Cinema Eye has named 10 filmmakers and 20 films that have been voted as the top achievements in documentary filmmaking during the past 10 years. Founded in 2007 to “recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film,” Cinema Eye polled 110 members of the documentary community to determine the winning films and filmmakers just as the organization kicks off its tenth year.
Read More: Behind the Scenes of Cinema Eye’s Secret Field Trip for Nominees
Among the films chosen are Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing,” Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” and Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” Poitras and Oppenheimer were both also named to the list of the top documentary filmmakers, joining Alex Gibney, Werner Herzog and Frederick Wiseman, who recently won an honorary Oscar and will be saluted at the annual Governors Awards on November 12.
“It’s fantastic that he is being recognized by the Academy for a...
Read More: Behind the Scenes of Cinema Eye’s Secret Field Trip for Nominees
Among the films chosen are Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing,” Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” and Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” Poitras and Oppenheimer were both also named to the list of the top documentary filmmakers, joining Alex Gibney, Werner Herzog and Frederick Wiseman, who recently won an honorary Oscar and will be saluted at the annual Governors Awards on November 12.
“It’s fantastic that he is being recognized by the Academy for a...
- 9/21/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Donation to fund new building and bursary for socially disadvantaged students
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has announced plans to donate £1.5m ($2.2m) to the National Film and Television School (Nfts) to help boost and widen the pipeline of new industry talent in the creative industries.
Some £1m of the C4 investment will help fund an expansion of the Nfts to accommodate its new Creative Industries Skills Academy – increasing the capacity of its Beaconsfield Studios site in Buckinghamshire.
A further £500,000 will fund a C4 bursary scheme at the school to run over five years, directly aimed at increasing social mobility within the creative industries. This will be used to enable 20 students a year from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, particularly outside London across the UK nations and regions, to study at the school.
C4 CEO David Abraham said: “The Nfts is a world leader and a vital source of talent for the UK creative industries and Channel 4 has the...
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has announced plans to donate £1.5m ($2.2m) to the National Film and Television School (Nfts) to help boost and widen the pipeline of new industry talent in the creative industries.
Some £1m of the C4 investment will help fund an expansion of the Nfts to accommodate its new Creative Industries Skills Academy – increasing the capacity of its Beaconsfield Studios site in Buckinghamshire.
A further £500,000 will fund a C4 bursary scheme at the school to run over five years, directly aimed at increasing social mobility within the creative industries. This will be used to enable 20 students a year from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, particularly outside London across the UK nations and regions, to study at the school.
C4 CEO David Abraham said: “The Nfts is a world leader and a vital source of talent for the UK creative industries and Channel 4 has the...
- 1/13/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Lagos, Nigeria’s iRep, one of Africa’s few documentary-specific film festivals, has closed its fifth anniversary edition showing more than 40 films curated around themes and issues in Africa.
Executive director Femi Odugbemi said, “We have rekindled awareness of the power and possibilities of documentary to provoke debate, highlight issues, explicate human experiences and explore histories and cultures.”
The festival’s screenings included three films directed by Kim Longinotto: Love Is All, Salma and Rough Aunties.
Other programme highlights include Jean Marie-Teno’s Leaf In The Wind, Irene Loebell’s Life In Progress, Terry Davis’ Colors: Bangin’ in South Carolina, Uli Gaulke’s Comrades in Dreams, Michael Matheson Miller’s Poverty Inc., Dayo Balogun’s Project Rebranding Nollywood, and Ryan Mullins’ Chameleon.
In addition to screenings, the festival also included workshops, conferences and networking platforms. iRep also held a producers roundtable event to connect with each other and visiting industry experts.
Rob Ritchie, screenwriter...
Executive director Femi Odugbemi said, “We have rekindled awareness of the power and possibilities of documentary to provoke debate, highlight issues, explicate human experiences and explore histories and cultures.”
The festival’s screenings included three films directed by Kim Longinotto: Love Is All, Salma and Rough Aunties.
Other programme highlights include Jean Marie-Teno’s Leaf In The Wind, Irene Loebell’s Life In Progress, Terry Davis’ Colors: Bangin’ in South Carolina, Uli Gaulke’s Comrades in Dreams, Michael Matheson Miller’s Poverty Inc., Dayo Balogun’s Project Rebranding Nollywood, and Ryan Mullins’ Chameleon.
In addition to screenings, the festival also included workshops, conferences and networking platforms. iRep also held a producers roundtable event to connect with each other and visiting industry experts.
Rob Ritchie, screenwriter...
- 3/23/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Kim Longinotto-directed film follows a former prostitute’s efforts to end the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth
Showtime acquired the rights to “Dreamcatcher” on Thursday, a documentary about a former prostitute’s efforts to curb human trafficking and to prevent the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. The deal was announced before its Jan. 25 world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Also Read: 10 Sundance Breakout Stars Led by Melissa Rauch, Julia Garner and the ‘Knock Knock’ Girls
Directed by veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto (“Salma,” “Rough Aunties,” “Divorce Iranian Style,”) “Dreamcatcher” focuses on Brenda Myers-Powell, a former Chicago prostitute who helps...
Showtime acquired the rights to “Dreamcatcher” on Thursday, a documentary about a former prostitute’s efforts to curb human trafficking and to prevent the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. The deal was announced before its Jan. 25 world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Also Read: 10 Sundance Breakout Stars Led by Melissa Rauch, Julia Garner and the ‘Knock Knock’ Girls
Directed by veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto (“Salma,” “Rough Aunties,” “Divorce Iranian Style,”) “Dreamcatcher” focuses on Brenda Myers-Powell, a former Chicago prostitute who helps...
- 1/22/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Showtime Networks has made a deal for rights to Dreamcatcher, the Sundance premiere documentary by helmer Kim Longinotto (Salma, Rough Aunties, Divorce Iranian Style) about former Chicago prostitute-turned-advocate Brenda Myers-Powell and her efforts to fight the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. The Rise Films, Vixen Films and Green Acres production in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation is produced by Lisa Stevens and Teddy Leifer (The Inte…...
