A carefully constructed and often sobering documentary about disinformation, “How to Build a Truth Engine” makes meticulous efforts to lay out its visual and thematic groundwork. However, its chilling portrait of the digital world comes up against a unique roadblock. A fleeting scene late in the film not only plays like a last-minute addition (concerning recent real-world events), but calls the movie’s own methodology into question. That the film is so effective at building its arguments is both testament and fatal flaw. When its narrative gives in to the same impulses it critiques, the audience has, ironically, been trained to recognize this failing.
Director Friedrich Moser builds a sense of allure as he introduces his ensemble of subjects, from neuroscientists to investigative journalists, whose fields of study seem completely disparate from one another at first. Moser, also the movie’s cinematographer, imbues each sprawling establishing landscape shot and intimate...
Director Friedrich Moser builds a sense of allure as he introduces his ensemble of subjects, from neuroscientists to investigative journalists, whose fields of study seem completely disparate from one another at first. Moser, also the movie’s cinematographer, imbues each sprawling establishing landscape shot and intimate...
- 3/9/2024
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Variety Film + TV
U.S. director and producer Robert Rippberger, who recently wrapped sci-fi thriller “Renner” with Frankie Muniz, is headed to the European Film Market in Berlin to launch the sales unit of his banner Sie Films. Its slate will be fronted by his next project, the horror thriller “Monstrosity.”
“Monstrosity,” which is currently in pre-production, is a creature feature that Rippberger will produce and direct. To create its titular monsters, Rippberger recruited concept artist Aaron Sims, whose work includes “Stranger Things,” “Ready Player One” and “Wonder Woman 1984.” Production on the film is expected to kick off later this year in one of the Morgan International full-service special effects facilities in Europe. Writer Sabir Pirzada is producing “Monstrosity” alongside Rippberger.
“Monstrosity” opens on a young village boy who goes missing down a mine shaft. His father blames a strange family in the neighboring house, but of course far more is at play.
“Monstrosity,” which is currently in pre-production, is a creature feature that Rippberger will produce and direct. To create its titular monsters, Rippberger recruited concept artist Aaron Sims, whose work includes “Stranger Things,” “Ready Player One” and “Wonder Woman 1984.” Production on the film is expected to kick off later this year in one of the Morgan International full-service special effects facilities in Europe. Writer Sabir Pirzada is producing “Monstrosity” alongside Rippberger.
“Monstrosity” opens on a young village boy who goes missing down a mine shaft. His father blames a strange family in the neighboring house, but of course far more is at play.
- 2/9/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
March fest announces multiple competition sections.
SXSW announced on Wednesday that Netflix series 3 Body Problem from Game Of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss is the festival’s opening night TV premiere, while Universal’s action comedy The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt is the centrepiece screening.
Top brass at the Austin, Texas, festival (March 8-16) also unveiled feature and short competitions and Midnighters and Global sections, as well as select titles from other categories and Xr Experience for the 31st edition.
Headliners selections include world premieres of Pamela Adlon’s Babes starring Ilana Glazer,...
SXSW announced on Wednesday that Netflix series 3 Body Problem from Game Of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss is the festival’s opening night TV premiere, while Universal’s action comedy The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt is the centrepiece screening.
Top brass at the Austin, Texas, festival (March 8-16) also unveiled feature and short competitions and Midnighters and Global sections, as well as select titles from other categories and Xr Experience for the 31st edition.
Headliners selections include world premieres of Pamela Adlon’s Babes starring Ilana Glazer,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Professional basketball player Jarnell Stokes has signed on to exec produce three indie features: Friedrich Moser’s doc How to Build a Truth Engine, writer-director Chadd Harbold’s thriller Private Property, and writer-director Matthew Greene-DeLange’s family film, Skelly.
How to Build a Truth Engine follows award-winning journalists in the fight against fake news, conspiracy theories and disinformation. Stokes is exec producing the film, which is currently in production, alongside Smokehouse Pictures’ George Clooney and Grant Heslov.
Private Property is a remake of the 1960 noir film of the same starring Ashley Benson, Shiloh Fernandez, Logan Miller, Frank Whaley and Jay Pharoah, which Redwire Pictures is producing. The project is currently in post-production with plans for a 2022 release.
Also in post is Skelly, which centers on a boy struggling to come to terms with death following the loss of his grandfather. Brian Cox, Torrey DeVitto, John Palladino and Judah Abner Paul star in the film,...
How to Build a Truth Engine follows award-winning journalists in the fight against fake news, conspiracy theories and disinformation. Stokes is exec producing the film, which is currently in production, alongside Smokehouse Pictures’ George Clooney and Grant Heslov.
Private Property is a remake of the 1960 noir film of the same starring Ashley Benson, Shiloh Fernandez, Logan Miller, Frank Whaley and Jay Pharoah, which Redwire Pictures is producing. The project is currently in post-production with plans for a 2022 release.
Also in post is Skelly, which centers on a boy struggling to come to terms with death following the loss of his grandfather. Brian Cox, Torrey DeVitto, John Palladino and Judah Abner Paul star in the film,...
