Four documentary filmmakers have been selected to participate in Yeti’s inaugural Pretty Wild fellowship program, which supports documentaries that give a fresh perspective on the outdoors and the people and stories that live there.
The projects are: Tasha Van Zandt’s “The Arctic Women,” Mike Day’s “Baby Highlander,” Emily Cohen Ibañez’s “River” and Juliana Schatz Preston’s “Rare Bird.”
The four filmmakers, chosen from 330 submissions spanning 30 countries, are currently in Austin, Texas, for the first of two immersive retreats featured in the eight-month program.
In addition to $50,000 in unrestricted grants, each of the four selected filmmakers will receive guidance throughout the development of their films from a board of mentors. That includes the retreat in Austin, which comes to a close on March 7, as well as another retreat in September in Camden, Maine, leading up to Points North’s 20th annual Camden International Film Festival. The retreats include feedback sessions,...
The projects are: Tasha Van Zandt’s “The Arctic Women,” Mike Day’s “Baby Highlander,” Emily Cohen Ibañez’s “River” and Juliana Schatz Preston’s “Rare Bird.”
The four filmmakers, chosen from 330 submissions spanning 30 countries, are currently in Austin, Texas, for the first of two immersive retreats featured in the eight-month program.
In addition to $50,000 in unrestricted grants, each of the four selected filmmakers will receive guidance throughout the development of their films from a board of mentors. That includes the retreat in Austin, which comes to a close on March 7, as well as another retreat in September in Camden, Maine, leading up to Points North’s 20th annual Camden International Film Festival. The retreats include feedback sessions,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
by Glenn Dunks
Solitary could have gone in many different directions. Filmed over a year inside the supermax solitary confinement prison of Red Onion, Virginia, all sorts of independent narratives that are weaved throughout could have made for their own captivating feature. There are the guards, disturbed by what they see, and the death of the region’s prime coal mining industry that brought them to this line of work. There are the crimes of the prisoners, most of them violent, some of them not so. And then there is, like Ava DuVernay’s (broader, superior) Oscar-nominated 13th, the system itself that is obviously damaged and flawed at its very core.
It's nice, but also a little frustrating, then that director Kristi Jacobson (known best for 2012’s A Place at the Table) chose something far less sensational by focusing on the concept of nature versus nurture. Nice because that feels rare in film,...
Solitary could have gone in many different directions. Filmed over a year inside the supermax solitary confinement prison of Red Onion, Virginia, all sorts of independent narratives that are weaved throughout could have made for their own captivating feature. There are the guards, disturbed by what they see, and the death of the region’s prime coal mining industry that brought them to this line of work. There are the crimes of the prisoners, most of them violent, some of them not so. And then there is, like Ava DuVernay’s (broader, superior) Oscar-nominated 13th, the system itself that is obviously damaged and flawed at its very core.
It's nice, but also a little frustrating, then that director Kristi Jacobson (known best for 2012’s A Place at the Table) chose something far less sensational by focusing on the concept of nature versus nurture. Nice because that feels rare in film,...
- 3/21/2017
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
For one week in November, virtually the entire documentary film community will gather in New York City for the Doc NYC film festival, where this year’s most acclaimed non-fiction films will screen. With all that talent and experience gathered in one place, Doc NYC has decided to channel it toward a new eight-day conference focusing on the tools and skills needed to fund, create and distribute documentary films.
Read More: ‘Weiner,’ Yes; ‘The Eagle Huntress,’ No: The 15 Documentaries on the Doc NYC Short List
Doc NYC Pro is geared toward documentary professionals looking to advance their careers and filmmaking skills and will be comprised of talks, panels, masterclasses and pitch sessions featuring filmmakers and decision makers behind films like “Weiner,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amanda Knox” and “Cartel Land.”
Each day of Doc NYC Pro will begin with a “morning manifesto,” featuring speakers Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour”), Josh Kriegman and...
Read More: ‘Weiner,’ Yes; ‘The Eagle Huntress,’ No: The 15 Documentaries on the Doc NYC Short List
Doc NYC Pro is geared toward documentary professionals looking to advance their careers and filmmaking skills and will be comprised of talks, panels, masterclasses and pitch sessions featuring filmmakers and decision makers behind films like “Weiner,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amanda Knox” and “Cartel Land.”
Each day of Doc NYC Pro will begin with a “morning manifesto,” featuring speakers Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour”), Josh Kriegman and...
- 10/14/2016
- by Casey Coit
- Indiewire
Read More: Emmy Award-Winning Chicken & Egg Pictures is Putting a Spotlight on Criminal Justice Chicken & Egg Pictures, a leader in supporting female non-fiction filmmakers, have announced the five recipients of their inaugural Breakthrough Filmmaker Awards. The five chosen filmmakers are Kristi Jacobson ("A Place at the Table"), Julia Reichert ("The Last Truck"), Yoruba Richen ("The New Black"), Elaine McMillion Sheldon ("Hollow") and Michèle Stephenson ("American Promise"). Jacobson is a NY-based filmmaker whose films capture nuanced, intimate and provocative portrayals of individuals and communities; her most recent film, "A Place at the Table," premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival before its theatrical release in over 35 U.S. cities. Reichert, meanwhile is a three-time Academy Award nominee for her documentary work, while Richen is a documentary filmmaker whose work explores issues of race,...
- 1/19/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Recently, CBS delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Criminal Minds" episode 20 of season 10. The episode is entitled, "A Place At The Table," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff take place as the team works to hunt down and UnSub that killed a family at their dining room table, and more! In the new, 20th episode press release: The Murder Of A Maryland Family At Their Dining Room Table Has The Bau Looking For Secrets In Their Past To Find The Unsub. Press release number 2: When a Maryland family is found murdered at their dining room table, the team will track down other family members and friends to uncover secrets that may have led to it. Also, Hotch is going to have to try to make peace with his father-in-law, Roy, after discovering he's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Guest stars...
