Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, December 4: BONES BRIGADE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Stacy Peralta’s premiered his history of the titular skateboarding team at Sundance this year. Screenings followed at Santa Barbara, Sidewalk, Atlantic, and Tallgrass, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, December 4: AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
Alison Klayman’s profile of the Chinese dissident artist/activist premiered at this year’s Sundance, taking home a special jury prize. Additional festival screenings followed at Berlin, True/False, Miami, Full Frame, Silverdocs, Hot Docs, and Human Rights Watch, among many others.
My pre-Sundance profile may be found here.
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This post is just a pointer to the second of four lineup announcements for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. This year’s selections in Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier may be found here.
The remaining non-competition sections – Premieres and Documentary Premieres – will be revealed on Monday, with Shorts to follow on Tuesday.
If you missed yesterday’s announcement, the US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, plus NEXT, click here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, December 4: FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK & WHITE
Julia Ivanova’s portrait of a Ukrainian woman and her biracial foster children premiered at last year’s Sundance. It went on to screen at the Hamptons, Vancouver, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Hot Docs, among others.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Here’s a quick pointer to the initial lineup announcement for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The US and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions, plus the NEXT section, are here. Check back tomorrow for the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier sections, Monday for Premieres and Documentary Premieres, and Tuesday for Shorts.
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This year’s edition of the Margaret Mead Film Festival comes a couple of weeks later in the calendar, running this Thursday, November 29 through Sunday, December 2. Hosted by the American Museum of Natural History, the US’s longest-running non-fiction event is organized this year around the theme “Whose Story Is It?” Continue reading
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Following yesterday’s roundup of several of IDFA’s competition titles, today’s post wraps up my coverage of the 25th edition of the world’s largest documentary festival with a look at a number of films in IDFA’s non-competitive “Reflecting Images” sections. Continue reading
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Last week, I pointed w(n)td readers to my Indiewire coverage of IDFA, including buzz titles and highlights from the Forum. With the festival now wrapped, having announced the winners of its 25th edition this weekend, its time to take a more indepth look at the titles in this year’s lineup I’ve had a chance to see. This post covers films from the various competitions, while the next will address non-competitive programming. Continue reading
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The world’s largest documentary festival announced the award-winners this past weekend, wrapping up its 25th anniversary edition. For a full list of IDFA winners, check out my Indiewire writeup here.
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My Indiewire article on IDFA’s international co-production financing market, the Forum, is now up here, spotlighting several promising projects in development.
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