Filmmaker Sam Pollard, one of the most prolific and important forces in contemporary documentary, will be honored by Black Public Media at its upcoming PitchBlack Awards in New York.
Pollard — who directed or co-directed four films and docuseries this year alone, including The League and Bill Russell: Legend — will receive the Bpm Trailblazer Award in a ceremony on April 25. The event is set to take place at the Stanley H. Kantor Penthouse of Manhattan’s Lincoln Center, capping the latest edition of Bpm’s PitchBLACK Forum, described as “the largest pitch competition of its kind in the United States for independent filmmakers and creative technologists who create Black content.”
“A multiple Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning producer-director-editor, Pollard is known for his work on a plethora of important works including: Eyes On The Prize, Maynard, MLK/FBI, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, and Mr. Soul!,” a release noted.
Pollard — who directed or co-directed four films and docuseries this year alone, including The League and Bill Russell: Legend — will receive the Bpm Trailblazer Award in a ceremony on April 25. The event is set to take place at the Stanley H. Kantor Penthouse of Manhattan’s Lincoln Center, capping the latest edition of Bpm’s PitchBLACK Forum, described as “the largest pitch competition of its kind in the United States for independent filmmakers and creative technologists who create Black content.”
“A multiple Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning producer-director-editor, Pollard is known for his work on a plethora of important works including: Eyes On The Prize, Maynard, MLK/FBI, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, and Mr. Soul!,” a release noted.
- 12/23/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Hong Kong Arts Centre presents Larger Than Life: the American Civil Rights Movement in Documentaries
To commemorate Black History Month and promote cultural and racial harmony in Hong Kong, moving image showcase Larger Than Life: the American Civil Rights Movement in Documentaries introduces major forces of the African-American civil rights movement with a focus from the 1950s to 1970s, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Black Panthers and Shirley Chisholm. Their philosophies still affect racial, class and gender relations in America and the world to this day. This is an occasion to celebrate their influential roles in contributing to the social progress towards greater political and cultural understanding. There will be after-screening talks to further introduce the featured legendary figures, and a talk on racial relations in Hong Kong to accompany this showcase.
Venue: Online (Screenings & After-screening talks); Africa Center Hong Kong (Talk)
Date: 2021.02.25 – 2021.03.01
Price: Free of charge
Programme Schedule:
25/2 (Thu) 8:00pm* ** King in the Wilderness
26/2 (Fri) 8:00pm* ** Malcolm X:...
Venue: Online (Screenings & After-screening talks); Africa Center Hong Kong (Talk)
Date: 2021.02.25 – 2021.03.01
Price: Free of charge
Programme Schedule:
25/2 (Thu) 8:00pm* ** King in the Wilderness
26/2 (Fri) 8:00pm* ** Malcolm X:...
- 2/4/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Martin Scorsese to receive a Doc NYC Lifetime Achievement Award Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the fifth annual Doc NYC Visionaries Tribute Awards event on November 7, Martin Scorsese, whose latest film The Irishman will open on November 1 in the Us and his Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story will have a special screening during the festival, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael Apted joins Scorsese in that honour and his 63 Up will also be shown.
Doc NYC 2019 is dedicated to the memory of Da Pennebaker Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Last year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners were Wim Wenders and Orlando Bagwell.
The 2019 Visionaries host committee include Jon Alpert, Joe Berlinger, Amy Berg, Kate Davis, Marshall Curry, Heidi Ewing, Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Chris Hegedus, Amy Hobby, Barbara Kopple, Frazer Pennebaker, and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
Andrew Rossi and Barbara Kopple honoured Da Pennebaker with personal remembrances earlier this...
At the fifth annual Doc NYC Visionaries Tribute Awards event on November 7, Martin Scorsese, whose latest film The Irishman will open on November 1 in the Us and his Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story will have a special screening during the festival, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael Apted joins Scorsese in that honour and his 63 Up will also be shown.
Doc NYC 2019 is dedicated to the memory of Da Pennebaker Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Last year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners were Wim Wenders and Orlando Bagwell.
The 2019 Visionaries host committee include Jon Alpert, Joe Berlinger, Amy Berg, Kate Davis, Marshall Curry, Heidi Ewing, Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Chris Hegedus, Amy Hobby, Barbara Kopple, Frazer Pennebaker, and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
Andrew Rossi and Barbara Kopple honoured Da Pennebaker with personal remembrances earlier this...
