Film is a visual medium, and so it makes perfect sense that filmmakers would thrive on Instagram. From legendary auteurs like Martin Scorsese to emerging indie directors like Anna Rose Holmer, many of the most exciting voices in contemporary cinema have found the social media platform to be a great outlet for their excess artistic energies, travel pictures, and puppy photos. Some of these accounts are intensely personal, while others are more geared towards self-promotion, but all of them are well worth following for how they channel their creators’ unique sensibilities and make it that much easier for fans to engage with their work.
Here are the 40 best film directors to follow on Instagram.
Ana Lily Amirpour
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Here are the 40 best film directors to follow on Instagram.
Ana Lily Amirpour
Geared up to leave the house and run past the earthlings. #alien
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Why You Should Follow Her:
The writer-director...
- 3/27/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Mubi is exclusively playing Tyler Hubby's Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present (2016) from April 8 - May 8, 2017 in the United Kingdom and United States.Tyler Hubby (left) and Tony Conrad (right)I met Tony Conrad in 1994 just as he was re-emerging as a composer and musician. I was recording with my Hi-8 camera when he played one of his first public shows as a violin soloist and have been recording since.Tony was electrifying in how he could always find ways to confront establishment ideas and personal belief systems. Not only was his sabre rattling at the foundations of western culture inspiring, it was also just, and deeply resonated with my ideas of the role of art in society.Over the years as I worked as an editor on films like The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Double Take and The Great Invisible I kept shooting performances and interviews with Tony,...
- 4/8/2017
- MUBI
The Academy will announce its list of Oscar-eligible documentaries this week, a field that counted just 82 entries in 2005; last year, there were 124. And along with this growth comes a new attribute for the much-admired/often ignored genre: Power.
Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the bailiwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.
While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.
Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the bailiwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.
While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.
- 10/24/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Academy will announce its list of Oscar-eligible documentaries this week, a field that counted just 82 entries in 2005; last year, there were 124. And along with this growth comes a new attribute for the much-admired/often ignored genre: Power.
Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the balliwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.
While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.
Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the balliwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.
While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.
- 10/24/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The manga adaptation stars Shun Oguri.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation has snagged the international distribution rights to director Keishi Otomo’s upcoming horror thriller Museum.
Based on the cult manga, the film stars Crows Zero star Shun Oguri as a detective hunting down a serial killer. Machiko Ono, who starred in director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son, will play his estranged wife. The actor who will play the mysterious serial killer has yet to be revealed.
Warner Bros Pictures Japan will roll out the film domestically on November 12.
Otomo is no stranger to turning manga into live action dramas. He previously directed the Rurouni Kenshin series of samurai dramas.
Gaga’s slate also includes Kore-eda’s Cannes Un Certain Regard title After The Storm, which it is co-distributing with Wild Bunch and manga adaptations Itazurana Kiss The Movie and Ū-ki Yamato’s Drowning Love.
In May, the company picked up international rights to its...
Japan’s Gaga Corporation has snagged the international distribution rights to director Keishi Otomo’s upcoming horror thriller Museum.
Based on the cult manga, the film stars Crows Zero star Shun Oguri as a detective hunting down a serial killer. Machiko Ono, who starred in director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son, will play his estranged wife. The actor who will play the mysterious serial killer has yet to be revealed.
Warner Bros Pictures Japan will roll out the film domestically on November 12.
Otomo is no stranger to turning manga into live action dramas. He previously directed the Rurouni Kenshin series of samurai dramas.
Gaga’s slate also includes Kore-eda’s Cannes Un Certain Regard title After The Storm, which it is co-distributing with Wild Bunch and manga adaptations Itazurana Kiss The Movie and Ū-ki Yamato’s Drowning Love.
In May, the company picked up international rights to its...
- 9/2/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: SXSW-winning documentary marks the first time Gaga has handled a non-Japanese title.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation has picked up international rights to Margaret Brown’s SXSW-winning documentary The Great Invisible.
The agreement marks the first time that Gaga, a Tokyo-based producer, distributor and international sales agent, has handled a non-Japanese film.
Co-produced by Participant Media, the film is about the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which happened in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Participant is also producing a narrative feature on the same subject with Lionsgate, scheduled for release in September 2016.
The Great Invisible won the Grand Jury Award for documentary feature at SXSW in 2014.
Participant co-produced the film with Itvs, Gigantic Pictures, Passion Pictures and Motto Pictures. RADiUS-twc released the film domestically in 2014.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation has picked up international rights to Margaret Brown’s SXSW-winning documentary The Great Invisible.
The agreement marks the first time that Gaga, a Tokyo-based producer, distributor and international sales agent, has handled a non-Japanese film.
Co-produced by Participant Media, the film is about the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which happened in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Participant is also producing a narrative feature on the same subject with Lionsgate, scheduled for release in September 2016.
The Great Invisible won the Grand Jury Award for documentary feature at SXSW in 2014.
Participant co-produced the film with Itvs, Gigantic Pictures, Passion Pictures and Motto Pictures. RADiUS-twc released the film domestically in 2014.
- 5/13/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Sundance Selects Picks Up Political Controversy Doc 'Weiner' Sundance’s Documentary Film Program (Dfp), which awarded $2 million in grants to documentary projects in 2015, today is announcing a new "Art of Nonfiction" initiative. The initiative, which is being financially backed by Cinereach, has been formed to find ways to creatively and financially support filmmakers "exploring inventive artistic practice in story, craft and form." The first fellows of the new program are Robert Greene ("Kate Plays Christine"), Margaret Brown ("The Great Invisible"), and Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq ("These Birds Walk"). The initiative is unique for the Dfp in the sense that they are backing filmmakers, rather than specific projects. The goal of the fellowship is to financially support filmmakers for 12 months and allow them the freedom to focus on their process and careers as artists, rather than being forced to take other work...
- 1/18/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Shortly after the Sundance Institute named their January Screenwriter’s Lab roster, it’s another West coast entity that is offering some support to the next gen of producers. The San Francisco Film Society folks have bestowed the Producer Fellowships to Reena Dutt, Kyle Martin (who is know best from producing Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture and Lance Edmands’ Bluebird) and Kimberly Parker (who most recently produced Katie Says Goodbye – a title we had pegged for Sundance). Here is the press release.
