In honor of a few highly motivating stories of individuals who have moved mountains to affect change, we gathered three filmmakers from our DocuWeeks Theatrical Showcase and asked them to answer one major question: What does it mean to document change? We asked a seasoned filmmaker Amanda Pope, who lectures on documentary production at USC, to moderate a panel of filmmakers to attempt to answer just this question. Joined by Nicole Karsin (director, We Women Warriors), Patrick Shen (director, La Source), and Sandra Itkoff (producer, Love Free or Die), Amanda ...
- 8/31/2012
- by krelth
- International Documentary Association
First Run Features has picked up rights to the Yoav Shamir-helmed documentary "Defamation" which showed on Thursday night at the Tribeca Film Festival. Shamir made the war documentary "Flipping Out" as well as 2005's "5 Days," a nominee of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. His work on his 2003 documentary "Machssomim" earned him multiple award wins and nominations including taking home the Hot Docs Best International Documentary prize and the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. Producer Sandra Itkoff said: "We're thrilled to be working with First Run Features on 'Defamation's' distribution. They have done wonderful work with some very important films in the past, and I know they will help 'Defamation' reach its audience and generate some vital conversations." See all of the images in the gallery. What Tribeca Film Festival says: In Defamation, director Yoav Shamir sets out to discover the realities...
- 4/27/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
First Run Features has picked up rights to the Yoav Shamir-helmed documentary "Defamation" which showed on Thursday night at the Tribeca Film Festival. Shamir made the war documentary "Flipping Out" as well as 2005's "5 Days," a nominee of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. His work on his 2003 documentary "Machssomim" earned him multiple award wins and nominations including taking home the Hot Docs Best International Documentary prize and the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. Producer Sandra Itkoff said: "We're thrilled to be working with First Run Features on 'Defamation's' distribution. They have done wonderful work with some...
- 4/27/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
First Run Features has picked up rights to the Yoav Shamir-helmed documentary "Defamation" which showed on Thursday night at the Tribeca Film Festival. Shamir made the war documentary "Flipping Out" as well as 2005's "5 Days," a nominee of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. His work on his 2003 documentary "Machssomim" earned him multiple award wins and nominations including taking home the Hot Docs Best International Documentary prize and the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. Producer Sandra Itkoff said: "We're thrilled to be working with First Run Features on 'Defamation's' distribution. They have done wonderful work with some...
- 4/27/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Editor’s Note: This is one of dozens of interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival in the narrative and doc competitions as well as the Discovery section. The festival takes place April 22 - May 3. “Defamation” (World Documentary Feature Competition) Director: Yoav Shamir Producers: Karoline Leth, Knut Ogris, Sandra Itkoff, Philippa Kowarsky 2009 | 94 min | Feature Documentary (Austria, Denmark, …...
- 4/22/2009
- indieWIRE - People
”Off and Running” (Discovery section) Feature Documentary, 2009, 78 min., U.S. Director: Nicole Opper Screenwriter: Nicole Opper, Avery Klein-Cloud Producer: Sharese Bullock, Nicole Opper Executive Producers: Macky Alston, Sandra Itkoff Director of Photography: Jacob Okada Editor: Cheree Dillon Music: Daniel Bernard Roumain (Documentary, World Premiere) Synopsis: With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers—one mixed-race and one Korean—Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. Even …...
- 4/20/2009
- indieWIRE - People
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