The fourth and final pointer to the 2013 Sundance Film Festival lineup reveals the just-announced Shorts selections here.
Revealed last week:US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions and NEXT and Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier.
Revealed yesterday: Premieres and Documentary Premieres.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, December 4: SOUND IT OUT
Jeanie Finlay’s affectionate portrait of the last record store in a small town made its premiere at last year’s SXSW. It went on to screen at Edinburgh, Sheffield, and Silverdocs, among others. FilmBuff is releasing the film on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, and Vudu.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
The Best Documentary Feature Oscar shortlist was announced today. Congratulations to all the filmmakers for making it to this stage! I’m especially happy to see so many alums from Sundance and DOC NYC receive this acknowledgement.
I’ve previously written about nearly all of the films, and hope to have a chance to write up thoughts on the remainder before the final nominees are announced on January 10. For now, here is the official shortlist, with links to my previous coverage:
THE GATEKEEPERS
THIS IS NOT A FILM
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations
This is the third of four brief pointers to the lineup announcements for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Just announced today are the selections for the Premieres and Documentary Premieres, located here.
The programming slate wraps up with tomorrow’s announcement of the Shorts.
Announced last week: US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions and NEXT, and Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
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.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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.
Filed under Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
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.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to NYC’s Film Forum tomorrow, Friday, November 30: LOVE, MARILYN
Liz Garbus’ unique and star-studded profile of Marilyn Monroe made its premiere this Fall at Telluride and Toronto. The film also opened the Hamptons International Film Festival, and is slated to have its broadcast premiere on HBO.
I included the film in my Toronto roundup here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Brooklyn’s reRun Gastropub Theater this Friday, November 30: DRIVERS WANTED
Joshua Z Weinstein’s portrait of NYC taxi drivers made its premiere at Silverdocs this Summer. Its festival circuit has included DOK.Leipzig, the Southern Circuit Tour, and DOC NYC.
I previously wrote about the film in my coverage of Silverdocs for Indiewire, saying:
Cab drivers are the focus of Joshua Z Weinstein’s featurette, also a world premiere at Silverdocs. In less than an hour, Weinstein offers a glimpse at a Queens taxi service, from the affable owner who recruits drivers as they await their hacker license tests, to a 90-year-old experienced cabbie and a newcomer Asian immigrant trying to make ends meet. While one gets the sense that the story could be expanded, Weinstein succeeds in capturing the workings of a perhaps too-little understood common profession, while also revealing the impact of the Recession in an understated way.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