- 10/10/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
RaMell Ross’ debut feature, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, an intimate and cinematic portrait of black lives in Alabama, took the top award tonight at the 12th annual Cinema Eye Honors, winning Outstanding Nonfiction Feature. It was the second Cinema Eye Feature Honor in a row for producer Joslyn Barnes, who also produced last year’s award winner, Strong Island.
The 12th Annual Cinema Eye Honors were presented at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York and were streamed live via the Museum of the Moving Image and Cinema Eye Honors Facebook pages. Filmmaker Steve James, a winner for Outstanding Series for America to Me, was the host.
The awards capped a week of events that brought together nonfiction filmmakers from around the globe. Cinema Eye was founded in 2007 as a protest of that year’s existing awards which it claimed failed to recognize many of...
The 12th Annual Cinema Eye Honors were presented at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York and were streamed live via the Museum of the Moving Image and Cinema Eye Honors Facebook pages. Filmmaker Steve James, a winner for Outstanding Series for America to Me, was the host.
The awards capped a week of events that brought together nonfiction filmmakers from around the globe. Cinema Eye was founded in 2007 as a protest of that year’s existing awards which it claimed failed to recognize many of...
- 1/11/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
RaMell Ross’s debut feature, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” took the top prize at the Cinema Eye Honors Thursday night in New York, winning outstanding nonfiction feature.
Bing Liu’s much-lauded skateboarding doc “Minding the Gap,” which tied the Cinema Eye record for most noms with seven, took home three trophies, including outstanding achievement in direction, editing, and debut. “Free Solo” also won three awards, with “Shirkers” nabbing two honors.
“Hale County’s” win marks the second for producer Joslyn Barnes, who also won last year for “Strong Island.” “Free Solo’s” three wins landed Jimmy Chin the title of most awarded individual in Cinema Eye history, with five awards including his two for 2015’s “Meru.”
See the full list of winners below.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Bing Liu, “Minding the Gap”
Outstanding Achievement...
Bing Liu’s much-lauded skateboarding doc “Minding the Gap,” which tied the Cinema Eye record for most noms with seven, took home three trophies, including outstanding achievement in direction, editing, and debut. “Free Solo” also won three awards, with “Shirkers” nabbing two honors.
“Hale County’s” win marks the second for producer Joslyn Barnes, who also won last year for “Strong Island.” “Free Solo’s” three wins landed Jimmy Chin the title of most awarded individual in Cinema Eye history, with five awards including his two for 2015’s “Meru.”
See the full list of winners below.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Bing Liu, “Minding the Gap”
Outstanding Achievement...
- 1/11/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Cinema Eye Honors said that Eyes on the Prize, the landmark civil rights docuseries that first aired on public television in 1987, will receive the group’s 2019 Legacy Award. The honor will be bestowed January 10 during the 12th annual Cinema Eye Honors awards ceremony in New York.
“For me and so many others, Eyes on the Prize was a transformational cinematic experience, artfully crafting the history of a nation into an unforgettable story,” Cinema Eye board co-chair Dawn Porter said Thursday. “Countless filmmakers have been inspired by this elegant body of work.”
Created and by the late Henry Hampton’s Blackside, the 14-part Eyes on the Prize is considered the definitive documentary record of the American civil rights era, tracing the country’s long and brutal march toward equality and the fight to end decades of discrimination and segregation. It aired in two parts, the first covering the years 1954–1965 and...
“For me and so many others, Eyes on the Prize was a transformational cinematic experience, artfully crafting the history of a nation into an unforgettable story,” Cinema Eye board co-chair Dawn Porter said Thursday. “Countless filmmakers have been inspired by this elegant body of work.”
Created and by the late Henry Hampton’s Blackside, the 14-part Eyes on the Prize is considered the definitive documentary record of the American civil rights era, tracing the country’s long and brutal march toward equality and the fight to end decades of discrimination and segregation. It aired in two parts, the first covering the years 1954–1965 and...
- 12/20/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Two years ago at the annual Doc NYC Visionaries Tribute Luncheon, the best and the brightest of the documentary community were in mourning.
It was two days after Donald Trump’s presidential election and nonfiction filmmakers weren’t taking it well.
