Stacey Politi, most recently VP Marketing at Sony TV’s digital streaming network Crackle, has been hired as Svp Marketing at First Look Media, the company that includes Topic Studios, which produces film, TV, and digital; its news organization the The Intercept; Field of Vision; Topic.com; The Nib; and its Press Freedom Defense Fund. In her new role, First Look says Politi will lead the company's marketing strategy, support business growth, drive individual brand…...
- 12/1/2017
- Deadline TV
Stacey Politi, most recently VP Marketing at Sony TV’s digital streaming network Crackle, has been hired as Svp Marketing at First Look Media, the company that includes Topic Studios, which produces film, TV, and digital; its news organization the The Intercept; Field of Vision; Topic.com; The Nib; and its Press Freedom Defense Fund. In her new role, First Look says Politi will lead the company's marketing strategy, support business growth, drive individual brand…...
- 12/1/2017
- Deadline
Doc NYC, the largest documentary festival in America, kicked off its latest edition this week with its annual Visionaries Tribute. Co-founder Thom Powers opened the ceremony with the following speech.
One year ago, our community was gathered at the Visionaries Tribute two days after Donald Trump was elected. In that dark moment, I know many people in this room took strength from being among great storytellers, feeling that documentary-making had an important role to play.
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We were living through a historic moment then, and now we’re living through a different one as we witness the cascading exposure of sexual harassment endemic to our culture.
To an extent, this is something we all knew happened. Only now we have a much more vivid image of what it...
One year ago, our community was gathered at the Visionaries Tribute two days after Donald Trump was elected. In that dark moment, I know many people in this room took strength from being among great storytellers, feeling that documentary-making had an important role to play.
See More:doc NYC 2017: 13 Films We Can’t Wait to See At the Festival, From ‘EuroTrump’ to ‘David Bowie: The Last Five Years’
We were living through a historic moment then, and now we’re living through a different one as we witness the cascading exposure of sexual harassment endemic to our culture.
To an extent, this is something we all knew happened. Only now we have a much more vivid image of what it...
- 11/10/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The International Documentary Association has announced its initial round of nominees for the 2017 Ida Documentary Awards, including special mentions and nods for limited series, curated series, episodic series, and more. Nominees for Best Feature and Best Short, and awards for creative recognition, will be announced on November 1. The Ida will honor director Marcel Mettelsiefen’s “Watani: My Homeland” with the Pare Lorentz Award. Also receiving a special mention in the category is Joe Berlinger’s “Intent to Destroy.”
Other standouts from this first list of nominees include Bryan Fogel’s controversial “Icarus,” Ryan White’s Netflix series “The Keepers,” Ken Burns’ revelatory miniseries “The Vietnam War,” and many more of the year’s best in documentary offerings.
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The 33rd edition of the annual ceremony will take place Saturday, December...
Other standouts from this first list of nominees include Bryan Fogel’s controversial “Icarus,” Ryan White’s Netflix series “The Keepers,” Ken Burns’ revelatory miniseries “The Vietnam War,” and many more of the year’s best in documentary offerings.
Read More:Joan Didion and Arthur Miller Get the Documentary Treatment From Family Members, And That Makes All the Difference — Nyff
The 33rd edition of the annual ceremony will take place Saturday, December...
- 10/16/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Marshall Curry has been nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar twice, once for “Street Fight” in 2006 and again for “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” in 2012, and his work has brought viewers into worlds both uncomfortable and intense. His Tribeca-winning documentary “Point and Shoot,” for instance, followed the first person account of the Libyan revolution against dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Read More:Why Marshall Curry’s ‘Point and Shoot’ is Due for a Hollywood Remake
The documentarian has again combined the political with the horrific for his new short documentary “A Night at the Garden,” which has officially made its debut on Field of Vision. The seven-minute film pieces together archival footage from 1939 to create a first-hand look at a Nazi rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden which attracted 22,000 Americans. The rally is rarely mentioned in the history books, making Marshall’s account a true dark and chilling revelation.
Read More:Why Marshall Curry’s ‘Point and Shoot’ is Due for a Hollywood Remake
The documentarian has again combined the political with the horrific for his new short documentary “A Night at the Garden,” which has officially made its debut on Field of Vision. The seven-minute film pieces together archival footage from 1939 to create a first-hand look at a Nazi rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden which attracted 22,000 Americans. The rally is rarely mentioned in the history books, making Marshall’s account a true dark and chilling revelation.