This round of Sffs Producer Fellowships runs from January to June 2016, kicking off with a 5-day networking trip to the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to this excursion, over the course of the Fellowship each winner will receive:
A $25,000–$40,000 cash grant to be used for living expenses. Individual amounts depend on place of residence and estimated travel costs to participate in Bay Area fellowship components.
Placement in our...
This round of Sffs Producer Fellowships runs from January to June 2016, kicking off with a 5-day networking trip to the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to this excursion, over the course of the Fellowship each winner will receive:
A $25,000–$40,000 cash grant to be used for living expenses. Individual amounts depend on place of residence and estimated travel costs to participate in Bay Area fellowship components.
Placement in our...
- 1/15/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out in Los Angeles last night (September 12), just a week ahead of the Andy Samberg-hosted Primetime Emmy Awards event.
HBO scooped the highest number of awards, with Game of Thrones and Queen Latifah's Bessie among the major winners.
Digital Spy presents a full list of all the winners and nominees below:
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
American Masters
Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - Winner
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Sixties
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
The Case Against 8
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Winner
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Sinatra: All or Nothing At All
Virunga
Outstanding Variety Special
Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
The Kennedy Centre Honors
Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special...
HBO scooped the highest number of awards, with Game of Thrones and Queen Latifah's Bessie among the major winners.
Digital Spy presents a full list of all the winners and nominees below:
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
American Masters
Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - Winner
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Sixties
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
The Case Against 8
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Winner
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Sinatra: All or Nothing At All
Virunga
Outstanding Variety Special
Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
The Kennedy Centre Honors
Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special...
- 9/13/2015
- Digital Spy
In order to carve out a niche for themselves and forge an identity independent of Sundance, the SXSW Film Festival championed a lot of micro-indies and low-budget films that defined the “mumblecore” scene. After some years, some argued the quality of the films wasn’t very strong, but the press was good enough for SXSW to keep embracing some dynamic, but sometimes questionable and unpolished work. This came to a head at SXSW 2014, where Grand Jury Award prizewinner “Fort Tilden” extremely divided critics into a fairly binary love or hate camp with the hate side being rather vituperative. Read More: 2014 SXSW Film Festival Winners Include 'Fort Tilden,' 'The Great Invisible,' 'True Detective' & More But a year after its worldwide debut in Austin, “Fort Tilden” is finally here and non-festival audiences can judge for themselves. Directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers “Fort Tilden” focuses on the...
- 7/14/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Monday morning, the Dallas-Fort Worth film critics declared themselves major "Birdman" fans. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s backstage spectacle took the top spot on the Dfw critics association’s 2014 best pictures list, as well as collecting awards for Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Director. In a nice surprise, Dfwca honored Reese Witherspoon with Best Actress, a prize she’s been continuously in the mix for with other group awards, but has rarely picked up. See the full list of winners below (and check out all of the regional film critics nominations and winners at The Circuit) Best Picture 1. "Birdman" 2. "Boyhood" 3. "The Imitation Game" 4. "The Theory of Everything" 5. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 6. "Whiplash" 7. "Gone Girl" 8. "Selma" 9. "Wild" 10. "Nightcrawler" Best Actor 1. Michael Keaton, "Birdman" 2. Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" 3. Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game" 4. Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler" 5. Timothy Spall, "Mr. Turner" Best Actress 1. Reese Witherspoon, "Wild" 2. Julianne Moore,...
- 12/15/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
As is usually the case, 2014 held a rich vein of great nonfiction cinema … that went mostly untapped by any wide audiences. But just because documentaries are perpetually under-served by popular (and even critical) attention doesn’t mean that we should neglect these films. This is a celebration of all the best docs to come out this year.
But first, for the sake of full disclosure, here are all the notable docs of 2014 that I haven’t gotten around to seeing yet:
1989, 20,000 Days on Earth, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, Big Joy, Big Men, Code Black, Evolution of a Criminal, The Great Flood, The Great Invisible, The Kill Team, National Gallery, The Missing Picture, Maidentrip, Manakamana, The Naked Opera, Virunga, Watchers of the Sky, What Now? Remind Me, Whitey
Next,we have some honorable mentions — other docs of 2014 that are well worth seeking out:
A Will for the Woods, Art and Craft,...
But first, for the sake of full disclosure, here are all the notable docs of 2014 that I haven’t gotten around to seeing yet:
1989, 20,000 Days on Earth, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, Big Joy, Big Men, Code Black, Evolution of a Criminal, The Great Flood, The Great Invisible, The Kill Team, National Gallery, The Missing Picture, Maidentrip, Manakamana, The Naked Opera, Virunga, Watchers of the Sky, What Now? Remind Me, Whitey
Next,we have some honorable mentions — other docs of 2014 that are well worth seeking out:
A Will for the Woods, Art and Craft,...
- 12/11/2014
- by Dan Schindel
- SoundOnSight
Following the Ida Awards nominations last month, the year’s top documentary contenders come into crisper focus with Thursday’s announcement of Cinema Eye’s 8th Annual Nonfiction Film Awards nominations. Laura Poitras’ "Citizenfour" leads the pack with six nominations, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature. The inside look at Edward Snowden’s Nsa leak also earned praise in Directing, Editing, Production, Cinematography, and the Audience Choice category. Poitras is no stranger to Cinema Eye’s awards — she won the 2011 Directing Award for "The Oath." Familiar faces rounded out the Oustanding Feature category, including Steve James’ Roger Ebert portrait "Life Itself," Jesse Moss’ tale of a North Dakota oil boom town, "The Overnighters," Iain Forsythe & Jane Pollard’s "20,000 Days on Earth," a look musician Nick Cave, and Orlando von Einsiedel’s environment-minded "Virunga." Thirty-six feature films and six shorts will vie for this year’s Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. Other...
- 11/13/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
Further reminding us that the Academy Awards are irrelevant in year-end discussions for the best in documentary film, according to the experts at the Cinema Eye Honors’ voting committee, Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour, Steve James’ Life Itself and Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 Days on Earth would be among the best docu films of the year, leading the pack in almost all categories. Not to be overlooked, Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters and Robert Greene’s Actress received kudos in Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Outstanding Achievement in Direction while the major surprise of the noms belongs to Orlando von Einsiedel’s Virunga (presented at the Tribeca and Hot Docs Film Fests) grabbing a total of three. Left completely off the scorecard, Manakamana failed to produce a single nom. The Cinema Eye Honors winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 7 at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image.