- 1/22/2015
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline TV
Showtime Networks has made a deal for rights to Dreamcatcher, the Sundance premiere documentary by helmer Kim Longinotto (Salma, Rough Aunties, Divorce Iranian Style) about former Chicago prostitute-turned-advocate Brenda Myers-Powell and her efforts to fight the sexual exploitation of at-risk youth. The Rise Films, Vixen Films and Green Acres production in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation is produced by Lisa Stevens and Teddy Leifer (The Interrupters, The Invisible War) and executive produced by Dan Cogan, Geralyn White Dreyfous and Regina K. Scully; associate producers are John Stack and Wilfred Spears. Deal was negotiated by Andrew Herwitz of the Film Sales Company on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 1/22/2015
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Dogwoof has picked up world sales rights and UK distribution rights to Kim Longinotto’s Sheffield doc Love is All.
Funded by the BBC and BFI and produced by Mark Atkin, Heather Croall (Sheffield Doc/Fest) and Martin Rosenbaum (Pervert’s Guide…), the film explores love and courtship through the history of cinema.
Longinotto (Pink Saris, Rough Aunties) and collaborator Ollie Huddleston crafted the film entirely of archive footage, including the very first screen kiss and well-known and obscure examples of rebellious teen love, couples flirting, gay love and free love.
“Love is All is one of the most romantic films in recent years. Its appeal spans audiences across demographics, young and old - a fantastic date movie and a treasure throve for the cinephiles everywhere,” said Vesna Cudic, sales and acquisitions, Dogwoof.
Funded by the BBC and BFI and produced by Mark Atkin, Heather Croall (Sheffield Doc/Fest) and Martin Rosenbaum (Pervert’s Guide…), the film explores love and courtship through the history of cinema.
Longinotto (Pink Saris, Rough Aunties) and collaborator Ollie Huddleston crafted the film entirely of archive footage, including the very first screen kiss and well-known and obscure examples of rebellious teen love, couples flirting, gay love and free love.
“Love is All is one of the most romantic films in recent years. Its appeal spans audiences across demographics, young and old - a fantastic date movie and a treasure throve for the cinephiles everywhere,” said Vesna Cudic, sales and acquisitions, Dogwoof.
- 8/21/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Rise Films is reteaming with Longinotto for Us prostitution documentary.
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
- 9/26/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rise Films is reteaming with Longinotto for Us prostitution documentary.
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
- 9/26/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its 276-member-strong class of 2013.
The list, published by The Hollywood Reporter, includes actors, cinematographers, designers, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, "members-at-large," musicians, producers, PR folks, short filmmakers and animators, sound technicians, visual effects artists, and writers.
Jason Bateman, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milla Jovovich, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Lopez, Emily Mortimer, Sandra Oh, Jason Schwartzman, and Michael Peña are among the roster of actors, while "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig made the directors' cut.
"We did not change our criteria at all," says Academy president Hawk Koch of this year's larger-than-usual class. "Yes, this year there is a tremendous amount of women, a tremendous amount of people of color, people from all walks of life. This year, we asked the branches to look at everybody who wasn't in the Academy but who deserved to be.
The list, published by The Hollywood Reporter, includes actors, cinematographers, designers, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, "members-at-large," musicians, producers, PR folks, short filmmakers and animators, sound technicians, visual effects artists, and writers.
Jason Bateman, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milla Jovovich, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Lopez, Emily Mortimer, Sandra Oh, Jason Schwartzman, and Michael Peña are among the roster of actors, while "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig made the directors' cut.
"We did not change our criteria at all," says Academy president Hawk Koch of this year's larger-than-usual class. "Yes, this year there is a tremendous amount of women, a tremendous amount of people of color, people from all walks of life. This year, we asked the branches to look at everybody who wasn't in the Academy but who deserved to be.
- 7/4/2013
- by Laura Larson
- Moviefone
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 276 members of the entertainment industry invited to join organization. The list includes actors, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, producers and more. Of those listed below, those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2013. "These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today," said Academy President Hawk Koch in a press release. "Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy." Koch also told Variety, "In the past eight or nine years, each branch could only bring in X amount of members. There were people each branch would have liked to get in but couldn't. We asked them to be more inclusive of the best of the best, and each branch was excited, because they got...
- 6/28/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Academy just added 276 Oscar voters.
That’s 100 more than last year, and part of an easing of a longstanding cap on the number of new members allowed to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences each year.
AMPAS usually adds between 130 and 180 new members, replacing those who have quit or passed away. The membership now stands around 6,000.
Jason Bateman, Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emmanuelle Riva, and Chris Tucker are among the actors who have been invited to join, the organization announced today.
Other interesting additions: the musician Prince, Girls and Tiny Furniture writer/director/actress Lena Dunham,...
That’s 100 more than last year, and part of an easing of a longstanding cap on the number of new members allowed to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences each year.
AMPAS usually adds between 130 and 180 new members, replacing those who have quit or passed away. The membership now stands around 6,000.
Jason Bateman, Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emmanuelle Riva, and Chris Tucker are among the actors who have been invited to join, the organization announced today.
Other interesting additions: the musician Prince, Girls and Tiny Furniture writer/director/actress Lena Dunham,...
- 6/28/2013
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 276 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2013.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Hawk Koch. “Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy.”
The 2013 invitees are:
Actors
Jason Bateman – “Up in the Air,” “Juno”
Miriam Colon – “City of Hope,” “Scarface”
Rosario Dawson – “Rent,” “Frank Miller’s Sin City”
Kimberly Elise – “For Colored Girls,” “Beloved”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “Lincoln,” “The Dark Knight Rises”
Charles Grodin – “Midnight Run,” “The Heartbreak Kid”
Rebecca Hall – “Iron Man 3,” “The Town”
Lance Henriksen – “Aliens,” “The Terminator”
Jack Huston – “Not Fade Away,” “Factory Girl”
Milla Jovovich – “Resident Evil,...
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Hawk Koch. “Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy.”
