Jewish Story Partners, the non-profit film fund that launched six months ago, announced its second round of grant recipients on Monday. The winners came after an open submissions call that saw a 226% increase in participation from the first round.
An additional $280,000 has been awarded this year, bringing Jsp’s 2021 spend to $500,000 as they identify nonfiction work telling diverse Jewish stories. International filmmakers and fiction projects will be sought in the future. The group anticipates to hand out $800,000 in 2022 and $1 million by 2023.
New funders include the Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Films, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, Kronhill Pletka Foundation and Koret Foundation.
Monday’s grants will fund noted documentary filmmakers including: Kate Amend, Marilyn Ness, Pratibha Parmar, Dan Sturman and Ondi Timoner.
“Jewish documentary films are a window into the richness and complexity of the arc of Jewish history and Jewish lives today,” said Lynn and...
An additional $280,000 has been awarded this year, bringing Jsp’s 2021 spend to $500,000 as they identify nonfiction work telling diverse Jewish stories. International filmmakers and fiction projects will be sought in the future. The group anticipates to hand out $800,000 in 2022 and $1 million by 2023.
New funders include the Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Films, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, Kronhill Pletka Foundation and Koret Foundation.
Monday’s grants will fund noted documentary filmmakers including: Kate Amend, Marilyn Ness, Pratibha Parmar, Dan Sturman and Ondi Timoner.
“Jewish documentary films are a window into the richness and complexity of the arc of Jewish history and Jewish lives today,” said Lynn and...
- 11/22/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscilloscope Laboratories, the production and distribution company founded by Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys, has picked up the North American rights to a pair of documentaries: Wrestle, the Suzannah Herbert- and Lauren Belfer-directed film about high school wrestlers, and The Proposal, visual artist and writer Jill Magid’s directorial debut doc, which premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Both will get a theatrical release sometime this year.
Wrestle follows four members of a wrestling team — Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan — at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama’s list of failing schools. Captured during the course of the team’s final season, the teammates each face challenges far beyond a shot at the state championship: splintered family lives, drug use, teenage pregnancy, mental health struggles and run-ins with the law threaten to derail their success on the mat and their futures.
Wrestle follows four members of a wrestling team — Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan — at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama’s list of failing schools. Captured during the course of the team’s final season, the teammates each face challenges far beyond a shot at the state championship: splintered family lives, drug use, teenage pregnancy, mental health struggles and run-ins with the law threaten to derail their success on the mat and their futures.
- 1/7/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Kino Lorber has acquired all U.S. rights to Cameron Yates’ documentary feature, “Chef Flynn,” for theatrical release in November followed by VOD and home video release late next winter.
“Chef Flynn” had its world premiere at 2018 Sundance Film Festival and its international premiere at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in February. It was also an official selection at SXSW this year.
The movie is directed by Cameron Yates, produced by Laura Coxson, executive produced by Philipp Engelhorn, and edited by Hannah Buck, with original music from Brooklyn-based electro-pop band Holy Ghost!
“Chef Flynn” centers on chef prodigy Flynn McGarry who started his culinary career at age 10, transforming his California living room into a restaurant using his classmates as line cooks and serving a tasting menu foraged from his neighbors’ backyards. The supper club, Eureka, eventually operated as pop-ups in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
With sudden...
“Chef Flynn” had its world premiere at 2018 Sundance Film Festival and its international premiere at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in February. It was also an official selection at SXSW this year.
The movie is directed by Cameron Yates, produced by Laura Coxson, executive produced by Philipp Engelhorn, and edited by Hannah Buck, with original music from Brooklyn-based electro-pop band Holy Ghost!
“Chef Flynn” centers on chef prodigy Flynn McGarry who started his culinary career at age 10, transforming his California living room into a restaurant using his classmates as line cooks and serving a tasting menu foraged from his neighbors’ backyards. The supper club, Eureka, eventually operated as pop-ups in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
With sudden...