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
An instrumental and influential American independent film promoter/curator/supporter/taste-maker in the business, Rooftop Films creator and artistic director Mark Elijah Rosenberg (pictured above) moves from open air cinema, to open space possibilities. While the current outer space talk is the Nolan Imax film, I’m more excited about the prospects for Ad Inexplorata: Toward the Unknown, which has been welcomed by the Sundance folks with open arms: landing support via the Indian Paintbrush Fellowship (2011), Creative Producing Summit (2011), Creative Producing Feature Film Lab (2011), 2011 June Screenwriters Lab (2011), 2012 Screenplay Reading Series (2012) and finally some coin from the San Francisco Film Society before landing the Sundance Nhk Filmmaker Award (2014). Production began earlier this year with Mark Strong toplining. Supporting players include Sanaa Lathan, Charles Baker and Bettina Skye.
Gist: Captain William D. Stanaforth (Strong), is a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission toward the unknown. Faced with mechanical problems, physical...
Gist: Captain William D. Stanaforth (Strong), is a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission toward the unknown. Faced with mechanical problems, physical...
- 11/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Chicago – Four years later, and the change that lamentably only comes from the casualties of life and livelihood has not reached the Gulf of Mexico. Director Margaret Brown’s documentary compassionately bestows a disillusioned voice to the affected individuals, from oil riggers to oyster shuckers, whose reliance on the gulf’s livelihood was devastated when Bp spilled a total of 176 million gallons of oil over 87 days starting on April 20, 2010.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
One perspective begins with a home video. Lead oil rigger Doug Brown shares with “The Great Invisible’s” viewers the informal footage he made inside the “Titanic”-like rig Deepwater Horizon, before its explosion killed eleven men and caused the devastating spill (the rig was owned by Transocean, and then leased by Bp). Brown and others (like Stephen Stone, who still has his lifejacket) provide their during-and-after stories of survival, which have now become epilogues of bare compassion from their employers,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
One perspective begins with a home video. Lead oil rigger Doug Brown shares with “The Great Invisible’s” viewers the informal footage he made inside the “Titanic”-like rig Deepwater Horizon, before its explosion killed eleven men and caused the devastating spill (the rig was owned by Transocean, and then leased by Bp). Brown and others (like Stephen Stone, who still has his lifejacket) provide their during-and-after stories of survival, which have now become epilogues of bare compassion from their employers,...
- 11/6/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Margaret Brown returns to her Alabama home to film the aftermath of the Bp oil spill that transfixed the nation in the spring of 2010 in her new documentary,The Great Invisible, now in theaters in New York and Los Angeles. For four years, she followed a wide array of characters, ranging from crew members who survived the initial blas, to local residents whose livelihoods were altered to the lawyer (Kenneth Feinberg) responsible for distributing $20 billion in compensation to victims, to a group of oil executives who share their frank insights over cigars and whiskey.
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- 11/4/2014
- by Chris O'Falt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
She heartbreakingly depicted the demons wrestled by a troubled singer/songwriter in Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2005), explored the line that divides in the festive backdrop of Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama with The Order of Myths (2008) and regionally doesn’t ventured too far, positing viewers in eye of the “after” storm with the massively, messy debacle that is the Bp oil spill.
The Great Invisible sees Margaret Brown weave together various points of view in the first comprehensive study of what occurred in the months and years following the toxic April 2010 date. With each new film, Brown continues to explore her Southern roots and her own style of poetic filmmaking. I sat down with Brown at the Cinetic Media offices in Manhattan to discuss what makes her third docu feature not only a national story but a personal one and what the aftermath...
The Great Invisible sees Margaret Brown weave together various points of view in the first comprehensive study of what occurred in the months and years following the toxic April 2010 date. With each new film, Brown continues to explore her Southern roots and her own style of poetic filmmaking. I sat down with Brown at the Cinetic Media offices in Manhattan to discuss what makes her third docu feature not only a national story but a personal one and what the aftermath...
- 11/3/2014
- by Justin Ambrosino
- IONCINEMA.com
Whoopsy. I forgot to share this list... Herewith the films that could be up for Best Documentary Feature this year. We'll get a finalist of 15 at some point next month followed by 5 nominees in January "until we crown A Winnah!" If we've reviewed the titles, you'll notice their pretty color which you can then click on to read about them. The magic of the internet. You can also see the animated and documentary Oscar charts here.
The 134 Semi-Finalists
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Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, Algorithms, Alive Inside, All You Need Is Love, Altina, America: Imagine the World without Her, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, Anita, Antarctica: A Year on Ice, Art and Craft, Awake: The Life of Yogananda, The Barefoot Artist, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, Before You Know It, Bitter Honey, Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity, Botso The Teacher from Tbilisi,...
The 134 Semi-Finalists
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Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, Algorithms, Alive Inside, All You Need Is Love, Altina, America: Imagine the World without Her, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, Anita, Antarctica: A Year on Ice, Art and Craft, Awake: The Life of Yogananda, The Barefoot Artist, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, Before You Know It, Bitter Honey, Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity, Botso The Teacher from Tbilisi,...
- 11/3/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
One hundred thirty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 87th Academy Awards. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq”
“Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case”
“Algorithms”
“Alive Inside”
“All You Need Is Love”
“Altina”
“America: Imagine the World without Her”
“American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs”
“Anita”
“Antarctica: A Year on Ice”
“Art and Craft”
“Awake: The Life of Yogananda”
“The Barefoot Artist”
“The Battered Bastards of Baseball”
“Before You Know It”
“Bitter Honey”
“Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity”
“Botso The Teacher from Tbilisi”
“Captivated The Trials of Pamela Smart”
“The Case against 8”
“Cesar’s Last Fast”
“Citizen Koch”
“CitizenFour”
“Code Black”
“Concerning Violence”
“The Culture High”
“Cyber-Seniors”
“DamNation”
“Dancing in Jaffa”
“Death Metal Angola”
“The Decent One”
“Dinosaur 13”
“Do You Know What My Name Is?...
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq”
“Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case”
“Algorithms”
“Alive Inside”
“All You Need Is Love”
“Altina”
“America: Imagine the World without Her”
“American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs”
“Anita”
“Antarctica: A Year on Ice”
“Art and Craft”
“Awake: The Life of Yogananda”
“The Barefoot Artist”
“The Battered Bastards of Baseball”
“Before You Know It”
“Bitter Honey”
“Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity”
“Botso The Teacher from Tbilisi”
“Captivated The Trials of Pamela Smart”
“The Case against 8”
“Cesar’s Last Fast”
“Citizen Koch”
“CitizenFour”
“Code Black”
“Concerning Violence”
“The Culture High”
“Cyber-Seniors”
“DamNation”
“Dancing in Jaffa”
“Death Metal Angola”
“The Decent One”
“Dinosaur 13”
“Do You Know What My Name Is?...