The 2013 invitees are:
Actors
Jason Bateman – “Up in the Air,” “Juno”
Miriam Colon – “City of Hope,” “Scarface”
Rosario Dawson – “Rent,” “Frank Miller’s Sin City”
Kimberly Elise – “For Colored Girls,” “Beloved”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “Lincoln,” “The Dark Knight Rises”
Charles Grodin – “Midnight Run,” “The Heartbreak Kid”
Rebecca Hall – “Iron Man 3,” “The Town”
Lance Henriksen – “Aliens,” “The Terminator”
Jack Huston – “Not Fade Away,” “Factory Girl”
Milla Jovovich – “Resident Evil,...
- 6/28/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Still from Salma
This year India is represented at Sundance Film Festival by one fiction film and two documentaries–Gangs of Wasseypur, Fire in the Blood and Salma– which is commendable considering its track record at the premier film festival. The three films were selected from 12,146 submissions from all around the world.
In 2012, Valley of Saints (India-us) by Musa Syeed won the World Cinema Audience Award in the Dramatic category. In 2011, The Bengali Detective (India-us-Britain) directed by Philip Cox competed in World Cinema Documentary section while Anusha Rizvi’s Peepli (Live) participated in World Cinema Narrative competition in 2010.
This year, not only there are three films from India at the festival, but Anurag Kashyap has been invited to sit on the World Cinema Dramatic Jury. For Gangs of Wasseypur, Kashyap was awarded the Screen International Jury Grand Prize for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012 and has...
This year India is represented at Sundance Film Festival by one fiction film and two documentaries–Gangs of Wasseypur, Fire in the Blood and Salma– which is commendable considering its track record at the premier film festival. The three films were selected from 12,146 submissions from all around the world.
In 2012, Valley of Saints (India-us) by Musa Syeed won the World Cinema Audience Award in the Dramatic category. In 2011, The Bengali Detective (India-us-Britain) directed by Philip Cox competed in World Cinema Documentary section while Anusha Rizvi’s Peepli (Live) participated in World Cinema Narrative competition in 2010.
This year, not only there are three films from India at the festival, but Anurag Kashyap has been invited to sit on the World Cinema Dramatic Jury. For Gangs of Wasseypur, Kashyap was awarded the Screen International Jury Grand Prize for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012 and has...
- 1/17/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
While the Us doc lineup is leaning hard-nose, the international competition is looking a lot more varied, with eight of the twelve slots being filled with world premieres. Running with this year’s international headlines and coming partially from the source itself, Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin’s Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer will make its debut running between art and politics. Profiling the life and challenges of individuals, The Stuart Hall Project by helmer John Akomfrah (who two years ago released The Nine Muses) and Andy Heathcote The Moo Man. Long a contributor to the non-fiction filler of Entertainment Tonight and Dr. Phil, Marc Silver’s directorial debut, Who is Dayani Cristal? delves into pure cinematic mystery. A trio of Idfa preemed titles in Tinatin Gurchiani’s The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear, Qi Zhao’s Fallen City, and Dylan Mohan Gray’s Fire in the Blood. Among the...
- 11/29/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The BFI London Film Festival is the biggest film festival the UK has to offer, and one of the most prestigious and well-recognised festivals across the globe. This year, the festival is celebrating its 55th run, and it has an absolutely fantastic line-up of films scheduled to play through the festival, from 12th – 27th October.
We’re now able to share with you the shortlists for the festival’s various awards, along with the juries for each of those awards. More excellent news also comes with the announcement that the BFI will be honouring both writer-director David Cronenberg, who is bringing his film A Dangerous Method to the festival this year, and actor-director Ralph Fiennes, who will be bringing his directorial debut Coriolanus to the festival, with its highest honour, in the form of the BFI Fellowship.
On receiving the award, Cronenberg has said,
“This is a monumental, in fact overwhelming,...
We’re now able to share with you the shortlists for the festival’s various awards, along with the juries for each of those awards. More excellent news also comes with the announcement that the BFI will be honouring both writer-director David Cronenberg, who is bringing his film A Dangerous Method to the festival this year, and actor-director Ralph Fiennes, who will be bringing his directorial debut Coriolanus to the festival, with its highest honour, in the form of the BFI Fellowship.
On receiving the award, Cronenberg has said,
“This is a monumental, in fact overwhelming,...
- 10/4/2011
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The full list of winners at the Broadcast Awards 2011, held yesterday in London, is as follows: Best Popular Factual Programme
Embarrassing Bodies (Channel 4) - Winner!
Inside Incredible Athletes (Channel 4)
James May's Toy Stories (BBC Two)
Mary Queen Of Shops (BBC Two)
Pineapple Dance Studios (Sky1) - Highly Commended
The Day The Immigrants Left (BBC One) Best Documentary Programme
Cutting Edge - Katie: My Beautiful Face (Channel 4) - Winner!
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (Channel 4)
Rough Aunties (More4)
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (Channel 4)
Tsunami: Caught On Camera (Channel 4)
Wounded (BBC One) Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Road Trip (BBC Two)
Climbing Great Buildings (BBC Two) - Winner!
Come Dine With Me (Channel 4)
Deal Or No Deal (Channel 4)
Doctors (BBC One)
Loose Women (ITV1) Best Children's (more)...
Embarrassing Bodies (Channel 4) - Winner!
Inside Incredible Athletes (Channel 4)
James May's Toy Stories (BBC Two)
Mary Queen Of Shops (BBC Two)
Pineapple Dance Studios (Sky1) - Highly Commended
The Day The Immigrants Left (BBC One) Best Documentary Programme
Cutting Edge - Katie: My Beautiful Face (Channel 4) - Winner!
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (Channel 4)
Rough Aunties (More4)
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (Channel 4)
Tsunami: Caught On Camera (Channel 4)
Wounded (BBC One) Best Daytime Programme
Antiques Road Trip (BBC Two)
Climbing Great Buildings (BBC Two) - Winner!
Come Dine With Me (Channel 4)
Deal Or No Deal (Channel 4)
Doctors (BBC One)
Loose Women (ITV1) Best Children's (more)...
- 2/3/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Misfits has picked up three nominations for the 2011 Broadcast Awards.
The BAFTA-winning E4 series was listed in the categories for 'Best Drama Series or Serial', 'Best Multichannel Programme' and 'Best New Programme'.
