When September rolls around, it means one thing for many of the top filmmakers in the world – time to hit the road. Venice, Telluride and Toronto come in rapid succession, to the point of overlapping. But for documentary filmmakers eager to showcase their work, there’s another important stop to make in September: the Camden International Film Festival in mid-coast Maine.
“We are strategically aligned to be right after Toronto and a week after Telluride, and we’re documentary only,” emphasizes Ben Fowlie, festival founder and executive director of the Points North Institute, which stages Ciff. “In terms of being able to highlight some of the larger [awards] contenders, so to speak, we can do it in a way that puts them on the main stage… This is just the moment for us to recognize the incredible artistry behind the documentary films that we’re going to be talking about at...
“We are strategically aligned to be right after Toronto and a week after Telluride, and we’re documentary only,” emphasizes Ben Fowlie, festival founder and executive director of the Points North Institute, which stages Ciff. “In terms of being able to highlight some of the larger [awards] contenders, so to speak, we can do it in a way that puts them on the main stage… This is just the moment for us to recognize the incredible artistry behind the documentary films that we’re going to be talking about at...
- 9/25/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Independent Lens, the PBS documentary anthology series, has announced its upcoming spring slate. The weekly program, produced in partnership with Itvs, will spotlight a range of topics, from criminal justice reform to the plight of the American dream.
Among the first to air will be “Philly D.A.,” an eight-episode deep dive into local-policy making and the fight for criminal justice reform. For the series, filmmakers Ted Passon and Yoni Brook gained unparalleled access into the office of Philadelphia Defense Attorney Larry Krasner as he and his team attempt to fight inequities in the justice system and institute real change. It premieres on April 20 on Independent Les and will be available to stream on the PBS Video App.
The first two hours of “Philly D.A.” premiered at Sundance Film Festival to strong reviews. In Variety’s review, Kiko Martinez called the series “compelling” and “empowering.”
“For anyone looking for a leader...
Among the first to air will be “Philly D.A.,” an eight-episode deep dive into local-policy making and the fight for criminal justice reform. For the series, filmmakers Ted Passon and Yoni Brook gained unparalleled access into the office of Philadelphia Defense Attorney Larry Krasner as he and his team attempt to fight inequities in the justice system and institute real change. It premieres on April 20 on Independent Les and will be available to stream on the PBS Video App.
The first two hours of “Philly D.A.” premiered at Sundance Film Festival to strong reviews. In Variety’s review, Kiko Martinez called the series “compelling” and “empowering.”
“For anyone looking for a leader...
- 4/7/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The narrative feature “Minari” and the documentary “Boys State” have won the top prizes from the U.S. jury at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which announced its winners at an awards ceremony on Saturday night. “Minari,” director Lee Isaac Chung’s coming-of-age story about a Korean-American boy, also won the festival’s audience award.
The only other films to win more than one award were “Identifying Features” (“Sin Senas Particulares”), Fernanda Valadez’s drama about a Mexican woman searching for a son who disappeared while attempting to cross the border; and “I Carry You With Me,” in which documentary director Heidi Ewing makes her narrative feature debut about an aspiring Mexican chef whose life changes when his sexuality becomes public. “Identifying Features” won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic section and a jury award for its screenplay, while “I Carry You With Me” won the audience award in...
The only other films to win more than one award were “Identifying Features” (“Sin Senas Particulares”), Fernanda Valadez’s drama about a Mexican woman searching for a son who disappeared while attempting to cross the border; and “I Carry You With Me,” in which documentary director Heidi Ewing makes her narrative feature debut about an aspiring Mexican chef whose life changes when his sexuality becomes public. “Identifying Features” won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic section and a jury award for its screenplay, while “I Carry You With Me” won the audience award in...
- 2/2/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its 2020 jury members.
Ethan Hawke and Mudbound filmmaker Dee Rees will judge the U.S. Dramatic Competition, along with director Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs), actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) and Still Alice filmmaker Wash Westmoreland, whose feature Quinceañera premiered at the 2006 Sundance festival and won the grand jury prize.
Dark Money director Kimberly Reed and Free Solo filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi will judge the U.S. Documentary Competition, along with Sffilm director of programming Rachel Rosen, CNN Films senior vp Courtney Sexton and Noland Walker, vp content at Itvs.
The fest's World ...
Ethan Hawke and Mudbound filmmaker Dee Rees will judge the U.S. Dramatic Competition, along with director Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs), actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) and Still Alice filmmaker Wash Westmoreland, whose feature Quinceañera premiered at the 2006 Sundance festival and won the grand jury prize.