- 11/22/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
George Clooney and Grant Heslov have joined Austrian director Friedrich Moser’s feature documentary “How to Build a Truth Engine” as executive producers through their Smokehouse Pictures banner.
The docu, now in the final stages of filming, tackles investigative journalism and the fight against fake news. Moser follows award-winning journalists from the New York Times, the Associated Press, the Icij, and Austria’s weeklies Falter and Profil in their efforts to uncover corruption, disinformation, and war crimes. Produced by Robert Rippberger and Amina Bayou, it tracks teams who are developing artificial intelligence software for real-time detection of conspiracy theories, fake news and disinformation.
A former TV journalist, Moser founded Vienna-based Blue + Green Communication production company in 2001. He last directed “Money Bots,” released last year, writing and directing the documentary “Beer! A Love Story” in 2019. Other documentaries include “A Good American,” a film about Bill Binney and the Nsa that premiered...
The docu, now in the final stages of filming, tackles investigative journalism and the fight against fake news. Moser follows award-winning journalists from the New York Times, the Associated Press, the Icij, and Austria’s weeklies Falter and Profil in their efforts to uncover corruption, disinformation, and war crimes. Produced by Robert Rippberger and Amina Bayou, it tracks teams who are developing artificial intelligence software for real-time detection of conspiracy theories, fake news and disinformation.
A former TV journalist, Moser founded Vienna-based Blue + Green Communication production company in 2001. He last directed “Money Bots,” released last year, writing and directing the documentary “Beer! A Love Story” in 2019. Other documentaries include “A Good American,” a film about Bill Binney and the Nsa that premiered...
- 10/14/2021
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
MaryAnn’s quick take… Shocking, essential documentary looks at the shameful and avoidable failure of the Nsa to prevent 9/11. All Americans (and everyone else) should see this film. I’m “biast” (pro): really fucking tired of all this shit
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Because there’s always room for more outrage, herewith A Good American, an absolutely infuriating documentary about how 9/11 could have been stopped by intelligence software the National Security Agency had in its hands but didn’t use because of “corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse” within the agency, as a lawsuit brought by its inventor alleges.
I’m pretty good at following this sort of stuff and yet I’d never heard of Nsa analyst Bill Binney or his program, ThinThread, before I saw this film. Why the hell did it take an Austrian documentarian, Friedrich Moser,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Because there’s always room for more outrage, herewith A Good American, an absolutely infuriating documentary about how 9/11 could have been stopped by intelligence software the National Security Agency had in its hands but didn’t use because of “corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse” within the agency, as a lawsuit brought by its inventor alleges.
I’m pretty good at following this sort of stuff and yet I’d never heard of Nsa analyst Bill Binney or his program, ThinThread, before I saw this film. Why the hell did it take an Austrian documentarian, Friedrich Moser,...
- 2/2/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Austrian director Friedrich Moser is a self-confessed fan of spy stories, so it's not surprising he made a documentary about the Nsa's former meta-data expert Bill Binney. Titled A Good American, the film played at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Bill Binney was one of the guests at the festival, and was greeted with applause at all his appearances. Meta-data is data about data, and for decades Bill Binney managed to work miracles with it. Working as an analyst for the Us National Security Agency, he extracted valid information from phone-calls, emails, documents, even when the contents of those were encrypted beyond deciphering. Knowing what people say and write to each other may be interesting, but establishing the fact that they're part of a network...
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- 2/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
These are questions that have been raised in recent years in Madrid, in London, and in the Us after 9/11. So in a tragic way, the latest atrocity makes the documentary “A Good American” even more timely. The film had its North American premiere at Doc NYC and hit theaters this weekend. For many it will make upsetting viewing. Directed by Austrian Friedrich Moser, it charts the former Nsa analyst William Binney’s development of ThinThread, a targeted surveillance system that Binney and his colleagues claim would have categorically prevented 9/11 – had the agency not sidelined their work in favor of a rival system that was generating huge amounts of income for both the agency and the private sector, but proved to be a disaster. The film further deals with the Nsa’s mass surveillance post 9/11, exposed by Binney himself when he turned whistleblower, and more controversially by Edward Snowdon, with the...
- 11/15/2015
- by Demetrios Matheou
- Thompson on Hollywood
Read More: Will Kathryn Bigelow's New Post 9/11 Project 'True American' Draw Right Wing Attacks? Friedrich Moser, the documentary filmmaker who brought audiences "Brussel's Business," will premiere his latest doc, "A Good American," next week. No stranger to delving into dark and complicated political topics, Moser's newest film looks at the relatoonship between corporate greed and pesonal ambition in conjunction with "the closure of a cheap and effective monitoring system that demonstrably could have stopped the 9/11 terrorist attacks." "A Good American" introduces audiences to the man behind the monitoring system, Bill Binney, who tells his side of the story and how his ingenious system was completely disregarded in favor of ineffective and overpriced intelligence programs. As a result, that decision created hundreds of jobs at the CIA, allowing various former Nsa employees to be rewarded gross amounts of money. "A Good...
- 11/9/2015
- by Elle Leonsis
- Indiewire
Anne Wivel’s Mand Falder will open the festival, which will screen 200 docs including 60 world premieres.