- 4/8/2015
- by Megan
- OnTheFlix
The falling leaves are a sure sign it’s now the beginning of awards season, with Oscar short lists starting to leak out, Ida Awards prepping their program and the Emmy’s already handing out golden statues. Also, on the festival circuit this month we have a whole host of big lineup announcements coming from a hefty set of acronym loving non-fiction fests the world over, from Cph:dox and Doc NYC, to Idfa and Ridm. Best of Fests Docs is a monthly snapshot of the films and filmmakers that are the make-up of the docu film festival and awards circuit. Check out the full rundown below:
Cph:dox - Denmark – November 6th-16th
The festival, also known as Copenhagen International Documentary Festival , has announced its 2014 lineup, which was guest curated this year by Citizenfour director Laura Poitras. Over 200 films (with the likes of Robert Greene’s Actress, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence,...
Cph:dox - Denmark – November 6th-16th
The festival, also known as Copenhagen International Documentary Festival , has announced its 2014 lineup, which was guest curated this year by Citizenfour director Laura Poitras. Over 200 films (with the likes of Robert Greene’s Actress, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence,...
- 10/28/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Fed Up
Starring Katie Couric (narrator)
Directed by Stephanie Soechtig
Written by Mark Monroe and Stephanie Soechtig
USA, 2014
Writer-director Stephanie Soechtig inquisitively examines the scales of injustice concerning the faulty food intake that has increased major concerns for the American nutritional crisis pound-for-pound in the revealing documentary Fed Up. Now Soechtig does not explore anything that we have not heard before as her meal plan has been tasted and digested in other forums worthy of the same cautionary tales of America’s poisonous appetite for gloom-and-doom goodies. Nevertheless, Fed Up is an effective expose on the problematic issues of the food industry’s indifference and reserved cynicism for dietary damage that is plaguing our population…particularly the impressionable youngsters in general that are being inflicted at alarming rates,
The literal “sweetness” behind Fed Up’s structured wake-up call is the culprit sugar…the escalating menace that is automatically linked to...
Starring Katie Couric (narrator)
Directed by Stephanie Soechtig
Written by Mark Monroe and Stephanie Soechtig
USA, 2014
Writer-director Stephanie Soechtig inquisitively examines the scales of injustice concerning the faulty food intake that has increased major concerns for the American nutritional crisis pound-for-pound in the revealing documentary Fed Up. Now Soechtig does not explore anything that we have not heard before as her meal plan has been tasted and digested in other forums worthy of the same cautionary tales of America’s poisonous appetite for gloom-and-doom goodies. Nevertheless, Fed Up is an effective expose on the problematic issues of the food industry’s indifference and reserved cynicism for dietary damage that is plaguing our population…particularly the impressionable youngsters in general that are being inflicted at alarming rates,
The literal “sweetness” behind Fed Up’s structured wake-up call is the culprit sugar…the escalating menace that is automatically linked to...
- 6/3/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
The 2014 awards show season has already been especially exciting, and last night (January 19) the Producers Guild of America Awards added a new twist to the Oscar race.
Both “Gravity” and “12 Years a Slave” were honored with The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, making the first tie for the category in PGA history.
All the more impressive is the fact that producers from “American Hustle,” “Nebraska,” “Blue Jasmine,” “Captain Phillips,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Her,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Saving Mr. Banks” were also up for the accolade.
“Frozen” producer Peter Del Vecho took home the Animated Motion Picture award while “Breaking Bad” snagged Best Drama Series and “Modern Family” won the Best Comedy Series.
Meanwhile, there were a number of actors there to support the people behind the camera including Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Lupita Nyong'o and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Both “Gravity” and “12 Years a Slave” were honored with The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, making the first tie for the category in PGA history.
All the more impressive is the fact that producers from “American Hustle,” “Nebraska,” “Blue Jasmine,” “Captain Phillips,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Her,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Saving Mr. Banks” were also up for the accolade.
“Frozen” producer Peter Del Vecho took home the Animated Motion Picture award while “Breaking Bad” snagged Best Drama Series and “Modern Family” won the Best Comedy Series.
Meanwhile, there were a number of actors there to support the people behind the camera including Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Lupita Nyong'o and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
- 1/21/2014
- GossipCenter
Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" both won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures at the 2014 Producers Guild of America awards. It's an unprecedented tie that just makes the Academy Awards much more unpredictable!
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks" took home the documentary trophy while "Frozen" won the animated category.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) of the 2014 Producers Guild Awards (PGA):
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (Tie):
*Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
*12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner
American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin...
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks" took home the documentary trophy while "Frozen" won the animated category.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) of the 2014 Producers Guild Awards (PGA):
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (Tie):
*Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
*12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner
American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin...
- 1/20/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
12 Years A Slave and Gravity have tied at this year’s PGA. With American Hustle taking the SAG ensemble on Saturday night, we have a bonafide Best Picture race on our hands folks! This is the first tie for the top film in Producers Guild Award history.
The PGA split keeps the Oscar race wide open in one of the tightest three-way battles in years, with “American Hustle” still in the game following a week of big showings at the Golden Globes, Oscar nominations and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Tonight the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year’s winning motion picture and television productions at the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
David Heyman, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Alfonso Cuaron, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Producers Guild/AP Images)
In addition to the competitive awards,...
The PGA split keeps the Oscar race wide open in one of the tightest three-way battles in years, with “American Hustle” still in the game following a week of big showings at the Golden Globes, Oscar nominations and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Tonight the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year’s winning motion picture and television productions at the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
David Heyman, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Alfonso Cuaron, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Producers Guild/AP Images)
In addition to the competitive awards,...
- 1/20/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Winners of the 25th annual Producers Guild of America Awards were revealed Sunday (Jan. 19) during a ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Film Awards Best Picture (Tie) "American Hustle" "Blue Jasmine" "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club" X -- "Gravity" "Her" "Nebraska" "Saving Mr. Banks" X -- "12 Years a Slave" "The Wolf of Wall Street" Best Animated Feature "The Croods" "Despicable Me 2" "Epic" X --"Frozen" "Monsters University" Best Documentary Feature "A Place at the Table" "Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story" "Life According to Sam" X -- "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" "Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington" TV Awards Be...