Dark Money director Kimberly Reed and Free Solo filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi will judge the U.S. Documentary Competition, along with Sffilm director of programming Rachel Rosen, CNN Films senior vp Courtney Sexton and Noland Walker, vp content at Itvs.
The fest's World ...
- 1/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its 2020 jury members.
Ethan Hawke and Mudbound filmmaker Dee Rees will judge the U.S. Dramatic Competition, along with director Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs), actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) and Still Alice filmmaker Wash Westmoreland, whose feature Quinceañera premiered at the 2006 Sundance festival and won the grand jury prize.
Dark Money director Kimberly Reed and Free Solo filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi will judge the U.S. Documentary Competition, along with Sffilm director of programming Rachel Rosen, CNN Films senior vp Courtney Sexton and Noland Walker, vp content at Itvs.
The fest's World ...
Ethan Hawke and Mudbound filmmaker Dee Rees will judge the U.S. Dramatic Competition, along with director Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs), actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) and Still Alice filmmaker Wash Westmoreland, whose feature Quinceañera premiered at the 2006 Sundance festival and won the grand jury prize.
Dark Money director Kimberly Reed and Free Solo filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi will judge the U.S. Documentary Competition, along with Sffilm director of programming Rachel Rosen, CNN Films senior vp Courtney Sexton and Noland Walker, vp content at Itvs.
The fest's World ...
- 1/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A year after the 100-day writers strike, Writers Guild of America West President Patric Verrone took to the stage to celebrate achievements made following a February 2008 deal with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers.
“This is our future, and we are embracing it,” Verrone told the congregation, citing a handful of projects written for the Internet. Last year’s ceremony was canceled due to the strike.
Dustin Lance Black won for his original screenplay, Milk, and Simon Beaufoy received the honor for best adapted screenplay, Slumdog Millionaire. The latter looks poised to win the “Best Picture” Oscar on February 22 after sweeping the awards for the Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, and the Golden Globes.
The original screenplay winner has matched the Oscar winner 9 out of the last 14 years. Last year’s winner was Diablo Cody’s Juno. The adapted screenplay...
“This is our future, and we are embracing it,” Verrone told the congregation, citing a handful of projects written for the Internet. Last year’s ceremony was canceled due to the strike.
Dustin Lance Black won for his original screenplay, Milk, and Simon Beaufoy received the honor for best adapted screenplay, Slumdog Millionaire. The latter looks poised to win the “Best Picture” Oscar on February 22 after sweeping the awards for the Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, and the Golden Globes.
The original screenplay winner has matched the Oscar winner 9 out of the last 14 years. Last year’s winner was Diablo Cody’s Juno. The adapted screenplay...
- 2/9/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
"The Dark Knight" has bagged another prestigious awards' nomination. After collecting a nod for its producers from the 20th Producers Guild Awards, the superhero movie starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger earned a 2009 Writers Guild Awards' count for its writers from the Writers Guild of America on Wednesday, January 7.
Contending for the adapted screenplay kudo, "Dark Knight" enlisted its writers team consisting of Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. The trio will be in competition with Eric Roth and Robin Swicord of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", John Patrick Shanley of "Doubt", Peter Morgan of "Frost/Nixon" and Simon Beaufoy of "Slumdog Millionaire".
"Dark Knight" aside, last year WGA Award winners for best adapted screenplay, Joel and Ethan Coen, have once again received a nomination from the WGA. This time, the men behind gritty crime drama "No Country for Old Men" vie for Best Original Screenplay for...
Contending for the adapted screenplay kudo, "Dark Knight" enlisted its writers team consisting of Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. The trio will be in competition with Eric Roth and Robin Swicord of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", John Patrick Shanley of "Doubt", Peter Morgan of "Frost/Nixon" and Simon Beaufoy of "Slumdog Millionaire".
"Dark Knight" aside, last year WGA Award winners for best adapted screenplay, Joel and Ethan Coen, have once again received a nomination from the WGA. This time, the men behind gritty crime drama "No Country for Old Men" vie for Best Original Screenplay for...
- 1/8/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Words. I love them. And if you're reading maybe you do, too. Or do I provide too many photoshop goodies to for any wordy appeal. Never mind. Blogger has decided photos are off limits today. No illustrations for you. The Writers Guild have announced their nominations for this film year and they go like so...
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen
The Visitor, Tom McCarthy
The Wrestler, Robert Siegel
I knew that Woody Allen would eventually show up. One should never bet against him in the Screenplay races. Remarkably he'd been pretty absent up until now in the precursors. This lineup is bad news for both Jenny Lumet's Rachel Getting Married and Courtney Hunt's Frozen River which had been getting precursor attention. After last year's record making Oscar lineup --three female screenwriters were nominated (for Juno,...