- 11/2/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Citizenfour, Life Itself, Red Army, Warsaw Uprising among long-list contenters for the 87th Academy Awards.
The Salt Of The Earth, Happy Valley, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, Food Chains and Point And Shoot are also named.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
20,000 Days On Earth
Afternoon Of A Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Algorithms
Alive Inside
All You Need Is Love
Altina
America: Imagine The World Without Her
American Revolutionary: The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs
Anita
Antarctica: A Year On Ice
Art And Craft
Awake: The Life Of Yogananda
The Barefoot Artist
The Battered Bastards Of Baseball
Before You Know It
Bitter Honey
Born To Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Botso The Teacher From Tbilisi
Captivated The Trials Of Pamela Smart
The Case Against 8
Cesar’s Last Fast
Citizen Koch
Citizenfour
Code Black
Concerning Violence
The Culture High
Cyber-Seniors
Damnation
Dancing In Jaffa
Death Metal Angola
The...
The Salt Of The Earth, Happy Valley, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, Food Chains and Point And Shoot are also named.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
20,000 Days On Earth
Afternoon Of A Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Algorithms
Alive Inside
All You Need Is Love
Altina
America: Imagine The World Without Her
American Revolutionary: The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs
Anita
Antarctica: A Year On Ice
Art And Craft
Awake: The Life Of Yogananda
The Barefoot Artist
The Battered Bastards Of Baseball
Before You Know It
Bitter Honey
Born To Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Botso The Teacher From Tbilisi
Captivated The Trials Of Pamela Smart
The Case Against 8
Cesar’s Last Fast
Citizen Koch
Citizenfour
Code Black
Concerning Violence
The Culture High
Cyber-Seniors
Damnation
Dancing In Jaffa
Death Metal Angola
The...
- 10/31/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its list of 134 film vying for the Best Feature Documentary Oscar at the 87th Annual Academy Awards in February. A number of the nonfic hopefuls have yet to get their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Those that don’t will be cut from the contention. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December. Oscar noms will be revealed January 15, and ABC will broadcast Hollywood’s Big Night live on February 22 from the Dolby Theatre.
Here are the docu feature submissions:
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Algorithms
Alive Inside
All You Need Is Love
Altina
America: Imagine the World without Her
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
Anita
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Art and Craft
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
The Barefoot Artist
The Battered Bastards of Baseball...
Here are the docu feature submissions:
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Algorithms
Alive Inside
All You Need Is Love
Altina
America: Imagine the World without Her
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
Anita
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Art and Craft
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
The Barefoot Artist
The Battered Bastards of Baseball...
- 10/31/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
One hundred thirty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 87th Academy Awards®. Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category's other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories. The 87th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 5:30 a.m. Pt in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar...
- 10/31/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Just in time for Halloween, Daniel Radcliffe gets some special powers and couple of appendages growing from his temples in Radius’ Horns, which will be this week’s biggest rollout among specialty newcomers. The title received a warm welcome at a Cinema Society event attended by its stars this week in New York. This week’s newbies are dominated by nonfiction fare, though with some exceptions. Kino Lorber is opening French/Swiss maestro Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye To Language following a successful festival run. It has been critically acclaimed, and the company is expecting it to be a box office winner too. The 2014 Best Documentary winners from South by Southwest and Tribeca are going head-to-head in their theatrical debuts. Radius’ The Great Invisible (SXSW) opened in limited release Wednesday in an exclusively theatrical rollout, and The Orchard is bowing Point And Shoot (Tribeca) in a single NYC run. Submarine Deluxe...
- 10/31/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
This weekend, Jake Gyllenhaal stars as an obsessive crime journalist in the Dan Gilroy thriller "Nightcrawler," the gruesome horror favorite "Saw" is getting re-released in theaters for its 10th anniversary, and Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, and Richard Jenkins star in HBO's new miniseries "Olive Kitteridge" about a placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime, and tragedy.
Also in theaters this weekend: "Horns" stars Daniel Radcliffe as the prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend (Juno Temple) who awakes one morning with magical horns growing from his head. In "Before I Go to Sleep," Christine (Nicole Kidman) wakes up every day with no memory of her past as the result of a traumatic accident forcing her to question everyone around her (Colin Firth, Mark Strong) after new terrifying truths emerge. "The Great Invisible" is a documentary on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in 2010 as...
Also in theaters this weekend: "Horns" stars Daniel Radcliffe as the prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend (Juno Temple) who awakes one morning with magical horns growing from his head. In "Before I Go to Sleep," Christine (Nicole Kidman) wakes up every day with no memory of her past as the result of a traumatic accident forcing her to question everyone around her (Colin Firth, Mark Strong) after new terrifying truths emerge. "The Great Invisible" is a documentary on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in 2010 as...
- 10/30/2014
- by Jonny Black
- Moviefone
The titles of the movies in this week's bulletin may not be instantly recognizable, but some of the names behind them are. Take for instance Get Hard, the feature directorial debut for Etan Cohen starring Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Craig T. Nelson, Alison Brie and Tip Harris and then you have the new Blumhouse thriller Curve starring Julianne Hough from director Iain Softley (The Skeleton Key). Black Sea is the Kevin Macdonald-directed submarine thriller starring Jude Law and Song of the Sea is the animated feature from GKIDs that will be bidding for one of five Best Animated Feature slots at this year's Oscars. Finally, there are a couple of documentary's including the Deepwater Horizon doc THe Great Invisible and the Robert Kenner's Merchants of Doubt. The complete bulletin is directly below. Air Rated PG-13 For some violence, language and sexual references. The Best of Me: Special Edition Rated PG-13 For sexuality,...
- 10/29/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Margaret Brown's documentary The Great Invisible stands as a Very Important Film, and not just because of its impressive pedigree. Collectively, the creative team behind Invisible is responsible for the films The Order of Myths, God Loves Uganda, Night Catches Us, Food Inc., and dozens more socially conscious works. Invisible traces the history behind and fallout from British Petroleum's incalculably devastating rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Unfortunately, given both its content and the media's collective failure to fully report the (ongoing) story, the film only intermittently has a pulse. It's meant to be a multi-layered look at the issue, focusing on several rig workers who survived the blast, an elderly African...