- 1/19/2014
- Gold Derby
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced its theatrical motion picture and TV nominations for the 2013 PGA Awards, which will be presented on January 19th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Producers Guild has a great record of picking films. In fact, over 80% of PGA winners go on to win an Oscar for Best Picture, including "Argo" last year, and "The Artist" the year before that. The 2013 Producers Guild Awards nominated films and television programs are listed below in alphabetical order by category. Theatrical Films Nominees: Theatrical Films: * American Hustle * Blue Jasmine * Captain Phillips * Dallas Buyers Club * Gravity * Her * Nebraska * Saving Mr. Banks * 12 Years a Slave * Wolf of Wall Street Animated Films: * The Croods * Despicable Me 2 * Epic * Frozen * Monsters University Documentaries: * A Place at the Table * Far Out isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story * Life According to Sam * We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks * Which Way is the Front Line from Here?...
- 1/3/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
The Producers Guild Of America have announced the nominees for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards on January 19th, an awards nominee list that is said to be one of the best indicators of potential Oscar nominees.
The live-action feature film category includes: "12 Years A Slave," "American Hustle," "Blue Jasmine," "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Gravity," "Her," "Nebraska," "Saving Mr Banks" and "The Wolf Of Wall Street".
The animated feature film category includes: "The Croods," "Despicable Me 2," "Epic," "Frozen" and "Monsters University". The documentary feature film category includes: "A Place At The Table," "Far Out Isn’t Far Enough," "Life According To Sam," "We Steal Secrets" and "Which Way Is The Front Line From Here".
The episodic TV drama category includes: "Breaking Bad," "Downton Abbey," "Game of Thrones," "Homeland" and "House of Cards". The episodic TV comedy category includes: "30 Rock," "Arrested Development," "The Big Bang Theory," "Modern Family," "Veep...
The live-action feature film category includes: "12 Years A Slave," "American Hustle," "Blue Jasmine," "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Gravity," "Her," "Nebraska," "Saving Mr Banks" and "The Wolf Of Wall Street".
The animated feature film category includes: "The Croods," "Despicable Me 2," "Epic," "Frozen" and "Monsters University". The documentary feature film category includes: "A Place At The Table," "Far Out Isn’t Far Enough," "Life According To Sam," "We Steal Secrets" and "Which Way Is The Front Line From Here".
The episodic TV drama category includes: "Breaking Bad," "Downton Abbey," "Game of Thrones," "Homeland" and "House of Cards". The episodic TV comedy category includes: "30 Rock," "Arrested Development," "The Big Bang Theory," "Modern Family," "Veep...
- 1/3/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Plenty of groups give out awards for excellence in film and television at the end of every year, but no set of nominations is watched more carefully by Oscar predictors than the picks from the Producers Guild. That’s because year after year their choices end up being a fairly good indicator of which films will also be granted Best Picture nominations when the Academy makes their selections.
The Guild has announced their 2014 nominations today and there aren’t really any major surprises here. All the expected films are present, including 12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Her and The Wolf Of Wall Street. Animated films that nabbed nominations are The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Epic, Frozen and Monsters University. Included in the documentary nominations are A Place at the Table, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, Life According to Sam, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks...
The Guild has announced their 2014 nominations today and there aren’t really any major surprises here. All the expected films are present, including 12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Her and The Wolf Of Wall Street. Animated films that nabbed nominations are The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Epic, Frozen and Monsters University. Included in the documentary nominations are A Place at the Table, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, Life According to Sam, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks...
- 1/2/2014
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominees for the 25th annual PGA Awards. In the movie category, the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" and the awards hopefuls from the Weinstein Company were ignored -- no "August: Osage County," "Fruitvale Station" (darn!), "Philomena" (another darn), "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," and "Lee Daniels' The Butler." Sorry Harvey and Bob Weinstein!
We'll find out the winners on Jan. 19. Here's the complete list of nominees of the 25th Annual PGA Awards (including TV categories):
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Producers: Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter
Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
Her (Warner Bros.
We'll find out the winners on Jan. 19. Here's the complete list of nominees of the 25th Annual PGA Awards (including TV categories):
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Producers: Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter
Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
Her (Warner Bros.
- 1/2/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Producers Guild of America has accurately forecast the last six Best Picture Oscar winners, so it was good news for 10 films that were nominated today for the PGA’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award. While Gravity, 12 Years a Slave, and American Hustle were among the films that made the cut, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Butler, and Fruitvale Station did not. Last year, eight of the 10 movies that received nods from the PGA went on to earn Oscar nominations for Best Picture.
Fruitvale will go home with a special award when the hardware is handed out on Jan. 19. The movie from...
Fruitvale will go home with a special award when the hardware is handed out on Jan. 19. The movie from...
- 1/2/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The Producers Guild Of America has weighed into awards season with its list of nominees ahead of the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards on January 19.
Vying for The Darryl F Zanuck Award For Outstanding Producer Of Theatrical Motion Pictures are in alphabetical order: 12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Saving Mr Banks (pictured) and The Wolf Of Wall Street.
Nominees for Outstanding Producer Of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures are in alphabetical order: The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Epic, Frozen and Monsters University.
Contenders for Outstanding Producer Of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures are in alphabetical order: A Place At The Table, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, Life According To Sam, We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks and Which Way Is The Front Line From Here: The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington.
As previously announced, special PGA honours go to Barbara Broccoli and Michael G...
Vying for The Darryl F Zanuck Award For Outstanding Producer Of Theatrical Motion Pictures are in alphabetical order: 12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Saving Mr Banks (pictured) and The Wolf Of Wall Street.
Nominees for Outstanding Producer Of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures are in alphabetical order: The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Epic, Frozen and Monsters University.
Contenders for Outstanding Producer Of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures are in alphabetical order: A Place At The Table, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, Life According To Sam, We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks and Which Way Is The Front Line From Here: The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington.
As previously announced, special PGA honours go to Barbara Broccoli and Michael G...
