The New York Knicks are one of basketball’s most storied franchises but they haven’t won an NBA title since 1973. Celebrity fans like Spike Lee, Woody Allen, and screenwriter William Goldman worshipped the star-studded — but team-first — Knicks teams of that championship era, and a generation of aging sportswriters refuse to let those hardwood legends die. Actor Michael Rapaport was only three years old when the Knicks won their last title, but he’s turned his yearning for those glory years into a documentary, When the Garden was Eden.
Rapaport’s movie, which is also part of Espn’s “30 for 30″ series,...
Rapaport’s movie, which is also part of Espn’s “30 for 30″ series,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The world premiere of the 30 For 30 documentary When The Garden Was Eden marking actor Michael Rapaport’s feature directorial debut will kick off the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival on April 17.
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
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When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
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The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
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- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The world premiere of the 30 For 30 documentary marking actor Michael Rapaport’s feature directorial debut will kick off the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival on April 17.
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor Michael Rapaport delivers his love letter to the Knicks in a fast-paced...
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor Michael Rapaport delivers his love letter to the Knicks in a fast-paced...
- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Keeping us firmly on the ground, this year’s domestic competition is mostly comprised of the politically charged verity we’ve come to expect to find in Park City. Unsurprisingly coming straight from this summer’s doc labs, Roger Ross Williams’s God Loves Uganda and Dawn Porter’s Gideon’s Army are both making their debut. Sundance award winning directors for Trouble the Water in Carl Deal and Tia Lessin are making their sophomore appearance at the helm and fest with Citizen Koch (see pic above) and so is the dynamic team of Sean and Andrea Nix Fine who return to the fest after triumphing back in 2007 with War/Dance. While last year featured a wide variety of tones and tenors that dabbled in odd-ball character studies and the arts, this year, Morgan Neville’s Twenty Feet From Stardom looks to be the lone picture to dabble in performance,...
- 11/29/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Passion Pictures and Red Box Films are proud to announce their new feature documentary Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007 directed by Stevan Riley (Fire In Babylon), produced by John Battsek (One Day In September, The Tillman Story) and Simon Chinn (Man On Wire, Project Nim) to coincide with the 50th anniversary of James Bond films on October 5. Country specific release plans to be announced shortly.
Everything Or Nothing focuses on three men with a shared dream . Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history which began in 1962. With unprecedented access both to the key players involved and to Eon Productions’ extensive archive, this is the first time the inside story of the franchise has ever been told on screen in this way. Director Stevan Riley...
Everything Or Nothing focuses on three men with a shared dream . Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history which began in 1962. With unprecedented access both to the key players involved and to Eon Productions’ extensive archive, this is the first time the inside story of the franchise has ever been told on screen in this way. Director Stevan Riley...
- 8/28/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
More from the Latino scene from our woman in L.A., free lance festival programmer extraordinaire, Christine Davila, from her blog Chicana from Chicago:
Looking at yesterday’s announcement of Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival reveals a healthy Latino presence among the 62 features and 48 short films in the program. Here’s how I break down the Latino/ Ibero/ U.S. Latino component of the program.
Chile continues to give Argentina a run for its cache of exciting and growing cinematic output from South America with the inclusion of Thursday Til Sunday (Isa & Distributor: FiGa) written and directed by Dominga Sotomayor ♀, in Narrative Competition.
Although the traveling Mexican film festival Ambulante is no longer a program spotlight, Mexican films continue to be a mainstay of the festival. There are four feature-length films and three short films from/about Mexico. In Narrative Competition, The Compass is Carried by the Dead Man (Isa: Kafilms, Argentina) written and directed by Arturo Pons [about a young Mexican aiming for Chicago], and in Documentary Competition, Drought by Everado González (recently awarded Best Documentary at FICG27) . Out of competition is the gorgeously shot documentary, Canícula, and although the funding is mainly stateside, Bernardo Ruiz paints a fascinating portrait of the risky journalistic practice and history of the seminal Tijuana weekly, Zeta in Reportero.
Also of note in the program is that four short films list Cuba as a co-production/origin of country.
But what of the U.S. Latino filmmakers and stories? Last year Los Angeles Film Festival was a great launchpad for Mamitas (Distributor: ScreenMedia, Producer rep: Traction Media), an authentic Chicano portrayal of young love set in Echo Parque written and directed by Nicolas Ozeki (a non-Latino), co-starring fast rising hot talents Veronica Diaz-Carranzo (Blaze You Out) and E.J. Bonilla. The film is currently in theaters now. (Big recommend,theater listings here-go support it!)
The closest we have to representing U.S. Latino in the features section is Four, the feature debut of Joshua Sanchez who hails from Houston, Texas. Based on a Christopher Shinn play, the July 4th-eve-set story is a snapshot of two disparate relationships tensely intertwined and their at-odd dynamics of desire. Coincidentally, E.J. Bonilla also stars (this guy is blowing up!). I would also include as U.S. Latino, Searching for Sugar Man, the documentary by Malik Bendjelloul about singer songwriter Sixto Rodriguez’s fascinating rise and fall into obscurity as a Uj.S. Latino story. As a matter of fact, the film seems to suggest that perhaps Sixto’s Mexican-American identity might have been a reason he was not embraced by the 60s and 70s mainstream. [Per Sydney: The film was snatched up at Sundance by Sony Pictures Classics and by Isa Protagonist who is screening it twice in Cannes.]
As for U.S. Latino shorts, Fireworks written and directed by Victor Hugo Duran, which is also incidentally centered around 4th of July, is an L.A. set story about boys trying to rap on girls.
My favorite Miami based hooligans, Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva, keep representing with their fresh and experimental short film, Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke. They are part of a collective of go-there filmmakers, Borscht Corp who had four crazy shorts screen at SXSW (and they were a riot to bootie shake dance with at SXSW Film’s Closing Night Party). You must carve out an hour and look at their work on the site (Nsfw!)
And lastly, in front of camera there’s some America Ferrera in Todd Berger’s It’s a Disaster (Isa: Maya), and rising boriqua actress April Hernandez Castillo, of hit webseries East Willy B, Dexter and other TV, is in The History of Future Folk [Per Sydney: one of 7 horror films in the festival, another being It's A Disaster per Dread Central, so take note Latino distributors like Lionsgate because horror films are a favorite of a certain Latino demographic!] by J. Anderson Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker, described as a “sweet sci-fi musical comedy”. Below is the rest of the Latino and Ibero-American (includes Spain and Portugal). Descriptions provided by L.A. Film Festival, and bold cap commentary by me.