- 6/21/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
As with many people, Chef Flynn director Cameron Yates first learned about teen chef Flynn McGarry through a New Yorker Profile. “There was a talk-of-the-town piece called ‘Prodigy’ about this kid who was foraging in his neighbor's backyards and doing these crazy multiple-course tasting menus in his mother's living room in Studio City, California,” Yates told Deadline, appearing at SXSW today with producer Laura Coxson and McGarry, his documentary subject. “I was…...
- 3/12/2018
- Deadline
Works in progress to include ‘Reconstructing Utoya’; new science section includes portrait of Oliver Sacks.
Cph:Dox has unveiled the 26 projects to be presented in its Cph:Forum, its financing and co-production event (March 21-22) that works across creative filmmaking.
The projects are from the likes of established directors such as Maxim Pozdorovkin (Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer), Guy Davidi (5 Broken Cameras), Camilla Nielsson (Democrats), Anna Eborn (Pine Ridge) and Grant Gee (Meeting People is Easy).
Topics range from a family trying to find their own utopia in an organic village; a portrait of Lee Miller; the filmic obsessions of Lars von Trier; and Chinese women trying to find a partner by age 27.
For the fifth year, the Forum projects are eligible for the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of $18,400 €15,000 for the event’s best pitch. Kickstarter provides guidance and promotional support for the Forum projects as well.
More than 150 attending decision makers will include European broadcasters such as...
Cph:Dox has unveiled the 26 projects to be presented in its Cph:Forum, its financing and co-production event (March 21-22) that works across creative filmmaking.
The projects are from the likes of established directors such as Maxim Pozdorovkin (Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer), Guy Davidi (5 Broken Cameras), Camilla Nielsson (Democrats), Anna Eborn (Pine Ridge) and Grant Gee (Meeting People is Easy).
Topics range from a family trying to find their own utopia in an organic village; a portrait of Lee Miller; the filmic obsessions of Lars von Trier; and Chinese women trying to find a partner by age 27.
For the fifth year, the Forum projects are eligible for the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of $18,400 €15,000 for the event’s best pitch. Kickstarter provides guidance and promotional support for the Forum projects as well.
More than 150 attending decision makers will include European broadcasters such as...
- 2/8/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Watch: 'Iris' Gets Honest About the Creative Process in Bonus Interviews From Albert Maysles' Acclaimed Doc Prolific documentarian Albert Maysles passed away earlier this year, months before the release of "Iris," his documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel. As part of the International Documentary Association's (Ida) screening series, Rebekah Maysles, Albert's daughter and a producer on "Iris," and fellow producer Laura Coxson discussed the film and how Maysles approached documentary filmmaking in the face of shrinking funds. Speaking with Indiewire Editor-in-Chief Dana Harris, Maysles talked lovingly of her father, his love of film and his "insane" work ethic, while Coxson spoke of the connection forged between Albert and his documentary subject, Apfel. The two also discussed the difficult economic realities of documentary filmmaking in frank terms, revealing it as something with which the late Maysles...
- 11/4/2015
- by Karen Brill
- Indiewire
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Magnolia is attending Filmart in Hong Kong March 23 – 26 with an exceptionally strong package of festival films from Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize winner “The Wolfpack” and “Tangerine” by the Duplass brothers, Tiff’s “Best of Enemies”, SXSW’s “The Wrecking Crew” to smart horror films and their own special productions. Just look at their line-up. Don’t you want to see every one of them? Well, you can if you live in U.S. As they have the domestic rights to them all. For available rights, see their page in Cinando
"The Wolfpack"
2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize
Directed by Crystal Moselle
Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed the Wolfpack, the brothers spend their childhood re-enacting their favorite films using elaborate homemade props and costumes. With no friends and living on welfare, they feed their curiosity, creativity, and imagination with film, which allows them to escape from their feelings of isolation and loneliness. Everything changes when one of the brothers escapes, and the power dynamics in the house are transformed. The Wolfpack must learn how to integrate into society without disbanding the brotherhood.