- 1/2/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
There is really only one big surprise in today's announcement of the 2014 Producers Guild Award nominees, that is the snubbing of Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis, which I assume gave way to Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine and Dallas Buyers Club. The rest of the theatrical nominees are pretty much to be expected, including the likes of 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle and Gravity. It seems the recent dust-up over The Wolf of Wall Street had no bearing on the nominees as it was included and yet again Her remains a part of the race as the one film I think could attempt to prove spoiler in a couple of the major Oscar categories. I've included the theatrical, animated and television nominees directly below along with a slew of other nominations the org plans on handing out. The theatrical motion picture nominees are: The Darryl F. Zanuck...
- 1/2/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Jehane Noujaim's "The Square" edged out Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" to emerge as the big winner of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards! The documentary about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution also beat Jason Osder's "Let the Fire Burn," Gabriela Cowperthwaite's "Blackfish," and Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell" for the prize.
Here's a full list of winners of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards:
Best Feature Award
The Square
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals
Best Short Award
Slomo
Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films, Runaway Films
Best Limited Series Award
Inside Man
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario; Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick,...
Here's a full list of winners of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards:
Best Feature Award
The Square
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals
Best Short Award
Slomo
Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films, Runaway Films
Best Limited Series Award
Inside Man
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario; Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick,...
- 12/8/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The International Documentary Association’s 2013 Ida Documentary Awards honoured Jehane Noujaim’s Egyptian activism story The Square with the best feature award on Friday night (December 6) in Los Angeles.
The best short award went to Josh Izenberg’s Slomo, about neurologist turned rollerblader Dr John Kitchin.
The Ida’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Alex Gibney, currently in awards contention with The Armstrong Lie.
The Ida Amicus Award went to Impact Partners co-founder Geralyn Dreyfous, who also founded the Utah Film Center. Dreyfous’ executive producer credits include The Square, Born Into Brothels, The Invisible War and The Crash Reel.
Laura Poitras received Ida’s Courage Under Fire Award in recognition of “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.” Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, broke the story of National Security Agency (Nsa) whistleblower Edward Snowden, revealing the Prism programme in the process.
Poitras is currently in Berlin editing a film about Nsa surveillance, the third of...
The best short award went to Josh Izenberg’s Slomo, about neurologist turned rollerblader Dr John Kitchin.
The Ida’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Alex Gibney, currently in awards contention with The Armstrong Lie.
The Ida Amicus Award went to Impact Partners co-founder Geralyn Dreyfous, who also founded the Utah Film Center. Dreyfous’ executive producer credits include The Square, Born Into Brothels, The Invisible War and The Crash Reel.
Laura Poitras received Ida’s Courage Under Fire Award in recognition of “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.” Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, broke the story of National Security Agency (Nsa) whistleblower Edward Snowden, revealing the Prism programme in the process.
Poitras is currently in Berlin editing a film about Nsa surveillance, the third of...
- 12/7/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
This is a tough awards season! Lots of great movies to see, so little time! I'm catching up like crazy before we vote for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for the Broadcast Film Critics Association. So I apologize if I haven't updated you with the latest on the awards season 2013-2014! And there were many award-giving bodies announcing nominations.
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
- 12/2/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the Documentary Motion Picture nominees for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are: A Place At The Table Far Out Isn’T Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story Life According To Sam We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington The TV Series/Specials and Digital Series nominees will be announced on December 3, 2013. All other nominations for the 2014 Producers Guild Award categories will be announced on January 2, 2014, along with the names of the eligible producers for the nominated documentary motion pictures. The winners winners will be announced on January 19, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
- 11/26/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today, the Documentary Motion Picture nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are:
A Place At The Table Far Out Isn’T Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story Life According To Sam We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington
The TV Series/Specials and Digital Series nominees will be announced on December 3, 2013. All other nominations for the 2014 Producers Guild Award categories will be announced on January 2, 2014, along with the names of the eligible producers for the nominated documentary motion pictures.
All 2014 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 19, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Producers Guild will also present special honors to Barbara Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson, Robert Iger, Peter Jackson & Joe Letteri,...
The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are:
A Place At The Table Far Out Isn’T Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story Life According To Sam We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington
The TV Series/Specials and Digital Series nominees will be announced on December 3, 2013. All other nominations for the 2014 Producers Guild Award categories will be announced on January 2, 2014, along with the names of the eligible producers for the nominated documentary motion pictures.
All 2014 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 19, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Producers Guild will also present special honors to Barbara Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson, Robert Iger, Peter Jackson & Joe Letteri,...
- 11/26/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has named the documentary nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has named the documentary nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
The nominated films in alphabetical order are: A Place At The Table; Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story; Life According To Sam; We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks; and Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington (pictured).
The TV series/specials and digital series nominees will be announced on December 3.
All other nominations for the 2014 Producers Guild Award categories will be announced on January 2 2014, along with the names of the eligible producers for the documentary feature nominees.
All 2014 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 19 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
As previously...
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has named the documentary nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
The nominated films in alphabetical order are: A Place At The Table; Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story; Life According To Sam; We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks; and Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life And Time Of Tim Hetherington (pictured).
The TV series/specials and digital series nominees will be announced on December 3.
All other nominations for the 2014 Producers Guild Award categories will be announced on January 2 2014, along with the names of the eligible producers for the documentary feature nominees.
All 2014 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 19 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
As previously...
- 11/26/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Alex Gibney’s “We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks” and Sean Fine’s and Andrea Nix Fine’s “Life According to Sam” are among the nominees for the Producers Guild of America’s 2014 award for documentaries, the PGA announced on Tuesday. The other nominees are “A Place at the Table,” “Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story” and “Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington.” None of the nominated films were nominated for the top award by the International Documentary Association or the Cinema Eye Honors, the two most prestigious groups that honor.
- 11/26/2013
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
And the nominees are: Ø A Place At The Table Ø Far Out Isn’T Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story Ø Life According To Sam Ø We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks...
- 11/26/2013
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
The International Documentary Association (Ida) aren’t necessarily the most indicative of where the Academy’s documentary branch will go, but they’re important and prestigious so it’s always good to see where their members go. This year’s selection of nominees is quite a highbrow collection with a heavy slant towards politics and activism with three very high profile contenders battling it out against a pair of smaller-scale, yet mightily intimidating, documentaries about prejudice some 30 years apart.
Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Let the Fire Burn
The Square (Nyff review)
Stories We Tell
I am a big fan of Jehane Noujaim’s up-to-the-minute look at the Egyptian democracy crisis, The Square, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s disturbing look at SeaWorld’s animal cruelty, Blackfish, and Sarah Polley’s fragmented family tree, Stories We Tell, but the other two – sadly, two I have not yet had the chance...
Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Let the Fire Burn
The Square (Nyff review)
Stories We Tell
I am a big fan of Jehane Noujaim’s up-to-the-minute look at the Egyptian democracy crisis, The Square, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s disturbing look at SeaWorld’s animal cruelty, Blackfish, and Sarah Polley’s fragmented family tree, Stories We Tell, but the other two – sadly, two I have not yet had the chance...
- 10/29/2013
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
If "Thelma & Louise" hadn't driven off the edge of the Grand Canyon back in 1991, this is what they'd look like today!The two title stars of the classic flick reunited at Heifer International's Beyond Hunger: A Place At The Table gala at Montage Beverly Hills, 22 years after the movie's release. And we gotta say, they both look pretty great!Geena Davis, 57, towered over 66-year-old Susan Sarandon at the event, where they posed for photos together on the red carpet.While it's great to see these two together again, we kinda wish Brad Pitt was there too. The film was one of the actor's first big breaks in the biz and would go on to star in "A River Runs Through It" the following year.Check out the gallery above to see how everyone else in the cast has aged -- who do you think looks the best? Read more...
- 9/20/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Organisers at the Rio Film Festival have brought in an extra 11 titles ahead of the September 26 opening night gala screening of Thierry Ragobert’s Amazonia 3D.
The late arrivals include Gianfranco Rosi’s fresh Venice Golden Lion winner Sacro Gra as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra, Shane Salerno’s Salinger and Kim Ki-duck’s Moebius.
Rounding out the additions are Greg Mottola’s Clear History, Nimrod Antal’s Metallica Through The Never, Hong Sangsoo’s Our Sunhi, Bruce Labruce’s Gerontophilia, Catherine Breillat’s Abuse Of Weakness, Shinji Aoyama’s Backwater and John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier.
Festival top brass also announced the full line-up of films in the Latin Première and Environment sections.
The Latin Première selection will present 21 features, of which five will be Latin American premieres. All films in the section are eligible for the Fipresci Best Latin American Film award.
Latin PremièreIl...
The late arrivals include Gianfranco Rosi’s fresh Venice Golden Lion winner Sacro Gra as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra, Shane Salerno’s Salinger and Kim Ki-duck’s Moebius.
Rounding out the additions are Greg Mottola’s Clear History, Nimrod Antal’s Metallica Through The Never, Hong Sangsoo’s Our Sunhi, Bruce Labruce’s Gerontophilia, Catherine Breillat’s Abuse Of Weakness, Shinji Aoyama’s Backwater and John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier.
Festival top brass also announced the full line-up of films in the Latin Première and Environment sections.
The Latin Première selection will present 21 features, of which five will be Latin American premieres. All films in the section are eligible for the Fipresci Best Latin American Film award.
Latin PremièreIl...
- 9/18/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Organisers at the Festival do Rio, the Rio Film Festival, have brought in an extra 11 titles ahead of the September 26 opening night gala screening of Thierry Ragobert’s France-Brazil co-production Amazonia 3D.
The late arrivals include Gianfranco Rosi’s fresh Venice Golden Lion winner Sacro Gra as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra, Shane Salerno’s Salinger and Kim Ki-duck’s Moebius.
Rounding out the additions are Greg Mottola’s Clear History, Nimrod Antal’s Metallica Through The Never, Hong Sangsoo’s Our Sunhi, Bruce Labruce’s Gerontophilia, Catherine Breillat’s Abuse Of Weakness, Shinji Aoyama’s Backwater and John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier.
Festival top brass also announced the full line-up of films in the Latin Première and Environment sections.
The Latin Première selection will present 21 features, of which five will be Latin American premieres. All films in the section are eligible for the Fipresci Best Latin American Film award...
The late arrivals include Gianfranco Rosi’s fresh Venice Golden Lion winner Sacro Gra as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra, Shane Salerno’s Salinger and Kim Ki-duck’s Moebius.
Rounding out the additions are Greg Mottola’s Clear History, Nimrod Antal’s Metallica Through The Never, Hong Sangsoo’s Our Sunhi, Bruce Labruce’s Gerontophilia, Catherine Breillat’s Abuse Of Weakness, Shinji Aoyama’s Backwater and John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier.
Festival top brass also announced the full line-up of films in the Latin Première and Environment sections.
The Latin Première selection will present 21 features, of which five will be Latin American premieres. All films in the section are eligible for the Fipresci Best Latin American Film award...
- 9/18/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
About once a year a documentary comes along that gets the public's attention by highlighting a major issue in the Us and all the ways it affects them. Last year it was Alex Hirsch's Bully, in 2011 it was The Interrupters, in 2010 it was Davis Guggenheim's Waiting for 'Superman', and the list goes on. This year, there's no better contender than A Place at the Table which chronicles the struggles of trying to survive on America's food stamp program, the shortcomings of our schools' lunch programs, the detrimental effects hunger has on children's development, and the politicians whose solutions are little more than defunding one program the poor need to supplement another. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush bounce us between testimonials of parents trying to make ends meet, health professionals, volunteers, hungry children, and Jeff Bridges (who's made solving child hunger his philanthropic effort of choice).
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- 7/3/2013
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Courtesy of Magnolia, we’ve got five copies to give away of Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson’s Sundance doc A Place at the Table, which received critical acclaim for its insightful and engaging analysis of the American hunger crisis. The first five respondents to answer the following question correctly will receive a copy of the DVD: According to the trailer, one in how many kids in the United States will be on Federal Food Assistance at some point in their lives? Email your answers to nick@filmmakermagazine.com. Here is what R. Kurt Osenlund had to say in his interview with the directors for Filmmaker: If Food, …...