Narrative Competition:
o All Is Well – Portugal (Director Pocas Pascoal ♀, Producer Luis Correia Cast Cheila Lima, Ciomara Morais) – Strangers in a strange land, two beautiful Angolan sisters fleeing a civil war in their homeland struggle to survive in Lisbon. Pocas Pascoal’s deeply personal saga shows us the face of exile with quietly stunning power. North American Premiere
o The Compass is Carried by the Dead Man – Mexico (Director/Writer Arturo Pons Producer Ozcar Ramírez González Cast Gael Sanchez Valle, Pedro Gamez, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Eligio Melendez, Luis Bayardo, Marco Perez) – A young man and a dead man journey north through a subtly surreal desert landscape, picking up a wagonful of odd characters as they go in this darkly humorous satire of contemporary Mexico. North American Premiere
o Four – (Director/Writer Joshua Sanchez Producer Christine Giorgio Cast Wendell Pierce, Emory Cohen, Aja Naomi King, E.J. Bonilla) – Over the course of a steamy 4th of July night, a father and daughter, each trapped in loneliness, reach out for sexual connection — he with a self-hating teenage boy, she with a smooth-talking wannabe homeboy — in this psychologically complex, beautifully acted drama. World Premiere
o Thursday till Sunday – Chile (Director/Writer Dominga Sotomayor ♀ Producers Gregorio González, Benjamin Domenech Cast Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Paola Giannini) – With uncommon beauty and style, this Chilean road movie finds a family at a crossroads, as the daughter slowly realizes the divide between the adults in the front seat and the kids in back. North American Premiere
Documentary Competition:
o Drought – Mexico (Director Everado González Producer Martha Orozco) – Contrasting the lives of a cattle-ranching community with the arid northeastern Mexican landscape that surrounds them, this cinema vertité documentary paints a poetic portrait of a community on the verge of extinction. Us Premiere
o Sun Kissed – (Directors Maya Stark ♀, Adi Lavy ♀ Producers Jocelyn Glatzer, Maya Stark, Adi Lavy) – With remarkable strength of spirit, a husband and wife examine their lives and why their children and others have been struck with a rare genetic disorder in this powerful portrait of a small Navajo community. World Premiere ~ Okay Not Latino But It'S Native American So I’M Giving It A Shout Since There Are Not Enough Native American Stories.
International Showcase:
o Canícula – Mexico (Director José Álvarez Writers Sebastián Hoffman, José Álvarez Producer Mauricio Fabre Cast Hermelinda Santes, Esteban González, Mario García) – This is a hauntingly beautiful portrait of the rituals and crafts of contemporary Indians in remote Veracruz, who teach their boys to fly. ~ See My Interview With Jose Here.
o The Last Elvis – Argentina (Director Armando Bo Writers Armando Bo, Nicolás Giacobone Producers Steve Golin, Hugo Sigman, Patricio Alvarez Casado, Victor Bo, Armando Bo Cast John McInerny, Griselda Siciliani, Margarita Lopez) – John McInerny gives a staggering performance in this poignant tale of a Buenos Aires Elvis impersonator who only comes alive when he dons the King’s clothes to perform. How can he reconcile his dreams of glory with his dead end factory job and an estranged wife and daughter who can’t live inside his fantasies?
o Neighboring Sounds – Brazil (Director/Writer Kleber Mendonça Filho Producer Emilie Lesclaux Cast Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, W.J. Solha) – Kleber Mendonca Filho’s astonishing, suspenseful debut film focuses on one upscale street in the seaside town of Recife, where a private security team is enlisted to protect the residents from crime. By its startling conclusion, you feel you’ve seen all of Brazilian society exposed.
o The Strawberry Tree – Canada/Cuba/Italy (Director/Producer Simone Rapisarda Casanova) – Filmed in a small Cuban fishing village mere weeks before a hurricane decimated the entire region, this stunning documentary unknowingly captures the town’s final days even as it reframes the usual filmmaker-film subject relationship.
Summer Showcase:
o La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus – USA/Guatemala (Director Mark Kendall Producers Mark Kendall, Rafael González, Bernardo Ruiz) – The journey and transformation of a yellow American school bus into a vibrant Central American camionetasensitively reveals both the beauty and violence of everyday life in Guatemala.
o Reportero – (Director Bernardo Ruiz Producers Bernardo Ruiz, Patricia Benabe, Anne Hubbell Featuring Sergio Haro Cordero, Adela Navarro Bello) – A look at the incredible danger facing journalists in Mexico through the eyes of investigative reporter Sergio Haro and other staff at Zeta, the defiant Tijuana-based newsweekly.~ See My Interview With Bernardo Here
o Searching for Sugar Man – (Director/Writer Malik Bendjelloul Producers Simon Chinn, Nicole Stott, George Chignell) – Years after fading into obscurity at home, the music of ’70s U.S. singer/songwriter Rodriguez became an underground sensation in South Africa. Decades after his disappearance, two fans uncover the startling truth behind the legend.
Beyond:
o Juan of the Dead – Cuba (Director/Writer Alejandro Brugués Producers Gervasio Iglesias, Inti Herrera Cast Alexis Días de Villegas, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro, Andros Perugorría, Jazz Vila, Eliecer Ramírez) – The streets of Havana are alive with the undead in Cuba’s first zombie comedy, a wild and bloody romp that sinks its sharp satirical teeth into the Cuban body politic. Castro may not be amused, but you will be.
Short Film Competition:
Against the Sea (Contra el mar) – Mexico, USA (Director) Richard Parkin
Black Doll (Prita Noire) – Mexico (Director) Sofia Carrillo
Kendo Monogatari – Cuba, Guatemala (Director) Fabián Suárez
Scanning (Ecografía) – Cuba (Director) Aleksandra Maciuszek Mukoid
Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke – (Directors) Jillian Mayer, Lucas Leyva ~Crazy Talented! Miami Represent!
Fireworks – (Director) Victor Hugo Duran -
Kendo Monogatari – Cuba, Guatemala (Director) Fabián Suárez
Paraíso – (Director) Nadav Kurtz ~Doc Subject Is About 3 Mexicans
Scanning (Ecografía) – Cuba (Director) Aleksandra Maciuszek Mukoid
Voice Over – Spain (Director) Martín Rosete
For full lineup and more info go to L.A. Film Festival...
Looking at yesterday’s announcement of Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival reveals a healthy Latino presence among the 62 features and 48 short films in the program. Here’s how I break down the Latino/ Ibero/ U.S. Latino component of the program.
Chile continues to give Argentina a run for its cache of exciting and growing cinematic output from South America with the inclusion of Thursday Til Sunday (Isa & Distributor: FiGa) written and directed by Dominga Sotomayor ♀, in Narrative Competition.
Although the traveling Mexican film festival Ambulante is no longer a program spotlight, Mexican films continue to be a mainstay of the festival. There are four feature-length films and three short films from/about Mexico. In Narrative Competition, The Compass is Carried by the Dead Man (Isa: Kafilms, Argentina) written and directed by Arturo Pons [about a young Mexican aiming for Chicago], and in Documentary Competition, Drought by Everado González (recently awarded Best Documentary at FICG27) . Out of competition is the gorgeously shot documentary, Canícula, and although the funding is mainly stateside, Bernardo Ruiz paints a fascinating portrait of the risky journalistic practice and history of the seminal Tijuana weekly, Zeta in Reportero.
Also of note in the program is that four short films list Cuba as a co-production/origin of country.
But what of the U.S. Latino filmmakers and stories? Last year Los Angeles Film Festival was a great launchpad for Mamitas (Distributor: ScreenMedia, Producer rep: Traction Media), an authentic Chicano portrayal of young love set in Echo Parque written and directed by Nicolas Ozeki (a non-Latino), co-starring fast rising hot talents Veronica Diaz-Carranzo (Blaze You Out) and E.J. Bonilla. The film is currently in theaters now. (Big recommend,theater listings here-go support it!)
