History unfolds with on-the-ground immediacy in director Julia Loktev’s first feature since 2011’s The Loneliest Planet, as well as her second nonfiction work after 1998’s Moment of Impact. Running five-and-a-half hours and split into five chapters, My Undesirable Friends: Part I—Last Air in Moscow chronicles the hardscrabble efforts and eventual exile of a group of young Russian journalists who work for the independent news channel TV Rain.
“The world you’re about to see no longer exists,” Loktev narrates in the first scene. For there was no way to know, when filming commenced in 2021, that she would be in a prime position to observe the Vladimir Putin-instigated invasion of Ukraine, in addition to the draconian crackdown that followed on any and all dissenting voices. Not that the situation for reporters refusing to toe the party line was sunshine and moonbeams beforehand. Much of the documentary’s first...
“The world you’re about to see no longer exists,” Loktev narrates in the first scene. For there was no way to know, when filming commenced in 2021, that she would be in a prime position to observe the Vladimir Putin-instigated invasion of Ukraine, in addition to the draconian crackdown that followed on any and all dissenting voices. Not that the situation for reporters refusing to toe the party line was sunshine and moonbeams beforehand. Much of the documentary’s first...
- 10/7/2024
- by Keith Uhlich
- Slant Magazine
Four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz will perform for Sunday’s emotional “In Memoriam” segment on the Oscars 2023 ceremony. While only 40-50 people are generally remembered for the television ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC, over 200 people will be recognized on the Academy’s webpage starting that evening.
SEEWho is Performing at the Oscars 2023?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
Here is a lengthy list of many contributors to film who died since last year’s Academy Awards ceremony:
Mary Alice (actor)
Gil Alkabetz (animator)
Kirstie Alley (actor)
Burt Bacharach (composer)
Angelo Badalamenti (composer)
Simone Bär (casting director)
Joanna Barnes (actor)
Carl A. Bell (animator)
Jeff Berlin (sound)
David Birney (actor)
Bruce Bisenz (sound)
Robert Blake (actor)
Eliot Bliss (sound)
Nick Bosustow (shorts)
Albert Brenner (production designer)
Tom Bronson (costume designer)
James Caan (actor)
Michael Callan (actor)
Donn Cambern (editor)
Irene Cara (songwriter)
Gary W. Carlson (sound)
Marvin Chomsky...
SEEWho is Performing at the Oscars 2023?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
Here is a lengthy list of many contributors to film who died since last year’s Academy Awards ceremony:
Mary Alice (actor)
Gil Alkabetz (animator)
Kirstie Alley (actor)
Burt Bacharach (composer)
Angelo Badalamenti (composer)
Simone Bär (casting director)
Joanna Barnes (actor)
Carl A. Bell (animator)
Jeff Berlin (sound)
David Birney (actor)
Bruce Bisenz (sound)
Robert Blake (actor)
Eliot Bliss (sound)
Nick Bosustow (shorts)
Albert Brenner (production designer)
Tom Bronson (costume designer)
James Caan (actor)
Michael Callan (actor)
Donn Cambern (editor)
Irene Cara (songwriter)
Gary W. Carlson (sound)
Marvin Chomsky...
- 3/10/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
In a major shift one of the nation’s premier arthouses, Karen Cooper will be exiting as director on June 30 after 50 years running the Film Forum in New York City. Deputy Director Sonya Chung will assume the role.
Cooper has led the nonprofit cinema since its first iteration in 1972 as a 50-seat loft space on the Upper West Side open only weekends, to a multi-million dollar operation with four screens and 500 seats in lower Manhattan. She’ll remain an advisor to Chung with a focus on programming premieres and fundraising
“To say this is a transitional moment would be a vast understatement – for virtually all of its history, Film Forum has been energetically and most ably guided by Karen, not least during the very challenging pandemic period from which we are emerging. My board colleagues and I are extremely grateful for her tenure, and excited that in Sonya we have...
Cooper has led the nonprofit cinema since its first iteration in 1972 as a 50-seat loft space on the Upper West Side open only weekends, to a multi-million dollar operation with four screens and 500 seats in lower Manhattan. She’ll remain an advisor to Chung with a focus on programming premieres and fundraising
“To say this is a transitional moment would be a vast understatement – for virtually all of its history, Film Forum has been energetically and most ably guided by Karen, not least during the very challenging pandemic period from which we are emerging. My board colleagues and I are extremely grateful for her tenure, and excited that in Sonya we have...
- 1/9/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI, and sign up for our weekly email newsletter by clicking here.NEWSGush.The lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival has been announced. Before the festival begins in Park City on January 19, peruse the selection on Notebook—including new films from Ira Sachs, Deborah Stratman (The Illinois Parables), Mary Helena Clark (Figure Minus Fact), and Fox Maxy (F1ght1ng Looks Different 2 Me Now).Victor Erice has just wrapped production on a new film, Cerrar los Ojos, in Granada, Spain, ahead of a 2023 release. This will be his fourth feature, arriving 31 years after 1992’s Dream of Light.The legendary composer Angelo Badalamenti—one of David Lynch’s most important collaborators, and the architect of all of his atmospheres—has died at age 85. In addition to his music with Lynch, Badalamenti worked with artists like Nina Simone,...
- 12/14/2022
- MUBI
‘All The Beauty And The Bloodshed’ director Poitras will be the 2022 guest of honour.
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed director Laura Poitras will be guest of honour at the 2022 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which has also set two Focus programmes and the theme for its new media section DocLab.
Fresh from winning the Venice Golden Lion for her Nan Goldin documentary All The Beauty…, Poitras has curated a ‘Top 10’ programme for the festival, of films she believes are key to the human condition. Titles announced so far include Steve McQueen’s Hunger, Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies...
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed director Laura Poitras will be guest of honour at the 2022 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which has also set two Focus programmes and the theme for its new media section DocLab.
Fresh from winning the Venice Golden Lion for her Nan Goldin documentary All The Beauty…, Poitras has curated a ‘Top 10’ programme for the festival, of films she believes are key to the human condition. Titles announced so far include Steve McQueen’s Hunger, Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies...
- 9/20/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
U.S. director-producer Laura Poitras, who won an Oscar and an Emmy with Edward Snowden film “Citizenfour,” and recently took the Golden Lion at Venice with opioid epidemic pic “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” will be the Guest of Honor at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. The 35th edition of the festival takes place from Nov. 9 to 20.
Poitras will be honored at IDFA with the Retrospective and Top 10 programs, in which she curates 10 films. The Top 10 program includes reflections on political imprisonment (“Hunger” by Steve McQueen; “This Is Not a Film” by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb), incarceration and psychiatry (Frederick Wiseman’s “Titicut Follies”), and genocide (Claude Lanzmann’s “Shoah”). As part of the Top 10, Poitras will be in conversation with several of her selected filmmakers during the festival’s public talks program.
In the Retrospective section, IDFA presents all seven films directed by Poitras from 2003 to today.
Poitras will be honored at IDFA with the Retrospective and Top 10 programs, in which she curates 10 films. The Top 10 program includes reflections on political imprisonment (“Hunger” by Steve McQueen; “This Is Not a Film” by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb), incarceration and psychiatry (Frederick Wiseman’s “Titicut Follies”), and genocide (Claude Lanzmann’s “Shoah”). As part of the Top 10, Poitras will be in conversation with several of her selected filmmakers during the festival’s public talks program.
In the Retrospective section, IDFA presents all seven films directed by Poitras from 2003 to today.
- 9/20/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras will be guest of honor at the 35th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), running from November 9 to 20.
Poitras is currently on a packed festival tour with All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, which won the Golden Lion in Venice and is now an awards season contender. After Venice, the title screened in Toronto and has dates set for New York and the BFI London Film Festival.
As guest of honor at IDFA, Poitras will be feted with a retrospective and has also been given carte blanche to curate 10 films that have influenced her work and shaped her view of the world.
Her Top 10 selections include Steve McQueen’s Hunger, Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb’s This is Not A Film, Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies and Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah.