- 6/25/2013
- by Lorcan O'Brien
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"No"
What's It About? When the citizens of Chili must vote on the future presidency of military dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1988, leaders of the No vote recruit an advertising exec to help fuel their campaign. Pablo Larrain's tense and comedic political drama features a subtle, yet inspiring performance from Gael Garcia Bernal.
Why We're In: Anything with Bernal is always memorable, but it is Larrain's potent mix of humor and history that create a noteworthy film which satirizes the power of the media. "No" undoubtedly deserved it's Oscars Best Foreign Film nod this year.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Help!"
What's It About? In The Beatles' second feature film, featuring the music from their album of the same name, the band must save Ringo from a human sacrifice by an evil religious cult pursing his ring. The goofy adventure comedy is as ridiculous as it sounds.
"No"
What's It About? When the citizens of Chili must vote on the future presidency of military dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1988, leaders of the No vote recruit an advertising exec to help fuel their campaign. Pablo Larrain's tense and comedic political drama features a subtle, yet inspiring performance from Gael Garcia Bernal.
Why We're In: Anything with Bernal is always memorable, but it is Larrain's potent mix of humor and history that create a noteworthy film which satirizes the power of the media. "No" undoubtedly deserved it's Oscars Best Foreign Film nod this year.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Help!"
What's It About? In The Beatles' second feature film, featuring the music from their album of the same name, the band must save Ringo from a human sacrifice by an evil religious cult pursing his ring. The goofy adventure comedy is as ridiculous as it sounds.
- 6/24/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Moviefone
Tags: Morning BrewBrittney GrinerSherri SaumThe FostersJane LynchTila TequilaThe FallGillian AndersonArchie PanjabiIMDbAmber HeardThree Days to KillBloomersbisexuality
Good morning!
Amber Heard's film Three Days to Kill will come out on Valentine's Day next year.
Gillian Anderson talked with Collider about her new show The Fall, which also co-stars Archie Panjabi. If they don't make out in it, it's a missed opportunity on so many levels.
Tila Tequila is in a movie. Just Fyi.
Over at The Frisky today: Bisexuality, Straight Privilege, And A Place At The Table.
A Huffington Post blogger wrote about what Ellen's coming out meant to her.
Jessie J has a new video for her song "Wild" and I bet Bridget McManus loves it!
Queer comic artist Erika Moen is reviewing sex toys in comic form. What a great idea!
The Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio talked with Dayton native The Fosters star Sherri Saum about playing...
Good morning!
Amber Heard's film Three Days to Kill will come out on Valentine's Day next year.
Gillian Anderson talked with Collider about her new show The Fall, which also co-stars Archie Panjabi. If they don't make out in it, it's a missed opportunity on so many levels.
Tila Tequila is in a movie. Just Fyi.
Over at The Frisky today: Bisexuality, Straight Privilege, And A Place At The Table.
A Huffington Post blogger wrote about what Ellen's coming out meant to her.
Jessie J has a new video for her song "Wild" and I bet Bridget McManus loves it!
Queer comic artist Erika Moen is reviewing sex toys in comic form. What a great idea!
The Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio talked with Dayton native The Fosters star Sherri Saum about playing...
- 5/29/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
by Omer M. Mozaffar
When we imagine global hunger, we often think of dusty, loosely clad, skeletal Africans sitting outside tents, moving in slow motion as flies hover around them. The documentary, "A Place at the Table," makes it clear, however, that hunger is very much an American problem, too. It is one of the central challenges of life in the United States today. Some fifty million Americans are underfed. That is one out of six. When we speak of children, however, the stats get even worse: one out of four children, in history's wealthiest nation, now suffers from hunger.
The most common problem is not food scarcity, but "food instability." Simply put, the availabity of meals can be static and unpredictable. A child does not know when he or she will eat next. A second is the "food desert," the long distances residents may have to travel to obtain basic healthy produce and protein.
When we imagine global hunger, we often think of dusty, loosely clad, skeletal Africans sitting outside tents, moving in slow motion as flies hover around them. The documentary, "A Place at the Table," makes it clear, however, that hunger is very much an American problem, too. It is one of the central challenges of life in the United States today. Some fifty million Americans are underfed. That is one out of six. When we speak of children, however, the stats get even worse: one out of four children, in history's wealthiest nation, now suffers from hunger.
The most common problem is not food scarcity, but "food instability." Simply put, the availabity of meals can be static and unpredictable. A child does not know when he or she will eat next. A second is the "food desert," the long distances residents may have to travel to obtain basic healthy produce and protein.
- 5/14/2013
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
A new documentary brings home the extraordinary scale and perversity of rampant food insecurity in the Us, where millions of low paid workers are dependent on charity food banks.
In a documentary full of uncomfortable, disorientating moments, it's the introduction of police officer Adam Applehanz into this gentle story of everyday poverty that really brings home the scale and perversity of food insecurity in wealthy Western countries.
As Applehanz drives into a Montana small town in his shiny four wheel drive town marshall's car, your immediate assumption is he must be there on official business: is he a volunteer at the food bank? Has there been a disturbance at the soup kitchen?
Not at all. Applehanz, in his smart black uniform, is there to pick up an emergency food box - for himself.
He explains that while his wages have been frozen for some time, the cost of food ha sgone up massively.
In a documentary full of uncomfortable, disorientating moments, it's the introduction of police officer Adam Applehanz into this gentle story of everyday poverty that really brings home the scale and perversity of food insecurity in wealthy Western countries.
As Applehanz drives into a Montana small town in his shiny four wheel drive town marshall's car, your immediate assumption is he must be there on official business: is he a volunteer at the food bank? Has there been a disturbance at the soup kitchen?
Not at all. Applehanz, in his smart black uniform, is there to pick up an emergency food box - for himself.
He explains that while his wages have been frozen for some time, the cost of food ha sgone up massively.
- 5/8/2013
- by Patrick Butler
- The Guardian - Film News
If Food, Inc. freaked you out, prepare to be galvanized by A Place at the Table, another hot-button food doc being released by Participant Media and Magnolia Pictures. The film, which boasts the involvement of celebrity advocates Jeff Bridges and chef Tom Colicchio, fixes its curious eye on America’s hunger crisis, whose staggering stats add up to the distressing fact that 50 million folks in this country, many of them kids, don’t know when or how they’re getting their next meal. It’s a monster of a topic, with arms that stretch to the realms of politics, medicine, and agriculture, and …...