"Xx" (In Production)
Directed by Sofia Carrillo, Mary Harron Karyn Kusama, Jennifer Chambers Lynch, Jovanka Vuckovic
Produced by Magnolia Pictures, Xyz Films ("Tusk," "The Raid") and Dwjuan Fox
Xx is a new Horror anthology with a gender twist - all segments will be helmed by female directors and will start female leads. The directors have been given free creative rein within budget and time constraints, but all of the segments themselves will involve the horror genre.
"Results"
Directed by Andrew Bujalski ("Computer Chess")
Cast:: Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Michael Hall, Brooklyn Decker
Recently divorced, newly rich, and utterly miserable, Danny (Kevin Corrigan) would seem to be the perfect test subject for a definitive look at the relationship between money and happiness. Danny’s well-funded boredom is interrupted by a momentous trip to the local gym, where he meets self-styled guru/owner Trevor (Guy Pearce) and abrasive yet irresistable trainer Kat (Cobie Smulders). Soon their three lives become intertwined, both professionally and personally.
"Tangerine"
Directed by Sean Baker ("Starlet")
Cast: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O’Hagan, Alla Tumanian, James Ransone
It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.
Executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass
"Satanic" (In Production)
Directed by Jeff Hunt ("Fringe," "CSI," "Person of Interest")
Produced by Lawrence Mattis (Circle of Confusion) and Michael Moran (MarVista Entertainment)
"Satanic" follows a group of college students visiting sites from Los Angeles’ “Satanic Panic” era. They follow the creepy owner of an occult store home, only to find themselves saving a suspicious girl from an apparent human sacrifice. Only this “victim” turns out to be much more dangerous than the cult from which she escaped.
"Best of Enemies"
Directed by Morgan Neville ("20 Feet from Stardom") and Robert Gordon
Featuring Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr.
In 1968 ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions - William F. Buckley, Jr. and Gore Vidal. Like rounds in a heavyweight battle, they pummeled out policy and personal insult—cementing their opposing political positions. Their explosive exchanges devolved into vitriolic name-calling. It was unlike anything TV had ever broadcast, and all the more shocking because it was live and unscripted.
"The Wrecking Crew"
Directed by Denny Tedesco
Featuring Interviews with: Cher, Dick Clark, Brian Wilson, Nancy Sinatra
Six years in a row in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to Wrecking Crew recordings. The film tells the story of the unsung musicians that provided the backbeat, the bottom and the swinging melody that drove many of the number one hits of the 1960’s. It didn’t matter if it was Nat “King” Cole, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, The Byrds or The Beach Boys, these dedicated musicians brought the flair and musicianship that made the American “west coast sound” a dominant cultural force around the world.
"Iris"
Directed by Albert Maysles ("Grey Gardens," "Gimme Shelter")
Produced by Laura Coxson, Rebekah Maysles and Jennifer Ash Rudick
Iris pairs legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how, even at Iris’ advanced age, a soaring free spirit continues to inspire.
"The Wolfpack"
2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize
Directed by Crystal Moselle
Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed the Wolfpack, the brothers spend their childhood re-enacting their favorite films using elaborate homemade props and costumes. With no friends and living on welfare, they feed their curiosity, creativity, and imagination with film, which allows them to escape from their feelings of isolation and loneliness. Everything changes when one of the brothers escapes, and the power dynamics in the house are transformed. The Wolfpack must learn how to integrate into society without disbanding the brotherhood.
"Xx" (In Production)
Directed by Sofia Carrillo, Mary Harron Karyn Kusama, Jennifer Chambers Lynch, Jovanka Vuckovic
Produced by Magnolia Pictures, Xyz Films ("Tusk," "The Raid") and Dwjuan Fox
Xx is a new Horror anthology with a gender twist - all segments will be helmed by female directors and will start female leads. The directors have been given free creative rein within budget and time constraints, but all of the segments themselves will involve the horror genre.