- 10/29/2014
- Village Voice
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
I was happy to see that Margaret Brown’s deserving documentary “The Great Invisible,” on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its aftermath, nabbed the Grand Jury award at this year’s SXSW. While the doc competition lineup was strong, Brown’s film displayed the tautest and most skillful chops in terms of dynamic storytelling -- something that’s become increasingly important with the abundance of documentaries being made. What is the story of the Deepwater Horizon disaster? Most people know what they saw on the news back in 2010 -- a gargantuan oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and causing hundreds of millions of gallons of oil to chug mercilessly into the waters of the area, reaching its tarry claws to the coastline and wreaking havoc on both the environment and those whose livelihoods depended on the ecosystem for business. But Brown’s interested in the long-term story.
- 10/27/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Housing current award season/hot button docu front-runners in The Great Invisible and Citizenfour, Tom Quinn and Jason Janego’s RADiUS are already thinking ahead towards 2015 slate. Deadline reports that they have preemptively picked up Kirby Dick’s latest denunciatory documentary effort — one that holds certain parallels to his last alarmist item, The Invisible War. While they picked up theatrical and VOD market rights, CNN Films’ Vinnie Malhotra and Stacey Wolf continue padding their channel with docu programming. Recently profiled in the NYTimes article, the docu taps into the alarming lack of rigour found in college hierarchy – total failure to protect and support victims.
Gist: This follows the personal struggles of several people working to deal with their own trauma, including several survivors who come forward with their stories, to their families and school administrations.
Worth Noting: The Invisible War won the Indie Spirit and Sundance audience awards.
Do We Care?...
Gist: This follows the personal struggles of several people working to deal with their own trauma, including several survivors who come forward with their stories, to their families and school administrations.
Worth Noting: The Invisible War won the Indie Spirit and Sundance audience awards.
Do We Care?...
- 10/27/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
International and documentary competitions include The Skeleton Twins, ‘71 and The Look of Silence. A total of 17 world premieres secured for the festival, which has received a budget boost.
The 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 – Oct 5) has revealed its full line-up, which comprises 145 features – up from 122 last year – from 29 countries.
Co-director Nadja Schildknecht revealed a rise in budget for the festival as well as growth in anticipated guest numbers.
“This year, we expect some 500 guests (previous year 450) from around the world to accompany their films,” she said.
“And the budget has increased accordingly to CHF6.9m ($7.4m) (previous year CHF6.1m/$6.5m).”
As previously announced, Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic Get On Up will open the festival on Sept 25. The closing film has yet to be revealed.
International competition
The International Feature Film Competition includes 14 titles, some of which have received critical acclaim at previous festivals such as Yann Demange’s action thriller ‘71, which debuted at the...
The 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 – Oct 5) has revealed its full line-up, which comprises 145 features – up from 122 last year – from 29 countries.
Co-director Nadja Schildknecht revealed a rise in budget for the festival as well as growth in anticipated guest numbers.
“This year, we expect some 500 guests (previous year 450) from around the world to accompany their films,” she said.
“And the budget has increased accordingly to CHF6.9m ($7.4m) (previous year CHF6.1m/$6.5m).”
As previously announced, Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic Get On Up will open the festival on Sept 25. The closing film has yet to be revealed.
International competition
The International Feature Film Competition includes 14 titles, some of which have received critical acclaim at previous festivals such as Yann Demange’s action thriller ‘71, which debuted at the...
- 9/11/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Hamptons International Film Festival also unveils its annual Golden Starfish competition titles.
The Hamptons International Film Festival (Hiff) is to honour filmmaker Joel Schumacher with the Golden Starfish Lifetime Achievement in Directing Award at its 22nd edition (Oct 9-13).
The director of The Lost Boys, Batman Forever and more recently two episodes of House of Cards, will also take part in a “conversation with” session on Oct 11, where he will be also be presented with the award.
Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank will also be in conversation at the festival on Oct 12, where she will receive the Creative Impact in Acting Award.
Swank won Best Actress Academy Award’s in 2000 and 2005 for Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby, and her latest performance in The Homesman will be seen when the film is screened at Hiff.
In addition, Hiff has revealed the 20 films from 15 countries selected for this year’s Golden Starfish competition, including the Us...
The Hamptons International Film Festival (Hiff) is to honour filmmaker Joel Schumacher with the Golden Starfish Lifetime Achievement in Directing Award at its 22nd edition (Oct 9-13).
The director of The Lost Boys, Batman Forever and more recently two episodes of House of Cards, will also take part in a “conversation with” session on Oct 11, where he will be also be presented with the award.
Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank will also be in conversation at the festival on Oct 12, where she will receive the Creative Impact in Acting Award.
Swank won Best Actress Academy Award’s in 2000 and 2005 for Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby, and her latest performance in The Homesman will be seen when the film is screened at Hiff.
In addition, Hiff has revealed the 20 films from 15 countries selected for this year’s Golden Starfish competition, including the Us...
- 9/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Here's the latest Austin and Texas film news.
Austin filmmaker David Modigliani takes viewers on a journey into Louisiana's past in the documentary 61 Bullets, set to premiere at this year's New Orleans Film Festival (Oct. 16-23). The movie, which discusses the mysterious deaths of U.S. Senator Huey Long and surgeon Carl Weiss in 1935 inside the state's capitol and follows Weiss' family's attempt to clear their name in Long's murder, received a $10,000 Austin Film Society Grant in 2009.In distribution news, RADiUS has acquired the U.S. rights to the SXSW 2014 Grand Jury awardwinner The Great Invisible (Elizabeth's review), Deadline reports. The documentary, by former Austinite Margaret Brown (Elizabeth's interview), depicts the response to 2010's Deepwater Horizon explosion and resultant oil spill through the eyes of those affected. Music for the movie was composed by Austinite David Wingo.The SXSW 2013-screened Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton (Don's review) returns...
Austin filmmaker David Modigliani takes viewers on a journey into Louisiana's past in the documentary 61 Bullets, set to premiere at this year's New Orleans Film Festival (Oct. 16-23). The movie, which discusses the mysterious deaths of U.S. Senator Huey Long and surgeon Carl Weiss in 1935 inside the state's capitol and follows Weiss' family's attempt to clear their name in Long's murder, received a $10,000 Austin Film Society Grant in 2009.In distribution news, RADiUS has acquired the U.S. rights to the SXSW 2014 Grand Jury awardwinner The Great Invisible (Elizabeth's review), Deadline reports. The documentary, by former Austinite Margaret Brown (Elizabeth's interview), depicts the response to 2010's Deepwater Horizon explosion and resultant oil spill through the eyes of those affected. Music for the movie was composed by Austinite David Wingo.The SXSW 2013-screened Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton (Don's review) returns...
