” Ryan White’s Netflix series “The Keepers,” Ken Burns’ revelatory miniseries “The Vietnam War,” and many more of the year’s best in documentary offerings.
Read More:Joan Didion and Arthur Miller Get the Documentary Treatment From Family Members, And That Makes All the Difference — Nyff
The 33rd edition of the annual ceremony will take place Saturday, December...
Other standouts from this first list of nominees include Bryan Fogel’s controversial “Icarus,” Ryan White’s Netflix series “The Keepers,” Ken Burns’ revelatory miniseries “The Vietnam War,” and many more of the year’s best in documentary offerings.
Read More:Joan Didion and Arthur Miller Get the Documentary Treatment From Family Members, And That Makes All the Difference — Nyff
The 33rd edition of the annual ceremony will take place Saturday, December...
- 10/16/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In "Needle Through Brick" - available in its entirety at the bottom of this page courtesy of SnagFilms - filmmaker Joel Fendelman explores the struggle of between traditional culture and the modern world told through Chinese Kung Fu masters living in Souteast Asia. "Needle Through Brick" Director: Patrick Daly Producers: James Adolphus, Joel Fendelman, Patrick Daly Editors: Siobhan Dunne, Michael Furth [Disclosure: SnagFilms is the parent company of indieWIRE] The doc, "Needle Through Brick" is available free on SnagFilms (and at the end of this article). This interview with Joel Fendelman is part of an ongoing series of SnagFilm filmmaker profiles that will be featured weekly on Indiewire. SnagFilms is the parent company of Indiewire. Give us the 140 character description of your film. The struggle for survival of traditional culture in the face of a modernizing world, told from the perspective of Chinese Kung Fu...
- 12/16/2011
- Indiewire
Award-winning Feature Film David To Screen at the St. Louis International Film Festival on Friday, November 11, 7:15 pm at The Tivoli Theater and Sunday, November 13, 2:30 pm at the Plaza Frontenac Cinemas
David, a story about faith, friendship and the challenges of growing up in America, has been sparking discussion about tolerance as it screens in festivals across the country.
David, a new feature film directed by Joel Fendelman and written by Fendelman and Patrick Daly with a cast led by the celebrated actor Maz Jobrani (The Interpreter, 13 Going on 30, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour) will screen at the upcoming Dallas VideoFest on Sunday, September 25 at noon. A story of faith, friendship, family and the challenges of growing up in America, David is the winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2011 Brooklyn International Film Festival and the Ecumenical Award at the recent Montreal Film Festival.
David, a story about faith, friendship and the challenges of growing up in America, has been sparking discussion about tolerance as it screens in festivals across the country.
David, a new feature film directed by Joel Fendelman and written by Fendelman and Patrick Daly with a cast led by the celebrated actor Maz Jobrani (The Interpreter, 13 Going on 30, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour) will screen at the upcoming Dallas VideoFest on Sunday, September 25 at noon. A story of faith, friendship, family and the challenges of growing up in America, David is the winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2011 Brooklyn International Film Festival and the Ecumenical Award at the recent Montreal Film Festival.
- 10/11/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Belgian director Geoffrey Enthoven won the Montreal World Film Festival's Grand Prix des Ameriques with his road comedy "Hasta la Vista!" (Come as You Are) on Sunday. This is the third time in five years that a Flemish Belgian movie has won top honors at the festival, reports Variety. "Hasta la Vista!" follows three disabled men who go on a road trip to Spain in order to visit a brothel that caters to people with disabilities. Pic starring Gilles De Schrijver, Robrecht Vanden Thoren and Xandra Van Welden also won Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury. Taking hom the Ecumenical Prize was "David," a drama helmed by Joel Fendelman following an unusual friendship...
- 8/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Belgian director Geoffrey Enthoven won the Montreal World Film Festival's Grand Prix des Ameriques with his road comedy "Hasta la Vista!" (Come as You Are) on Sunday. This is the third time in five years that a Flemish Belgian movie has won top honors at the festival, reports Variety. "Hasta la Vista!" follows three disabled men who go on a road trip to Spain in order to visit a brothel that caters to people with disabilities. Pic starring Gilles De Schrijver, Robrecht Vanden Thoren and Xandra Van Welden also won Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury. Taking hom the Ecumenical Prize was "David," a drama helmed by Joel Fendelman following an unusual friendship...
- 8/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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