The full list of nominees for the 2011 Broadcast Awards, to be held on February 2 2011, is as follows:
Best Music Programme
Children In Need Rocks The UK (BBC One)
Evo Music Rooms (Channel 4)
Glastonbury 2010 (BBC)
Must Be The Music (Sky1)
Rigoletto Live from Mantua (BBC Two)
Songbook (Sky Arts 1)
Best Sports Programme
Indian Premier League Final (ITV3)
Isle Of Man Tt 2010 (ITV4)
Tour De France (ITV4)
Winter Olympics (BBC Two)
World Cup 2010 (BBC One)
World Cup Match Of The Day (BBC One)
Best News Programme
Election Special - New Prime Minister (BBC One)
Five Days That Changed Britain (BBC Two)
ITV News At Ten: Haiti (ITV1)
Our War, Their War: Afghan (Channel 4)
Raoul Moat Recordings (ITV...
The BAFTA-winning E4 series was listed in the categories for 'Best Drama Series or Serial', 'Best Multichannel Programme' and 'Best New Programme'.
The full list of nominees for the 2011 Broadcast Awards, to be held on February 2 2011, is as follows:
Best Music Programme
Children In Need Rocks The UK (BBC One)
Evo Music Rooms (Channel 4)
Glastonbury 2010 (BBC)
Must Be The Music (Sky1)
Rigoletto Live from Mantua (BBC Two)
Songbook (Sky Arts 1)
Best Sports Programme
Indian Premier League Final (ITV3)
Isle Of Man Tt 2010 (ITV4)
Tour De France (ITV4)
Winter Olympics (BBC Two)
World Cup 2010 (BBC One)
World Cup Match Of The Day (BBC One)
Best News Programme
Election Special - New Prime Minister (BBC One)
Five Days That Changed Britain (BBC Two)
ITV News At Ten: Haiti (ITV1)
Our War, Their War: Afghan (Channel 4)
Raoul Moat Recordings (ITV...
- 12/1/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
In this week’s World Cinema column, we look at how individual countries become a hotbed for filmmaking talent, and the new wave of directors from Latin America...
Film is sometimes like music. There is a certain scene which is considered cool at a certain time, and a time and place which is a hotbed of creative energy. Musically, it currently resides in New York, but film-wise is perhaps more open to debate. Unlike music, film cannot react instantly to social changes. It take years to write, produce, and release a picture, and that's with a major studio release.
But every so often, a region will produce a string of filmmakers and create a buzz about it, one which inevitably becomes noticed by Hollywood. So, what's been hip in recent years?
In my view the defining world cinema of the last decade plus must be from Latin America. The list...
Film is sometimes like music. There is a certain scene which is considered cool at a certain time, and a time and place which is a hotbed of creative energy. Musically, it currently resides in New York, but film-wise is perhaps more open to debate. Unlike music, film cannot react instantly to social changes. It take years to write, produce, and release a picture, and that's with a major studio release.
But every so often, a region will produce a string of filmmakers and create a buzz about it, one which inevitably becomes noticed by Hollywood. So, what's been hip in recent years?
In my view the defining world cinema of the last decade plus must be from Latin America. The list...
- 9/29/2010
- Den of Geek
All information published in the indieWIRE Distributor Profiles is provided by the individual company. Company History Women Make Movies, a non-profit media organization based in NY whose mission is to facilitate the production, promotion and distribution of films by women directors and producers. Films from Wmm have taken home top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival, including World Cinema Documentary Jury Prize winner "Rough Aunties" by acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto, which ...
- 9/3/2010
- Indiewire
British documentary filmmaker Kim Longinotto’s “Pink Saris” will play at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival. The special thing about this film is that it chronicles the gulabi gang of Uttar Pradesh led by Sampat Pal Devi, that helps dalit women fight violence. The acclaimed director’s love for stories of change and women empowerment is well known. An alumnus of England’s National Film School, her documentaries like “Rough Aunties” and “A Peabody Award for Sisters in Law” have won numerous awards. Nandita Dutta gets in touch with her to know more about “Pink Saris” and beyond…
How did you find out about Sampat Pal Devi and the Pink Gang?
A film production company in London got in touch with me to see if I'd want to make a film about Sampat, a woman in Uttar Pradesh who is challenging the caste system by encouraging Untouchable women to...
How did you find out about Sampat Pal Devi and the Pink Gang?
A film production company in London got in touch with me to see if I'd want to make a film about Sampat, a woman in Uttar Pradesh who is challenging the caste system by encouraging Untouchable women to...
- 8/22/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
A rediscovered Leonard Cohen rockumentary; Kim Longinotto on why her films aren't fly-on-the-wall documentaries; and funding fears for British indie films
Leonard Cohen lost and found
A rediscovered rockumentary of Leonard Cohen has been restored and is to receive a UK premiere – nearly 40 years after the original 1972 version was made. The film, Bird on a Wire, will be screened at the Green Man music festival. It documents the singer's European tour of that year, focusing on his performances and his life on the road. Director Tony Palmer restored the film after being reunited with the 290 lost rolls of his original footage. Palmer, who has filmed the Beatles, Cream and Jimi Hendrix among others, tells me: "The poetry is extraordinary and so is the man. My admiration for Leonard remains undiminished and I hope that quality shines through. The film has a real feel for the rough and tumble of life on the road.
Leonard Cohen lost and found
A rediscovered rockumentary of Leonard Cohen has been restored and is to receive a UK premiere – nearly 40 years after the original 1972 version was made. The film, Bird on a Wire, will be screened at the Green Man music festival. It documents the singer's European tour of that year, focusing on his performances and his life on the road. Director Tony Palmer restored the film after being reunited with the 290 lost rolls of his original footage. Palmer, who has filmed the Beatles, Cream and Jimi Hendrix among others, tells me: "The poetry is extraordinary and so is the man. My admiration for Leonard remains undiminished and I hope that quality shines through. The film has a real feel for the rough and tumble of life on the road.
- 7/24/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
Despite strong showings from Inception, Shrek and Twilight, the UK box office is down 45% on this time last year
The winner
Given its position as the only major blockbuster this summer not based on previously existing characters, it's fair to say there's a lot riding on the success of Inception. If it fails, that's another nail in the coffin of original stories – hits big, and the major studios might be more willing to fish for movie ideas outside their preferred ponds of comic-books, videogames, fantasy literature, TV shows and theme park rides.