The closest we have to representing U.S. Latino in the features section is Four, the feature debut of Joshua Sanchez who hails from Houston, Texas. Based on a Christopher Shinn play, the July 4th-eve-set story is a snapshot of two disparate relationships tensely intertwined and their at-odd dynamics of desire. Coincidentally, E.J. Bonilla also stars (this guy is blowing up!). I would also include as U.S. Latino, Searching for Sugar Man, the documentary by Malik Bendjelloul about singer songwriter Sixto Rodriguez’s fascinating rise and fall into obscurity as a Uj.S. Latino story. As a matter of fact, the film seems to suggest that perhaps Sixto’s Mexican-American identity might have been a reason he was not embraced by the 60s and 70s mainstream. [Per Sydney: The film was snatched up at Sundance by Sony Pictures Classics and by Isa Protagonist who is screening it twice in Cannes.]
As for U.S. Latino shorts, Fireworks written and directed by Victor Hugo Duran, which is also incidentally centered around 4th of July, is an L.A. set story about boys trying to rap on girls.
My favorite Miami based hooligans, Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva, keep representing with their fresh and experimental short film, Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke. They are part of a collective of go-there filmmakers, Borscht Corp who had four crazy shorts screen at SXSW (and they were a riot to bootie shake dance with at SXSW Film’s Closing Night Party). You must carve out an hour and look at their work on the site (Nsfw!)
And lastly, in front of camera there’s some America Ferrera in Todd Berger’s It’s a Disaster (Isa: Maya), and rising boriqua actress April Hernandez Castillo, of hit webseries East Willy B, Dexter and other TV, is in The History of Future Folk [Per Sydney: one of 7 horror films in the festival, another being It's A Disaster per Dread Central, so take note Latino distributors like Lionsgate because horror films are a favorite of a certain Latino demographic!] by J. Anderson Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker, described as a “sweet sci-fi musical comedy”. Below is the rest of the Latino and Ibero-American (includes Spain and Portugal). Descriptions provided by L.A. Film Festival, and bold cap commentary by me.
Narrative Competition:
o All Is Well – Portugal (Director Pocas Pascoal ♀, Producer Luis Correia Cast Cheila Lima, Ciomara Morais) – Strangers in a strange land, two beautiful Angolan sisters fleeing a civil war in their homeland struggle to survive in Lisbon. Pocas Pascoal’s deeply personal saga shows us the face of exile with quietly stunning power. North American Premiere
o The Compass is Carried by the Dead Man – Mexico (Director/Writer Arturo Pons Producer Ozcar Ramírez González Cast Gael Sanchez Valle, Pedro Gamez, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Eligio Melendez, Luis Bayardo, Marco Perez) – A young man and a dead man journey north through a subtly surreal desert landscape, picking up a wagonful of odd characters as they go in this darkly humorous satire of contemporary Mexico. North American Premiere
o Four – (Director/Writer Joshua Sanchez Producer Christine Giorgio Cast Wendell Pierce, Emory Cohen, Aja Naomi King, E.J. Bonilla) – Over the course of a steamy 4th of July night, a father and daughter, each trapped in loneliness, reach out for sexual connection — he with a self-hating teenage boy, she with a smooth-talking wannabe homeboy — in this psychologically complex, beautifully acted drama. World Premiere
o Thursday till Sunday – Chile (Director/Writer Dominga Sotomayor ♀ Producers Gregorio González, Benjamin Domenech Cast Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Paola Giannini) – With uncommon beauty and style, this Chilean road movie finds a family at a crossroads, as the daughter slowly realizes the divide between the adults in the front seat and the kids in back. North American Premiere
Documentary Competition:
o Drought – Mexico (Director Everado González Producer Martha Orozco) – Contrasting the lives of a cattle-ranching community with the arid northeastern Mexican landscape that surrounds them, this cinema vertité documentary paints a poetic portrait of a community on the verge of extinction. Us Premiere
o Sun Kissed – (Directors Maya Stark ♀, Adi Lavy ♀ Producers Jocelyn Glatzer, Maya Stark, Adi Lavy) – With remarkable strength of spirit, a husband and wife examine their lives and why their children and others have been struck with a rare genetic disorder in this powerful portrait of a small Navajo community. World Premiere ~ Okay Not Latino But It'S Native American So I’M Giving It A Shout Since There Are Not Enough Native American Stories.
International Showcase:
o Canícula – Mexico (Director José Álvarez Writers Sebastián Hoffman, José Álvarez Producer Mauricio Fabre Cast Hermelinda Santes, Esteban González, Mario García) – This is a hauntingly beautiful portrait of the rituals and crafts of contemporary Indians in remote Veracruz, who teach their boys to fly. ~ See My Interview With Jose Here.
o The Last Elvis – Argentina (Director Armando Bo Writers Armando Bo, Nicolás Giacobone Producers Steve Golin, Hugo Sigman, Patricio Alvarez Casado, Victor Bo, Armando Bo Cast John McInerny, Griselda Siciliani, Margarita Lopez) – John McInerny gives a staggering performance in this poignant tale of a Buenos Aires Elvis impersonator who only comes alive when he dons the King’s clothes to perform. How can he reconcile his dreams of glory with his dead end factory job and an estranged wife and daughter who can’t live inside his fantasies?
o Neighboring Sounds – Brazil (Director/Writer Kleber Mendonça Filho Producer Emilie Lesclaux Cast Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, W.J. Solha) – Kleber Mendonca Filho’s astonishing, suspenseful debut film focuses on one upscale street in the seaside town of Recife, where a private security team is enlisted to protect the residents from crime. By its startling conclusion, you feel you’ve seen all of Brazilian society exposed.
o The Strawberry Tree – Canada/Cuba/Italy (Director/Producer Simone Rapisarda Casanova) – Filmed in a small Cuban fishing village mere weeks before a hurricane decimated the entire region, this stunning documentary unknowingly captures the town’s final days even as it reframes the usual filmmaker-film subject relationship.
Summer Showcase:
o La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus – USA/Guatemala (Director Mark Kendall Producers Mark Kendall, Rafael González, Bernardo Ruiz) – The journey and transformation of a yellow American school bus into a vibrant Central American camionetasensitively reveals both the beauty and violence of everyday life in Guatemala.
o Reportero – (Director Bernardo Ruiz Producers Bernardo Ruiz, Patricia Benabe, Anne Hubbell Featuring Sergio Haro Cordero, Adela Navarro Bello) – A look at the incredible danger facing journalists in Mexico through the eyes of investigative reporter Sergio Haro and other staff at Zeta, the defiant Tijuana-based newsweekly.~ See My Interview With Bernardo Here
o Searching for Sugar Man – (Director/Writer Malik Bendjelloul Producers Simon Chinn, Nicole Stott, George Chignell) – Years after fading into obscurity at home, the music of ’70s U.S. singer/songwriter Rodriguez became an underground sensation in South Africa. Decades after his disappearance, two fans uncover the startling truth behind the legend.
Beyond:
o Juan of the Dead – Cuba (Director/Writer Alejandro Brugués Producers Gervasio Iglesias, Inti Herrera Cast Alexis Días de Villegas, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro, Andros Perugorría, Jazz Vila, Eliecer Ramírez) – The streets of Havana are alive with the undead in Cuba’s first zombie comedy, a wild and bloody romp that sinks its sharp satirical teeth into the Cuban body politic. Castro may not be amused, but you will be.