Copenhagen documentary festival Cph:dox has revealed the programme for its 13th edition, which runs Nov 5-15.
The line-up features 200 documentaries including 60 world premieres, 18 European premieres and 14 international premieres.
Danish film Mand Falder, directed by Anne Wivel, will open the festival. The film centres around the artist Per Kirkeby and his recovery after suffering from a brain hemorrhage.
16 documentaries will compete in the main competition for the Dox:award, including Friedrich Moser’s journalistic docu-thriller A Good American about William Binney’s programme ‘Thinthread’ that could have prevented 9/11, but was cancelled by the Nsa, and Aslaug Holm’s Norwegian documentary Brodre, which was shot over 8 years and centres around two boys growing up.
Helena Trestikova’s Czech documentary Mallory about life at the bottom of Czech society also features in the competition, which was won last year by Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence.
Sean McAllister...
Copenhagen documentary festival Cph:dox has revealed the programme for its 13th edition, which runs Nov 5-15.
The line-up features 200 documentaries including 60 world premieres, 18 European premieres and 14 international premieres.
Danish film Mand Falder, directed by Anne Wivel, will open the festival. The film centres around the artist Per Kirkeby and his recovery after suffering from a brain hemorrhage.
16 documentaries will compete in the main competition for the Dox:award, including Friedrich Moser’s journalistic docu-thriller A Good American about William Binney’s programme ‘Thinthread’ that could have prevented 9/11, but was cancelled by the Nsa, and Aslaug Holm’s Norwegian documentary Brodre, which was shot over 8 years and centres around two boys growing up.
Helena Trestikova’s Czech documentary Mallory about life at the bottom of Czech society also features in the competition, which was won last year by Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence.
Sean McAllister...
- 10/16/2015
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
SydneysBuzz readers who have documentaries in mind and are looking to access financing from the international film industry should get ready for three new European Documentary Network online pitching sessions in Fall 2015.
Edn will host a new round of online pitching sessions allowing filmmakers to pitch their documentary projects to financiers and decision makers in an online video conference. The unique format features three new sessions in Fall 2015, each focusing on a different theme ranging from science and history up to documentaries for young audiences.
The Edn online pitching sessions offer filmmakers and producers an easy and innovative way to enter the market and get access to financing from the international film industry. The format was first introduced in 2010 and has been a stepping stone for many popular films such as "The Brussels Business" produced by Friedrich Moser, "You've Been Trumped" by Anthony Baxter and many more.
Overview of Edn Online Pitching Sessions in Fall 2015:
September15, 2015: RealYoung - Documentaries for Young Audiences | submission deadline: August 25, 2015
October 13, 2015: Science Documentaries | submission deadline: September 22, 2015
December 15, 2015: History and Historical Themes | submission deadline: November 24, 2015
Further details are available Here...
Edn will host a new round of online pitching sessions allowing filmmakers to pitch their documentary projects to financiers and decision makers in an online video conference. The unique format features three new sessions in Fall 2015, each focusing on a different theme ranging from science and history up to documentaries for young audiences.
The Edn online pitching sessions offer filmmakers and producers an easy and innovative way to enter the market and get access to financing from the international film industry. The format was first introduced in 2010 and has been a stepping stone for many popular films such as "The Brussels Business" produced by Friedrich Moser, "You've Been Trumped" by Anthony Baxter and many more.
Overview of Edn Online Pitching Sessions in Fall 2015:
September15, 2015: RealYoung - Documentaries for Young Audiences | submission deadline: August 25, 2015
October 13, 2015: Science Documentaries | submission deadline: September 22, 2015
December 15, 2015: History and Historical Themes | submission deadline: November 24, 2015
Further details are available Here...
- 7/14/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Films include a collaboration between Sing Sing prison inmates and a leading contemporary dance company from Turner Prize nominated visual artist Phil Collins.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at its MeetMarket initiative, celebrating 10 years in 2015.
A total of 64 filmmaker teams from 19 countries will pitch to international and UK decision makers for research, development and production funding
At Crossover Market, which includes digital titles, a further 26 interactive projects from 12 countries will pitch in one-to-one meetings to a range of specialist decision makers.
Among the Crossover projects being pitched are the latest from Oscar Raby who won last year’s Interactive Audience Award with Assent; and Ram Devineni who attracted funding at last year’s Crossover Market and Tribeca New Media Fund for Priya’s Shakti.
New pitch opportunities this year include a BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories commission for young filmmakers, the Guardian...
Scroll down for full list of projects
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at its MeetMarket initiative, celebrating 10 years in 2015.
A total of 64 filmmaker teams from 19 countries will pitch to international and UK decision makers for research, development and production funding
At Crossover Market, which includes digital titles, a further 26 interactive projects from 12 countries will pitch in one-to-one meetings to a range of specialist decision makers.
Among the Crossover projects being pitched are the latest from Oscar Raby who won last year’s Interactive Audience Award with Assent; and Ram Devineni who attracted funding at last year’s Crossover Market and Tribeca New Media Fund for Priya’s Shakti.
New pitch opportunities this year include a BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories commission for young filmmakers, the Guardian...
- 4/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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