Cut to Thursday’s fifth annual Visionaries lunch. The crowd, full of elite docu filmmakers including Steve James, Joe Berlinger, Laura Poitras and Stanley Nelson were in a very different mood. Hope was in the air. Even Michael Moore appeared on the verge of jubilance.
The source of all their delight? Tuesday’s midterm election results.
“One down two to go,” said Moore, who was surprisingly reserved with his words.
Fellow feature documentary Oscar winner, Alex Gibney added that he was happy that the Democrats won the House, but warned, “There is a lot of work to be done in terms of saving our country.”
Two-time Academy Award winner,...
It was two days after Donald Trump’s presidential election and nonfiction filmmakers weren’t taking it well.
Cut to Thursday’s fifth annual Visionaries lunch. The crowd, full of elite docu filmmakers including Steve James, Joe Berlinger, Laura Poitras and Stanley Nelson were in a very different mood. Hope was in the air. Even Michael Moore appeared on the verge of jubilance.
The source of all their delight? Tuesday’s midterm election results.
“One down two to go,” said Moore, who was surprisingly reserved with his words.
Fellow feature documentary Oscar winner, Alex Gibney added that he was happy that the Democrats won the House, but warned, “There is a lot of work to be done in terms of saving our country.”
Two-time Academy Award winner,...
- 11/9/2018
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Wim Wenders to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award and will present Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word at Doc NYC Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the fifth annual Doc NYC Visionaries Tribute luncheon, Wim Wenders (Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word in the Short List program) and Orlando Bagwell (A Hymn For Alvin Ailey in Docs Redux) will be presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo in Short List) will receive the Robert and Anne Drew Award for observational filmmaking.
Free Solo and Meru directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi with Tom Brokaw at 21 Club Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Among those on the host committee are Jon Alpert, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Barbara Kopple, Dan Cogan, Michael Moore, Chris Hegedus, Da Pennebaker, Sheila Nevins, Andrew Rossi, Dawn Porter, Tom Quinn, and Roger Ross Williams.
Last year’s honorees were Errol Morris,...
At the fifth annual Doc NYC Visionaries Tribute luncheon, Wim Wenders (Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word in the Short List program) and Orlando Bagwell (A Hymn For Alvin Ailey in Docs Redux) will be presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo in Short List) will receive the Robert and Anne Drew Award for observational filmmaking.
Free Solo and Meru directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi with Tom Brokaw at 21 Club Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Among those on the host committee are Jon Alpert, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Barbara Kopple, Dan Cogan, Michael Moore, Chris Hegedus, Da Pennebaker, Sheila Nevins, Andrew Rossi, Dawn Porter, Tom Quinn, and Roger Ross Williams.
Last year’s honorees were Errol Morris,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The fall festival rush is upon us. Locarno is currently ramping up. Venice has released their line-up and Thom Powers and the Toronto International Film Festival team have dropped a bomb with a previously unannounced new feature from powerhouse docu-provocateur Michael Moore. It is truly a miracle that the production of a film such as Moore’s upcoming Where To Invade Next (see still above) managed to go completely undetected by the filmmaking community until it was literally announced to world premiere at one of the largest film festivals in the world. Programmed as a one of the key films in the Special Presentations section at Tiff, the film sees Moore telling “the Pentagon to ‘stand down’ — he will do the invading for America from now on.” Also announced to premiere at Tiff was Avi Lewis’ This Changes Everything, which has slowly been rising up this list, as well as...
- 8/7/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
It’s been a surprisingly interesting month of moving and shaking in terms of doc development. Just a month after making his first public funding pitch at Toronto’s Hot Docs Forum, legendary doc filmmaker Frederick Wiseman took to Kickstarter to help cover the remaining expenses for his 40th feature film In Jackson Heights (see the film’s first trailer below). Unrelentingly rigorous in his determination to capture the American institutional landscape on film, his latest continues down this thematic rabbit hole, taking on the immensely diverse New York City neighborhood of Jackson Heights as his latest subject. According to the Kickstarter page, Wiseman is currently editing the 120 hours of rushes he shot with hopes of having the film ready for a fall festival premiere (my guess would be Tiff, where both National Gallery and At Berkeley made their North American debut), though he’s currently quite a ways away from his $75,000 goal.