Short Film Competition:
Against the Sea (Contra el mar) – Mexico, USA (Director) Richard Parkin
Black Doll (Prita Noire) – Mexico (Director) Sofia Carrillo
Kendo Monogatari – Cuba, Guatemala (Director) Fabián Suárez
Scanning (Ecografía) – Cuba (Director) Aleksandra Maciuszek Mukoid
Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke – (Directors) Jillian Mayer, Lucas Leyva ~Crazy Talented! Miami Represent!
Fireworks – (Director) Victor Hugo Duran -
Kendo Monogatari – Cuba, Guatemala (Director) Fabián Suárez
Paraíso – (Director) Nadav Kurtz ~Doc Subject Is About 3 Mexicans
Scanning (Ecografía) – Cuba (Director) Aleksandra Maciuszek Mukoid
Voice Over – Spain (Director) Martín Rosete
For full lineup and more info go to L.A. Film Festival...
- 5/2/2012
- by Christine Davila
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: HBO Films has hired war correspondent-turned-documentary filmmaker Greg Barker to helm A Rope And A Prayer, a film about the kidnapping by the Taliban of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times foreign correspondent David Rohde. Rohde wrote the book with his wife Kristen Mulvihill, a photo editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine. They had only been married two months when Rohde was taken into captivity by the Taliban in 2008 en route to an interview with a Taliban leader, in Afghanistan. She banged on the door of every journalist, politician and even the Taliban to try and free him. HBO also acquired Rohde’s five-part series written for the newspaper shortly after he and an Afghan colleague used a car tow line to drop from a wall and escape. Michelle Ashford, whose credits include HBO’s The Pacific, is writing the script. Michael London and Janice Williams will produce for Groundswell Productions.
- 12/5/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: HBO Films has hired war correspondent-turned-documentary filmmaker Greg Barker to helm A Rope And A Prayer, a film about the kidnapping by the Taliban of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times foreign correspondent David Rohde. Rohde wrote the book with his wife Kristen Mulvihill, a photo editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine. They had only been married two months when Rohde was taken into captivity by the Taliban in 2008 en route to an interview with a Taliban leader, in Afghanistan. She banged on the door of every journalist, politician and even the Taliban to try and free him. HBO also acquired Rohde’s five-part series written for the newspaper shortly after he and an Afghan colleague used a car tow line to drop from a wall and escape. Michelle Ashford, whose credits include HBO’s The Pacific, is writing the script. Michael London and Janice Williams will produce for Groundswell Productions.
- 12/5/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Greg Barker received an Emmy nomination for his 2009 documentary Sergio, about the incredible life of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello and his tragic death from a bombing of the Un offices in Baghdad. Variety reported today that the filmmaker and producer signed on to helm the HBO Films dramatic production A Rope And A Prayer, the story of New York Times reporter David Rodhe, who was held captive in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the Taliban for seven months. Michelle Ashford boarded the project as screenwriter and Michael London and Janice Williams joined as producers via their Groundswell label.
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Greg Barker received an Emmy nomination for his 2009 documentary Sergio, about the incredible life of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello and his tragic death from a bombing of the Un offices in Baghdad. Variety reported today that the filmmaker and producer signed on to helm the HBO Films dramatic production A Rope And A Prayer, the story of New York Times reporter David Rodhe, who was held captive in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the Taliban for seven months. Michelle Ashford boarded the project as screenwriter and Michael London and Janice Williams joined as producers via their Groundswell label.
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Greg Barker received an Emmy nomination for his 2009 documentary Sergio, about the incredible life of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello and his tragic death from a bombing of the Un offices in Baghdad. Variety reported today that the filmmaker and producer signed on to helm the HBO Films dramatic production A Rope And A Prayer, the story of New York Times reporter David Rodhe, who was held captive in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the Taliban for seven months. Michelle Ashford boarded the project as screenwriter and Michael London and Janice Williams joined as producers via their Groundswell label.
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Koran by Heart, premiering on HBO today, comes out at a time when it couldn’t be more necessary. In the wake of July’s attacks in Norway and the Islamophobic response in Western media outlets, the film offers a composed perspective of life in the Muslim world.
Koran by Heart follows three Muslim youths — Nabiollah from Tajikistan, Rifdha from the Maldives, and Djamil from Senegal — as they enter into an annual Koran-reciting competition in Cairo, Egypt. The competition attracts hundreds of Muslims from all over the world, many of whom don’t speak Arabic, but are able to recite the entire 600-page Koran — and beautifully.
While some critics have described it as “Spellbound in Arabic,” Koran by Heart concerns itself with matters beyond the contest. Director Greg Barker, who made Sergio for HBO and a slew of PBS Frontline docs, approached the project as a means of exploring the...
Koran by Heart follows three Muslim youths — Nabiollah from Tajikistan, Rifdha from the Maldives, and Djamil from Senegal — as they enter into an annual Koran-reciting competition in Cairo, Egypt. The competition attracts hundreds of Muslims from all over the world, many of whom don’t speak Arabic, but are able to recite the entire 600-page Koran — and beautifully.
While some critics have described it as “Spellbound in Arabic,” Koran by Heart concerns itself with matters beyond the contest. Director Greg Barker, who made Sergio for HBO and a slew of PBS Frontline docs, approached the project as a means of exploring the...
- 8/1/2011
- by Daniel James Scott
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The highlight of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, for me, has been Greg Barker’s remarkable documentary “Koran by Heart” (HBO, 8/1/11, trailer), which was greeted with a standing ovation — something New York audiences don’t offer easily — following its world premiere on Sunday. Like so many other docs also championed by Sheila Nevins, HBO’s veteran president of documentary and family programming, it is informative, quirky, and deeply moving, and it introduces Western audiences to a cultural phenomenon with which few will already be acquainted. The film’s subject? An international Koran-recitation competition in Cairo and its 100 contestants, all of whom are children, some as young as seven, who have memorized Islam’s 600-page holy book and are challenged to both accurately and melodically recite passages from it on-demand.
The film principally chronicles the experiences of three charismatic 10-year-olds, from the time they learn of their acceptance into the competition,...
The film principally chronicles the experiences of three charismatic 10-year-olds, from the time they learn of their acceptance into the competition,...
- 4/26/2011
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
This interview with Morgan Spurlock is brought to you by Morgan Spurlock, maker of the new documentary “Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,” a film about product placement, marketing and advertising that was entirely financed by … product placement and advertising. The filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated “Super Size Me” takes aim at “the branded future” in “Greatest Movie,” using his integrity as currency to sell out to the highest bidder. “Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” will be released domestically by Sony Pictures Classics.
By Elliot V. Kotek
(from Moving Pictures, spring issue, 2011)
Moving Pictures: I saw the movie, loved it. It’s hilarious. Did you think it was going to be as funny as it was?
Morgan Spurlock: Well, I think once we started shooting, we found it was funnier than we anticipated. We didn’t know that [at] the meetings with these companies — we...
By Elliot V. Kotek
(from Moving Pictures, spring issue, 2011)
Moving Pictures: I saw the movie, loved it. It’s hilarious. Did you think it was going to be as funny as it was?
