On Tuesday, January 17, Marjan Safinia was elected as Ida's new Board President. The other officers were re-elected to their current positions: Adam Chapnick as Vice-President, Moises Velez as Secretary, and Laurie Ann Schag as Treasurer.
Marjan Safinia is an Iranian documentary filmmaker. Her feature debut, Seeds, premiered as the Opening Night Film at SilverDocs and played at over 50 international film festivals. The film was broadcast in the Us, UK, New Zealand, Jamaica and across the Arab world. Her first film, But You Speak Such Good English (UK), premiered at ...
Marjan Safinia is an Iranian documentary filmmaker. Her feature debut, Seeds, premiered as the Opening Night Film at SilverDocs and played at over 50 international film festivals. The film was broadcast in the Us, UK, New Zealand, Jamaica and across the Arab world. Her first film, But You Speak Such Good English (UK), premiered at ...
- 1/19/2012
- by IDA Editorial Staff
- International Documentary Association
Doug Block The International Documentary Association will present "The Art of the Personal Documentary: A Conversation with Doug Block" at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 16, at The Cinefamily (the old Silent Movie Theatre). Doug Block is the New York-based director of 51 Birch Street and The Kids Grow Up. He and moderator Marjan Safinia (But You Speak Such Good English, Seeds) will discuss the following topics: How did his filmmaker journey lead him to making personal documentaries? What are the hardest moments he’s had to face while making work about his family? How has he developed the ability to still make strong directorial choice when the subject of his films is, quite literally, so close to home? How does he navigate production as a self-shooter who is in the film? Doc U is the International Documentary Association’s series of educational seminars and workshops for aspiring and experienced documentary filmmakers.
- 5/12/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Alejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside, Spain's entry for the best foreign-language film Academy Award, received the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 16th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which concluded Monday. The runner-up was The Thing About My Folks, directed by Raymond De Felitta, and starring Paul Reiser as a son who embarks on a road trip with his father, played by Peter Falk. The Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature went to Yaron Zilberman's Watermarks, which relates the story of the Jewish Sports Club, formed in 1909 and destroyed by the Nazis in 1938, as told by seven women, all former champion swimmers. The runner-up was Seeds, directed by Marjan Safinia and Joseph Boyle, which concerns children from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict who participate in the Seeds of Peace Camp in Maine.
- 1/18/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside, Spain's entry for the best foreign-language film Academy Award, received the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 16th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which concluded Monday. The runner-up was The Thing About My Folks, directed by Raymond De Felitta, and starring Paul Reiser as a son who embarks on a road trip with his father, played by Peter Falk. The Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature went to Yaron Zilberman's Watermarks, which relates the story of the Jewish Sports Club, formed in 1909 and destroyed by the Nazis in 1938, as told by seven women, all former champion swimmers. The runner-up was Seeds, directed by Marjan Safinia and Joseph Boyle, which concerns children from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict who participate in the Seeds of Peace Camp in Maine.
- 1/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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