- 7/6/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Well folks, after a rather long and brutal winter (at least for me here in Buffalo), we are finally heading into the wonderful warmth of summer, but with that blast of sunshine and steamy humidity comes the mid-year drought of major film fests. After the Sheffield Doc/Fest concludes on June 10th and AFI Docs wraps on June 21st, we likely won’t see any major influx in our charts until Locarno, Venice, Telluride and Tiff announce their line-ups in rapid succession. In the meantime, we can look forward to the intriguing onslaught of films making their debut in Sheffield, including Brian Hill’s intriguing examination of Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, The Confessions of Thomas Quick, and Sean McAllister’s film for which he himself was jailed in the process of making, A Syrian Love Story, the only two films world premiering in the festival’s main competition.
- 6/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
It should come as no surprise that Cannes Film Festival will play host to Kent Jones’s doc on the touchstone of filmmaking interview tomes, Hitchcock/Truffaut (see photo above). The film has been floating near the top of this list since it was announced last year as in development, while Jones himself has a history with the festival, having co-written both Arnaud Desplechin’s Jimmy P. and Martin Scorsese’s My Voyage To Italy, both of which premiered in Cannes. The film is scheduled to screen as part of the Cannes Classics sidebar alongside the likes of Stig Björkman’s Ingrid Bergman, in Her Own Words, which will play as part of the festival’s tribute to the late starlet, and Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna’s Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (see trailer below). As someone who grew up watching road races with my dad in Watkins Glen,...
- 5/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Award-winning documentary centres on the shooting of a black teenager and the subsequent trial of his killer.
London-based Dogwoof is to act as sales agent for all territories, excluding North America, for Marc Silver’s award-winning Sundance documentary 3 1/2 Minutes from Participant Media.
Dogwoof will also distribute the film across all platforms in the UK, where the company is planning a theatrical release in late 2015.
Directed by Marc Silver (Who is Dayani Cristal?), 3 1/2 Minutes made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and picked up the Us Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact.
The film documents the shooting of black teenager Jordan Davis and the subsequent trial of his killer Michael Dunn.
HBO has licensed Us television rights and plans to air the film in late 2015, following its Us theatrical release.
Produced by The Filmmaker Fund / Motto Pictures in association with Lakehouse Films and Actual Films, 3 1/2 Minutes was written and directed by Marc Silver, produced...
London-based Dogwoof is to act as sales agent for all territories, excluding North America, for Marc Silver’s award-winning Sundance documentary 3 1/2 Minutes from Participant Media.
Dogwoof will also distribute the film across all platforms in the UK, where the company is planning a theatrical release in late 2015.
Directed by Marc Silver (Who is Dayani Cristal?), 3 1/2 Minutes made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and picked up the Us Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact.
The film documents the shooting of black teenager Jordan Davis and the subsequent trial of his killer Michael Dunn.
HBO has licensed Us television rights and plans to air the film in late 2015, following its Us theatrical release.
Produced by The Filmmaker Fund / Motto Pictures in association with Lakehouse Films and Actual Films, 3 1/2 Minutes was written and directed by Marc Silver, produced...
- 4/9/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Now that the busy winter fest schedule of Sundance, Rotterdam and the Berlinale has concluded, we’ve now got our eyes on the likes of True/False and SXSW. While, True/False does not specialize in attention grabbing world premieres, it does provide a late winter haven for cream of the crop non-fiction fare from all the previously mentioned fests and a selection of overlooked genre blending films presented in a down home setting. This year will mark my first trip to the Columbia, Missouri based fest, where I hope to catch a little of everything, from their hush-hush secret screenings, to selections from their Neither/Nor series, this year featuring chimeric Polish cinema of decades past, to a spotlight of Adam Curtis’s incisive oeuvre. But truth be told, it is SXSW, with its slew of high profile world premieres being announced, such as Alex Gibney’s Steve Jobs...