As part of the sidebar, Poitras will also conduct on-stage conversations with a number of the selected filmmakers.
Poitras is currently on a packed festival tour with All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, which won the Golden Lion in Venice and is now an awards season contender. After Venice, the title screened in Toronto and has dates set for New York and the BFI London Film Festival.
As guest of honor at IDFA, Poitras will be feted with a retrospective and has also been given carte blanche to curate 10 films that have influenced her work and shaped her view of the world.
Her Top 10 selections include Steve McQueen’s Hunger, Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb’s This is Not A Film, Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies and Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah.
As part of the sidebar, Poitras will also conduct on-stage conversations with a number of the selected filmmakers.
- 9/20/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Acclaimed Peruvian-born filmmaker had lived in the Netherlands since the late 1970s
Dutch industry figures have paid tribute to documentary maker Heddy Honigmann, who died at the weekend at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer and multiple sclerosis.
Honigmann, born in Lima in Peru in 1951, came to the Netherlands in the late 1970s and became one of the country’s most prominent filmmakers.
Her credits include Metal and Melancholy (1993), O Amor Natural (1996) and The Underground Orchestra (1997). Her documentaries Crazy (1999) and Forever (2006) received a Golden Calf at the Netherlands Film Festival. Her recent films Buddy (2018) and 100 Up (2020) also...
Dutch industry figures have paid tribute to documentary maker Heddy Honigmann, who died at the weekend at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer and multiple sclerosis.
Honigmann, born in Lima in Peru in 1951, came to the Netherlands in the late 1970s and became one of the country’s most prominent filmmakers.
Her credits include Metal and Melancholy (1993), O Amor Natural (1996) and The Underground Orchestra (1997). Her documentaries Crazy (1999) and Forever (2006) received a Golden Calf at the Netherlands Film Festival. Her recent films Buddy (2018) and 100 Up (2020) also...
- 5/23/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to notch up a century on the planet, this warm documentary from Heddy Honigmann offers a best case scenario window into the world. She follows a series of centenarians, from different countries, as they go about their business, gently quizzing them about their life and attitudes.
Among the most chatty is sex therapist Shirley Zussman. Born in 1915, the New Yorker is three years younger than the equally sociable Viola Smith, who spent her working life as a drummer and now lives in LA. Back in New York, we'll also meet Austrian emigre Mathilde Freund, who recalls seeing Hitler for the first time and has been studying at university for the past 42 years while, in another part of town, former stand-up comic Professor Irwin Corey - born in 1914 - offers his opinions on life, which he describes as "an amazing...
Among the most chatty is sex therapist Shirley Zussman. Born in 1915, the New Yorker is three years younger than the equally sociable Viola Smith, who spent her working life as a drummer and now lives in LA. Back in New York, we'll also meet Austrian emigre Mathilde Freund, who recalls seeing Hitler for the first time and has been studying at university for the past 42 years while, in another part of town, former stand-up comic Professor Irwin Corey - born in 1914 - offers his opinions on life, which he describes as "an amazing...
- 11/14/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Closing out the summer, Mubi has unveiled their August 2021 lineup, kicking off most fittingly with Brett Story’s acclaimed recent documentary The Hottest August. Also among the lineup is Akira Kurosawa’s epic Ran, Fritz Lang’s hugely entertaining two-parter The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb. As his latest films arrive, Pablo Larraín’s The Club is also part of the lineup.
Xinyuan Zheng Lu’s Rotterdam winner The Cloud in Her Room is coming to Mubi in August, plus a “late film” special featuring Manoel de Olviera’s Gebo and the Shadow and The Last Sentence by Jan Troell. There will also be a canine double feature of Heddy Honigmann’s Buddy and Los Reyes by Bettina Perut and Ivan Osnovikoff.
See the lineup below and get 30 days of Mubi free here.
August 1 | The Hottest August | Brett Story
August 2 | Gebo and the Shadow | Manoel de Oliveria | Twilight...
Xinyuan Zheng Lu’s Rotterdam winner The Cloud in Her Room is coming to Mubi in August, plus a “late film” special featuring Manoel de Olviera’s Gebo and the Shadow and The Last Sentence by Jan Troell. There will also be a canine double feature of Heddy Honigmann’s Buddy and Los Reyes by Bettina Perut and Ivan Osnovikoff.
See the lineup below and get 30 days of Mubi free here.
August 1 | The Hottest August | Brett Story
August 2 | Gebo and the Shadow | Manoel de Oliveria | Twilight...
- 7/19/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Always be wary of claims of “first” or “only.” Such is the case with brand-new streaming platform Documentary Plus+, which announced this summer that it would be “the first of its kind to focus exclusively on documentary films.” The venture comes from Xtr, the well-financed Los Angeles-based nonfiction film and television studio that Oscar-nominated documentary short producer Bryn Mooser (“Lifeboat”) launched last year.
Xtr, which took five co-financed films to Sundance 2020 — including well-received docs “Feels Good Man,” “Mucho Mucho Amor,” and “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” — plans to roll out Documentary Plus+ this fall; a representative said they’re hoping for the end of September.
Billed as a “highly curated documentary streaming service,” Documentary Plus+ aims to “provide audiences with the best in documentary film and further serve as a permanent home for the work of nonfiction filmmakers along with added distribution and amplification of their projects across all social channels.
Xtr, which took five co-financed films to Sundance 2020 — including well-received docs “Feels Good Man,” “Mucho Mucho Amor,” and “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” — plans to roll out Documentary Plus+ this fall; a representative said they’re hoping for the end of September.
Billed as a “highly curated documentary streaming service,” Documentary Plus+ aims to “provide audiences with the best in documentary film and further serve as a permanent home for the work of nonfiction filmmakers along with added distribution and amplification of their projects across all social channels.
- 8/20/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
As documentary pitches go, a study of service dogs and their humans is as critic-proof, in its own way, as a Marvel spectacular: It will have a particular audience at “hello” (or perhaps that should be “heel”) regardless of execution. Which is to say that veteran Dutch docmaker Heddy Honigmann’s “Buddy” doesn’t need to be as delicate and intelligent as it is to work, but its thoughtful, unsentimental gaze makes an already guaranteed awww-fest into something more substantially affecting. Examining a diverse half-dozen of dog-person pairs at close but not overly invasive quarters, the film captures the remarkable breadth and depth of assistance these canine aides offer their variously disabled, trauma-afflicted or special-needs owners. An unsurprising hit with audiences on the docfest circuit, “Buddy” is bound for a long life in ancillary.
A humane, straightforward stylist who began in narrative cinema before making a non-fiction name for herself in the 1990s,...
A humane, straightforward stylist who began in narrative cinema before making a non-fiction name for herself in the 1990s,...
- 5/3/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Buddy International Documentary Festival Amsterdam Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net by: Harvey Karten Director: Heddy Honigmann Screenwriter: Heddy Honigmann Cast: Mister, Kaiko, Utah, Missy, Kay, Makker Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 3/10/19 Opens: March 20, 2019 Chaser, a Border Collie, can locate 1,022 items surrounding him on the floor at the request of his trainer. […]
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- 3/27/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Bumblebee (Travis Knight)
With Bumblebee, director Travis Knight and writer Christina Hodson weave together two different movies: 1) A sensitive, familiar riff on E.T. about a young girl who, struggling with the recent death of her father, regains her confidence through a clandestine friendship with an alien and 2) A less bombastic version of a Michael Bay-helmed Transformers movie, complete with Autobot vs. Decepticon lore, mechanical fight scenes with grinding metal sounds high in the mix, explosions, etc. To their credit, Knight and Hodson semi-seamlessly combine both movies without too much tonal clash. It’s just a shame that the end result never amounts to more than a “fine,...