"Results"
Directed by Andrew Bujalski ("Computer Chess")
Cast:: Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Michael Hall, Brooklyn Decker
Recently divorced, newly rich, and utterly miserable, Danny (Kevin Corrigan) would seem to be the perfect test subject for a definitive look at the relationship between money and happiness. Danny’s well-funded boredom is interrupted by a momentous trip to the local gym, where he meets self-styled guru/owner Trevor (Guy Pearce) and abrasive yet irresistable trainer Kat (Cobie Smulders). Soon their three lives become intertwined, both professionally and personally.
"Tangerine"
Directed by Sean Baker ("Starlet")
Cast: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O’Hagan, Alla Tumanian, James Ransone
It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.
Executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass
"Satanic" (In Production)
Directed by Jeff Hunt ("Fringe," "CSI," "Person of Interest")
Produced by Lawrence Mattis (Circle of Confusion) and Michael Moran (MarVista Entertainment)
"Satanic" follows a group of college students visiting sites from Los Angeles’ “Satanic Panic” era. They follow the creepy owner of an occult store home, only to find themselves saving a suspicious girl from an apparent human sacrifice. Only this “victim” turns out to be much more dangerous than the cult from which she escaped.
"Best of Enemies"
Directed by Morgan Neville ("20 Feet from Stardom") and Robert Gordon
Featuring Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr.
In 1968 ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions - William F. Buckley, Jr. and Gore Vidal. Like rounds in a heavyweight battle, they pummeled out policy and personal insult—cementing their opposing political positions. Their explosive exchanges devolved into vitriolic name-calling. It was unlike anything TV had ever broadcast, and all the more shocking because it was live and unscripted.
"The Wrecking Crew"
Directed by Denny Tedesco
Featuring Interviews with: Cher, Dick Clark, Brian Wilson, Nancy Sinatra
Six years in a row in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to Wrecking Crew recordings. The film tells the story of the unsung musicians that provided the backbeat, the bottom and the swinging melody that drove many of the number one hits of the 1960’s. It didn’t matter if it was Nat “King” Cole, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, The Byrds or The Beach Boys, these dedicated musicians brought the flair and musicianship that made the American “west coast sound” a dominant cultural force around the world.
"Iris"
Directed by Albert Maysles ("Grey Gardens," "Gimme Shelter")
Produced by Laura Coxson, Rebekah Maysles and Jennifer Ash Rudick
Iris pairs legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how, even at Iris’ advanced age, a soaring free spirit continues to inspire.
- 3/6/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Albert Maysles’ documentary chronicles the life of 93-year-old fashionista Iris Apfel and will open theatrically in 2015. Separately, Lionsgate has set an October 2015 release for The Last Witch Hunter.
Iris premiered at the New York Film Festival and took home the audience award from the Hamptons Film Festival shortly thereafter.
Laura Coxson, Rebekah Maysles and Jennifer Ash Rudick produced.
“Iris is an exceptionally charming and moving film about a life well-lived,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles. “I was completely taken by Iris Apfel watching it, and I’m confident audiences will fall for her too. It’s an honour to be working with the legend Albert Maysles.”
Dori Begley and John Von Thaden negotiated the deal for Magnolia with Josh Braun of Submarine on behalf of the filmmakers.
Lionsgate has a set an October 23, 2015, wide Us release for Summit’s supernatural action film The Last Witch Hunter starring Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie and [link...
Iris premiered at the New York Film Festival and took home the audience award from the Hamptons Film Festival shortly thereafter.
Laura Coxson, Rebekah Maysles and Jennifer Ash Rudick produced.
“Iris is an exceptionally charming and moving film about a life well-lived,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles. “I was completely taken by Iris Apfel watching it, and I’m confident audiences will fall for her too. It’s an honour to be working with the legend Albert Maysles.”
Dori Begley and John Von Thaden negotiated the deal for Magnolia with Josh Braun of Submarine on behalf of the filmmakers.
Lionsgate has a set an October 23, 2015, wide Us release for Summit’s supernatural action film The Last Witch Hunter starring Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie and [link...
- 10/24/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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