Ed Barreveld, an European Film Market (EFM) veteran, is returning to Berlin via his Storyline Entertainment banner, having sold its feature documentaries to CBC, PBS, Discovery, NatGeo, Sky UK, Zdf and Arte, among others.
With 35 years of experience in the doc space, Barreveld specializes in combining Canadian and international storytellers, financiers and distributors on factual features that explore hidden places and issues in society and culture.
His award-winning producer credits include Angad Bhalla’s Herman’s House, about Herman Wallace, a prisoner in a solitary cell in Louisiana’s “Angola” prison where he draws his dream house; Nisha Pahuja’s The World Before Her, about women competing in the Miss India pageant; and Min Sook-Lee’s Tiger Spirit, which captures a family reunion across the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Before touching down in Berlin, Barreveld told The Hollywood Reporter about what he’s looking forward to, and aiming to avoid, at the EFM.
With 35 years of experience in the doc space, Barreveld specializes in combining Canadian and international storytellers, financiers and distributors on factual features that explore hidden places and issues in society and culture.
His award-winning producer credits include Angad Bhalla’s Herman’s House, about Herman Wallace, a prisoner in a solitary cell in Louisiana’s “Angola” prison where he draws his dream house; Nisha Pahuja’s The World Before Her, about women competing in the Miss India pageant; and Min Sook-Lee’s Tiger Spirit, which captures a family reunion across the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Before touching down in Berlin, Barreveld told The Hollywood Reporter about what he’s looking forward to, and aiming to avoid, at the EFM.
- 2/16/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hundreds of WGA East members who work for Hearst Magazines Media are planning to stage a walkout Thursday to demand a fair contract. The half-day action is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Et and will last the remainder of the day.
“WGA East members at Hearst have been bargaining a first contract for over two years and their last scheduled day of negotiations is March 28,” the guild said. “With only one bargaining session left, the Hearst Union is taking collective action with a unit-wide walkout in their fight for a fair first contract.”
Rallies in support of the walkout will be held at four locations: outside the Hearst Tower in Manhattan; at the Hearst offices in Easton, Pa; at the Hearst offices in Ann Arbor, Mi; and the Hearst offices in Birmingham, Al.
The guild represents some 500 of the publishing giant’s editorial, video, design and photo staff at more than 25 brands including Esquire,...
“WGA East members at Hearst have been bargaining a first contract for over two years and their last scheduled day of negotiations is March 28,” the guild said. “With only one bargaining session left, the Hearst Union is taking collective action with a unit-wide walkout in their fight for a fair first contract.”
Rallies in support of the walkout will be held at four locations: outside the Hearst Tower in Manhattan; at the Hearst offices in Easton, Pa; at the Hearst offices in Ann Arbor, Mi; and the Hearst offices in Birmingham, Al.
The guild represents some 500 of the publishing giant’s editorial, video, design and photo staff at more than 25 brands including Esquire,...
- 3/21/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
The Festival du nouveau cinéma (Fnc) has just announced the works in competition in the “Nouvelles écritures” section. This year, six productions were selected for their ability to push the limits of interactivity and impressiveness to deliver content, whether documentary or fiction, that is engaged, creative and always surprising. The works in competition are:
The Deeper they Bury Me
Angad Bhalla, Ted Biggs (Canada) – Nfb production
The Doghouse
Mads Damsbo and Johan Knattrup Jensen (Denmark)
In Limbo, web experience
Antoine Viviani (France/Canada) – Providences, Arte and Nfb production
Karen
Blast Theory (UK)
The Machine to Be Another
BeAnotherLab (Spain/Mexico)
World Brain
Stéphane Degoutin, Gwenola Wagon (France)- Irrévérence films, Arte production
All the “Nouvelles écritures” creators and producers will also be part of the Fnc Pro lineup (October 13-15), which will be unveiled in the next few days.
The full lineup of the 44th Festival du nouveau cinéma will...