Bumblebee (Travis Knight)
With Bumblebee, director Travis Knight and writer Christina Hodson weave together two different movies: 1) A sensitive, familiar riff on E.T. about a young girl who, struggling with the recent death of her father, regains her confidence through a clandestine friendship with an alien and 2) A less bombastic version of a Michael Bay-helmed Transformers movie, complete with Autobot vs. Decepticon lore, mechanical fight scenes with grinding metal sounds high in the mix, explosions, etc. To their credit, Knight and Hodson semi-seamlessly combine both movies without too much tonal clash. It’s just a shame that the end result never amounts to more than a “fine,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
For over 30 years the globetrotting Dutch filmmaker Heddy Honigmann has been wowing audiences the world over. Born in Peru to Polish Jewish parents, Honigmann’s been honored with retrospectives at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and also at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, where her latest work of cinematic nonfiction Buddy closed this year’s Doc Fortnight. A heart-soaring tearjerker, the doc is an exquisite portrait of the lives of six guide dogs and their owners. But because it’s a Heddy Honigmann film it inevitably transforms into a philosophical meditation — in this case, an exploration of the love affair […]...
- 3/20/2019
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
For over 30 years the globetrotting Dutch filmmaker Heddy Honigmann has been wowing audiences the world over. Born in Peru to Polish Jewish parents, Honigmann’s been honored with retrospectives at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and also at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, where her latest work of cinematic nonfiction Buddy closed this year’s Doc Fortnight. A heart-soaring tearjerker, the doc is an exquisite portrait of the lives of six guide dogs and their owners. But because it’s a Heddy Honigmann film it inevitably transforms into a philosophical meditation — in this case, an exploration of the love affair […]...
- 3/20/2019
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
"It was such a revelation that I could surrender myself to him." Grasshopper Film has debuted an official Us trailer for a documentary titled Buddy, the latest film made by renowned Dutch-Peruvian filmmaker Heddy Honigmann. The film is a poignant and carefully composed portrait of six service dogs and their owners. "Fascinating, multi-talented, indispensable dogs and their loving masters." Heddy spends time with six disabled (or elderly) individuals, many of them from the Netherlands, and shows us how important & connected each owner is with their respective service doggie. It's a very lovely, humble, heartwarming film about how much of a difference dogs make in this world. A must-see for any and every dog lover out there. And I'm glad that Grasshopper is bringing this film to Us cinemas this spring. A worthwhile doc to discover. Here's the official Us trailer (+ a poster) for Heddy Honigmann's documentary Buddy, from YouTube: Fascinating,...
- 3/12/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today’s film news roundup, Alex Woolf and Imogen Poots are cast in a crime drama, Laura Dern gets a film festival honor and doggie movie “Buddy” gets distribution.
Casting
Alex Wolff and Imogen Poots are set to star in writer/director Joey Klein’s upcoming crime drama “Castle in the Ground.”
Wolff is portraying a teenager in a small town dealing with the untimely death of his mother. He befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor, who embroils him in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold. Principal photography is currently underway in Sudbury, Canada.
Wolf starred Ari Aster’s “Hereditary” alongside Toni Collette, “House of Tomorrow” opposite Asa Butterfield, and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” alongside Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart and in the recently wrapped untitled Jumanji sequel. Poots’ credits include ” Green Room,” “Frank & Lola,” “Sweet Virginia,” and “The Art of Self-Defense.
Casting
Alex Wolff and Imogen Poots are set to star in writer/director Joey Klein’s upcoming crime drama “Castle in the Ground.”
Wolff is portraying a teenager in a small town dealing with the untimely death of his mother. He befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor, who embroils him in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold. Principal photography is currently underway in Sudbury, Canada.
Wolf starred Ari Aster’s “Hereditary” alongside Toni Collette, “House of Tomorrow” opposite Asa Butterfield, and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” alongside Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart and in the recently wrapped untitled Jumanji sequel. Poots’ credits include ” Green Room,” “Frank & Lola,” “Sweet Virginia,” and “The Art of Self-Defense.
- 3/11/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “Spider-Man: Far From Home” sets a studio record, Chris Meledandri and Glenn Close are honored, an art-house streaming service is unveiled, and “Cliffs of Freedom” gets a release.
Trailer Stats
The first “Spider-Man: Far From Home” trailer has set a record as the biggest digital launch in Sony Pictures history after 24 hours.
The teaser trailer was unveiled Jan. 15 and generated 130 million views, topping the 116 million views for the first “Spider-Man: Homecoming” trailer. Sony said Friday the trailer was shared at twice the frequency of the first trailer for “Homecoming” and social conversation volume was also the highest in the studio’s history, topping 1.1 million posts in the first day. The studio reported that audiences were particularly excited to see Tom Holland’s return as Spider-Man and Jake Gyllenhaal’s debut as Mysterio.
The trailer began with Holland embarking on a European adventure that’s...
Trailer Stats
The first “Spider-Man: Far From Home” trailer has set a record as the biggest digital launch in Sony Pictures history after 24 hours.
The teaser trailer was unveiled Jan. 15 and generated 130 million views, topping the 116 million views for the first “Spider-Man: Homecoming” trailer. Sony said Friday the trailer was shared at twice the frequency of the first trailer for “Homecoming” and social conversation volume was also the highest in the studio’s history, topping 1.1 million posts in the first day. The studio reported that audiences were particularly excited to see Tom Holland’s return as Spider-Man and Jake Gyllenhaal’s debut as Mysterio.
The trailer began with Holland embarking on a European adventure that’s...
- 1/19/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
With FilmStruck gone and Fandor recently sold to a new entity, cinephiles would appear to be running out of streaming services catered toward them. Here to fill that void is Ovid.TV, a new venture from six different independent film distributors — Bullfrog Films, Distrib Films Us, First Run Features, Grasshopper Film, Icarus Films, and KimStim — set to launch in March. In a statement announcing the new Svod platform, Ovid is is said to be “designed to provide North American viewers with access to thousands of mostly un-streamable documentaries, independent films, and notable works of international cinema.”
Jonathan Miller of Icarus Films, who will serve as director of Ovid, said, “the time for this kind of partnership is now, as the streaming giants focus on generating fast-turnaround new content, this coalition will offer new access to high-quality catalogs found nowhere else, featuring some of the most celebrated filmmakers and films in the canon.
Jonathan Miller of Icarus Films, who will serve as director of Ovid, said, “the time for this kind of partnership is now, as the streaming giants focus on generating fast-turnaround new content, this coalition will offer new access to high-quality catalogs found nowhere else, featuring some of the most celebrated filmmakers and films in the canon.
- 1/18/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The Museum of Modern Art has unveiled the full festival lineup for the 18th edition of Doc Fortnight, an annual showcase of the best in nonfiction film. The movies cover a range of topics, touching on everything from the cinematic legacy of Wyatt Earp to a deep look at Ferguson, Missouri, the Midwestern city that exploded into national consciousness when Michael Brown was shot by a police officer.
This year’s festival, which runs from Feb. 21 to 28 and boasts more than 17 documentary features, the bulk of which were directed by female filmmakers. That choice is an important one, because it comes at a time when attention is being focused on the film industry for failing to provide more directing opportunities to women.
The series opens with the premiere of “Serendipity,” a new offering from Prune Nourry that explores the artist’s use of various forms of media, including photography, film,...
This year’s festival, which runs from Feb. 21 to 28 and boasts more than 17 documentary features, the bulk of which were directed by female filmmakers. That choice is an important one, because it comes at a time when attention is being focused on the film industry for failing to provide more directing opportunities to women.
The series opens with the premiere of “Serendipity,” a new offering from Prune Nourry that explores the artist’s use of various forms of media, including photography, film,...
- 1/9/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
€5m funding is shared between 17 fiction, 2 animation and 1 documentary films.
Following its 150th meeting in Yerevan, Armenia from March 13-16, European cinema body Eurimages has awarded funding to 20 film projects.
Of the supported titles, 17 are fiction, two are animated and one is a documentary. 30% of those receiving support have female directors, who cumulatively receive 34% of the total money awarded.
See below for the full list of projects
Among the projects are Bergman Island, the next film from French director Mia Hansen-Løve (Things To Come). Launched at Cannes last year, the story centres on an American filmmaking couple who find the...