- 10/12/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
All Gavin Grimm wanted — like so many kids, teenagers, and people just like him — was to use the restroom in peace. When he came out as transgender to his public school in Gloucester, Virginia, the school allowed him to use the boys’ bathroom for seven weeks. His fellow students took no issue with it; it was only after a few parents found out that the school amended their decision, offering him his own unisex bathroom in a converted broom closet.
In 2015, the Aclu filed a sex discrimination suit on Grimm’s behalf against the Gloucester County Public Schools. In October 2016, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Grimm’s case, but reversed course in Feburary 2017, once the Department of Justice withdrew Obama-era Title IX protections based on gender identity.
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“Gavin Grimm Vs.” sheds light on Grimm’s story in his own words,...
In 2015, the Aclu filed a sex discrimination suit on Grimm’s behalf against the Gloucester County Public Schools. In October 2016, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Grimm’s case, but reversed course in Feburary 2017, once the Department of Justice withdrew Obama-era Title IX protections based on gender identity.
Read More:Hollywood Reacts to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban: The ‘Cruelest’ and ‘Pettiest’ President
“Gavin Grimm Vs.” sheds light on Grimm’s story in his own words,...
- 9/22/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Ifp’s signature event, Ifp Week, has this year expanded to include a slew of public screenings, talks, meet ups, and exhibitions, all centered on cutting-edge independent content for the big screen, small screen, and Internet. This year will play home to faces old and new — including a number of exciting speakers who return to Ifp Week after launching their careers at the annual event, including speakers like Barry Jenkins and Dee Rees.
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Under the leadership of Head of Programming Amy Dotson and producer Erik Luers, the Ifp Week talks and events will run September 17 – 21 in and around Brooklyn, NY at Bric, The William Vale Hotel, and Ifp’s headquarters, Made in NY Media Center by Ifp.
Check out the newest additions to the Ifp Week schedule, including Filmmaker Magazine Talks, the Ifp Screen Forward Conference,...
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Under the leadership of Head of Programming Amy Dotson and producer Erik Luers, the Ifp Week talks and events will run September 17 – 21 in and around Brooklyn, NY at Bric, The William Vale Hotel, and Ifp’s headquarters, Made in NY Media Center by Ifp.
Check out the newest additions to the Ifp Week schedule, including Filmmaker Magazine Talks, the Ifp Screen Forward Conference,...
- 8/15/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Oscar and Peabody award-winning documentarian will be receive the Charles Guggenheim award on June 16.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that AFI Docs will pay tribute to Laura Poitras.
The director of Risk and Citizenfour will be the festival’s 2017 Charles Guggenheim Symposium honouree.
The symposium will take place at the Newseum on June 16 and will include an in-depth conversation with Poitras along with clips from her films.
Poitras’ latest film Risk, a six-year project following WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, was released by Neon earlier this month and will air on Showtime this summer.
Poitras’ documentary catalogue also includes The Oath, Flag Wars, which was Emmy nominated and won a Peabody Award, and My Country, My Country, which was nominated for a best documentary feature Oscar.
In 2015, Poitras won the Academy Award for Citizenfour. That same year, Poitras co-founded Field of Vision, an entity that commissions and creates original short-form nonfiction films about global events...
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that AFI Docs will pay tribute to Laura Poitras.
The director of Risk and Citizenfour will be the festival’s 2017 Charles Guggenheim Symposium honouree.
The symposium will take place at the Newseum on June 16 and will include an in-depth conversation with Poitras along with clips from her films.
Poitras’ latest film Risk, a six-year project following WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, was released by Neon earlier this month and will air on Showtime this summer.
Poitras’ documentary catalogue also includes The Oath, Flag Wars, which was Emmy nominated and won a Peabody Award, and My Country, My Country, which was nominated for a best documentary feature Oscar.
In 2015, Poitras won the Academy Award for Citizenfour. That same year, Poitras co-founded Field of Vision, an entity that commissions and creates original short-form nonfiction films about global events...
- 5/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army intelligence officer turned whistleblower, is ready for her closeup. On the day of her expected release from a maximum-security military prison, director Tim Travers Hawkins (“1000 Voices”) announced production on Pulse Films’ feature documentary “Xy Chelsea” with exclusive rights to Manning’s story. The project, co-financed by the British Film Institute (BFI) and First Look Media’s Topic & Field of Vision, will be shopped in Cannes this week by Submarine’s Josh Braun. Also Read: Did President Trump Parrot Fox News Report on Chelsea Manning? Thomas Benski, Julia Nottingham and Lucas Ochoa developed and are producing the film for.
