Coming to theatres this Friday, November 18: UNCLE HOWARD
Aaron Brookner’s quest to rediscover his late uncle’s body of work had its world premiere at Sundance this year. Its festival run also included Berlin, New York, Seattle, BAFICI, Jerusalem, Warsaw, San Sebastian, Biografilm, and Cleveland, among other events.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to NYC’s Film Forum today, Wednesday, November 16: NOTES ON BLINDNESS
Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s immersive recreation of a man’s loss of vision debuted at Sundance this year. Screenings followed at Karlovy Vary, Sheffield, Tribeca, Cleveland, Sydney, Melbourne, New Zealand, Jerusalem, and San Francisco, among other events.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to NYC’s Anthology Film Archives tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16: THE ILLINOIS PARABLES
Deborah Stratman’s experimental rumination on landscapes and beliefs had its bow at Sundance this year. It went on to screen at Berlin, True/False, Ann Arbor, London, Poland’s American fest, New York, and RIDM, among other events.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD and VOD today, Tuesday, November 15: WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel’s look at the faceoff between Peru’s government and its indigenous people made its world premiere at Sundance this year, winning a special jury award. Its festival circuit also included Nantucket, Documenta Madrid, RiverRun, Minneapois-St Paul, Hot Docs, Montclair, Human Rights Watch, Sheffield, Shanghai, AFI Docs, and Docufest Kosovo.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Yesterday’s post explored the competitive sections of the 29th edition of IDFA. Industry heading to Amsterdam for the festival tomorrow also have scores of titles to check out which are screening outside of competition, the focus of today’s follow-up: Continue reading
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While DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, continues this week, IDFA, the biggest nonfiction event in the world, kicks off on Wednesday, November 16. The Dutch festival will once again present approximately 170 new and recent documentary features, in addition to shorts, interactive, and retrospective work, before it comes to a close on Sunday, November 27. Today’s first of two posts takes a closer look at IDFA’s competitions, while tomorrow’s presents highlights from the non-competitive sections. Continue reading
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Panel series DOC NYC PRO comes to a close for 2016 on Thursday, November 17 with Show Me the Money Day: An essential exploration of financing and sustainability in nonfiction filmmaking. Continue reading
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My preview of 2016 DOC NYC film programming concludes with a look at our Shorts offerings, which have once again expanded to include special presentations in addition to thematic programs, shorts screening before features, and student film focused DOC NYC U: Continue reading
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Wednesday, November 16, the penultimate day of DOC NYC‘s popular panel series, DOC NYC PRO, puts the focus on an essential part of the filmmaking process: Smart Producing Day: Continue reading
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The final section of feature films in my DOC NYC preview offers up our picks of some of the best nonfiction released this year, fifteen docs in the running for Awards Season accolades: Short List Continue reading
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