- 3/4/2013
- by R. Kurt Osenlund
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Filling The Void: Jacobson and Silverbush Eye Hunger
While the United States continuously extends its charitable hands to famished communities the world over, we often turn a blind eye to those in our own communities unfortunate enough to lack the means to keep a stocked pantry with affordable, healthy foods. Collaborating for the first time, directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush broach our little talked about hunger issue with the feeling of infomercial conviction in lieu of invasive action. Their formulaic wake up call boasts celebrities like Top Chef star Tom Colicchio and Jeff Bridges with their mutual campaigns against domestic hunger, underscoring their pleas with heart-string strumming tales of famished families tethered to a broken system in which a lack of employment and perpetual poverty are the true underlying issues. Though compositionally bland and far from impartial, A Place at the Table surely directs some much needed attention to...
While the United States continuously extends its charitable hands to famished communities the world over, we often turn a blind eye to those in our own communities unfortunate enough to lack the means to keep a stocked pantry with affordable, healthy foods. Collaborating for the first time, directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush broach our little talked about hunger issue with the feeling of infomercial conviction in lieu of invasive action. Their formulaic wake up call boasts celebrities like Top Chef star Tom Colicchio and Jeff Bridges with their mutual campaigns against domestic hunger, underscoring their pleas with heart-string strumming tales of famished families tethered to a broken system in which a lack of employment and perpetual poverty are the true underlying issues. Though compositionally bland and far from impartial, A Place at the Table surely directs some much needed attention to...
- 3/4/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Hunger, a social issues many people think only occurs in third-world nations, is a growing political condition that has surprisingly risen across America over the past 30 years. While the country has the resources to end food insecurity, a condition in which families are unsure where they’ll be getting their next meal from, Americans often lack the political will to find a solution. Food insecurity brings about feelings of shame and embarrassment among people suffering from it, making it even harder for them to find their next meal. But the new documentary, ‘A Place at the Table,’ has created a social action campaign to help draw attention to, and end, [ Read More ]
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- 3/2/2013
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Title: A Place at the Table Directors: Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson It seems incongruous during a rampant obesity epidemic in the United States, the notion of around 49 million Americans suffering from “food insecurity” — not knowing where either their next meal will come from, or the money for it. But the smart and poignantly argued new documentary “A Place at the Table,” in assaying governmental farm subsidy policies and other social welfare assistance, casts hunger and obesity as neighbors, not distant and exclusive conditions separated by a yawning chasm. Engorged with feeling, this nonfiction tale leads with its heart, and successfully makes a persuasive case for social investments that offset future [ Read More ]
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- 3/2/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Chicago – There has been an attitude shift in America in a couple of generations toward the poor and unlucky in life. What was once a campaign to end poverty and take care of that part of the population, has turned into a demonization of them. This is one of the main themes in “A Place at the Table,” an overview of the continuing hunger problem in America.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
“A Place at the Table” reveals not pure starvation as the main problem, but “food insecurity,” as in where is the next meal coming from. What was once a system of food banks in America that nearly eradicated the problem in the late 1970s, has turned into a political process of endless hearings and the famous “makers versus takers” assertion in the previous presidential campaign. Filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Laura Silverbush explore the current food insecurity through statistics, interviews and actual victims of the circumstance.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
“A Place at the Table” reveals not pure starvation as the main problem, but “food insecurity,” as in where is the next meal coming from. What was once a system of food banks in America that nearly eradicated the problem in the late 1970s, has turned into a political process of endless hearings and the famous “makers versus takers” assertion in the previous presidential campaign. Filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Laura Silverbush explore the current food insecurity through statistics, interviews and actual victims of the circumstance.
- 3/2/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Polari and Stateside Independent present the Austin premiere of Any Day Now on Monday night at 7 pm at the Stateside Theatre. Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt star as a gay couple who take in and provide a loving home to an abandoned teenager with Down syndrome. More information, including how to buy tickets, is available here.
The Austin Film Society celebrates the 20th anniversary of Dazed and Confused (pictured above) on Wednesday night at the Marchesa Hall & Theatre, with screenings at 7 and 9:30 pm and a cast Q&A and after-party. Purchase tickets here.
This week's Austin Film Society Essential Cinema offering is Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story. An Egyptian female talk show host stirs up political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues. Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story screens Tuesday at 7 pm at Alamo Drafthouse Village.
And don't forget the Slamdance on the Road event on Saturday,...
The Austin Film Society celebrates the 20th anniversary of Dazed and Confused (pictured above) on Wednesday night at the Marchesa Hall & Theatre, with screenings at 7 and 9:30 pm and a cast Q&A and after-party. Purchase tickets here.
This week's Austin Film Society Essential Cinema offering is Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story. An Egyptian female talk show host stirs up political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues. Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story screens Tuesday at 7 pm at Alamo Drafthouse Village.
And don't forget the Slamdance on the Road event on Saturday,...
- 3/1/2013
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
It's a good weekend for limited release films. Canada's Oscar-nominated foreign entry "War Witch," a harrowing yet poignant tale of a young Congolese girl's survival and first love, is scoring top marks with critics. Meanwhile, documentaries "Leviathan" and "A Place at the Table" are both gaining praise; the former turns a critical, artistic eye on the fishing industry, while the latter looks at America's hunger problem. "Stoker" is getting understandably mixed reviews -- Park Chan-wook's aesthetically gorgeous "Shadow of a Doubt" homage (and first foray into English-language films) suffers from a terrible script by Wentworth Miller and misguided performances from the film's three leads, Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. Wide release "Jack the Giant Slayer" isn't slaying the critics. With the film's delayed release date and murky demographic target, it may very well face a disappointing opening weekend. War Witch Dir. Kim Nguyen, Canada | Tribeca Film |...