Morgan Spurlock: Well, I think once we started shooting, we found it was funnier than we anticipated. We didn’t know that [at] the meetings with these companies — we...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
This interview with Morgan Spurlock is brought to you by Morgan Spurlock, maker of the new documentary “Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,” a film about product placement, marketing and advertising that was entirely financed by … product placement and advertising. The filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated “Super Size Me” takes aim at “the branded future” in “Greatest Movie,” using his integrity as currency to sell out to the highest bidder. “Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” will be released domestically by Sony Pictures Classics.
By Elliot V. Kotek
(from Moving Pictures, spring issue, 2011)
Moving Pictures: I saw the movie, loved it. It’s hilarious. Did you think it was going to be as funny as it was?
Morgan Spurlock: Well, I think once we started shooting, we found it was funnier than we anticipated. We didn’t know that [at] the meetings with these companies — we...
By Elliot V. Kotek
(from Moving Pictures, spring issue, 2011)
Moving Pictures: I saw the movie, loved it. It’s hilarious. Did you think it was going to be as funny as it was?
Morgan Spurlock: Well, I think once we started shooting, we found it was funnier than we anticipated. We didn’t know that [at] the meetings with these companies — we...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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Frankly, from what we saw on the Tony Awards, we have to saywe were a little underwhelmed by Catherine Zeta-Jones’ Tony winning performancein A Little Night Music. You’ve got to have a powerful voice to truly pull off “Send in the Clowns.”
So were excited to hear that Bernadette Peters would bereplacing Zeta-Jones in the Broadway revival. We saw her do Mama Rose inGypsy years ago and it will always be one of the most powerful performanceswe have ever witnessed.
We have also been fortunate enough to see Peters’ new NightMusic co-star, Elaine Stritch perform. The musical theater powerhouse, who isreplacing the glorious Angela Lansbury, was riveting in her one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty.
If you weren’t able to see thatperformance in person, you should check out the DVD, that’s available onAmazon.com. An Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in aVariety or Music Program,...
Frankly, from what we saw on the Tony Awards, we have to saywe were a little underwhelmed by Catherine Zeta-Jones’ Tony winning performancein A Little Night Music. You’ve got to have a powerful voice to truly pull off “Send in the Clowns.”
So were excited to hear that Bernadette Peters would bereplacing Zeta-Jones in the Broadway revival. We saw her do Mama Rose inGypsy years ago and it will always be one of the most powerful performanceswe have ever witnessed.
We have also been fortunate enough to see Peters’ new NightMusic co-star, Elaine Stritch perform. The musical theater powerhouse, who isreplacing the glorious Angela Lansbury, was riveting in her one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty.
If you weren’t able to see thatperformance in person, you should check out the DVD, that’s available onAmazon.com. An Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in aVariety or Music Program,...
- 8/17/2010
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
This posting is jointly written with Lauren Young A dashing Brazilian man who keeps a flakjacket in his midtown Manhattan office, two firefighters from New York and Miami, a terrorist attack, and an attempted rescue using nothing but a curtain cord and a ladies handbag. Would you believe that this is a film about the United Nations? Sergio, which premiered on HBO this month, is the story of Sergio Vieira de Mello, an extraordinary public servant who died in the 2003 bombing of the Un headquarters in Iraq. The film (based on the book by Pulitzer-prize winning author Samantha Power) is a tribute to his leadership and service in the world's worst trouble spots. Sergio Vieira de Mello began his career with the United Nations in Bangladesh, at the age of 23, and continued to mediate conflicts for the next three decades...
- 5/20/2010
- by Vijaya Ramachandran
- Huffington Post
HBO brings 'Sergio" to the network on May 6. Charismatic Sergio Vieira de Mello was the U.N..s .go-to. guy. He could descend into the most dangerous places, charm the worst war criminals and somehow protect the lives of the ordinary people to whom he devoted his life. Debuting Thursday May 6 (8:00-9:45 p.m. Et/Pt), the HBO documentary "Sergio" tells the story of Vieira de Mello.s most treacherous mission, to Iraq in 2003, when his life ended. Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power.s biography .Sergio: One Man.s Fight to Save the World,. this film is the story of the dashing U.N. diplomat who served in the United Nations for more than 30 years, and was considered by...
- 4/18/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Sergio Viera de Mello was the Un's top trouble-shooter, the organisation's "go-to guy" when delicate diplomacy was needed in less than delicate situations. In a glittering 34-year career, he established a reputation as a dashing maverick who tore up the rulebook to promote peace in the world's conflict zones, and had even been tipped as a future Un Secretary-General. So his death, in a massive suicide bombing that tore through the Un's headquarters in Iraq in August 2003, killing 22 people, came as a blow to those who knew him and had seen his peculiar blend of pragmatism and idealism at work. Greg Barker's Oscar-nominated documentary Sergio explores the life, and untimely death, of this charismatic and at times contradictory figure. Viera de Mello bitterly opposed the Iraq War, yet couldn't resist accepting the job as the Un's top envoy in...
- 2/15/2010
- by Andrew Wander
- Huffington Post
I’d been trying to figure out what there was to say about the recent death of film editor Karen Schmeer, and then I found it (starting at The New York Times): What began with a report of three men shoplifting over-the-counter drugs from a Cvs on the Upper West Side has ended with an arrest for the hit-and-run death of one of the nation’s preeminent documentary editors, whose credits include “The Fog of War.” The editor, Karen Schmeer, was “one of the greatest editors of her generation,” said Greg Barker, the director of “Sergio,” a documentary for which Ms. Schmeer won an editing award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009.
- 2/9/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
I didn't know documentary film editor Karen Schmeer, but I certainly knew her work. Her first credited feature, Errol Morris's Fast, Cheap and Out of Control, is one of my all-time favorite documentaries and a Filmmaker magazine cover story. Brilliantly constructed, it weaves portraits of four oddball individualists and dreamers into a single meditative essay on creativity, self-worth and man's desire for legacy. The film would be an incredible feat for even the most seasoned of editors; that she cut it early in her career is astounding to me. She also edited The Fog of War and Mr. Death (again, both excellent), and she won the Documentary Editing Award last year at Sundance for her work on Greg Barker's Sergio. As many of you know,...
- 2/2/2010
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Film editor Karen Schmeer, who collaborated with Errol Morris‘ on the Oscar-winning documentary The Fog of War, died Friday (Jan. 22) after being struck by a car fleeing from a Manhattan drugstore robbery. The incident took place at Broadway and West 90th Street on the Upper West Side. Schmeer won a best editing award at last year’s Sundance Film Festival for Greg Barker’s documentary Sergio, which is one of the semi-finalists for the 2010 Academy Awards. The film chronicles the life of Sergio de Mello, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights killed in the 2003 terrorist attack at the U.N. headquarters in Iraq. Schmeer also won the best editing award [...]...
- 1/31/2010
- by Arthur Leander
- Alt Film Guide
Emails are pouring in about the "untimely, senseless, and tragic" passing of Karen Schmeer, a respected member of the American Cinema Editors, at age 39. She was a gifted editor of documentaries who, according to news reports, was run down by robbers during their getaway as she was crossing a street in New York City. Best known for helping craft Errol Morris’ later films (The Fog Of War, Mr. Death, Fast, Cheap & Out Of Control, and Standard Operating Procedure) she won last year’s Sundance award for editing Greg Barker’s documentary, Sergio. "I had the honor to moderate a panel on [...]...
