Category Archives: Film Festivals

Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17: PUTIN’S KISS

Lise Birk Pederson’s eye-opening exploration of the ideological indoctrination of Russian youth debuted at IDFA in 2011. It made its North American premiere in 2012 at Sundance, winning a documentary jury prize for cinematography, before moving on to additional fests including Full Frame, Seattle, Athena, One World, Human Rights Watch, and Hong Kong. Sundance Artist Services now makes the film available via iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Entertainment Network, SundanceNOW, VUDU, and YouTube, among others.

I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17: GYPSY DAVY

Rachel Leah Jones’ portrait of her absent father made its debut at Israel’s Cinema South in 2011. It came stateside in 2012 at Sundance, with additional festival engagements at Jerusalem, True/False, Visions du Reel, DMZ Docs, Taiwan Doc, DOC NYC, BAFICI, SF Jewish, and Documentary Edge, among others. Sundance Artist Services now makes the film available via YouTube, Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, SundanceNow, Hulu, Vudu, SnagFilms, Xbox, and Playstation.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, September 10: WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS

Alex Gibney’s investigation into the controversial site had its world premiere earlier this year at Sundance. Its fest circuit included Sydney, Seattle, and Edinburgh before a limited theatrical and VOD release this Summer.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, September 10: CHASING ICE

Jeff Orlowski’s look at one man’s mission to document climate change had its world premiere at Sundance last year, taking home the best doc cinematography award. The film went on to screen at SXSW, Full Frame, Big Sky, Boulder, and RiverRun, among other fests, and to enjoy a limited theatrical release.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tonight, Wednesday, September 4 and to theatres this Friday, September 6: 99% – THE OCCUPY WALL STREET COLLABORATIVE FILM

Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, and Nina Krstic’s comprehensive overview of the Occupy movement made its debut in competition at Sundance at the beginning of the year. Since then it has screened at Cleveland, IFF Boston, Human Rights Watch, and Melbourne, among others.

I wrote about the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres this Friday, September 6: FIRE IN THE BLOOD

Dylan Mohan Gray’s chronicle of the struggle for affordable HIV treatment in the developing world had its world premiere at Sheffield last year. It came stateside at Sundance, and went on to screen at DOXA, the United Nations Association, Thessaloniki Doc, and London LGBT, among others.

My pre-Sundance profile on the doc may be found here.

Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, September 3: STORIES WE TELL

Sarah Polley’s exploration of her family’s secrets made its premiere at Venice a year ago. It followed with screenings at Telluride, Toronto, Sundance, True/False, New Directors/New Films, San Francisco, Edinburgh, Nashville, Stockholm, and Sydney, among others.

My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.