We don't anticipate a rush to fund that $150m passion project from, say, Darren Aronofsky, but the Christopher Nolan original screenplay business is certainly one that Hollywood will be happy to be in. A £5.91m opening for Inception – exactly in line with its Us debut of $61.8m – is a great result for a film whose characters were not previously familiar to audiences,...
The winner
Given its position as the only major blockbuster this summer not based on previously existing characters, it's fair to say there's a lot riding on the success of Inception. If it fails, that's another nail in the coffin of original stories – hits big, and the major studios might be more willing to fish for movie ideas outside their preferred ponds of comic-books, videogames, fantasy literature, TV shows and theme park rides.
We don't anticipate a rush to fund that $150m passion project from, say, Darren Aronofsky, but the Christopher Nolan original screenplay business is certainly one that Hollywood will be happy to be in. A £5.91m opening for Inception – exactly in line with its Us debut of $61.8m – is a great result for a film whose characters were not previously familiar to audiences,...
- 7/20/2010
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Inception (12A)
(Christopher Nolan, 2010, Us) Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard. 148 mins
Nolan pushes the mega-budget cerebral action thriller to its limits here, and possibly beyond, with a multilayered onslaught that could leave you exhilarated, exhausted, or possibly in need of a new brain. The fiendishly complex plot imagines a world where corporate spies can raid your dreams to steal, or plant, ideas. Thus, DiCaprio assembles his team and orchestrates a risky psychic heist involving dreams within dreams within dreams; something like Ocean's Eleven meets Synecdoche, New York, multiplied by James Bond. Even if it follows the logic of the Hollywood blockbuster more than an actual dream, this boldly goes where no blockbuster has gone before. And there's nothing your brain can do to stop it.
Bluebeard (15)
(Catherine Breillat, 2009, Fra) Lola Créton, Daphné Baiwir, Dominique Thomas. 80 mins
Charles Perrault's wife-slaying fairytale has been rich territory...
(Christopher Nolan, 2010, Us) Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard. 148 mins
Nolan pushes the mega-budget cerebral action thriller to its limits here, and possibly beyond, with a multilayered onslaught that could leave you exhilarated, exhausted, or possibly in need of a new brain. The fiendishly complex plot imagines a world where corporate spies can raid your dreams to steal, or plant, ideas. Thus, DiCaprio assembles his team and orchestrates a risky psychic heist involving dreams within dreams within dreams; something like Ocean's Eleven meets Synecdoche, New York, multiplied by James Bond. Even if it follows the logic of the Hollywood blockbuster more than an actual dream, this boldly goes where no blockbuster has gone before. And there's nothing your brain can do to stop it.
Bluebeard (15)
(Catherine Breillat, 2009, Fra) Lola Créton, Daphné Baiwir, Dominique Thomas. 80 mins
Charles Perrault's wife-slaying fairytale has been rich territory...
- 7/16/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
This week on Film Weekly Xan Brooks meets Leonardo DiCaprio to talk about his starring role in Chris Nolan's Inception, a high concept heist movie set in the unconscious.
Jason Solomons meets arguably Britain's finest documentary maker Kim Longinotto who is winning prizes and audiences with her film Rough Aunties, which documents a collective of women in Durban, South Africa fighting abuse and injustice in the face of endemic poverty and institutional indifference. Jason discusses with Kim the harrowing, but hugely valuable community work carried out by Operation Bobbi Bear, the group founded by the 'rough aunties' and the profound effect the film has had on her own life.
Xan Brooks joins Jason to review some of this weeks other releases including Inception, Toy Story 3, Catherine Breillat's Blue Beard and the fishiest film this year, so bad it's good, Mega Piranha.
Jason SolomonsXan BrooksJason Phipps...
Jason Solomons meets arguably Britain's finest documentary maker Kim Longinotto who is winning prizes and audiences with her film Rough Aunties, which documents a collective of women in Durban, South Africa fighting abuse and injustice in the face of endemic poverty and institutional indifference. Jason discusses with Kim the harrowing, but hugely valuable community work carried out by Operation Bobbi Bear, the group founded by the 'rough aunties' and the profound effect the film has had on her own life.
Xan Brooks joins Jason to review some of this weeks other releases including Inception, Toy Story 3, Catherine Breillat's Blue Beard and the fishiest film this year, so bad it's good, Mega Piranha.
Jason SolomonsXan BrooksJason Phipps...
- 7/15/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps
- The Guardian - Film News
In our latest world cinema column, we examine the enduring appeal of overseas films, and look ahead to Kim Longinotto’s documentary, Rough Aunties...
Whether you call it world cinema, or transnational cinema, or local or trans-global, there is no doubt that certain things compel you to seek out and discover these films. But just what exactly?
Of course it eventually all boils to specific, personal taste as to what cinema you are drawn to, but I believe there are key themes and elements in common for all who watch films and TV from outside the mainstream. After all, a main reason why a lovely site such as Den Of Geek exists is to draw disparate elements (that's you and me) and give them a shared home.
Without wanting to become sucked into a wider socio-ethnographic discourse, and I know how popular they are, I like to believe these elements...
Whether you call it world cinema, or transnational cinema, or local or trans-global, there is no doubt that certain things compel you to seek out and discover these films. But just what exactly?
Of course it eventually all boils to specific, personal taste as to what cinema you are drawn to, but I believe there are key themes and elements in common for all who watch films and TV from outside the mainstream. After all, a main reason why a lovely site such as Den Of Geek exists is to draw disparate elements (that's you and me) and give them a shared home.
Without wanting to become sucked into a wider socio-ethnographic discourse, and I know how popular they are, I like to believe these elements...
- 7/14/2010
- Den of Geek
Predators (15)
(Nimród Antal, 2010, Us) Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Trejo. 107 mins.
Twenty-three years and three sequels after the original, the sub-Alien sci-fi movie at last gets a proper follow-up, and even if Brody barely has the bulk to fill one of Schwarzenegger's combat boots, this serves up the semi-guilty action pleasures you'd demand. Brody is one of a gang of random human badasses who wind up in a strange jungle and realise they're now training material for apprentice alien badasses. So who will survive to be the, er, worst ass?