- 1/31/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
Karen Schmeer, winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s editing award last year for “Sergio,” and a longtime editor with Errol Morris, died last night in New York City. She was hit by a car that was fleeing the scene of a burglary on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. In addition to her work on Errol Morris’ “Standard Operating Procedure” (co-editor), “The Fog of War,” “Mr. Death” and “Fast Cheap and Out of …...
- 1/31/2010
- Indiewire
By Wrap Staff
Jury members for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced on Monday.
Five juries will award prizes, in the categories U.S. and World Documentary Competition, U.S. and World Dramatic Competition and Shorts.
This year's festival will be held Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
U.S. Documentary Competition
Greg Barker Greg Barker is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked in more than 50 countries across six continents. His most recent film, Sergio won the Documentary Editing Award at the 2009 Sundance Fil...
Jury members for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced on Monday.
Five juries will award prizes, in the categories U.S. and World Documentary Competition, U.S. and World Dramatic Competition and Shorts.
This year's festival will be held Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
U.S. Documentary Competition
Greg Barker Greg Barker is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked in more than 50 countries across six continents. His most recent film, Sergio won the Documentary Editing Award at the 2009 Sundance Fil...
- 1/11/2010
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
Sundance has announced the members for its five juries for 2010. The ten-day fest fest gets under way January 21. U.S. Documentary Competition Jury: filmmaker Greg Barker (Sergio), director/producer Dayna Goldfine (Ballet Russes), Wired senior editor Nancy Miller, documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and filmmaker Ondi Timoner (We Live in Public). U.S. Dramatic Competition Jury: novelist Russell Banks (The Sweet Hereafter), producer Jason Kliot (Three Seasons), director Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body), actress Parker Posey (Happy Tears), cinematographer Robert Yeoman (Whip It). World Cinema Documentary Competition Jury: documentarian Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), PBS correspondent Jeffrey Brown, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival director Asako Fujioka. World Cinema Dramatic Competition Jury: writer/director Alison Maclean (Jesus’s Son), Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum, producer Sigurjon “Joni” Sighvatsson (Arlington Road). …...
- 1/11/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
This week I wrote about our latest Book Club pick, Shadow Elite, which documents the poisonous effect the rise of a "transnational" class of elites has had on our democracy. Today I want to give you an antidote: Sergio is a powerful and deeply moving documentary I recently saw that tracks the remarkable life -- and tragic death in Iraq at the hands of a suicide bomber -- of Un envoy Sergio de Mello, one of the greatest (albeit least heralded) peacemakers of the 20th century. Described as "a cross between James Bond and Bobby Kennedy," he spent his life trying to end conflicts in the world's most dangerous places. Based on a book by Samantha Power, the film has been short-listed for the Best Documentary Oscar. So add it to your Netflix queue. And if...
- 1/9/2010
- by Arianna Huffington
- Huffington Post
Taking its cue from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America revealed ten films, instead of the traditional five, when it announced its nominees for its top movie award on Tuesday.
"Avatar" led the pack, listed alphabetically, followed by, "District 9," "An Education," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Invictus," "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire," "Star Trek," "Up," and "Up in the Air."
Pixar/Disney's "Up" also scored a nomination for the PGA's animated film award, a category first introduced in 2005. Its competition in that race consists of "9," "Coraline," "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and "The Princess and the Frog."
For documentary film, the nominees are "Burma VJ," "The Cove," "Sergio" and "Soundtrack for a Revolution."
Shifting its attention to long-form television, the PGA nominated "Georgia O'Keefe," "Grey Gardens," "Little Dorrit," "Prayers for Bobby," "The Prisoner" and "Taking Chance."
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"Avatar" led the pack, listed alphabetically, followed by, "District 9," "An Education," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Invictus," "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire," "Star Trek," "Up," and "Up in the Air."
Pixar/Disney's "Up" also scored a nomination for the PGA's animated film award, a category first introduced in 2005. Its competition in that race consists of "9," "Coraline," "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and "The Princess and the Frog."
For documentary film, the nominees are "Burma VJ," "The Cove," "Sergio" and "Soundtrack for a Revolution."
Shifting its attention to long-form television, the PGA nominated "Georgia O'Keefe," "Grey Gardens," "Little Dorrit," "Prayers for Bobby," "The Prisoner" and "Taking Chance."
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- 1/5/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While I've yet to see the doc myself (I reference Claire Denis' White Material when I think of what the film might hold narratively), when the Cinema Eye Honor Noms were released I was surprised to see that, despite the positive buzz, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson's Mugabe and the White African only manage to grab one nomination. Clearly the film is a favorite for the 2009 edition of the Ida Awards - it picked up three nominations in the Feature Documentary, ABCNews VideoSource Award an the Pare Lorentz Award categories. - While I've yet to see the doc myself (I reference Claire Denis' White Material when I think of what the film might hold narratively), when the Cinema Eye Honor Noms were released I was surprised to see that, despite the positive buzz, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson's Mugabe and the White African only manage to grab one nomination.
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their list of the final group of 15 films that will contend for the Best Documentary Feature award this week, and with said announcement comes a twinge of bittersweetness. On one hand, the very powerful documentary The Cove -- a Sundance premiere that takes on the brutal killing of dolphins in Japan -- did make it to the final 15, as did the sensational SXSW pic Garbage Dreams and the incredibly fascinating food industry doc Food Inc. On the other hand, fan (and critic) favorite Anvil! The Story of Anvil -- the energetic, sad story of one of the most famous rock bands that you've never heard of -- was curiously missing from the list, as was multi-Oscar nominee Michael Moore's latest film Capitalism: A Love Story, a doc about our current financial crisis. While Michael Moore has had his date with Oscar, his...
- 11/19/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I’m sure if you analyze and dissect the rules for eligibility, you’ll find some kind of loophole that kept films like Capitalism: A Love Story, Anvil!: The Story Of Anvil, and Crude off this list of finalists for Best Documentary Feature.
Maybe it’s not based on eligibility at all. Maybe those movies just didn’t make the cut, which, in my opinion, and a lot of other people’s, as well, is a shame. This isn’t even taking into account some of the festival docs that didn’t make the cut, films like Pulling John, We Live In Public, and The Yes Men Fix The World. Politics wins out once again (as if there was every going to be a question of it), and here are the list of 15 films that have moved on in the voting process:
The Beaches Of Agnes directed by Agnès Varda...
Maybe it’s not based on eligibility at all. Maybe those movies just didn’t make the cut, which, in my opinion, and a lot of other people’s, as well, is a shame. This isn’t even taking into account some of the festival docs that didn’t make the cut, films like Pulling John, We Live In Public, and The Yes Men Fix The World. Politics wins out once again (as if there was every going to be a question of it), and here are the list of 15 films that have moved on in the voting process:
The Beaches Of Agnes directed by Agnès Varda...
- 11/19/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: The Beaches of Agnes, Agnes Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films) The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society) Every Little Step, James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment) Facing Ali, Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.) Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films) Garbage Dreams, Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.) Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno Communications) Mugabe and the White African,...