Following its 150th meeting in Yerevan, Armenia from March 13-16, European cinema body Eurimages has awarded funding to 20 film projects.
Of the supported titles, 17 are fiction, two are animated and one is a documentary. 30% of those receiving support have female directors, who cumulatively receive 34% of the total money awarded.
See below for the full list of projects
Among the projects are Bergman Island, the next film from French director Mia Hansen-Løve (Things To Come). Launched at Cannes last year, the story centres on an American filmmaking couple who find the...
- 3/19/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Every year the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Nov 18-29) invites a key documentarian to make a list of non-fiction films to screen in the festival. In the past they've gone to the likes of Werner Herzog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Ulrich Seidl, Heddy Honigmann and Rithy Panh. Morris’s Top 10 picks, below, include films by Herzog and Luis Bunuel. Morris will also conduct a Master Class moderated by doc maven Bill Nichols. And Idfa will also show six Morris films starting with his first, "Gates of Heaven" (1978), and running through "The Thin Blue Line," "Fast Cheap And Out Of Control," "Mr. Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.," his Oscar-winning "The Fog Of War," the hilarious "Tabloid" and confounding "The Unknown Known." Morris's full list goes back in time and does not include all usual suspects; it leans toward the avant-garde. I share his love...
- 10/2/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The festival will screen ten films picked by the Us filmmaker, who will also take part in a masterclass.
Errol Morris, the reverred documentary filmmaker, has revealed his top 10 programme for this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Nov 18-29).
Each year, the festival invites an important figure in the world of documentary to compile a list of ten important works of factual film, all of which will be screened as part of the programme.
Morris’ selections include Werner Herzog’s surreal Fata Morgana, which is set in the Sahara Desert and features an exclusively Leonard Cohen soundtrack, and Dziga Vertov’s experimental early film Man With A Movie Camera.
Idfa will also show six of Morris’ films including his 1978 debut Gates of Heaven and his seminal investigative piece The Thin Blue Line.
Further screenings of his films will be: Fast Cheap And Out Of Control; Mr. Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A...
Errol Morris, the reverred documentary filmmaker, has revealed his top 10 programme for this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Nov 18-29).
Each year, the festival invites an important figure in the world of documentary to compile a list of ten important works of factual film, all of which will be screened as part of the programme.
Morris’ selections include Werner Herzog’s surreal Fata Morgana, which is set in the Sahara Desert and features an exclusively Leonard Cohen soundtrack, and Dziga Vertov’s experimental early film Man With A Movie Camera.
Idfa will also show six of Morris’ films including his 1978 debut Gates of Heaven and his seminal investigative piece The Thin Blue Line.
Further screenings of his films will be: Fast Cheap And Out Of Control; Mr. Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A...
- 9/29/2015
- ScreenDaily
Us documentary director to also be subject of a retrospective.
Us director Errol Morris is to compile this year’s Top 10 at Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), whcih runs November 18-29.
Morris, the director of seminal documentaries including The Thin Blue Line (1988), A Brief History of Time (1992), The Fog of War (2003) and Standard Operating Procedure (2008), will also be the subject of a retrospective at the festival.
Morris will attend the festival to talk about his work and his choices for the Top 10 in a masterclass.
Previous directors to compile a top 10 for Idfa include Werner Herzog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Ulrich Seidl, Heddy Honigmann and Rithy Panh.
Us director Errol Morris is to compile this year’s Top 10 at Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), whcih runs November 18-29.
Morris, the director of seminal documentaries including The Thin Blue Line (1988), A Brief History of Time (1992), The Fog of War (2003) and Standard Operating Procedure (2008), will also be the subject of a retrospective at the festival.
Morris will attend the festival to talk about his work and his choices for the Top 10 in a masterclass.
Previous directors to compile a top 10 for Idfa include Werner Herzog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Ulrich Seidl, Heddy Honigmann and Rithy Panh.
- 6/30/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
I haven’t traveled all I have to Buenos Aires and back to tell you about how this festival, alongside Mar del Plata and Valdivia (this last one in Chile), form the triad of the most important festivals of Latin America, because if you know about it, you know about it. People that have travelled to Argentina for the past 17 years in April have felt the presence of cinema in the streets—and Buenos Aires is a big city. The importance of a festival that brings over 300 titles, some of them for the first time crossing an ocean, is fundamental for the Latino viewer, as well for those who want to make the effort and come to see the movies that play here. On a closer look, what plays here may seem to be eclectic at times, it is purely due to what seems to be the motto of the festival: discovery.
- 6/8/2015
- by Jaime Grijalba Gómez
- MUBI
The distributor has picked up Canadian rights to Mia Donovan’s Deprogrammed and Heddy Honigmann’s Around The World In 50 Concerts ahead of Toronto Hot Docs.
Deprogrammed (pictured) will receive its world premiere at the festival on Sunday (April 26) and chronicles Ted “Black Lighting” Patrick and his anti-cult crusade based on his ‘reverse brainwashing’ technique inaugurated in the early 1970s.
Around The World In 50 Concerts gets its Canadian Premiere and follows Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra members as they travelled the world to celebrate the institution’s 125th anniversary in 2013 by performing 50 concerts on six continents.
KinoSmith president Robin Smith and Blue Ice Group co-owners Steven Silver and Neil Tabatznik formed Blue Ice Docs in 2014.
Hot Docs kicks off in Toronto today (April 23) and runs through May 3.
Deprogrammed (pictured) will receive its world premiere at the festival on Sunday (April 26) and chronicles Ted “Black Lighting” Patrick and his anti-cult crusade based on his ‘reverse brainwashing’ technique inaugurated in the early 1970s.
Around The World In 50 Concerts gets its Canadian Premiere and follows Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra members as they travelled the world to celebrate the institution’s 125th anniversary in 2013 by performing 50 concerts on six continents.
KinoSmith president Robin Smith and Blue Ice Group co-owners Steven Silver and Neil Tabatznik formed Blue Ice Docs in 2014.
Hot Docs kicks off in Toronto today (April 23) and runs through May 3.
- 4/23/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Hot Docs 2014 Winners Announced: 'Out of Mind, Out of Sight' Wins Best Canadian Feature Documentary Get ready: It's almost time for this year's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival. This year's Special Presentations will feature a collection of high-profile documentaries, made up of films enjoying their world and international premieres, recent award winners and works from renowned filmmakers. The 2015 Hot Docs Festival runs from April 23-May 3. Special Presentation titles appear below, ordered alphabetically: "Around the World in 50 Concerts" Take the title quite literally on this one: Award-winning director Heddy Honigmann's "Around the World in 50 Concerts" follows the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (based in the Netherlands) as they perform 50 concerts on six continents in honor of their 125th birthday. "Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime" Co-directed by Jacqui Morris and David...
- 3/10/2015
- by Rosie Narasaki
- Indiewire
Award season as come to a close, and we’ve all been witness to what is a historic unprecedented run for one urgent film. The ripple became a wave when we were on hand to witness Laura Poitras collect multiple awards at the Cinema Eye Honors, and as predicted, the Academy Awards capped off a historic awards season run with an Oscar win. Here is our roundup and recap of the previous month’s film festival and award season headlines related to the docu film world.
Academy Awards
While Citizenfour took home the award for best documentary of the year, Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry’s Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 was given the Oscar for best short doc.
Berlin International Film Festival - Germany – February 5th – February 15th
When Darren Aronofsky and his presiding jury members announced the Berlinale winners, Patricio Guzmán’s long awaited follow-up to Nostalgia For The Light,...
Academy Awards
While Citizenfour took home the award for best documentary of the year, Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry’s Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 was given the Oscar for best short doc.
Berlin International Film Festival - Germany – February 5th – February 15th
When Darren Aronofsky and his presiding jury members announced the Berlinale winners, Patricio Guzmán’s long awaited follow-up to Nostalgia For The Light,...