The Deeper they Bury Me
Angad Bhalla, Ted Biggs (Canada) – Nfb production
The Doghouse
Mads Damsbo and Johan Knattrup Jensen (Denmark)
In Limbo, web experience
Antoine Viviani (France/Canada) – Providences, Arte and Nfb production
Karen
Blast Theory (UK)
The Machine to Be Another
BeAnotherLab (Spain/Mexico)
World Brain
Stéphane Degoutin, Gwenola Wagon (France)- Irrévérence films, Arte production
All the “Nouvelles écritures” creators and producers will also be part of the Fnc Pro lineup (October 13-15), which will be unveiled in the next few days.
The full lineup of the 44th Festival du nouveau cinéma will...
- 8/31/2015
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
The Paley Center for Media has announced a call for entries for its celebrated Art of the Documentary Pitch Workshop, which will be held at the Paley Center in New York on Saturday, November 15, 2014. In this workshop/competition- now in its eleventh year - a panel of documentary executives and producers discuss the process of developing a documentary and will hear and evaluate pitches from five pre-selected up-and-coming filmmakers who are hoping to sell either a nonfiction concept or a documentary work-in-progress. The winner of the pitch competition in November will receive a $5,000 grant to be used towards the completion of their project.
This call for entries is to be selected as one of the five filmmakers who will participate in the workshop in November.
Complete submission guidelines and entry forms can be found Here or filmmakers can submit electronically through Withoutabox - the free online resource that helps filmmakers connect with film festivals- Here
The deadline for entries:
Late Deadline: September 17, 2014 ($35 regular submission fee / $30 for Withoutabox members submitting through Withoutabox)
Special Extended Deadline: October 1, 2014 ($45 / $35 for Withoutabox members)
Withoutabox Extended Deadline: October 8, 2014 ($55 / $40 for Withoutabox members)
Past winners include: "The Age of Love" by Steven Loring, "Eleven" directed by Laura Paglin and Kahlil Pedizisai, "The View from Bellas Luces" directed by Christa Boarini; "Charge" by Mike Plunkett; "From Texas to Tehran" by Till Schauder; "Circo" by Aaron Schock; "The House that Herman Built" by Angad Bhalla; "Whatever it Takes" by Christopher Wong; and "Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary)" by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly
The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public. Drawing upon its curatorial expertise, an international collection, and close relationships with the leaders of the media community, the Paley Center examines the intersections between media and society.
The general public can access the collection and participate in programs that explore and celebrate the creativity, the innovations, the personalities, and the leaders who are shaping media. Through the global programs of its Media Council and International Council, the Paley Center also serves as a neutral setting where media professionals can engage in discussion and debate about the evolving media landscape. Previously known as The Museum of Television & Radio, the Paley Center was founded in 1975 by William S. Paley, a pioneering innovator in the industry. For more information, please visit paleycenter.org.
This call for entries is to be selected as one of the five filmmakers who will participate in the workshop in November.
Complete submission guidelines and entry forms can be found Here or filmmakers can submit electronically through Withoutabox - the free online resource that helps filmmakers connect with film festivals- Here
The deadline for entries:
Late Deadline: September 17, 2014 ($35 regular submission fee / $30 for Withoutabox members submitting through Withoutabox)
Special Extended Deadline: October 1, 2014 ($45 / $35 for Withoutabox members)
Withoutabox Extended Deadline: October 8, 2014 ($55 / $40 for Withoutabox members)
Past winners include: "The Age of Love" by Steven Loring, "Eleven" directed by Laura Paglin and Kahlil Pedizisai, "The View from Bellas Luces" directed by Christa Boarini; "Charge" by Mike Plunkett; "From Texas to Tehran" by Till Schauder; "Circo" by Aaron Schock; "The House that Herman Built" by Angad Bhalla; "Whatever it Takes" by Christopher Wong; and "Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary)" by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly
The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public. Drawing upon its curatorial expertise, an international collection, and close relationships with the leaders of the media community, the Paley Center examines the intersections between media and society.