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: The Beaches of Agnes, Agnes Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films) The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society) Every Little Step, James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment) Facing Ali, Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.) Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films) Garbage Dreams, Mai Iskander, director (Iskander Films, Inc.) Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno Communications) Mugabe and the White African,...
- 11/19/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has shortlisted 15 films that will advance in the race for the documentary feature category, culled down from 89 films that originally qualified.
The titles include the work of veteran French director Agnes Varda, "The Beaches of Agnes"; "Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo's doc about the making of a revival of "A Chorus Line"; Robert Kenner's expose of the food industry, "Food Inc."; and Matt Tyrnauer's fashion doc "Valentino, the Last Emperor."
Not listed were such prominent titles as Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" and James Toback's "Tyson."
The 15 films are:
-- "The Beaches of Agnes," Agnes Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
-- "Burma VJ," Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
-- "The Cove," Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
-- "Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment)
-- "Facing Ali,...
The titles include the work of veteran French director Agnes Varda, "The Beaches of Agnes"; "Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo's doc about the making of a revival of "A Chorus Line"; Robert Kenner's expose of the food industry, "Food Inc."; and Matt Tyrnauer's fashion doc "Valentino, the Last Emperor."
Not listed were such prominent titles as Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" and James Toback's "Tyson."
The 15 films are:
-- "The Beaches of Agnes," Agnes Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
-- "Burma VJ," Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
-- "The Cove," Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
-- "Every Little Step," James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment)
-- "Facing Ali,...
- 11/18/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Works by film-makers such as Michael Moore at the Sheffield Documentary Festival illustrate society's erosion of individuality
There is a striking moment in Greg Barker's Sergio, his documentary about Sergio Veira de Mello showcased last weekend at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival, in which the late Brazilian United Nations ambassador is asked by a journalist whether or not the Un's presence in Iraq is just a cover to strengthen the American coalition on occupied territory. His expression switches from attentiveness to fierce disagreement in a split second. "We are," he responds with such a firm a categorical tone it sounds as if he was personally taking offence at the question, "an independent organisation, and we do not, let me be clear, we do not act for anyone."
As it turns out, De Mello had been persuaded by Kofi Annan, Condoleezza Rice and Tony Blair to take the impossible job...
There is a striking moment in Greg Barker's Sergio, his documentary about Sergio Veira de Mello showcased last weekend at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival, in which the late Brazilian United Nations ambassador is asked by a journalist whether or not the Un's presence in Iraq is just a cover to strengthen the American coalition on occupied territory. His expression switches from attentiveness to fierce disagreement in a split second. "We are," he responds with such a firm a categorical tone it sounds as if he was personally taking offence at the question, "an independent organisation, and we do not, let me be clear, we do not act for anyone."
As it turns out, De Mello had been persuaded by Kofi Annan, Condoleezza Rice and Tony Blair to take the impossible job...
- 11/11/2009
- by Jessica Reed
- The Guardian - Film News
Philippe Lioret’s “Welcome” received the $100,000 grand prize for best dramatic feature at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis on Saturday.
Gabriel Noble’s “P-Star Rising” took the best documentary feature prize, while Dean Yamada’s “Bicycle” (Jitensha) earned the Vison Award for best short film.
Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, was honored with the Pioneering Spirit Award.
Crystal Heart Awards were presented to Hilla Medalia’s "After the Storm”; "Bicycle" (Jitensha); Dag Hoel and Havard Bustnes’ "Big John"; Rene Bo Hanson's "The Eagle Hunter’s Son”; Gloria La Morte and Paola Mendoza's "Entre Nos"; Irene Taylor Brodsky's "The Final Inch”; Zvi Spielmann's "For My Father"; Melody George's "Marbles With Thoreau"; "P-Star Rising"; Debra Zimmerman's "Rough Aunties"; Greg Barker's "Sergio"; Omri Givon's "Seven Minutes in Heaven"; Christian Sonderby Jepsen's "Side by Side"; Jeremiah Crowell's "Small Collection"; and "Welcome.
Gabriel Noble’s “P-Star Rising” took the best documentary feature prize, while Dean Yamada’s “Bicycle” (Jitensha) earned the Vison Award for best short film.
Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, was honored with the Pioneering Spirit Award.
Crystal Heart Awards were presented to Hilla Medalia’s "After the Storm”; "Bicycle" (Jitensha); Dag Hoel and Havard Bustnes’ "Big John"; Rene Bo Hanson's "The Eagle Hunter’s Son”; Gloria La Morte and Paola Mendoza's "Entre Nos"; Irene Taylor Brodsky's "The Final Inch”; Zvi Spielmann's "For My Father"; Melody George's "Marbles With Thoreau"; "P-Star Rising"; Debra Zimmerman's "Rough Aunties"; Greg Barker's "Sergio"; Omri Givon's "Seven Minutes in Heaven"; Christian Sonderby Jepsen's "Side by Side"; Jeremiah Crowell's "Small Collection"; and "Welcome.
- 10/18/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- The Sundance Institute have picked projects from the likes of Carol Dysinger, Gayle Ferraro, Robin Hessman, Tomáš Kudrna, Mona Nicoară and Laura Poitras (along with their editors) as 2009's Documentary Edit and Story Lab Fellows - a one week "intensive artist-to-artist collaborative experience". This next batch of documentary films that are most likely going to be featured at the 2010 edition of the festival - I've already pegged a couple of the titles below as future item to cover. This year's mentors include: editors: Kate Amend (Academy Award–winner Into the Arms of Strangers and The Long Way Home), Joe Bini (Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Grizzly Man) Richard Hankin (Home Front, Capturing the Friedmans) and Mary Lampson (Harlan County, A Lion in the House), Directors: Greg Barker (Sergio, Ghosts of Rwanda) and Jennifer Fox (Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, Beirut: The Last Home Movie). The films selected for
- 6/9/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Here's the second of our guest blogs from Sundance Lab-supported filmmaker Gayle Ferraro, who is blogging from the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. Day 1 The first day was amazing. Our opening Sundance filmmaker Meet and Greet session, which was more like a panel presentation, went very well; it was a great opportunity to learn about my fellow filmmakers and find out where their game is at. Sundance really picked a seasoned group of wonderful people with Joe Berlinger, who talked about Crude; Robert Kenner, who just premiered Food, Inc.; Greg Barker, who talked about his latest, Sergio; and Jon Alpert, who rounded out the team with an extraordinary collection of his work from the past 20 years, beginning and ending with...
- 3/27/2009
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
"Sergio" review by Steve Ramos Sundance '09: Its tale of heroism makes "Sergio" a different kind of biography film Meeting United Nations worker Sergio Vieira de Mello for the first time, likely the case for many audiences watching director Greg Barker's fascinating documentary "Sergio," is an uplifting experience. Seldom does one person come off so heroic, good meaning and intelligent regarding the workings of the international community. As an added bonus, the Brazilian-born Vieira de Mello is also movie star handsome, a fact Barker emphasizes throughout his film. Based on Samantha Power's 2008 biography "Chasing the Flame," "Sergio" is a matter-of-fact retelling of Vieira de Mello's life, combining archival footage from past U.N. triumphs such as his peace negotiations with the Khmer Rouge and his post-conflict management in East Timor with interviews from co-workers, family and friends including former U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. Powers'...