- 5/17/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Later today, Chelsea Manning will celebrate her release from maximum-security U.S. military prison. In doing so, the embattled former U.S. Army intelligence analyst will enter a very different world than the one she left when she was sentenced to 35 years in an all-men’s, maximum-security, military prison for convictions related to leaking documents back in 2010.
She will also enter a world as the subject of a brand new documentary. Billed as “the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman,” Manning and her life will be the focus of a new feature from Pulse Films.
Pulse Films CEO Thomas Benski today announced the production of the documentary “Xy Chelsea,” complete with exclusive rights to Chelsea Manning’s story, Pulse has reportedly enjoyed “unique access to her team for two years to make the film.”
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She will also enter a world as the subject of a brand new documentary. Billed as “the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman,” Manning and her life will be the focus of a new feature from Pulse Films.
Pulse Films CEO Thomas Benski today announced the production of the documentary “Xy Chelsea,” complete with exclusive rights to Chelsea Manning’s story, Pulse has reportedly enjoyed “unique access to her team for two years to make the film.”
Read More: ‘Risk’ Takes On...
- 5/17/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Peripatetic filmmaker Laura Poitras never imagined that “Risk,” her follow-up to the demanding Oscar-winning Edward Snowden documentary “Citizenfour,” would present another set of daunting challenges. This time she’s up close and personal with controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as he gets on the phone with a lawyer in Hillary Clinton’s State Department in 2010 to alert them of a massive dump of unredacted State Department documents on his site.
Read More: ‘Risk’ Review: Julian Assange Gets An Unflattering Closeup From A Former Friend In New Edit
Poitras and her two cinematographers catch telling details: Assange, with dyed hair, assuming a disguise, has trouble inserting his colored contact lens. Flames lick at shredded documents in a bowl. Kirsten Johnson’s camera looks down from above on Assange emerging from a London court, surrounded by photographers and supporters. (“We were thinking of Coppola’s ‘The Conversation,'” said Poitras.) The filmmaker...
Read More: ‘Risk’ Review: Julian Assange Gets An Unflattering Closeup From A Former Friend In New Edit
Poitras and her two cinematographers catch telling details: Assange, with dyed hair, assuming a disguise, has trouble inserting his colored contact lens. Flames lick at shredded documents in a bowl. Kirsten Johnson’s camera looks down from above on Assange emerging from a London court, surrounded by photographers and supporters. (“We were thinking of Coppola’s ‘The Conversation,'” said Poitras.) The filmmaker...
- 5/4/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Peripatetic filmmaker Laura Poitras never imagined that “Risk,” her follow-up to the demanding Oscar-winning Edward Snowden documentary “Citizenfour,” would present another set of daunting challenges. This time she’s up close and personal with controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as he gets on the phone with a lawyer in Hillary Clinton’s State Department in 2010 to alert them of a massive dump of unredacted State Department documents on his site.
Read More: ‘Risk’ Review: Julian Assange Gets An Unflattering Closeup From A Former Friend In New Edit
Poitras and her two cinematographers catch telling details: Assange, with dyed hair, assuming a disguise, has trouble inserting his colored contact lens. Flames lick at shredded documents in a bowl. Kirsten Johnson’s camera looks down from above on Assange emerging from a London court, surrounded by photographers and supporters. (“We were thinking of Coppola’s ‘The Conversation,'” said Poitras.) The filmmaker...
Read More: ‘Risk’ Review: Julian Assange Gets An Unflattering Closeup From A Former Friend In New Edit
Poitras and her two cinematographers catch telling details: Assange, with dyed hair, assuming a disguise, has trouble inserting his colored contact lens. Flames lick at shredded documents in a bowl. Kirsten Johnson’s camera looks down from above on Assange emerging from a London court, surrounded by photographers and supporters. (“We were thinking of Coppola’s ‘The Conversation,'” said Poitras.) The filmmaker...
- 5/4/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Laura Poitras canceled Monday and Tuesday press screenings of her long-awaited Julian Assange documentary, “Risk,” after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday that the Justice Department views Assange’s arrest as a “priority.” Poitras now plans to update her doc with the new development over the weekend, and have it ready in time for a press screening Wednesday night in New York.
Read More: Laura Poitras’ Julian Assange Documentary ‘Risk’ Lands Prime Early Summer Release Date — Exclusive
Earlier this week, Tim League and Tom Quinn’s distribution company Neon announced a May 5 theatrical release date for “Risk,” which will hit Showtime this summer. The film will also play on May 2 as a Special Closing Night selection for Art of the Real, the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual showcase of essential, boundary-pushing documentaries.