- 3/3/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Even in Heddy Honigmann’s “Around the World in 50 Concerts,” ostensibly a 125th anniversary portrait/celebration of Amsterdam’s fabled Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the age disparity between the players and the patrons is as dramatic as Mahler. But Honigmann, the Peruvian-born Dutch documentarian, does what she usually does about questions of passion and age – demolishes them. Whether you happen to be a young Uruguayan bassoonist or an elderly Muscovite survivor of Stalin and Hitler, a love of “serious” music is about soul, not years. Much the same can be said about Honigmann’s films. “Around the World in 50 Concerts,” which the Museum of Modern Art is giving a weeklong run beginning Feb. 28, follows the group along a world tour that includes stops in Argentina, Amsterdam, Johannesburg and Moscow. And the film includes themes that have dominated Honigmann’s considerable body of nonfiction work. Music, for instance, has been a fascination...
- 3/1/2015
- by John Anderson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Documentary festival to include a Q&A with CitizenFour director Laura Poitras and a strand dedicated to women in docs.
The 27th edition of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 19-30) opened last night with the world premiere of Heddy Honigmann’s Around the World in 50 Concerts - made to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
With guests ranging from Naomi Klein and British director Nick Broomfield to Star Trek’s George Takei, Jay Jay French from Twisted Sister and documentary legend D.A. Pennebaker, this year’s edition is shaping up to be a typically lively affair.
Idfa is also a key industry event. Over 300 distributors, sales agents and festival programmers are registered for the annual “Docs For Sales” bazaar.
Meanwhile, the Forum, Idfa’s co-financing and coproduction market, will kickstart a number of new projects, among them Heddy Honigmann’s latest doc 100Up, a film about people from around the world who are...
The 27th edition of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 19-30) opened last night with the world premiere of Heddy Honigmann’s Around the World in 50 Concerts - made to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
With guests ranging from Naomi Klein and British director Nick Broomfield to Star Trek’s George Takei, Jay Jay French from Twisted Sister and documentary legend D.A. Pennebaker, this year’s edition is shaping up to be a typically lively affair.
Idfa is also a key industry event. Over 300 distributors, sales agents and festival programmers are registered for the annual “Docs For Sales” bazaar.
Meanwhile, the Forum, Idfa’s co-financing and coproduction market, will kickstart a number of new projects, among them Heddy Honigmann’s latest doc 100Up, a film about people from around the world who are...
- 11/20/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
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
It is no surprise but the lives revealed in Heddy Honigmann’s Forever, set almost entirely in the Paris cemetery where some of the world’s most celebrated deceased are buried alongside the unknown or forgotten, have the potential to drop your jaw. Such stories lie behind each pair of eyes in the work of the Amsterdam-based filmmaker who has been peeling back the veil of presumption at least since 1993’s Metal and Melancholy.>> - Shari Kizirian...
- 10/22/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
It is no surprise but the lives revealed in Heddy Honigmann’s Forever, set almost entirely in the Paris cemetery where some of the world’s most celebrated deceased are buried alongside the unknown or forgotten, have the potential to drop your jaw. Such stories lie behind each pair of eyes in the work of the Amsterdam-based filmmaker who has been peeling back the veil of presumption at least since 1993’s Metal and Melancholy.>> - Shari Kizirian...
- 10/22/2014
- Keyframe
Projects range from a film about centenarians to documentaries about renowned hunger striker Bobby Sands, Winnie Mandela, Ratko Mladic and Madonna’s backing dancers.Scroll down for full list of projects
Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) has unveiled the 50 titles that will be presented at its international co-finance and production market, the Idfa Forum (Nov 24-26).
At the market, filmmakers and producers will present their documentary projects to commissioning editors from international television stations and other financiers with the aim of completing finance for their documentary projects.
A total of 50 projects have been selected for the upcoming Idfa Forum, including new projects by Heddy Honigmann, Janus Metz and Vitaly Mansky.
The Idfa 2014 programme contains 17 documentaries that were presented as projects at previous editions of the Idfa Forum.
Projects selected for this year’s Idfa Forum will be pitched in a variety of settings: the central pitches in the main auditorium of the Compagnietheater, the round table...
Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) has unveiled the 50 titles that will be presented at its international co-finance and production market, the Idfa Forum (Nov 24-26).
At the market, filmmakers and producers will present their documentary projects to commissioning editors from international television stations and other financiers with the aim of completing finance for their documentary projects.
A total of 50 projects have been selected for the upcoming Idfa Forum, including new projects by Heddy Honigmann, Janus Metz and Vitaly Mansky.
The Idfa 2014 programme contains 17 documentaries that were presented as projects at previous editions of the Idfa Forum.
Projects selected for this year’s Idfa Forum will be pitched in a variety of settings: the central pitches in the main auditorium of the Compagnietheater, the round table...
- 10/14/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
More than 80 documentaries to receive world premieres.
The line-up for the 27th Idfa (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) has been unveiled.
A total of 298 titles, selected from 3,200 submissions, will be screened from Nov 19-30 in Amsterdam - of which 81 will receive their world premiere.
This year, a special themed programme, titled The Female Gaze, is dedicated to the role of women in documentary.
Another strand, Of Media and Men, will focus on how opinions are shaped within a democracy through the media.
This year’s Top 10 is provided by Heddy Honigmann, and a retrospective of her work will also be screening. Her film, Around the World in 50 Concerts, opens this year’s Idfa and also plays in Competition.
Idfa and Eye, the Netherlands national museum for film, will be present a joint themed programme concentrating on hybrid film: Framing Reality.
The festival’s main locations will once again be Pathé Tuschinski, Pathé de Munt...
The line-up for the 27th Idfa (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) has been unveiled.
A total of 298 titles, selected from 3,200 submissions, will be screened from Nov 19-30 in Amsterdam - of which 81 will receive their world premiere.
This year, a special themed programme, titled The Female Gaze, is dedicated to the role of women in documentary.
Another strand, Of Media and Men, will focus on how opinions are shaped within a democracy through the media.
This year’s Top 10 is provided by Heddy Honigmann, and a retrospective of her work will also be screening. Her film, Around the World in 50 Concerts, opens this year’s Idfa and also plays in Competition.
Idfa and Eye, the Netherlands national museum for film, will be present a joint themed programme concentrating on hybrid film: Framing Reality.
The festival’s main locations will once again be Pathé Tuschinski, Pathé de Munt...
- 10/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 2nd edition of the Urban Lens film festival will screen over 35 non-fiction films from India, South Africa, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Canada, in an attempt to engage with how the ‘city’ has found a cinematic expression in non-fiction films over a period of time.
The festival will be held from September 26-28, 2014 at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (Iihs), Bangalore City campus. This year, the festival will also feature specially curated package of films from the Films Division archive, special screenings and a public talk. Entry to all films is free.
Each film that is part of this festival will explore different facets of what the city produces – whether political, social, economic or cultural. Deepa Dhanraj’s classic documentary film Kya Hua Is Shehar Ko looks at the communal riots of Hyderabad while Saba Dewan’s The Other Song chronicles the life of the singer Rasoolan Bai from...
The festival will be held from September 26-28, 2014 at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (Iihs), Bangalore City campus. This year, the festival will also feature specially curated package of films from the Films Division archive, special screenings and a public talk. Entry to all films is free.
Each film that is part of this festival will explore different facets of what the city produces – whether political, social, economic or cultural. Deepa Dhanraj’s classic documentary film Kya Hua Is Shehar Ko looks at the communal riots of Hyderabad while Saba Dewan’s The Other Song chronicles the life of the singer Rasoolan Bai from...
- 9/23/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Themed programme to include discussions with 15 leading female directors including Kim Longinotto.
The International Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) is to investigates the role of women in documentary as part of its next edition (Nov 19-30).
The Female Gaze will comrise a programme of titles by women directors as well as discussions with filmmakers at the festival.
A total of 15 female directors, including Pirjo Honkasalo, Barbara Kopple and Kim Longinotto, have compiled a programme of old and new documentaries by themselves and others.