- 2/27/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Turkey or no turkey, these next couple of days lucky filmmakers who’ve been selected to screen as part of the Sundance Film Festival will get the invitation notice straight from John Cooper and the Park City programming team, and thus, those that we’re betting have made the cut have also inched up the list a bit. One of those that seem an obvious choice to premiere at the fest is director Steve Hoover and producer Danny Yourd’s Crocodile Gennadiy. Following up their Grand Jury Prize winning Blood Brother with incredible turnaround time, our new most anticipated film tracks the delicate operations of Gennadiy Mokhnenko, a Ukrainian activist, orphanage manager and savior of countless children whose addict parents favor injected cold medicine and alcohol over them. Part heartwrenching domestic drama, part sleuth thriller, the film looks to use the Ukrainian uprising as a backdrop to highlight its protagonist...
- 11/27/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Gun culture, racism and the court system are revolving themes in docu subject matters and if there is a common thread to find between his Marc Silver’s latest docu 3 and ½ and his 2013 Sundance premiered docu-narrative mixer Who is Dayani Cristal? it might be that homicides are hardly ever an open and shut case. There are unfathomable long term repercussions. Surely combining his investigative and probing docu-style, while his last film featuring Gael García Bernal was about the silenced, this spiritual cousin to Fruitvale Station is about a longer fight for justice in the face of injustice. Having received some coin from Britdoc Foundation, 2014 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund, Good Pitch donation from Candescent, this past September the filmmaker was invited to Sundance Institute’s annual Music and Sound Design Lab. Currently somewhere between production and the post-production phase, my thinking is that everyone involved would be pressed to get this...
- 11/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Earlier this year, it was announced that Cara Mertes would be leaving her job at the Sundance Institute to take over for Orlando Bagwell at Ford Foundation's JustFilms. In a world where foundations are more and more important financial resources for documentary filmmakers and "impact" is the buzzword of the day, Mertes held something of a town hall meeting at last month's Doc NYC, in which she frankly asked documentary filmmakers what they needed from foundations like Ford. As more and more people, especially those circling the Britdoc Foundation, advocate for documentary filmmakers to work with Impact Producers and elaborate impact campaigns, Indiewire followed up with Mertes this week to talk about the concept of impact. Below, she shares how she sees impact as an integral part of the creative force that makes documentaries successful in a wide variety of ways. What are you most excited to take on as you start your new job?...
- 12/13/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
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
One of the key posts in the documentary world has been taken by Cara Mertes, who was director of the Sundance Institute's documentary film program. She'll now be director of the Ford Foundation's social justice filmmaking program JustFilms, which was founded by departing Orlando Bagwell and is under the Ford Media Arts and Culture unit. She'll be funding social issue docs. Bagwell supported more than 80 films via innovative creative collaborations; he believed in interactive storytelling to drive audience engagement. Prior to the Sundance Institute, Mertes was executive producer of the “P.O.V.” documentary series at PBS and received multiple Emmys, George Foster Peabody and duPont-Columbia Awards. “Through Cara’s experience working on all elements of storytelling, and being a pioneer at finding and cultivating unique voices to have their stories told, she is well positioned to build on the legacy of JustFilms and to support filmmakers at every turn, from creation to.
- 5/30/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Today in history... May 19, 1925, Malcolm Little/Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the 4th of 7 children, to Earl Little and Louise Norton. Of course, I'm sure we all know of Spike Lee's 1992 film based on the life of the man - a film that will rest among the nation’s treasures in the world’s largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings; just over a year ago, it was inducted for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. And by the way, it's now officially on Blu-ray, finally released in that format last year. So you can pick up a copy if you haven't yet. You can also watch Orlando Bagwell's 2 1/2 hour...
- 5/19/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
JustFilms, the Ford Foundation’s social justice film fund, is providing major support to eight independent films selected for competition and premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the world’s leading showcase for independent filmmaking. Launched in 2011, JustFilms fosters film and media makers who are creating passionate and purposeful narratives. Film is an ideal medium to present a wide range of complex issues in a way that engages and inspires. Over the course of two years, JustFilms has given grants totaling $20 million to hundreds of exceptionally talented individuals and has partnered with numerous organizations such as the Sundance Institute, Itvs, HBO, Tribeca Film Institute, the Princess Grace Foundation and many others. One of the five JustFilms-funded projects that premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, “How to Survive a Plague,” has been nominated for a 2013 Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary Feature. This powerful, inspiring movie exemplifies...
- 1/18/2013
- by vmblog@hollywoodnews.com (Vitale Morum)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Keynote speeches from Ifp’s Filmmaker Conference–taking place during Independent Film Week–will be premiering on Ifp’s new YouTube channel. The live video stream can be accessed here.
