“Into the Storm,” directed by Adam Brown, won the Grand Prize at the 2020 Kendal Mountain Film Festival on Sunday. Filmed over a six-year period, the film follows the story of a teenage surfer as he escapes the poverty of a barrio in Lima with the intention of becoming one of the top surfers in the world.
With no family support, no money and a constant fear of the local gangsters, who at one point shoot him, the film ends up at the (pre-covid-19) world finals for surfing where his talent and self belief speak for themselves. The jury were unanimous in their decision, describing Into the Storm” as a “nail-biting film with great depth.”
The Festival returned to its roots with the award of best mountain film going to “The Ghosts Above,” from Taylor Rees and Renan Ozturk. Filmed on Everest in an attempt to discover the fate of a...
With no family support, no money and a constant fear of the local gangsters, who at one point shoot him, the film ends up at the (pre-covid-19) world finals for surfing where his talent and self belief speak for themselves. The jury were unanimous in their decision, describing Into the Storm” as a “nail-biting film with great depth.”
The Festival returned to its roots with the award of best mountain film going to “The Ghosts Above,” from Taylor Rees and Renan Ozturk. Filmed on Everest in an attempt to discover the fate of a...
- 11/30/2020
- by George Bird
- Variety Film + TV
“Crip Camp,” “Gunda” and “Time” are among the films that have made Doc NYC’s 2020 “Short List,” an annual attempt by the New York-based festival to identify the nonfiction films most likely to play a significant part in awards season.
Those three films were also included in the Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations for Best Documentary Feature, and on the International Documentary Association’s shortlist from which the Ida chooses nominees for the Ida Documentary Awards. They are the only three movies to land on all three lists.
Nine additional films on the Doc NYC list were also singled out either by the Ida or Critics Choice: “Boys State,” “Collective,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “The Fight,” “MLK/FBI,” “76 Days,” “The Social Dilemma,” “The Truffle Hunters” and “Welcome to Chechnya.”
Other films on the Doc NYC list, which is made up of 15 documentaries, are “I Am Greta,” “On the Record” and “A Thousand Cuts.
Those three films were also included in the Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations for Best Documentary Feature, and on the International Documentary Association’s shortlist from which the Ida chooses nominees for the Ida Documentary Awards. They are the only three movies to land on all three lists.
Nine additional films on the Doc NYC list were also singled out either by the Ida or Critics Choice: “Boys State,” “Collective,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “The Fight,” “MLK/FBI,” “76 Days,” “The Social Dilemma,” “The Truffle Hunters” and “Welcome to Chechnya.”
Other films on the Doc NYC list, which is made up of 15 documentaries, are “I Am Greta,” “On the Record” and “A Thousand Cuts.
- 11/9/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
In today’s TV News Roundup, Apple TV Plus announced the premiere date of its upcoming series “Ted Lasso,” and HBO Max announced it would accelerate the release schedule of “Love Life.”
Dates
Apple TV Plus has announced that is upcoming comedy series “Ted Lasso” will premiere on the streamer on August 14. The series follows a college football coach from Kansas (Jason Sudeikis) who is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England. “Ted Lasso” comes from Doozer Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television. Sudeikis serves as executive producer, along with Bill Lawrence and Jeff Ingold. Liza Katzer serves as co-executive producer.
HBO Max has announced it will be accelerating the release schedule for its original series “Love Life”: Episodes 4, 5 and 6 will be available to binge on the streamer on June 4, followed by the final four episodes of the first season on June 11. Originally,...
Dates
Apple TV Plus has announced that is upcoming comedy series “Ted Lasso” will premiere on the streamer on August 14. The series follows a college football coach from Kansas (Jason Sudeikis) who is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England. “Ted Lasso” comes from Doozer Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television. Sudeikis serves as executive producer, along with Bill Lawrence and Jeff Ingold. Liza Katzer serves as co-executive producer.
HBO Max has announced it will be accelerating the release schedule for its original series “Love Life”: Episodes 4, 5 and 6 will be available to binge on the streamer on June 4, followed by the final four episodes of the first season on June 11. Originally,...
- 5/29/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
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