Idfa will also investigate the share female directors have had of the festival’s own selections during the past ten years, and attention will be devoted to the question of how women are represented in documentaries and of whether a ‘female gaze’ can be said to exist within the documentary genre.
The festival will organise a debate on the role of women for the documentary industry on Nov 22.
The directors who made a selection for Idfa...
The International Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) is to investigates the role of women in documentary as part of its next edition (Nov 19-30).
The Female Gaze will comrise a programme of titles by women directors as well as discussions with filmmakers at the festival.
A total of 15 female directors, including Pirjo Honkasalo, Barbara Kopple and Kim Longinotto, have compiled a programme of old and new documentaries by themselves and others.
Idfa will also investigate the share female directors have had of the festival’s own selections during the past ten years, and attention will be devoted to the question of how women are represented in documentaries and of whether a ‘female gaze’ can be said to exist within the documentary genre.
The festival will organise a debate on the role of women for the documentary industry on Nov 22.
The directors who made a selection for Idfa...
- 9/9/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Around the World in 50 Concerts to open 27th edition of the documentary festival.
Heddy Honigmann’s Around the World in 50 Concerts will open this year’s Idfa on Nov 19.
Honigmann’s documentary follows her on tour with Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as they played 50 concerts spread across six continents to mark the orchestra’s 125th anniversary.
The film was produced by Carmen Cobos & Kees Rijninks for Cobos Films Bv in co-production with the Avro broadcaster.
Honigmann received a Living Legend award at the opening of Idfa 2013 and was asked to compile this year’s Top 10. Alongside the Top 10, this year’s festival will show a retrospective of Honigmann’s work and she will hold a master class explaining her choices.
The Top 10 includes Abbas Kiarostami’s And Life Goes On (1992), Agnès Varda’s The Gleaners and I (2000) and Wang Bing’s nine-hour-long Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002).
Fiction film Au Revoir is among the films...
Heddy Honigmann’s Around the World in 50 Concerts will open this year’s Idfa on Nov 19.
Honigmann’s documentary follows her on tour with Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as they played 50 concerts spread across six continents to mark the orchestra’s 125th anniversary.
The film was produced by Carmen Cobos & Kees Rijninks for Cobos Films Bv in co-production with the Avro broadcaster.
Honigmann received a Living Legend award at the opening of Idfa 2013 and was asked to compile this year’s Top 10. Alongside the Top 10, this year’s festival will show a retrospective of Honigmann’s work and she will hold a master class explaining her choices.
The Top 10 includes Abbas Kiarostami’s And Life Goes On (1992), Agnès Varda’s The Gleaners and I (2000) and Wang Bing’s nine-hour-long Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002).
Fiction film Au Revoir is among the films...
- 6/10/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
On June 1, 2014, Matthijs Wouter Knol from the Netherlands became the new head of the Berlinale’s European Film Market (Efm). Since 2008, Knol has been the program manager of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus), and is well acquainted with both the Festival and the Efm.
Long-standing Efm head Beki Probst will become president of the Efm. In her new function, she will draw on her extensive experience and use her international network to establish Knol as new Efm head. She will also provide him with support and advice.
“Matthijs Wouter Knol will inspire new areas of business and the development of the European Film Market. With Knol, a professional is joining us who knows the festival well. He will strategically strengthen the synergies that have developed between the festival and the Efm,” says Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.
Knol was born in the Netherlands in 1977 and studied contemporary history at Leiden University and at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. He worked as a freelance journalist until 2001 before joining Pieter van Huystee Film, a renowned and internationally award-winning production company in Amsterdam. After becoming head of development in 2004, he focused on developing, financing and internationally co-producing documentary film projects. As the associate producer of various documentary films, he worked with acclaimed filmmakers, such as Heddy Honigmann and Mani Kaul. With Arte he also co-produced the DVD edition of Johan van der Keuken's digitally re-mastered works, which was awarded the Prix “Cahiers du Cinéma” in 2006.
In 2007, Knol started working for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa), spreading his activity between the co-production and sales markets, and the IDFAcademy training programme. As head of the latter, he initiated the IDFAcademy Summer School. In 2008, he became head of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talents Campus)
Matthijs has worked with the festival since 2008 when he began the Berlinale Talents and highlighted the importance of training filmmakers about the international film business. He took the Berlinale to the Sarajevo Talents and the Guadalajara Talents. As the new head of the Efm, under the mentorship of Beki Probst, he will surely bring new ideas and new technologies to Berlin. Working with this past year's newly installed Co-Director of Efm, Andrea Kaul, whose expertise will reinforce the Efm in its coverage of new business fields on the ever-changing audiovisual landscape, including new television formats, with her experience with television and media companies including IP Deutschland (Rtl Group) and Be Viacom (Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe), and the convention Telemesse; the international film world will see a new form of business taking a shape that extends beyond the confines of the traditional markets of Cannes and Ifta’s Afm.
Long-standing Efm head Beki Probst will become president of the Efm. In her new function, she will draw on her extensive experience and use her international network to establish Knol as new Efm head. She will also provide him with support and advice.
“Matthijs Wouter Knol will inspire new areas of business and the development of the European Film Market. With Knol, a professional is joining us who knows the festival well. He will strategically strengthen the synergies that have developed between the festival and the Efm,” says Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.
Knol was born in the Netherlands in 1977 and studied contemporary history at Leiden University and at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. He worked as a freelance journalist until 2001 before joining Pieter van Huystee Film, a renowned and internationally award-winning production company in Amsterdam. After becoming head of development in 2004, he focused on developing, financing and internationally co-producing documentary film projects. As the associate producer of various documentary films, he worked with acclaimed filmmakers, such as Heddy Honigmann and Mani Kaul. With Arte he also co-produced the DVD edition of Johan van der Keuken's digitally re-mastered works, which was awarded the Prix “Cahiers du Cinéma” in 2006.
In 2007, Knol started working for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa), spreading his activity between the co-production and sales markets, and the IDFAcademy training programme. As head of the latter, he initiated the IDFAcademy Summer School. In 2008, he became head of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talents Campus)
Matthijs has worked with the festival since 2008 when he began the Berlinale Talents and highlighted the importance of training filmmakers about the international film business. He took the Berlinale to the Sarajevo Talents and the Guadalajara Talents. As the new head of the Efm, under the mentorship of Beki Probst, he will surely bring new ideas and new technologies to Berlin. Working with this past year's newly installed Co-Director of Efm, Andrea Kaul, whose expertise will reinforce the Efm in its coverage of new business fields on the ever-changing audiovisual landscape, including new television formats, with her experience with television and media companies including IP Deutschland (Rtl Group) and Be Viacom (Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe), and the convention Telemesse; the international film world will see a new form of business taking a shape that extends beyond the confines of the traditional markets of Cannes and Ifta’s Afm.
- 6/3/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Beki Probst to become president of the Berlinale’s European Film Market after more than 25 years as head of the Efm.
Matthijs Wouter Knol is to take the reins as head of Berlin’s European Film Market, replacing Beki Probst who has been named president of the Efm. The move is effective from June 1.
Knol has been programme manager of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus), since 2008.
Probst, who has headed the Efm since 1988, will provide Knol with support and advice in her new role as president.
“Matthijs Wouter Knol will inspire new areas of business and the development of the European Film Market,” said Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick. “With Knol, a professional is joining us who knows the festival well. He will strategically strengthen the synergies that have developed between the festival and the Efm.”
Knol was born in the Netherlands in 1977 and studied contemporary history at Leiden University and at the Royal...
Matthijs Wouter Knol is to take the reins as head of Berlin’s European Film Market, replacing Beki Probst who has been named president of the Efm. The move is effective from June 1.
Knol has been programme manager of Berlinale Talents (formerly known as the Berlinale Talent Campus), since 2008.
Probst, who has headed the Efm since 1988, will provide Knol with support and advice in her new role as president.