Keynotes streamed live include:
James Schamus (CEO of Focus Features) & Christine Vachon (Producer, Killer Films) – Sunday, September 16th @ 4Pmet
Jc Chandor (Director, Margin Call) – Monday, September 17th @ 10Am Et
Michel Reilhac (Transmedia Producer) – Wednesday, September 19th @ 10Am Et
Orlando Bagwell (the Ford Foundation) – Thursday, September 20th @ 10Am Et
To get reminders of these events, as well as new videos about filmmaking every Tuesday and Thursday, subscribe to Ifp Digital.… Read the rest...
Keynotes streamed live include:
James Schamus (CEO of Focus Features) & Christine Vachon (Producer, Killer Films) – Sunday, September 16th @ 4Pmet
Jc Chandor (Director, Margin Call) – Monday, September 17th @ 10Am Et
Michel Reilhac (Transmedia Producer) – Wednesday, September 19th @ 10Am Et
Orlando Bagwell (the Ford Foundation) – Thursday, September 20th @ 10Am Et
To get reminders of these events, as well as new videos about filmmaking every Tuesday and Thursday, subscribe to Ifp Digital.… Read the rest...
- 9/17/2012
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Five Films with Major Support from JustFilms Set for World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival
In its first year, the Ford Foundation initiative has already provided $10 million
to more than 100 filmmakers and mediamakers around the world
Just one year after its launch, JustFilms, the Ford Foundation.s documentary film fund, is providing major support to five independent films selected for competition and premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the world.s leading showcase for independent filmmaking.
Each of the five embodies JustFilms. vision of the power of independent film to illuminate the world in which we live and inspire people to engage in pressing social challenges, from the untold story of bravery and activism that opened access to AIDS drugs in the United States, to a poignant account of Detroit residents reimagining their city.
.We.re extremely pleased that five projects receiving major support from JustFilms have been selected to premiere at Sundance,...
In its first year, the Ford Foundation initiative has already provided $10 million
to more than 100 filmmakers and mediamakers around the world
Just one year after its launch, JustFilms, the Ford Foundation.s documentary film fund, is providing major support to five independent films selected for competition and premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the world.s leading showcase for independent filmmaking.
Each of the five embodies JustFilms. vision of the power of independent film to illuminate the world in which we live and inspire people to engage in pressing social challenges, from the untold story of bravery and activism that opened access to AIDS drugs in the United States, to a poignant account of Detroit residents reimagining their city.
.We.re extremely pleased that five projects receiving major support from JustFilms have been selected to premiere at Sundance,...
- 1/20/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Creative Impact award aims to honour those film-makers whose documentaries bring burning issues to our attention. But just how effective are they?
Movie people are forever telling the rest of us that movies can change the world – but they would say that, wouldn't they? It justifies the outrageous salaries, the decadent lifestyles and the grandiose awards acceptance speeches. Certainly, if James Cameron could point to figures detailing a fall in ocean-liner/iceberg collisions following Titanic's release, his "I'm the king of the world!" Oscar proclamation might have been more forgivable. But beyond the bluster of Hollywood and the joy of escapism, what kind of real-world impact can cinema really have?
The creators of the Puma Creative Impact award believe it can be massive. Its stated aim? "To honour the documentary film creating the most significant impact in the world." As the documentarist Morgan Spurlock, a juror for the award,...
Movie people are forever telling the rest of us that movies can change the world – but they would say that, wouldn't they? It justifies the outrageous salaries, the decadent lifestyles and the grandiose awards acceptance speeches. Certainly, if James Cameron could point to figures detailing a fall in ocean-liner/iceberg collisions following Titanic's release, his "I'm the king of the world!" Oscar proclamation might have been more forgivable. But beyond the bluster of Hollywood and the joy of escapism, what kind of real-world impact can cinema really have?
The creators of the Puma Creative Impact award believe it can be massive. Its stated aim? "To honour the documentary film creating the most significant impact in the world." As the documentarist Morgan Spurlock, a juror for the award,...
- 10/6/2011
- by Morgan Spurlock, Ellen E Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
A birth and a death… yesterday in history, Sidney Poitier was born; Today in history… February 21st, 1965, Malcolm Little/Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was killed in New York City. He was just 39 years old.