The founder of WikiLeaks, Assange has been living in Ecuador’s London embassy for six years,...
Read More: Laura Poitras’ Julian Assange Documentary ‘Risk’ Lands Prime Early Summer Release Date — Exclusive
Earlier this week, Tim League and Tom Quinn’s distribution company Neon announced a May 5 theatrical release date for “Risk,” which will hit Showtime this summer. The film will also play on May 2 as a Special Closing Night selection for Art of the Real, the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual showcase of essential, boundary-pushing documentaries.
The founder of WikiLeaks, Assange has been living in Ecuador’s London embassy for six years,...
- 4/21/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Field of Vision has debuted a new short titled “Clowns,” by The Manhattan Company. The film explores what became known as the great clown panic of 2016, after reports of sightings of “creepy clowns” emerged everywhere: in the news, on Facebook, on our Twitter feeds. Numerous reports about clowns committing crimes or chasing people were made to the Police in different parts of the country. However, at least 12 people were caught making false reports of having some type of encounter with a “creepy clown” and other cases seemed to be the result of some children’s imagination or teenagers pulling pranks on people, according to The New York Times.
Read More: Field of Vision Debuts Short Documentary ‘Trump’s Lobby’ — Watch
“The so-called great clown panic of 2016 wasn’t about clowns, it was about you,” the narrator says in he film. “Those clowns popped up just about the right moment, preying upon your suspicions,...
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“The so-called great clown panic of 2016 wasn’t about clowns, it was about you,” the narrator says in he film. “Those clowns popped up just about the right moment, preying upon your suspicions,...
- 4/14/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
The scripted drama boom is changing the entire TV industry. But is it a change for the better?
“It’s an exciting time,” is a refrain now most commonly uttered by those in the business of making content for the Us streaming services.
Not only have Netflix, Amazon and co fuelled a surge in the volume of scripted content, subscription video on demand services (SVoDs) are also doing their bit, as they expand and evolve, to change the business and art of high-end television.
“Partly it’s driven by the SVoDs, partly it’s driven by the retrenching of the feature film business,” says Ted Miller, co-head of the television department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), whose client Matthew Weiner is among the high-profile writer-producers working on streaming series.
The Crown
“You have artists who want to tell great stories and if those stories are not being done in the movie business they are being done now...
“It’s an exciting time,” is a refrain now most commonly uttered by those in the business of making content for the Us streaming services.
Not only have Netflix, Amazon and co fuelled a surge in the volume of scripted content, subscription video on demand services (SVoDs) are also doing their bit, as they expand and evolve, to change the business and art of high-end television.
“Partly it’s driven by the SVoDs, partly it’s driven by the retrenching of the feature film business,” says Ted Miller, co-head of the television department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), whose client Matthew Weiner is among the high-profile writer-producers working on streaming series.
The Crown
“You have artists who want to tell great stories and if those stories are not being done in the movie business they are being done now...
- 3/30/2017
- ScreenDaily
New initiatives at Cph:dox include Britdoc’s Good Pitch event, a cultural summit and tech innovation pitches at Propeller Springboard.
Cph:dox has awarded its Dox:award to Last Men in Aleppo, directed by Feras Fayyad and co-directed by Steen Johannessen.
The jury said the film, about volunteers in the war-torn Syrian city, is “a film whose devastating emotional immediacy plunges us into a Shakespearean tragedy of a people striving to retain their humanity in the face of impossible realities.”
The film previously won the grand jury prize in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary competition.
Special mentions went to Gray House by Austin Lynch and Matthew Booth and The John Dalli Mystery by Jeppe Rønde.
The F:act Award, for a film involving in-depth journalistic investigation, went to Reber Dosky’s Radio Kobani, about a young woman’s struggle to run a local radio station in war-torn northern Syria.
A special mention went to Trophy by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau...
Cph:dox has awarded its Dox:award to Last Men in Aleppo, directed by Feras Fayyad and co-directed by Steen Johannessen.
The jury said the film, about volunteers in the war-torn Syrian city, is “a film whose devastating emotional immediacy plunges us into a Shakespearean tragedy of a people striving to retain their humanity in the face of impossible realities.”
The film previously won the grand jury prize in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary competition.
Special mentions went to Gray House by Austin Lynch and Matthew Booth and The John Dalli Mystery by Jeppe Rønde.
The F:act Award, for a film involving in-depth journalistic investigation, went to Reber Dosky’s Radio Kobani, about a young woman’s struggle to run a local radio station in war-torn northern Syria.
A special mention went to Trophy by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau...
- 3/25/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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