“Matthijs Wouter Knol will inspire new areas of business and the development of the European Film Market,” said Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick. “With Knol, a professional is joining us who knows the festival well. He will strategically strengthen the synergies that have developed between the festival and the Efm.”
Knol was born in the Netherlands in 1977 and studied contemporary history at Leiden University and at the Royal...
- 5/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Kevin Macdonald, Marcel Ophuls, Fred Wiseman and Claude Lanzmann are among the top directors attending the 26th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 20 - Dec 1).The festival opens this evening (Nov 20) with the world premiere of Talal Derki’s Return To Homs, a feature doc that centres on young revolutionaries in Western Syria. The film, being talked up by festival insiders as a potential Oscar contender, was co-financed by Idfa through the Idfa B
Kevin Macdonald, Marcel Ophuls, Fred Wiseman and Claude Lanzmann are among the top directors attending the 26th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 20 - Dec 1).
The festival opens this evening (Nov 20) with the world premiere of Talal Derki’s Return To Homs, a feature doc that centres on young revolutionaries in Western Syria. The film, being talked up by festival insiders as a potential Oscar contender, was co-financed by Idfa through the Idfa Bertha Fund.
Before the film, Idfa’s Living...
Kevin Macdonald, Marcel Ophuls, Fred Wiseman and Claude Lanzmann are among the top directors attending the 26th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 20 - Dec 1).
The festival opens this evening (Nov 20) with the world premiere of Talal Derki’s Return To Homs, a feature doc that centres on young revolutionaries in Western Syria. The film, being talked up by festival insiders as a potential Oscar contender, was co-financed by Idfa through the Idfa Bertha Fund.
Before the film, Idfa’s Living...
- 11/20/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its 276-member-strong class of 2013.
The list, published by The Hollywood Reporter, includes actors, cinematographers, designers, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, "members-at-large," musicians, producers, PR folks, short filmmakers and animators, sound technicians, visual effects artists, and writers.
Jason Bateman, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milla Jovovich, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Lopez, Emily Mortimer, Sandra Oh, Jason Schwartzman, and Michael Peña are among the roster of actors, while "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig made the directors' cut.
"We did not change our criteria at all," says Academy president Hawk Koch of this year's larger-than-usual class. "Yes, this year there is a tremendous amount of women, a tremendous amount of people of color, people from all walks of life. This year, we asked the branches to look at everybody who wasn't in the Academy but who deserved to be.
The list, published by The Hollywood Reporter, includes actors, cinematographers, designers, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, "members-at-large," musicians, producers, PR folks, short filmmakers and animators, sound technicians, visual effects artists, and writers.
Jason Bateman, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milla Jovovich, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Lopez, Emily Mortimer, Sandra Oh, Jason Schwartzman, and Michael Peña are among the roster of actors, while "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig made the directors' cut.
"We did not change our criteria at all," says Academy president Hawk Koch of this year's larger-than-usual class. "Yes, this year there is a tremendous amount of women, a tremendous amount of people of color, people from all walks of life. This year, we asked the branches to look at everybody who wasn't in the Academy but who deserved to be.
- 7/4/2013
- by Laura Larson
- Moviefone
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 276 members of the entertainment industry invited to join organization. The list includes actors, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, producers and more. Of those listed below, those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2013. "These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today," said Academy President Hawk Koch in a press release. "Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy." Koch also told Variety, "In the past eight or nine years, each branch could only bring in X amount of members. There were people each branch would have liked to get in but couldn't. We asked them to be more inclusive of the best of the best, and each branch was excited, because they got...
- 6/28/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Academy just added 276 Oscar voters.
That’s 100 more than last year, and part of an easing of a longstanding cap on the number of new members allowed to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences each year.
AMPAS usually adds between 130 and 180 new members, replacing those who have quit or passed away. The membership now stands around 6,000.
Jason Bateman, Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emmanuelle Riva, and Chris Tucker are among the actors who have been invited to join, the organization announced today.
Other interesting additions: the musician Prince, Girls and Tiny Furniture writer/director/actress Lena Dunham,...
That’s 100 more than last year, and part of an easing of a longstanding cap on the number of new members allowed to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences each year.
AMPAS usually adds between 130 and 180 new members, replacing those who have quit or passed away. The membership now stands around 6,000.
Jason Bateman, Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emmanuelle Riva, and Chris Tucker are among the actors who have been invited to join, the organization announced today.
Other interesting additions: the musician Prince, Girls and Tiny Furniture writer/director/actress Lena Dunham,...
- 6/28/2013
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 276 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2013.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Hawk Koch. “Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy.”
The 2013 invitees are:
Actors
Jason Bateman – “Up in the Air,” “Juno”
Miriam Colon – “City of Hope,” “Scarface”
Rosario Dawson – “Rent,” “Frank Miller’s Sin City”
Kimberly Elise – “For Colored Girls,” “Beloved”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “Lincoln,” “The Dark Knight Rises”
Charles Grodin – “Midnight Run,” “The Heartbreak Kid”
Rebecca Hall – “Iron Man 3,” “The Town”
Lance Henriksen – “Aliens,” “The Terminator”
Jack Huston – “Not Fade Away,” “Factory Girl”
Milla Jovovich – “Resident Evil,...
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Hawk Koch. “Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy.”
The 2013 invitees are:
Actors
Jason Bateman – “Up in the Air,” “Juno”
Miriam Colon – “City of Hope,” “Scarface”
Rosario Dawson – “Rent,” “Frank Miller’s Sin City”
Kimberly Elise – “For Colored Girls,” “Beloved”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “Lincoln,” “The Dark Knight Rises”
Charles Grodin – “Midnight Run,” “The Heartbreak Kid”
Rebecca Hall – “Iron Man 3,” “The Town”
Lance Henriksen – “Aliens,” “The Terminator”
Jack Huston – “Not Fade Away,” “Factory Girl”
Milla Jovovich – “Resident Evil,...
- 6/28/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Greetings from Berlin! Here too women are on the move. Women in Film and Television are hosting a panel on women in the media during the Berlinale. Several women's film festivals from around the world are coming together to convene a meeting at the Berlin Film Festival to discuss the status of women directors.
Dortmund Frauen Festival in Dortmund Germany writes that over the last several years, there has been a growing cry in many corners of the world about the continuing lack of representation of women directors at top-tier film festivals and international award ceremonies. (Excepting Sundance this year where 50% of the directors in Competition were women). You probably don’t need reminding that the Cannes Film Festival 2012 again became the focus of worldwide criticism for repeatedly disregarding women film directors and their work – a characteristic shared by other major festivals. Only once during the entire history of the festival has the Palme d’Or been awarded to a female director – in 1993, in fact, to Jane Campion who shared the award that year with Chen Kaige. To date, only four women have picked up first prize at the Berlin and Venice competitions, and the only woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director was Kathryn Bigelow two years ago.
Despite these discouraging statistics, they remain convinced that films made by women meet the international standards as defined by the big-name festivals. At the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2013, the Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival and the Athena Film Festival in NY (Women and Hollywood) – along with colleagues from the newly created International Women's Film Festival Network (Iwffn), the European Women’s Audiovisual network (Ewa), Mujeres Iberoamericanas de Cine y Medios Audiovisuales (Mica) and others – are convening A Discussion on the Status of Women Directors where they will be calling on international representatives from film festivals, networks and the film business to raise further awareness of the issue in the media and to draw up an international agenda that will ensure sustainable progress and ultimately lead to gender equity for women directors in the industry.
They hope that women working in the film industry become aware of this issue and that all of us can make a contribution to reducing the present imbalance. Firmly believing that in the future women in the film industry will make greater advances, the aim they are so greatly committed to.
Never before have women’s films festivals and supporters of a more equitable playing field for women-directed work joined together to raise our voices in unison and address this problem. The goal of achieving equal opportunities for women throughout the film industry must remain a vision until a fair and properly balanced proportion is achieved.
This issue has gone unaddressed for far too long and now suffers from the lack of visions for women as part of the larger cultural conversation. Join with them and lend your name to this ground-breaking effort.
