Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, January 2:
GENESIS 2.0
Director:
Christian Frei
Co-Director:
Maxim Arbugaev
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Locarno, IDFA, Zurich, Docs Against Gravity, Sarasota
About:
Siberian hunters and international scientists attempt to resurrect the woolly mammoth.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by NEON and CNN Films.
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 1:
EATING ANIMALS
Director:
Christopher Quinn
Premiere:
Telluride 2017
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Docs Against Gravity
About:
An exploration of the impact of factory farming on our food production.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Steven Bognar
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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Coming to CNN and to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, January 1:
LOVE, GILDA
Director:
Lisa D’Apolito
Premiere:
Tribeca 2018
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, Montclair, AFI Docs, San Francisco Jewish, Boston Jewish, Seattle, Sidewalk
About:
An intimate, personal portrait of the legendary Gilda Radner.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Washington Post
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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The 35th Sundance Film Festival takes place next month, running January 24-February 3, with a lineup consisting of 122 features, 73 shorts, 15 episodics, and 29 installations, performances, and VR experiences.
As I’ve done since 2011’s festival, I’ll profile each of the 50+ feature and long-form episodic documentaries in advance of the festival, beginning this Monday.
Please note that I am not reviewing these films – as a Documentary Programming Associate for Sundance, they are all very much recommended. These profiles simply provide some background about the creators of the class of 2019, noting past Sundance projects where applicable, and why readers should seek out the docs, either during the festival or later in the year at other festivals and/or in release. For a sample, check out last year’s series, which began here.
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Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, January 1:
BAD REPUTATION
Director:
Kevin Kerslake
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
BFI London, Cleveland, San Francisco, Montclair, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Outfest
About:
A portrait of the queen of rock ‘n’ roll, Joan Jett.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to 13 cities nationwide beginning next Monday, December 31 and running through Monday, January 21: Oscars® Spotlight: Documentary Feature Shortlist
This fantastic new initiative by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Future of Film Committee offers public audiences in the following cities the opportunity to see all 15 of the official Documentary Feature shortlisted titles in theatres: Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Los Angeles, NYC, Phoenix, Raleigh, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Seattle, and Washington DC. This is particularly important for the handful of this year’s contenders that qualified by winning awards at international festivals rather than taking the traditional route of theatrical release.
My previous coverage of the shortlist may be found here.
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