- 8/25/2014
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
RADiUS-twc has acquired the U.S. rights to the The Great Invisible, the eco-documentary which won the Grand Jury Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival earlier this year. Written and directed by Margaret Brown, the film chronicles the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast through the perspectives of the area’s survivors, fishermen, and oil men. Brown travels through towns in Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas, interviewing residents still reeling from the damage to the environment and the local fishing industry.
The Great Invisible is slated for release later this year.
The Great Invisible is slated for release later this year.
- 8/20/2014
- by Teresa Jue
- EW - Inside Movies
Radius has acquired U.S. rights to Participant Media’s The Great Invisible, a documentary written and directed by Margaret Brown. A Grand Jury winner at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival, the film looks at communities on the Gulf Coast affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The distributor is planning to release the doc theatrically later this year. “The Great Invisible unfolds like a thriller and Margaret does a brilliant job of uncovering the aftermath of one of the worst disasters our country has ever faced,” Radius co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego said in a
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- 8/20/2014
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The distributor has acquired Us rights to Participant Media’s documentary about the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on Gulf communities.
Margaret Brown directed the SXSW grand jury award-winner.
RADiUS has set a late 2014 theatrical release. “The Great Invisible unfolds like a thriller and Margaret does a brilliant job of uncovering the aftermath of one of the worst disasters our country has ever faced,” said RADiUS co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, who brokered the deal with Participant and Submarine.
“Participant is proud to re-team with RADiUS to share Margaret Brown’s beautiful, reflective film about the people and places still reeling from the impact of the spill,” said Participant Media evp of documentary films Diane Weyermann.
Participant and RADiUS previously collaborated on Errol Morris’ The Known Unknown.
Brown added: “RADiUS is clearly a great home for documentaries, and I am thrilled to work with them on this very personal film.”
The Great Invisible is a co-production...
Margaret Brown directed the SXSW grand jury award-winner.
RADiUS has set a late 2014 theatrical release. “The Great Invisible unfolds like a thriller and Margaret does a brilliant job of uncovering the aftermath of one of the worst disasters our country has ever faced,” said RADiUS co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, who brokered the deal with Participant and Submarine.
“Participant is proud to re-team with RADiUS to share Margaret Brown’s beautiful, reflective film about the people and places still reeling from the impact of the spill,” said Participant Media evp of documentary films Diane Weyermann.
Participant and RADiUS previously collaborated on Errol Morris’ The Known Unknown.
Brown added: “RADiUS is clearly a great home for documentaries, and I am thrilled to work with them on this very personal film.”
The Great Invisible is a co-production...
- 8/20/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has acquired Us rights to Participant Media’s documentary about the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on Gulf communities.
Margaret Brown directed the SXSW grand jury award-winner.
RADiUS has set a late 2014 theatrical release. “The Great Invisible unfolds like a thriller and Margaret does a brilliant job of uncovering the aftermath of one of the worst disasters our country has ever faced,” said RADiUS co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, who brokered the deal with Participant and Submarine.
“Participant is proud to re-team with RADiUS to share Margaret Brown’s beautiful, reflective film about the people and places still reeling from the impact of the spill,” said Participant Media evp of documentary films Diane Weyermann.
Participant and RADiUS previously collaborated on Errol Morris’ The Known Unknown.
Brown added: “RADiUS is clearly a great home for documentaries, and I am thrilled to work with them on this very personal film.”
The Great Invisible is a co-production...
Margaret Brown directed the SXSW grand jury award-winner.
RADiUS has set a late 2014 theatrical release. “The Great Invisible unfolds like a thriller and Margaret does a brilliant job of uncovering the aftermath of one of the worst disasters our country has ever faced,” said RADiUS co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, who brokered the deal with Participant and Submarine.
“Participant is proud to re-team with RADiUS to share Margaret Brown’s beautiful, reflective film about the people and places still reeling from the impact of the spill,” said Participant Media evp of documentary films Diane Weyermann.
Participant and RADiUS previously collaborated on Errol Morris’ The Known Unknown.
Brown added: “RADiUS is clearly a great home for documentaries, and I am thrilled to work with them on this very personal film.”
The Great Invisible is a co-production...
- 8/20/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
RADiUS’ Tom Quinn and Jason Janego have traded in suit & tie garb for some wetsuit gear as they’ve landed the rights to Margaret Brown’s SXSW Grand Jury Award-winning docu. On our radar for several years now, The Great Invisible will be released theatrically this year. Peg this as a awards contender at the Cinema Eye Honors & Oscars.
Gist: On April 20, 2010, communities throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States were devastated by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, a state-of-the-art, offshore oilrig operated by Bp in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 of 126 rig crewmembers and injured many more, setting off a fireball that was seen 35 miles away. After burning for two days, the Deepwater Horizon sank, causing the largest offshore oil spill in American history. The spill flowed unabated for almost three months, dumping hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean,...
Gist: On April 20, 2010, communities throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States were devastated by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, a state-of-the-art, offshore oilrig operated by Bp in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 of 126 rig crewmembers and injured many more, setting off a fireball that was seen 35 miles away. After burning for two days, the Deepwater Horizon sank, causing the largest offshore oil spill in American history. The spill flowed unabated for almost three months, dumping hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean,...
- 8/20/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
TWC-Radius announced on Wednesday that it had acquired the SXSW Grand Jury Award-winning doc “The Great Invisible” from Participant Media and will release it late this year. The film, from writer/director Margaret Brown (“The Order of Myths”), “tells the story of the modern South – the fishermen, the oilmen, and the survivors – through the lens of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.” Also read: Radius Exec Tom Quinn on ‘Snowpiercer,’ VOD and Longform Desire: ‘I'm a Binge Viewer in the Worst Way’ In 2010, the Gulf Coast was devastated by the explosion of Bp's new oil rig, the Deepwater Horizon, which...