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (12A)
(David Slade, 2010, Us) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. 124 mins.
Another teen-conquering exercise in sexless erotica, but at least there's an actual film around it this time. A new vampire threat and Bella's love triangle won't be enough to entice newcomers, but fans will enjoy the unconsummated fantasy thrills they crave.
(Nimród Antal, 2010, Us) Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Trejo. 107 mins.
Twenty-three years and three sequels after the original, the sub-Alien sci-fi movie at last gets a proper follow-up, and even if Brody barely has the bulk to fill one of Schwarzenegger's combat boots, this serves up the semi-guilty action pleasures you'd demand. Brody is one of a gang of random human badasses who wind up in a strange jungle and realise they're now training material for apprentice alien badasses. So who will survive to be the, er, worst ass?
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (12A)
(David Slade, 2010, Us) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. 124 mins.
Another teen-conquering exercise in sexless erotica, but at least there's an actual film around it this time. A new vampire threat and Bella's love triangle won't be enough to entice newcomers, but fans will enjoy the unconsummated fantasy thrills they crave.
- 7/9/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The sixth edition of the festival celebrating female film-makers opens amid high hopes that Kathryn Bigelow could be the first woman to take home the best director Oscar
If Kathryn Bigelow picks up the gong for best director at the Oscars on Sunday, not only will she be heading for the record books again, following her Baftas triumph, but inspired by her success, many more talented female film-makers will emerge, flourish and be showered with the praise they deserve.
Well, that's the dream. But the bitter reality is that a serious gender imbalance runs throughout the global film industry – just 16% of screenwriters and 12% of directors are female. Thousands of promising female film students and graduates are looking to break into the profession, or are working within it already, but only a small minority rise to the very top.
The Birds Eye View film festival, which opened in London last night,...
If Kathryn Bigelow picks up the gong for best director at the Oscars on Sunday, not only will she be heading for the record books again, following her Baftas triumph, but inspired by her success, many more talented female film-makers will emerge, flourish and be showered with the praise they deserve.
Well, that's the dream. But the bitter reality is that a serious gender imbalance runs throughout the global film industry – just 16% of screenwriters and 12% of directors are female. Thousands of promising female film students and graduates are looking to break into the profession, or are working within it already, but only a small minority rise to the very top.
The Birds Eye View film festival, which opened in London last night,...
- 3/5/2010
- by Tola Onanuga
- The Guardian - Film News
Birds Eye View Film Festival, London
One viewing of Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker should dispel any preconceived notions about what subjects can be successfully explored by female directors. Now in its sixth year of championing women in film, this festival presents another range of high-calibre features and documentaries, from Drew Barrymore's roller derby extravaganza Whip It, and Spanish thriller Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, to She Is The Matador, about female bullfighters, plus a subversive retrospective of Blondes On Film.
Various venues, Thu to 12 Mar, visit birds-eye-view.co.uk
Andrea Hubert
Wales One World Film Festival, Wales
Without a fixed abode, this touring festival of world cinema doesn't have a glitzy awards ceremony like many of the more stationary events do; instead it delivers films that have already won elsewhere. This year we get three Cannes winners: the strange and original Dogtooth, about children hidden away...
One viewing of Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker should dispel any preconceived notions about what subjects can be successfully explored by female directors. Now in its sixth year of championing women in film, this festival presents another range of high-calibre features and documentaries, from Drew Barrymore's roller derby extravaganza Whip It, and Spanish thriller Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, to She Is The Matador, about female bullfighters, plus a subversive retrospective of Blondes On Film.
Various venues, Thu to 12 Mar, visit birds-eye-view.co.uk
Andrea Hubert
Wales One World Film Festival, Wales
Without a fixed abode, this touring festival of world cinema doesn't have a glitzy awards ceremony like many of the more stationary events do; instead it delivers films that have already won elsewhere. This year we get three Cannes winners: the strange and original Dogtooth, about children hidden away...
- 2/27/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill, Andrea Hubert
- The Guardian - Film News
She discusses her latest, award-winning documentary, about women in South Africa fighting for abused children
Kim Longinotto is in love. Not with just one person. And not in a sexual way. But she definitely loves the sound recordist on her latest film, the co-director she collaborated with in Iran, the anti-female-circumcision activist she worked with on The Day I Will Never Forget, all the teachers who so patiently held and calmed and reassured the damaged, excluded children of the Mulberry Bush school in her film Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go. She loves those damaged children too: Alex, the eight-year-old who tells his teacher he's going to kick her in the cunt; Michael, the 12-year-old who says there are "too many fucking arseholes in this fucking class". Longinotto's personality is like a long, warm bath. She loves almost everyone.
I arrive at her door, the cold whipping my back, the ridiculous,...
Kim Longinotto is in love. Not with just one person. And not in a sexual way. But she definitely loves the sound recordist on her latest film, the co-director she collaborated with in Iran, the anti-female-circumcision activist she worked with on The Day I Will Never Forget, all the teachers who so patiently held and calmed and reassured the damaged, excluded children of the Mulberry Bush school in her film Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go. She loves those damaged children too: Alex, the eight-year-old who tells his teacher he's going to kick her in the cunt; Michael, the 12-year-old who says there are "too many fucking arseholes in this fucking class". Longinotto's personality is like a long, warm bath. She loves almost everyone.
I arrive at her door, the cold whipping my back, the ridiculous,...
- 2/12/2010
- by Kira Cochrane
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- Drew Barrymore's directorial debut "Whip It" is one of seven fictional movies in the lineup for this year's Birds Eye View Festival, an event dreamt up by women and designed to celebrate international female filmmakers.
Barrymore's movie, starring herself, Ellen Page and Juliette Lewis as roller derby girls will skate alongside Jessica Hausner's Golden Lion nominee "Lourdes" and Kim Longinotto's documentary "Rough Aunties" -- grand jury prize winner at last year's Sundance.
The event will also include a retrospective and masterclass from 2006 Oscar nominated Danish director Susanne Bier ("After The Wedding") whose film "Brothers" has had a Lionsgate-backed facelift with Jim Sheridan and starring Natalie Portman among the cast.