The general public can access the collection and participate in programs that explore and celebrate the creativity, the innovations, the personalities, and the leaders who are shaping media. Through the global programs of its Media Council and International Council, the Paley Center also serves as a neutral setting where media professionals can engage in discussion and debate about the evolving media landscape. Previously known as The Museum of Television & Radio, the Paley Center was founded in 1975 by William S. Paley, a pioneering innovator in the industry. For more information, please visit paleycenter.org.
- 9/14/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The renowned Paley Center for Media will hold its 10th Art of the Documentary Pitch Workshop in New York on Saturday, November 16th, 2013. The event aims to connect a group of several producers and executives with five preselected up-and-coming participants in an effort to discuss the process of developing a documentary and making it a reality. The panel will also evaluate the new talent's pitches and select one of them to be awarded a $5,000 grant to be used towards the completion of the winning project.
Some of the winners from past editions include: Eleven directed by Laura Paglin and Kahlil Pedizisai, The View from Bellas Luces directed by Christa Boarini; Charge by Mike Plunkett; The Iran Job by Till Schauder; Circo by Aaron Schock; Herman's House by Angad Bhalla; Whatever it Takes by Christopher Wong; and Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary) by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly.
Entries to be part of the exclusive group of five contestants at the workshops are now being accepted. The regular deadline is September 18th, 2013 (at $35 per entry), there is also a special extended deadline on October, 2, 2013 (at $45 or $35 for Withoutabox members) and a Withoutabox extended deadline on October 9,2013 ($55 or $45 for Withoutabox members).
To read a complete list of submission guidelines click Here
To submit your entry electronically on Withoutabox click Here
To learn more about the Paley Center for Media and their support of the creative community click Here...
Some of the winners from past editions include: Eleven directed by Laura Paglin and Kahlil Pedizisai, The View from Bellas Luces directed by Christa Boarini; Charge by Mike Plunkett; The Iran Job by Till Schauder; Circo by Aaron Schock; Herman's House by Angad Bhalla; Whatever it Takes by Christopher Wong; and Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary) by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly.
Entries to be part of the exclusive group of five contestants at the workshops are now being accepted. The regular deadline is September 18th, 2013 (at $35 per entry), there is also a special extended deadline on October, 2, 2013 (at $45 or $35 for Withoutabox members) and a Withoutabox extended deadline on October 9,2013 ($55 or $45 for Withoutabox members).
To read a complete list of submission guidelines click Here
To submit your entry electronically on Withoutabox click Here
To learn more about the Paley Center for Media and their support of the creative community click Here...
- 9/12/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Herman’s House has an odd issue. At first it seems quite apparent that director Angad Bhalla’s debut suffers from a lack of focus, bobbing and weaving through topics as broad as human rights and our broken prison system to the more intricate appeal of an odd couple inspired to use art as a means to circumvent the prison bars that have confined one of them for decades. Yielding such fertile material, it seems strange then that each of these ideas is broken up into episodic segments spanning several years, but it isn’t until the credits roll that we realize the film’s true intent actually lies in our relationship with the structures we inhibit, how they subconsciously reflect our inner struggles and how, in turn, they impose themselves upon us, keeping us safe or keeping us captive, as in the case of Herman Wallace.
Over forty years ago,...
Over forty years ago,...
- 7/30/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Now in its 26th season, a new year of PBS' Pov documentary film series kicked off on Monday, June 24, with a slate of films that explores a range of stories from African American funeral traditions, international immigration, solitary confinement, love and adolescence in today's America and more. Airing on PBS with a move to Monday nights at 10 p.m. (check local listings), the new season runs through October 14, and will conclude with winter specials. Airing next Monday, on July 8, is director Angad Bhalla's feature-length documentary Herman's House. The short story goes... Once a slave estate and now known as the Alcatraz of...