- 8/20/2014
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Wrap
About 3 months ago we made the decision to self-distribute Bluebird in North America. From the beginning, our goal was to make an intimate, quietly affecting ensemble drama. For writer/director Lance Edmands, there was a specific kind of feeling he was trying to express with the film. There was a unique sense of loneliness, solitude, and isolation that was linked directly to a region of Northern Maine and the culture that permeates the area. Lance grew up in Maine, and he felt that these melancholy emotions stood in stark contrast with the great rugged beauty of the state. We wanted to explore that conflicted feeling in way that would resonate personally with a viewer. It was important to us to maintain the subtle, quiet tone of the film both in the way we made it and the way we brought the film to an audience. With that in mind, we...
- 7/16/2014
- by Kyle Martin
- Hope for Film
The Los Angeles Film Festival has revealed its jurors for the 2014 summer festival, its 20th, which runs from Wednesday, June 11 to Thursday, June 19 in downtown Los Angeles. The narrative jury:Writer-director Destin Daniel Cretton, whose "Short Term 12" won the Laff Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature in 2013Veteran producer Stuart Cornfeld ("Zoolander," "The Fly") Film critic Ella Taylor (NPR, Elle) The documentary jury:Editor Lynzee Klingman ("Hearts and Minds") Director Margaret Brown ("The Great Invisible," "The Order Of Myths")Film critic and author Justin Chang (Variety) The La Muse jury:Composer-singer-songwriter Kathryn Bostic ("Middle of Nowhere," "Dear White People")Writer-director,-producer Maryam Keshavarz ("Circumstance") Nicole Bernard, Executive Vice President at Laff sponsor Fox Audience Strategy Director Kevin Bray ("Walking Tall") The shorts jury:Writer-actor-director Todd Berger ("It’s a Disaster,"...
- 6/9/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Variety reports that Jeffrey Skoll’s Participant Media is teaming with Image Nation Abu Dhabi as co-financer and collaborating once again with a docu helmer always in it for a good cause in Davis Guggenheim on a project surrounding the international, inspirational youth figure Malala Yousafzai. Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will produce the project which they hope will find a distributor first and then bring goodness alongside teachers, books and classrooms into theaters sometime early next year.
Gist: In 2012 Malala Yousafzai was wounded when gunmen opened fire on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 14-year-old teenager, who had been targeted for speaking out on behalf of girls’ education in her community, was shot in the head and neck, sparking international media outrage. Yousafzai was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest such nominee in history.
Worth Noting: One of our favorite producer-philanthropists, Jeff Skoll...
Gist: In 2012 Malala Yousafzai was wounded when gunmen opened fire on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 14-year-old teenager, who had been targeted for speaking out on behalf of girls’ education in her community, was shot in the head and neck, sparking international media outrage. Yousafzai was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest such nominee in history.
Worth Noting: One of our favorite producer-philanthropists, Jeff Skoll...
- 4/10/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Here's the latest Austin and Texas film news.
Texas native Darius Clark Monroe's film Evolution of a Criminal, which made its world premiere at this year's SXSW, recently received the Grand Jury Prize at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. It also screened at the 2014 Dallas International Film Festival. Fellow SXSW 2014 selection The Great Invisible (Elizabeth's review), also won at Full Frame, for Best Environmental Documentary. The movie, directed by Austinite Margaret Brown (Elizabeth's interview), follows the effects of the Bp oil spill on communities in the Gulf Coast. Another SXSW 2014 selection, the San Marcos River experimental documentary Yakona (Caitlin's review), will make its local premiere at 9 pm on Saturday at Sewell Park in San Marcos. The free screening takes place during the two-day Inaugural Texas Wild Rice Festival. The Austin Film Society announced its recent collaboration with the Sundance Institute on its Artist Services program, Indiewire reports. Afs...
Texas native Darius Clark Monroe's film Evolution of a Criminal, which made its world premiere at this year's SXSW, recently received the Grand Jury Prize at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. It also screened at the 2014 Dallas International Film Festival. Fellow SXSW 2014 selection The Great Invisible (Elizabeth's review), also won at Full Frame, for Best Environmental Documentary. The movie, directed by Austinite Margaret Brown (Elizabeth's interview), follows the effects of the Bp oil spill on communities in the Gulf Coast. Another SXSW 2014 selection, the San Marcos River experimental documentary Yakona (Caitlin's review), will make its local premiere at 9 pm on Saturday at Sewell Park in San Marcos. The free screening takes place during the two-day Inaugural Texas Wild Rice Festival. The Austin Film Society announced its recent collaboration with the Sundance Institute on its Artist Services program, Indiewire reports. Afs...
- 4/7/2014
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
The folks at Affrm are testing the docu-waters picking up the worldwide rights to Vanishing Pearls. Plans are to have Nailah Jefferson’s debut/Slamdance preemed break-out next month theatrically on April 18 NY & La.
Gist: This documents the ongoing, environmental ‘David and Goliath’ struggle between Bp (Beyond Petroleum) and the residents of the last surviving African-American fishing community in the Louisiana Gulf. Told from the point of view of the film’s ‘David’, businessman Byron Encalade, we learn how a once prolific and unique oyster fishing community has nearly vanished. The current story begins with ‘Goliath’, Bp, and the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster – which destroyed the livelihood of many Louisianans. Encalade and a small tribe of diverse Louisianans fight through legal channels and any other way they can to find justice.
Worth Noting: Nailah Jefferson previously worked for Lee Daniels Ent. (circa Tennessee, Precious).
Do We Care?...
Gist: This documents the ongoing, environmental ‘David and Goliath’ struggle between Bp (Beyond Petroleum) and the residents of the last surviving African-American fishing community in the Louisiana Gulf. Told from the point of view of the film’s ‘David’, businessman Byron Encalade, we learn how a once prolific and unique oyster fishing community has nearly vanished. The current story begins with ‘Goliath’, Bp, and the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster – which destroyed the livelihood of many Louisianans. Encalade and a small tribe of diverse Louisianans fight through legal channels and any other way they can to find justice.
Worth Noting: Nailah Jefferson previously worked for Lee Daniels Ent. (circa Tennessee, Precious).
Do We Care?...
- 3/18/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Here's the latest Austin and Texas film news.