Other highlights include a strand of fashion films including work by Ruth Hogben and Wendy Bevan and the launch of an Animation Lab with Lotte Reineger's "The Adventure of Prince Achmed" -- claimed to be the...
Barrymore's movie, starring herself, Ellen Page and Juliette Lewis as roller derby girls will skate alongside Jessica Hausner's Golden Lion nominee "Lourdes" and Kim Longinotto's documentary "Rough Aunties" -- grand jury prize winner at last year's Sundance.
The event will also include a retrospective and masterclass from 2006 Oscar nominated Danish director Susanne Bier ("After The Wedding") whose film "Brothers" has had a Lionsgate-backed facelift with Jim Sheridan and starring Natalie Portman among the cast.
Other highlights include a strand of fashion films including work by Ruth Hogben and Wendy Bevan and the launch of an Animation Lab with Lotte Reineger's "The Adventure of Prince Achmed" -- claimed to be the...
- 1/20/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Philippe Lioret’s “Welcome” received the $100,000 grand prize for best dramatic feature at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis on Saturday.
Gabriel Noble’s “P-Star Rising” took the best documentary feature prize, while Dean Yamada’s “Bicycle” (Jitensha) earned the Vison Award for best short film.
Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, was honored with the Pioneering Spirit Award.
Crystal Heart Awards were presented to Hilla Medalia’s "After the Storm”; "Bicycle" (Jitensha); Dag Hoel and Havard Bustnes’ "Big John"; Rene Bo Hanson's "The Eagle Hunter’s Son”; Gloria La Morte and Paola Mendoza's "Entre Nos"; Irene Taylor Brodsky's "The Final Inch”; Zvi Spielmann's "For My Father"; Melody George's "Marbles With Thoreau"; "P-Star Rising"; Debra Zimmerman's "Rough Aunties"; Greg Barker's "Sergio"; Omri Givon's "Seven Minutes in Heaven"; Christian Sonderby Jepsen's "Side by Side"; Jeremiah Crowell's "Small Collection"; and "Welcome.
Gabriel Noble’s “P-Star Rising” took the best documentary feature prize, while Dean Yamada’s “Bicycle” (Jitensha) earned the Vison Award for best short film.
Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, was honored with the Pioneering Spirit Award.
Crystal Heart Awards were presented to Hilla Medalia’s "After the Storm”; "Bicycle" (Jitensha); Dag Hoel and Havard Bustnes’ "Big John"; Rene Bo Hanson's "The Eagle Hunter’s Son”; Gloria La Morte and Paola Mendoza's "Entre Nos"; Irene Taylor Brodsky's "The Final Inch”; Zvi Spielmann's "For My Father"; Melody George's "Marbles With Thoreau"; "P-Star Rising"; Debra Zimmerman's "Rough Aunties"; Greg Barker's "Sergio"; Omri Givon's "Seven Minutes in Heaven"; Christian Sonderby Jepsen's "Side by Side"; Jeremiah Crowell's "Small Collection"; and "Welcome.
- 10/18/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – The 2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards were announced on Saturday, January 24th, 2009 and Lee Daniels’ examination of parental abuse and self-redemption in Harlem in the 1980s, “Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire,” won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. dramatic competition.
“Push” tells the story of an embattled teenageer living in 1980s Harlem.
Photo credit: Sundance/Variety “We Live in Public” won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary. The Chilean film “The Maid” by Sebastian Silva, won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema. The audience award in World Cinema went to “An Education” by Lone Scherfig. The film recounts a 16-year-old girl’s adventures in early ’60s London.
Other winning documentaries besides Ondi Timoner’s look at Internet pioneer Josh Harris were “Rough Aunties” by Kim Longinotto, which won the World Cinema docu grand jury prize. The doc focuses on...
“Push” tells the story of an embattled teenageer living in 1980s Harlem.
Photo credit: Sundance/Variety “We Live in Public” won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary. The Chilean film “The Maid” by Sebastian Silva, won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema. The audience award in World Cinema went to “An Education” by Lone Scherfig. The film recounts a 16-year-old girl’s adventures in early ’60s London.
Other winning documentaries besides Ondi Timoner’s look at Internet pioneer Josh Harris were “Rough Aunties” by Kim Longinotto, which won the World Cinema docu grand jury prize. The doc focuses on...
- 1/26/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"Push," Lee Daniels' adaptation of performance poet Sapphire's novel about an abused, illiterate teenager struggling to break free from her hellish homelife in Harlem, was the big winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival, picking up both the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, with star Mo'Nique earning a Special Jury Prize for Acting. Ondi Timoner's film about dot-com golden boy Josh Harris "We Live in Public" snagged the Documentary Grand Jury Prize, while in the World category, Kim Longinotto's "Rough Aunties" and Sebastián Silva's "The Maid" were given awards. The complete list of awards follows:
The Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary was presented to "We Live in Public," directed by Ondi Timoner. The film portrays the story of the Internet's revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of maverick web pioneer, Josh Harris, and his transgressive art project that shocked New York.
The Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary was presented to "We Live in Public," directed by Ondi Timoner. The film portrays the story of the Internet's revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of maverick web pioneer, Josh Harris, and his transgressive art project that shocked New York.
- 1/25/2009
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
The official awards for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival have been announced tonight. The big winners are We Live in Public for the Documentary Grand Jury Prize and Lee Daniels' Push for the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. Additionally, The Cove won the Documentary Audience Award and Push won the Dramatic Audience Award yet again. Definitely some solid winners this year, as always. These awards always start to put the finishing touches on yet another Sundance, which means things are certainly winding down. You can see the full list of winners below. Audience award winners can be found at the bottom. Jury Awards: Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: Push, directed by Lee Daniels Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: We Live in Public, directed by Ondi Timoner World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic: The Maid, directed by Sebastian Silva World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary: Rough Aunties, directed by Kim Longinotto World Cinema Special Jury Prize,...