- 2/4/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Sergio" review by Steve Ramos Sundance '09: Its tale of heroism makes "Sergio" a different kind of biography film Meeting United Nations worker Sergio Vieira de Mello for the first time, likely the case for many audiences watching director Greg Barker's fascinating documentary "Sergio," is an uplifting experience. Seldom does one person come off so heroic, good meaning and intelligent regarding the workings of the international community. As an added bonus, the Brazilian...
- 2/4/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Sergio" review by Steve Ramos Sundance '09: Its tale of heroism makes "Sergio" a different kind of biography film Meeting United Nations worker Sergio Vieira de Mello for the first time, likely the case for many audiences watching director Greg Barker's fascinating documentary "Sergio," is an uplifting experience. Seldom does one person come off so heroic, good meaning and intelligent regarding the workings of the international community. As an added bonus, the Brazilian...
- 2/4/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Chicago – The 2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards were announced on Saturday, January 24th, 2009 and Lee Daniels’ examination of parental abuse and self-redemption in Harlem in the 1980s, “Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire,” won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. dramatic competition.
“Push” tells the story of an embattled teenageer living in 1980s Harlem.
Photo credit: Sundance/Variety “We Live in Public” won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary. The Chilean film “The Maid” by Sebastian Silva, won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema. The audience award in World Cinema went to “An Education” by Lone Scherfig. The film recounts a 16-year-old girl’s adventures in early ’60s London.
Other winning documentaries besides Ondi Timoner’s look at Internet pioneer Josh Harris were “Rough Aunties” by Kim Longinotto, which won the World Cinema docu grand jury prize. The doc focuses on...
“Push” tells the story of an embattled teenageer living in 1980s Harlem.
Photo credit: Sundance/Variety “We Live in Public” won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary. The Chilean film “The Maid” by Sebastian Silva, won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema. The audience award in World Cinema went to “An Education” by Lone Scherfig. The film recounts a 16-year-old girl’s adventures in early ’60s London.
Other winning documentaries besides Ondi Timoner’s look at Internet pioneer Josh Harris were “Rough Aunties” by Kim Longinotto, which won the World Cinema docu grand jury prize. The doc focuses on...
- 1/26/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"Push," Lee Daniels' adaptation of performance poet Sapphire's novel about an abused, illiterate teenager struggling to break free from her hellish homelife in Harlem, was the big winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival, picking up both the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, with star Mo'Nique earning a Special Jury Prize for Acting. Ondi Timoner's film about dot-com golden boy Josh Harris "We Live in Public" snagged the Documentary Grand Jury Prize, while in the World category, Kim Longinotto's "Rough Aunties" and Sebastián Silva's "The Maid" were given awards. The complete list of awards follows:
The Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary was presented to "We Live in Public," directed by Ondi Timoner. The film portrays the story of the Internet's revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of maverick web pioneer, Josh Harris, and his transgressive art project that shocked New York.
The Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary was presented to "We Live in Public," directed by Ondi Timoner. The film portrays the story of the Internet's revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of maverick web pioneer, Josh Harris, and his transgressive art project that shocked New York.
- 1/25/2009
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival has been underway the past week and unfortunately I’m not there. Luckily there hasn’t been any news making its way out of Park City, Utah and I was able to cover everything else from my cozy abode 1,500 miles away. I would have loved to see the films though.
The winner of the grand jury prize and the audience favorite was Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire. The dramatic film tells the story of a teenager in 80s Harlem who is abused by her parent. It is only the second film to receive both awards this decade, according to Variety.
Last year’s audience winner was The Wackness, almost completely ignored when it hit theaters last summer, and the jury prize went to the recently Oscar-nominated Frozen River.
As usual, the festival shut out many of the movies that featured recognizable Hollywood stars,...
The winner of the grand jury prize and the audience favorite was Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire. The dramatic film tells the story of a teenager in 80s Harlem who is abused by her parent. It is only the second film to receive both awards this decade, according to Variety.
Last year’s audience winner was The Wackness, almost completely ignored when it hit theaters last summer, and the jury prize went to the recently Oscar-nominated Frozen River.
As usual, the festival shut out many of the movies that featured recognizable Hollywood stars,...
- 1/25/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
A story of an abused inner-city teenager trying to set her life right moved audiences and the jury at the Sundance Film Festival, as "Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire," won both the grand jury award and the audience award in the U.S. dramatic competition in Park City.
The wins marked only the second time this decade that one film has taken both prizes -- Mexican-American coming-of-age tale "Quinceanera" did it in 2006 -- and proved another feather in the cap of the word-of-mouth sensation and its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
The movie, which Lee Daniels directed from a script by Damien Paul, picked up a third prize when Mo'Nique received a special jury award for her performance as an abusive mother. Cinetic Media is repping rights to the picture.
There were a number of multiple-award winners named when Jane Lynch hosted the...
The wins marked only the second time this decade that one film has taken both prizes -- Mexican-American coming-of-age tale "Quinceanera" did it in 2006 -- and proved another feather in the cap of the word-of-mouth sensation and its star, Gabourey Sidibe.
The movie, which Lee Daniels directed from a script by Damien Paul, picked up a third prize when Mo'Nique received a special jury award for her performance as an abusive mother. Cinetic Media is repping rights to the picture.
There were a number of multiple-award winners named when Jane Lynch hosted the...
- 1/24/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Editors Note: Below are the links to a series of interviews, conducted via email, profiling dramatic and documentary competition and American Spectrum directors who have films screening at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Emily Abt, “Toe to Toe”: Privelege, Responsibility, and Public Service Cruz Angeles, “Don’t Let Me Drown”: Daydreams, Grief, and Hope Greg Barker, “Sergio”: Politics, War, and Moral Complexity Sophie Barthes, “Cold Souls”: Dreams, Psychoanalysis, and the Shape of …...
- 1/19/2009
- indieWIRE - People
The Sundance Film Festival officially announced the lineup for the films playing in competition next month. The 16 movies will compete for the Grand Jury Prize in Park City, Utah at the 25th anniversary of the largest independent film festival in the U.S. from January 15-25.
The list was announced by festival director Geoff Gilmore, who recently received the first annual Sydney Pollack Award.
At the bottom of the page is a full list with synopsis and partial cast lists, but I wanted to focus on a few of the titles that stand out. Alphabetical order with omissions of films I don’t care about yet:
Arlen Faber - A single mother and a man out of rehab intrude into the life of a reclusive author, played by Jeff Daniels. He’s my other favorite Jeff, but I also like young actresses Kat Dennings and Olivia Thirlby.
Big Fan -...
The list was announced by festival director Geoff Gilmore, who recently received the first annual Sydney Pollack Award.
At the bottom of the page is a full list with synopsis and partial cast lists, but I wanted to focus on a few of the titles that stand out. Alphabetical order with omissions of films I don’t care about yet:
Arlen Faber - A single mother and a man out of rehab intrude into the life of a reclusive author, played by Jeff Daniels. He’s my other favorite Jeff, but I also like young actresses Kat Dennings and Olivia Thirlby.
Big Fan -...
- 12/4/2008
- by Jeff
- newsinfilm.com
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