- 3/1/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
According to the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (Cafb), food insecurity is "the condition of not having regular access to enough nutritious food for a healthy life." Cafb serves 21 Central Texas counties, from cities like Austin, Round Rock and Waco with dense pockets of poverty to small, rural communities with limited access to services. Of the nearly 300,000 people Cafb serves each year, 41 percent are children, and more than a third of the agency's older clients go for extended periods without food. Cafb reports "1 in 5 families served by Cafb experience the physical pain of hunger."
Across the U.S. the numbers become even more staggering, with 50 million people uncertain about where their next meal will come from. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush bring this critical socioeconomic issue to audiences in their hard-hitting and engrossing documentary, A Place at the Table, focusing on three at-risk individuals from rural Mississippi to Philadelphia.
Across the U.S. the numbers become even more staggering, with 50 million people uncertain about where their next meal will come from. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush bring this critical socioeconomic issue to audiences in their hard-hitting and engrossing documentary, A Place at the Table, focusing on three at-risk individuals from rural Mississippi to Philadelphia.
- 3/1/2013
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Fifty million people in the U.S. -- one in four American children -- don't know where their next meal will come from. The film, "A Place At The Table," which debuts March 1 on iTunes and in select theaters, aims to raise awareness about the crippling issue of hunger. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush, along with chef Tom Colicchio, a contributor to the film and an advocate in the anti-hunger movement, stopped by HuffPost Live (see clip above) to discuss the movie.
Silverbush explains that for the 17 million children that are food insecure, their school lunch may be the only meal that they may eat in a day.
"There's a role that government really has to play here," Colicchio says. "This is an issue that charities and church groups can't really fix."
"A Place At The Table" may not be a glamorous movie, or an uplifting one, but it...
Silverbush explains that for the 17 million children that are food insecure, their school lunch may be the only meal that they may eat in a day.
"There's a role that government really has to play here," Colicchio says. "This is an issue that charities and church groups can't really fix."
"A Place At The Table" may not be a glamorous movie, or an uplifting one, but it...
- 2/26/2013
- by Carey Polis
- Huffington Post
Chicago – One of the strangest problems in the United States, the richest country in the world, is “food insecurity.” Millions of Americans, lost in economic or working poverty, can’t keep pace with their food needs. The new documentary “A Place at the Table” dissects this social problem, and is co-directed by Kristi Jacobson.
Using telling statistics and personal stories, Jacobson – with her co-director Lori Silverbush – sheds light on a problem that seems to be expanding rather than in control. Several problems associated with food insecurity – including obesity, inadequate school lunch programs and general nutrition – are increasing in an America that subsidizes corporation farming, but slashes aid to the poor.
Actor and Activist Jeff Bridges in ‘A Place at the Table’
Photo credit: Magnolia Pictures
Kristi Jacobson is a veteran producer, and also directed a notable documentary in 2006 on her grandfather, the legendary New York City tavern owner Toots Shor...
Using telling statistics and personal stories, Jacobson – with her co-director Lori Silverbush – sheds light on a problem that seems to be expanding rather than in control. Several problems associated with food insecurity – including obesity, inadequate school lunch programs and general nutrition – are increasing in an America that subsidizes corporation farming, but slashes aid to the poor.
Actor and Activist Jeff Bridges in ‘A Place at the Table’
Photo credit: Magnolia Pictures
Kristi Jacobson is a veteran producer, and also directed a notable documentary in 2006 on her grandfather, the legendary New York City tavern owner Toots Shor...
- 2/25/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"A Place at the Table," a documentary produced by Participant Media and distributed by Magnolia Pictures, will do more than just explain America's hunger crisis. The movie's opening-weekend ticket and digital sales will provide food for children affected by it. Plum Organics has partnered with the two film companies behind the doc, as well as the Perseus Books Group, to donate one organic "Super Smoothie" pouch to a baby or toddler in need for every ticket, online download and copy of the companion book or e-book purchased March 1-3. Kristi Jacobson and...
- 2/21/2013
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
The Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett have collaborated on a new film, following their Grammy-winning “Hunger Games” collaboration, “Safe & Sound” (with Taylor Swift), which snagged the award for best song written for visual media at Sunday night’s awards. [More after the jump...] They have contributed 14 songs to the soundtrack for “A Place At The Table,” a documentary that addresses the hunger crisis in America. The film opens March 1, while the soundtrack comes out Feb. 26 on Sensibility Media. They are donating all producer/artist royalties to The Participant Foundation. The soundtrack includes the single, “Long Time Gone,” which...
- 2/13/2013
- Hitfix
Title: A Place At The Table Magnolia Pictures Director: Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush Screenwriter: Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tom Colicchio, Raj Patel, Janet Poppendieck, Barbie Izquierdo, Ken Cook, James McGovern, Mariana Chilton Screened at: Park Ave., NYC, 2/7/12 Opens: March 1, 2013 There’s a big billboard sign on Flatbush Avenue Extension in Brooklyn that shows a bottle of a prescription drug with a cover that states, “Push down, turn left, and go hungry. One out of seven New Yorkers must choose between taking a drug important for health and buying food.” Could this be true in the world’s richest country? Is America no longer the world’s breadbasket? [ Read More ]
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- 2/8/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
A Place At The Table is from the people who brought you Food, Inc., the eye-opening and alarming documentary from 2009 that attempted to expose dark developments in the way food is prepared and regulated. Food, Inc. was like a horror film in which the villains are McDonalds, Tyson Foods, Corn, and especially Monsanto (the St. Louis-based agricultural and biotechnology corporation – read my Wamg review Here)
A Place At The Table is about how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation, and that it could be solved once and for all, if the American public decides – as they have in the past – that making healthy food available and affordable is in the best interest of us all.
You can win passes for two for a screening of A Place At The Table in St. Louis on February 19th at 7pm at Landmark’s Tivoli Theater. Simply email me at tom@wearemoviegeeks.
A Place At The Table is about how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation, and that it could be solved once and for all, if the American public decides – as they have in the past – that making healthy food available and affordable is in the best interest of us all.
You can win passes for two for a screening of A Place At The Table in St. Louis on February 19th at 7pm at Landmark’s Tivoli Theater. Simply email me at tom@wearemoviegeeks.
- 2/7/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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