- 7/2/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner to open T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival; competition titles announced.Scroll down for competition titles
Poland’s T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (July 18-28) is to open with this year’s Palme d’Or winner, Blue is the Warmest Colour (La vie d’Adèle - Chapitre 1 & 2) by Abdellatif Kechiche.
The closing film will be the Polish premiere of Malgoska Szumowska’s Berlinale competition title and Teddy Award winner In the Name of.
Festival organizers also announced the films in competition at this year’s event.
The New Horizons International Competition consists of 12 Polish premieres including Rotterdam competition title Noche by Leonardo Brzezicki, Locarno Fipresci award winner Leviathan by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, as well as this year’s Cannes’ Un Certain Regard title Stranger by the Lake by Alain Guiraudie.
The Jury for this competition will be announced next week.
The Films in...
Poland’s T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (July 18-28) is to open with this year’s Palme d’Or winner, Blue is the Warmest Colour (La vie d’Adèle - Chapitre 1 & 2) by Abdellatif Kechiche.
The closing film will be the Polish premiere of Malgoska Szumowska’s Berlinale competition title and Teddy Award winner In the Name of.
Festival organizers also announced the films in competition at this year’s event.
The New Horizons International Competition consists of 12 Polish premieres including Rotterdam competition title Noche by Leonardo Brzezicki, Locarno Fipresci award winner Leviathan by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, as well as this year’s Cannes’ Un Certain Regard title Stranger by the Lake by Alain Guiraudie.
The Jury for this competition will be announced next week.
The Films in...
- 6/27/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Now in its 26th season, a new year of PBS' Pov documentary film series kicks off on Monday, June 24, with a slate of films that explores a range of stories from African American funeral traditions, international immigration, solitary confinement, love and adolescence in today's America and more. Airing on PBS with a move to Monday nights at 10 p.m. (check local listings), the new season runs through October 14, and will conclude with winter specials. Airing on July 8 is director Angad Bhalla's feature-length documentary Herman's House. The short story goes... Once a slave estate and now known as the Alcatraz of the South,...
- 5/30/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Written and directed by Angad Bhalla, and produced by Lisa Valencia-Svensson and Bhalla, First Run Features will release the feature-length documentary Herman's House, in NYC's Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street, in Manhattan. The short story goes... Once a slave-breeding estate and now known as the Alcatraz of the South, Angola prison sprawls over 18,000 Louisiana acres and houses over 5,000 prisoners. For almost 40 years Herman Wallace, a Black Panther member falsely convicted of murdering a prison guard, has been kept in a tiny cell in solitary confinement. In 2001, when young artist and political activist Jackie Sumell asked him to collaborate on an art project by...
- 4/18/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Herman Wallace was twenty-one year old when he was found guilty in a case of bank robbery and sent behind the bars. At the age of thirty-one he was condemned to solitary confinement for murder of a prison- guard which- the film strongly indicates -he likely did not commit. At the time of making of the film he was sixty-nine year old and still in solitary confinement.
Jackie Sumell, an artist-activist, reaches out to Herman through letters in which she asks, “What kind of a house would a man who has been living in a 6ft by 9 ft cell for over thirty years dream of?” Through a series of letters and phone conversations (and some in-person meetings through double metal doors), Herman gives Jackie detailed descriptions of the cell he is in and the house he dreams to live in. Jackie creates an art project with a model of Herman...
Jackie Sumell, an artist-activist, reaches out to Herman through letters in which she asks, “What kind of a house would a man who has been living in a 6ft by 9 ft cell for over thirty years dream of?” Through a series of letters and phone conversations (and some in-person meetings through double metal doors), Herman gives Jackie detailed descriptions of the cell he is in and the house he dreams to live in. Jackie creates an art project with a model of Herman...
- 11/5/2012
- by Shazia Javed
- DearCinema.com
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