Of course, I’m sure we all know of Spike Lee’s 1992 epic film based on the life of the man – a film that will rest among the nation’s treasures in the world’s largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings as one of 25 films to be very recently inducted for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
However, if you live in New York City, tonight at 7Pm, the Brecht Forum on 122 West 27th Street, will be screening Orlando Bagwell’s 2 1/2 hour 1994 documentary Malcolm X: Make It Plain, narrated by Alfre Woodard. The film paints a comprehensive portrait of Malcolm X – hustler, visionary, husband and father, dynamic orator and,...
Of course, I’m sure we all know of Spike Lee’s 1992 epic film based on the life of the man – a film that will rest among the nation’s treasures in the world’s largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings as one of 25 films to be very recently inducted for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
However, if you live in New York City, tonight at 7Pm, the Brecht Forum on 122 West 27th Street, will be screening Orlando Bagwell’s 2 1/2 hour 1994 documentary Malcolm X: Make It Plain, narrated by Alfre Woodard. The film paints a comprehensive portrait of Malcolm X – hustler, visionary, husband and father, dynamic orator and,...
- 2/21/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The Tribeca Film Institute and the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative on Monday announced a new long-term partnership for the support and funding of new film projects. The official press release is below.
[New York, NY – February 14, 2011] – The Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) today announced a long-term partnership with the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative and the launch of the Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund. In a move that acknowledges the value of audience engagement, the $750,000 fund will provide support and funding to film projects which go beyond traditional screens – integrating film with content across newer media platforms, from video games and mobile apps to social networks and micro-blogging. All projects will activate audiences around issues of contemporary social justice and equality.
In its inaugural year, non-fiction projects accepted into the Tfi New Media Fund will each receive $50,000 to $100,000 in funding to directly support ambitious projects that demonstrate the power of direct audience engagement and cross-platform storytelling.
[New York, NY – February 14, 2011] – The Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) today announced a long-term partnership with the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative and the launch of the Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund. In a move that acknowledges the value of audience engagement, the $750,000 fund will provide support and funding to film projects which go beyond traditional screens – integrating film with content across newer media platforms, from video games and mobile apps to social networks and micro-blogging. All projects will activate audiences around issues of contemporary social justice and equality.
In its inaugural year, non-fiction projects accepted into the Tfi New Media Fund will each receive $50,000 to $100,000 in funding to directly support ambitious projects that demonstrate the power of direct audience engagement and cross-platform storytelling.
- 2/14/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The Tribeca Film Institute and the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative on Monday announced a new long-term partnership for the support and funding of new film projects. The official press release is below.
[New York, NY – February 14, 2011] – The Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) today announced a long-term partnership with the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative and the launch of the Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund. In a move that acknowledges the value of audience engagement, the $750,000 fund will provide support and funding to film projects which go beyond traditional screens – integrating film with content across newer media platforms, from video games and mobile apps to social networks and micro-blogging. All projects will activate audiences around issues of contemporary social justice and equality.
In its inaugural year, non-fiction projects accepted into the Tfi New Media Fund will each receive $50,000 to $100,000 in funding to directly support ambitious projects that demonstrate the power of direct audience engagement and cross-platform storytelling.
[New York, NY – February 14, 2011] – The Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) today announced a long-term partnership with the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative and the launch of the Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund. In a move that acknowledges the value of audience engagement, the $750,000 fund will provide support and funding to film projects which go beyond traditional screens – integrating film with content across newer media platforms, from video games and mobile apps to social networks and micro-blogging. All projects will activate audiences around issues of contemporary social justice and equality.
In its inaugural year, non-fiction projects accepted into the Tfi New Media Fund will each receive $50,000 to $100,000 in funding to directly support ambitious projects that demonstrate the power of direct audience engagement and cross-platform storytelling.
- 2/14/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Today, the Tribeca Film Institute announced a long-term partnership with the Ford Foundation's JustFilms initiative and the launch of Tfi's New Media Fund. The $750,000 fund will provide support to film projects that go beyond traditional screens. 'Our partnership with the Tribeca Film Institute is an exciting step forward into a new world of storytelling that leverages cross-platform media to help capture imaginations and engage audiences around the world,' said the director of JustFilms, Orlando Bagwell. Beginning in 2012, JustFilms will increase its support of Tfi New Media Fund projects by contributing $1M a year over five years. The Fund will foster non-fiction projects that focus on social issues and include an integrated cross-platform or new media component designed to engage and activate audiences. Submissions will be open from April 4 through May 25, 2011 and Tfi will require select grantees to document their process and develop an open on-line resource for media ...