- 1/25/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We here at Cinematical usually dive head first into movies when we take on Sundance, but there's so much else going on here -- like panels, concerts, parties and ridiculous film critic fist fights. So while we finish up our coverage of this year's festival, feel free to scroll through the giant photo gallery below and catch up on all the action that was the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Live from Sundance 2009 Designer LisaBeth Weber smiles following the oath of office by President Barack Obama during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Katy Winn)
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Park City, Ut - January 20: Writer/director Paul Saltzman of the film "Prom Night In Mississippi" pose for a portrait at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paul Saltzman
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Live from Sundance 2009 Designer LisaBeth Weber smiles following the oath of office by President Barack Obama during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Katy Winn)
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Park City, Ut - January 20: Writer/director Paul Saltzman of the film "Prom Night In Mississippi" pose for a portrait at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paul Saltzman
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- 1/25/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
A story of an abused inner-city teenager trying to set her life right moved audiences and the jury at the Sundance Film Festival, as "Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire," won both the grand jury award and the audience award in the U.S. dramatic competition in Park City.
The wins marked only the second time this decade that one film has taken both prizes -- Mexican-American coming-of-age tale "Quinceanera" did it in 2006 -- and proved another feather in the cap of the word-of-mouth sensation and its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
The movie, which Lee Daniels directed from a script by Damien Paul, picked up a third prize when Mo'Nique received a special jury award for her performance as an abusive mother. Cinetic Media is repping rights to the picture.
There were a number of multiple-award winners named when Jane Lynch hosted the...
The wins marked only the second time this decade that one film has taken both prizes -- Mexican-American coming-of-age tale "Quinceanera" did it in 2006 -- and proved another feather in the cap of the word-of-mouth sensation and its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
The movie, which Lee Daniels directed from a script by Damien Paul, picked up a third prize when Mo'Nique received a special jury award for her performance as an abusive mother. Cinetic Media is repping rights to the picture.
There were a number of multiple-award winners named when Jane Lynch hosted the...
- 1/24/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I am heading out the door and have no time to really dig into this, but here is the line-up for next year's 2009 Sundance Film Festival as reported by Variety. Dramatic Competition Adam, directed and written by Max Mayer ("Better Living"), about a slightly dysfunctional man's attempt at a relationship with an alluring new neighbor. Stars Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison. Amreeka, directed and written by Cherien Dabis, a drama examining the challenges faced by a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son upon moving to rural Illinois. With Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem. Arlen Faber, directed and written by John Hindman, about the intrusion of two strangers into the life of a famous reclusive author. With Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Pucci, Olivia Thirlby, Kat Dennings. Big Fan, directed and written by Robert Siegel (writer of "The Wrestler"), which hinges on the reaction of a...
- 12/3/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Oh I'm so excited! One of the best fests of the year! The 2009 Sundance Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its U.S. and World competitions for dramatic and documentary features. The non-competitive sections including Premieres, Spectrum, Midnight, and New Frontiers will be announced December 4. Sundance unspools January 15-25, 2009 in Park City, Utah.
Check out the film list after the break. via Variety.
Dramatic Competition
* Adam (Max Mayer)
* Amreeka (Cherien Dabis)
* Big Fan (Robert Siegel)
* Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (John Krasinski)
* Cold Souls (Sophie Barthes)
* Dare (Adam Salky)
* Don’t Let Me Drown (Cruz Angeles)
* The Dream of the Romans (John Hindman)
* The Greatest (Shana Feste)
* Humpday (Lynn Shelton)
* Paper Heart (Nicolas Jasenovec)
* Peter and Vandy (Jay Dipietro)
* Push (Lee Daniels)
* Sin nombre (Cary Fukunaga)
* Taking Chance (Ross Katz)
* Toe to Toe (Emily Abt)
Documentary Competition
* Art and Copy (Doug Pray)
* Boy Interrupted (Dana Perry)
* Sergio (Greg Barker...
Check out the film list after the break. via Variety.
Dramatic Competition
* Adam (Max Mayer)
* Amreeka (Cherien Dabis)
* Big Fan (Robert Siegel)
* Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (John Krasinski)
* Cold Souls (Sophie Barthes)
* Dare (Adam Salky)
* Don’t Let Me Drown (Cruz Angeles)
* The Dream of the Romans (John Hindman)
* The Greatest (Shana Feste)
* Humpday (Lynn Shelton)
* Paper Heart (Nicolas Jasenovec)
* Peter and Vandy (Jay Dipietro)
* Push (Lee Daniels)
* Sin nombre (Cary Fukunaga)
* Taking Chance (Ross Katz)
* Toe to Toe (Emily Abt)
Documentary Competition
* Art and Copy (Doug Pray)
* Boy Interrupted (Dana Perry)
* Sergio (Greg Barker...
- 12/3/2008
- QuietEarth.us
U.S. Dramatic Competition
This year's 16 films were selected from 1,026 submissions. Each film is a world premiere.
Adam (Director-screenwriter: Max Mayer)
A strange and lyrical love story between a somewhat socially dysfunctional young man and the woman of his dreams. Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison.
Amreeka (Director-screenwriter: Cherien Dabis)
When a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son move to rural Illinois at the outset of the Iraq war, they find their new lives replete with challenges. Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Alia Shawkat.
Big Fan (Director-screenwriter: Robert Siegel)
The world of a parking garage attendant who happens to be the New York Giants' biggest fan is turned upside down after an altercation with his favorite player. Cast: Patton Oswalt, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Matt Servitto.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (Director-screenwriter: John Krasinski)
When her boyfriend leaves with little explanation,...
This year's 16 films were selected from 1,026 submissions. Each film is a world premiere.
Adam (Director-screenwriter: Max Mayer)
A strange and lyrical love story between a somewhat socially dysfunctional young man and the woman of his dreams. Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison.
Amreeka (Director-screenwriter: Cherien Dabis)
When a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son move to rural Illinois at the outset of the Iraq war, they find their new lives replete with challenges. Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Alia Shawkat.
Big Fan (Director-screenwriter: Robert Siegel)
The world of a parking garage attendant who happens to be the New York Giants' biggest fan is turned upside down after an altercation with his favorite player. Cast: Patton Oswalt, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Matt Servitto.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (Director-screenwriter: John Krasinski)
When her boyfriend leaves with little explanation,...
- 12/3/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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