Excess
Wicked women, self-optimisation and billionaires unleashed – the Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival
presents its main programme on the subject of Excess, April 9 - 14th, 2013 in Dortmund
On 9 April, this year's edition of the Dortmund | Cologne Iwff begins. The 6-day cultural event in Dortmund/Germany, marked by an extensive thematic film programme, which this year, under the title Excess, is presenting films by women directors from the entire realm of film history.
Excess everywhere you look: dramatic facts and figures about global, economic, ecological and social crises have become commonplace. The largest possible exploitation of resources, the accelerated technological transformation in all sectors of the economy and the all-encompassing digitalisation of daily life create new structures, ever faster. In this neoliberal climate, the maximum productive, flexible and always free-spending person is propagated, along with a high degree of self-optimisation. This is also the case for women, perhaps especially so.
Reason enough to place the focus in 2013 on excess, and to bring up current and historical films by women for discussion in their film-aesthetic and artistic context, but also in terms of their social relevance. In the light of film history, already tried-and-tested artistic strategies are linked to current positions. The spectrum ranges here from the early silent movie, via rarities from the 60s and 80s, from the avantgarde and feature film, to the award-winning documentations. Various aspects of this focus on Excess will be examined here.
Second Dortmund honorary documentary film award for Heddy Honigmann
The Dortmund honorary documentary film award goes to Dutch film-maker Heddy Honigmann. She is being awarded the prize, endowed with 10,000 euros and funded by the Sparkasse Dortmund, for her accomplishments in European documentary film.
The Dortmund honorary documentary film award was established in 2011 to mark the 20-year anniversary of the cooperation between the Sparkasse Dortmund and the Dortmund | Cologne Iwff. In the selection of the prize, awarded every two years in Dortmund, European women documentary film-makers are considered who are permanently established in this field and who have made an outstanding contribution to the formal language of the genre and to the discussion on film of the social issues of our time.
Deadline for accreditation is March 29th!
Dortmund Frauen Festival in Dortmund Germany writes that over the last several years, there has been a growing cry in many corners of the world about the continuing lack of representation of women directors at top-tier film festivals and international award ceremonies. (Excepting Sundance this year where 50% of the directors in Competition were women). You probably don’t need reminding that the Cannes Film Festival 2012 again became the focus of worldwide criticism for repeatedly disregarding women film directors and their work – a characteristic shared by other major festivals. Only once during the entire history of the festival has the Palme d’Or been awarded to a female director – in 1993, in fact, to Jane Campion who shared the award that year with Chen Kaige. To date, only four women have picked up first prize at the Berlin and Venice competitions, and the only woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director was Kathryn Bigelow two years ago.
Despite these discouraging statistics, they remain convinced that films made by women meet the international standards as defined by the big-name festivals. At the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2013, the Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival and the Athena Film Festival in NY (Women and Hollywood) – along with colleagues from the newly created International Women's Film Festival Network (Iwffn), the European Women’s Audiovisual network (Ewa), Mujeres Iberoamericanas de Cine y Medios Audiovisuales (Mica) and others – are convening A Discussion on the Status of Women Directors where they will be calling on international representatives from film festivals, networks and the film business to raise further awareness of the issue in the media and to draw up an international agenda that will ensure sustainable progress and ultimately lead to gender equity for women directors in the industry.
They hope that women working in the film industry become aware of this issue and that all of us can make a contribution to reducing the present imbalance. Firmly believing that in the future women in the film industry will make greater advances, the aim they are so greatly committed to.
Never before have women’s films festivals and supporters of a more equitable playing field for women-directed work joined together to raise our voices in unison and address this problem. The goal of achieving equal opportunities for women throughout the film industry must remain a vision until a fair and properly balanced proportion is achieved.
This issue has gone unaddressed for far too long and now suffers from the lack of visions for women as part of the larger cultural conversation. Join with them and lend your name to this ground-breaking effort.
Excess
Wicked women, self-optimisation and billionaires unleashed – the Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival
presents its main programme on the subject of Excess, April 9 - 14th, 2013 in Dortmund
On 9 April, this year's edition of the Dortmund | Cologne Iwff begins. The 6-day cultural event in Dortmund/Germany, marked by an extensive thematic film programme, which this year, under the title Excess, is presenting films by women directors from the entire realm of film history.
Excess everywhere you look: dramatic facts and figures about global, economic, ecological and social crises have become commonplace. The largest possible exploitation of resources, the accelerated technological transformation in all sectors of the economy and the all-encompassing digitalisation of daily life create new structures, ever faster. In this neoliberal climate, the maximum productive, flexible and always free-spending person is propagated, along with a high degree of self-optimisation. This is also the case for women, perhaps especially so.
Reason enough to place the focus in 2013 on excess, and to bring up current and historical films by women for discussion in their film-aesthetic and artistic context, but also in terms of their social relevance. In the light of film history, already tried-and-tested artistic strategies are linked to current positions. The spectrum ranges here from the early silent movie, via rarities from the 60s and 80s, from the avantgarde and feature film, to the award-winning documentations. Various aspects of this focus on Excess will be examined here.
Second Dortmund honorary documentary film award for Heddy Honigmann
The Dortmund honorary documentary film award goes to Dutch film-maker Heddy Honigmann. She is being awarded the prize, endowed with 10,000 euros and funded by the Sparkasse Dortmund, for her accomplishments in European documentary film.
The Dortmund honorary documentary film award was established in 2011 to mark the 20-year anniversary of the cooperation between the Sparkasse Dortmund and the Dortmund | Cologne Iwff. In the selection of the prize, awarded every two years in Dortmund, European women documentary film-makers are considered who are permanently established in this field and who have made an outstanding contribution to the formal language of the genre and to the discussion on film of the social issues of our time.
Deadline for accreditation is March 29th!
- 2/5/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Fatherland / Tierra de los Padres (Nicolás Prividera, 2011). The presiding conceit of Prividera's sophomore feature Fatherland is noble, to say the least, if not a bit protracted. It joins the ranks of films like Heddy Honigmann's Forever as a testimonial to the fugacity of flesh and the vain "permanence" of the burial marker. Fatherland doesn't quite have the heart of Forever--it's more of an intellectual exercise concerned with the formal and somewhat avant-garde elements of film, plus a rigorous reconstruction of Argentine history through the words of its deceased intellectuals--but it provides a palpable sense of how Buenos Aires' La Recoleta Cemetery is a city within a city, a necropolis within the metropolis, and accomplishes same through its keen observation of architectural detail and...
- 9/13/2011
- Screen Anarchy
"The only real important filmmakers at the moment are the thousand and thousand YouTube providers."--Heddy Honigmann, in a Facebook entry dated Wednesday, March 12, 2011. The Disposable Film Festival (Dff) and YouTube co-presented a special free screening of Oscar®-winning film director Kevin Macdonald's Life In A Day at the Sundance Kabuki Theater, San Francisco on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Life In A Day (produced by Ridley Scott) is a user-generated feature-length documentary, shot on a single day--July 24, 2010--that enlisted the global community to capture a moment of their lives on camera. Culled from over 80,000 videos to YouTube, the 90-minute feature pulls together deeply personal, powerful films from contributors from Australia to Zambia, from the heart of bustling major cities to the furthest...
- 8/4/2011
- Screen Anarchy
"The only real important filmmakers at the moment are the thousand and thousand YouTube providers."--Heddy Honigmann, in a Facebook entry dated Wednesday, March 12, 2011. With my preview entry of the 2011 Disposable Film Festival (Dff), I've launched a series of entries that will explore what is "disposable" and "discontinuous" in Bay Area cine-events, exploring the proposition that these new forms of exhibition are changing the face of film culture not only locally but, arguably, globally. Continuing my coverage of Dff, I had an opportunity to catch up with Dff's Co-Founder and Festival Director Carlton Evans to tease out some of his thoughts. Carlton Evans studied art history and film theory at Stanford University and earned his Ph.D exploring New York's cultural environment during...
- 3/19/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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