- 2/14/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
The new JustFilms initiative will "lay the groundwork for an international public engagement strategy," says director Orlando Bagwell.
New York Times columnist Nick Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn (inset, above), authors of the bestselling Half the Sky, are one of the first recipients of the Ford Foundation's newly minted JustFilms, a $50 million initiative supporting socially conscious indie filmmakers.
The film will focus on women's empowerment and women in conflict, just like the book.
"One of the core reasons why we started this fund is we really want to help support filmmakers from other parts of the world," JustFilms director, Orlando Bagwell (above, main), tells Fast Company. Bagwell and his colleagues are already scouring countries from China to Indonesia to Egypt in search of new voices with urgent stories to tell.
"We think that a larger influence of information is going to raise the conversation of important issues," Bagwell says.
New York Times columnist Nick Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn (inset, above), authors of the bestselling Half the Sky, are one of the first recipients of the Ford Foundation's newly minted JustFilms, a $50 million initiative supporting socially conscious indie filmmakers.
The film will focus on women's empowerment and women in conflict, just like the book.
"One of the core reasons why we started this fund is we really want to help support filmmakers from other parts of the world," JustFilms director, Orlando Bagwell (above, main), tells Fast Company. Bagwell and his colleagues are already scouring countries from China to Indonesia to Egypt in search of new voices with urgent stories to tell.
"We think that a larger influence of information is going to raise the conversation of important issues," Bagwell says.
- 1/28/2011
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
HollywoodNews.com: Puma.Creative and Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation announced the launch of the Puma.Creative Impact Award, a major new annual award to honour the documentary film creating the most significant impact in the world, this 50,000 Euro award acknowledges the film’s makers and will help the continuation of the film’s campaign work.
The Puma.Creative Impact Award will be selected by a jury which includes Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan; Morgan Spurlock, Academy Award nominated Director of Super Size Me; Orlando Bagwell, Director of the Ford Foundation Social Justice Media Initiative; and Emmanuel Jal, musician and activist.
“Finally, an award which acknowledges the unique role documentary film plays in society” said Morgan Spurlock. “I am proud to be invited to join the first jury and I encourage documentary filmmakers everywhere to take a look at this initiative. It is really going to make a difference.”
“With...
The Puma.Creative Impact Award will be selected by a jury which includes Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan; Morgan Spurlock, Academy Award nominated Director of Super Size Me; Orlando Bagwell, Director of the Ford Foundation Social Justice Media Initiative; and Emmanuel Jal, musician and activist.
“Finally, an award which acknowledges the unique role documentary film plays in society” said Morgan Spurlock. “I am proud to be invited to join the first jury and I encourage documentary filmmakers everywhere to take a look at this initiative. It is really going to make a difference.”
“With...
- 1/27/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Hollywoodnews.com: One day before the start of the Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute, and its gathering of independent filmmakers from around the world, the Ford Foundation today announced a five-year, $50 million initiative to help find and support a new generation of filmmakers whose works address urgent social issues.
The new initiative, called JustFilms, will invest $10 million a year over the next five years to support and expand the community of filmmakers and mediamakers around the world focused on creating documentaries with passion and purpose, but who often lack funding to realize their visions or reach audiences.
“With the growth of the Web and social networks, the potential global audience for filmed content with a social conscience has exploded,” said Luis Ubinas, president of the Ford Foundation. “We want JustFilms to support visionary filmmakers from around the world to create works on urgent social issues, and...
The new initiative, called JustFilms, will invest $10 million a year over the next five years to support and expand the community of filmmakers and mediamakers around the world focused on creating documentaries with passion and purpose, but who often lack funding to realize their visions or reach audiences.
“With the growth of the Web and social networks, the potential global audience for filmed content with a social conscience has exploded,” said Luis Ubinas, president of the Ford Foundation. “We want JustFilms to support visionary filmmakers from around the world to create works on urgent social issues, and...
- 1/19/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
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