SXSW Film announced its 2014 jury award winners. Former Austinite Margaret Brown's documentary The Great Invisible (Elizabeth's review), about the Bp oil spill and its effect on Gulf states, won the documentary feature competition. Local filmmaker Kat Candler Texas-shot Hellion (Debbie's review) received special mention in the Gamechanger Award category, and Richard Linklater's film Boyhood (Debbie's review) won the Louis Black "Lone Star" Award. Anne S. Lewis's short Some Vacation took home the Texas Shorts award, and the Texas short Krisha won special jury recognition in the short film competition.In more SXSW Film award news, the festival's audience award winners were announced over the weekend. Before I Disappear (Don's review), based on the Academy Award-winning short Curfew, won in the Narrative Feature Competition; audiences voted the San Marcos River documentary Yakona (Jordan's dispatch) as the best in the Visions category...
SXSW Film announced its 2014 jury award winners. Former Austinite Margaret Brown's documentary The Great Invisible (Elizabeth's review), about the Bp oil spill and its effect on Gulf states, won the documentary feature competition. Local filmmaker Kat Candler Texas-shot Hellion (Debbie's review) received special mention in the Gamechanger Award category, and Richard Linklater's film Boyhood (Debbie's review) won the Louis Black "Lone Star" Award. Anne S. Lewis's short Some Vacation took home the Texas Shorts award, and the Texas short Krisha won special jury recognition in the short film competition.In more SXSW Film award news, the festival's audience award winners were announced over the weekend. Before I Disappear (Don's review), based on the Academy Award-winning short Curfew, won in the Narrative Feature Competition; audiences voted the San Marcos River documentary Yakona (Jordan's dispatch) as the best in the Visions category...
- 3/17/2014
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
Shawn Christensen’s Before I Disappear has won (15) the 2014 SXSW narrative feature audience award, while Diana Whitten’s Vessel triumphed in the documentary section.
Diego Luna’s Cesar Chavez earned the narrative spotlight audience award and Ben Knight and Travis Rummel took the documentary prize for DamNation.
The 24 Beats Per Second category will be announced via sxsw.com on March 17 as first screenings were still remaining at time of writing on Saturday (15).
The audience awards follow the previously announced juried awards, which included grand jury winners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ Fort Tilden for narrative feature and Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible for documentary feature.
Complete 2014 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: Before I Disappear
Shawn Christensen
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: Vessel
Director: Diana Whitten
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: DamNation
Director: Ben Knight and Travis Rummel
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: Cesar Chavez
Directors: Diego Luna
Visions...
Diego Luna’s Cesar Chavez earned the narrative spotlight audience award and Ben Knight and Travis Rummel took the documentary prize for DamNation.
The 24 Beats Per Second category will be announced via sxsw.com on March 17 as first screenings were still remaining at time of writing on Saturday (15).
The audience awards follow the previously announced juried awards, which included grand jury winners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ Fort Tilden for narrative feature and Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible for documentary feature.
Complete 2014 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: Before I Disappear
Shawn Christensen
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: Vessel
Director: Diana Whitten
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: DamNation
Director: Ben Knight and Travis Rummel
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: Cesar Chavez
Directors: Diego Luna
Visions...
- 3/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With the 2014 SXSW Film Festival drawing to an end, the organization just announced this year's Audience Awards, chosen by the festival's attendees, who hit up movie screenings all across Austin, TX.
Shawn Christensen's "Before I Disappear" won the Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Diana Whitten's flick, "Vessel" earned the Audience Award in the Documentary Feature Competition.
Awards in the respective categories were also given to to Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers’ "Fort Tilden," as well as Margaret Brown's documentary, "The Great Invisible."
"Cesar Chavez," directed by Diego Luna, won the Audience Award in the Narrative Spotlight, set to premiere on March 28th through Pantelion Films, and Ben Knight and Travis Rummel's film, "DamNation" won the Documentary Spotlight.
Take a look at the list of winners below!
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: "Before I Disappear"
Director: Shawn Christensen
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner:...
Shawn Christensen's "Before I Disappear" won the Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Diana Whitten's flick, "Vessel" earned the Audience Award in the Documentary Feature Competition.
Awards in the respective categories were also given to to Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers’ "Fort Tilden," as well as Margaret Brown's documentary, "The Great Invisible."
"Cesar Chavez," directed by Diego Luna, won the Audience Award in the Narrative Spotlight, set to premiere on March 28th through Pantelion Films, and Ben Knight and Travis Rummel's film, "DamNation" won the Documentary Spotlight.
Take a look at the list of winners below!
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: "Before I Disappear"
Director: Shawn Christensen
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner:...
- 3/15/2014
- GossipCenter
The 2014 SXSW Film Festival comes to a close today and just a few days after the awards presentation of their jury prizes, they've announced this year's Audience Awards, selected by those who attended screenings in the festival's 10 venues across the Austin, Texas area. Shawn Christensen's Before I Disappear , expanded from his Oscar-winning short "Curfew," won the Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition, while Diana Whitten's Vessel won the same award in the Documentary Feature Competition. The jury gave their awards in those respective categories to Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers. Fort Tilden and Margaret Brown's documentary The Great Invisible . This was a departure from last year when both the jury and audience awards went to Destin Daniel...
- 3/15/2014
- Comingsoon.net
I left this year's SXSW film festival with three takeaways: 1) Sundance programmed some really great titles back in January, many of which South By incorporated into their Festival Favorites category, 2) the Documentary Competition lineup was strong, and 3) the Narrative Competition lineup was not. (SXSW wrap and awards winners here.)So, to begin with the good. I caught four of the documentaries in competition, and can report they were all solid. The best of the bunch was Grand Jury winner "The Great Invisible," directed skillfully by Margaret Brown, which looks at the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its unsettling aftermath. Though the 2010 disaster has faded from headlines and media attention, the sizable environmental and economic ramifications continue to affect those who live in the Gulf area; Brown focuses on locals, survivors and surviving family members of those on the oil rig, and oil businessmen, to create a clear-eyed portrait of how an avoidable tragedy plays.
- 3/12/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Down in Austin, Texas, the film and music festival South by Southwest is coming to a close, and the two big winners were Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers' Fort Tilden in the Narrative Feature Competition and Margaret Brown's The Great Invisible in the Documentary Feature Competition. But there were plenty of other great films that premiered down South, and we have a red band trailer for the midnight premiere 13 Sins starring Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World). It's a horror flick where a mysterious phone call sets a downtrodden salesman on a dangerous series of tasks that prove to be pretty gruesome. Watch it! Here's the red band trailer for Daniel Stamm's 13 Sins from Radius-twc: 13 Sins is directed by Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) from a script he co-wrote with David Birke (Freeway Killer). A cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of risks for...
- 3/12/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
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