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen
The Visitor, Tom McCarthy
The Wrestler, Robert Siegel
I knew that Woody Allen would eventually show up. One should never bet against him in the Screenplay races. Remarkably he'd been pretty absent up until now in the precursors. This lineup is bad news for both Jenny Lumet's Rachel Getting Married and Courtney Hunt's Frozen River which had been getting precursor attention. After last year's record making Oscar lineup --three female screenwriters were nominated (for Juno,...
- 1/8/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
"The Dark Knight," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Doubt," "Frost/Nixon," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are among the nominees in the Adapted Screenplay category for the WGA's (Writers Guild Awards) 61st Anniversary awards show.
Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay...
Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay...
- 1/7/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) and the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and have offered up The Dark Knight as a legitimate contender for Best Adapted Screenplay by making it one of their five nominees in the category. On top of that my favorite film of the year, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, saw Woody Allen's screenplay nominated for original screenplay along with a few you may not have expected. As Ryan Adams at AwardsDaily points out, this is Woody's 19th WGA nom and could potentially lead to his 15th Best Screenplay Oscar nomination on top of his two Oscar wins. The complete lists for Original, Adapted and Documentary Screenplay noms are below. Winners will be honored at the 2009 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles. Original Screenplay Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Focus Features Milk,...
- 1/7/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Writers Guild of America has announced their nominations for outstanding achievements in screen writing during 2008. The ceremonies will be held simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles on February 7, 2009.
It looks like the WGA was a little more careful this year and put the titles in alphabetical order. Last year the original list was in no particular order other than the obvious “most votes” to “least votes” ranking, which turned out to be true when the statues were awarded to Juno and No Country for Old Men.
Here are the nominees for 2009:
Original Screenplay:
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel
Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord...
It looks like the WGA was a little more careful this year and put the titles in alphabetical order. Last year the original list was in no particular order other than the obvious “most votes” to “least votes” ranking, which turned out to be true when the statues were awarded to Juno and No Country for Old Men.
Here are the nominees for 2009:
Original Screenplay:
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel
Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord...
- 1/7/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures
The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer; Based on Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics; Batman Created by Bob Kane, Warner Bros. Pictures
Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, Based on his Stage Play, Miramax Films
Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan, Based on his Stage Play, Universal Pictures
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Documentary Screenplay
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Written by Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker, InterPositive Media
Chicago 10, Written by Brett Morgen, Roadside Attractions
Fuel, Written by Johnny O'Hara, Greenlight Theatrical / Intention Media
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Screenplay by Alex Gibney, From the Words of Hunter S. Thompson, Magnolia Pictures
Waltz with Bashir, Written by Ari Folman, Sony Pictures Classics...
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures
The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer; Based on Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics; Batman Created by Bob Kane, Warner Bros. Pictures
Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, Based on his Stage Play, Miramax Films
Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan, Based on his Stage Play, Universal Pictures
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Documentary Screenplay
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Written by Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker, InterPositive Media
Chicago 10, Written by Brett Morgen, Roadside Attractions
Fuel, Written by Johnny O'Hara, Greenlight Theatrical / Intention Media
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Screenplay by Alex Gibney, From the Words of Hunter S. Thompson, Magnolia Pictures
Waltz with Bashir, Written by Ari Folman, Sony Pictures Classics...
- 1/7/2009
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Joel and Ethan Coen, who won the WGA Award for best adapted screenplay last year for "No Country for Old Men," were nominated in the original category for their CIA comedy "Burn After Reading" on Wednesday as the WGA announced its 2009 film nominees.
Their fellow nominees in the original category include Dustin Lance Black for "Milk," Woody Allen for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," Tom McCarthy for "The Visitor" and Robert Siegel for "The Wrestler."
In the adapted screenplay category, the nominees are "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, story by Roth and Robin Swicord, based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald; "The Dark Knight," screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, based on characters, created by Bob Kane, appearing in the DC Comics comic books; "Doubt," screenplay by John Patrick Shanley based on his play; "Frost/Nixon," screenplay...
Their fellow nominees in the original category include Dustin Lance Black for "Milk," Woody Allen for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," Tom McCarthy for "The Visitor" and Robert Siegel for "The Wrestler."
In the adapted screenplay category, the nominees are "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, story by Roth and Robin Swicord, based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald; "The Dark Knight," screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, based on characters, created by Bob Kane, appearing in the DC Comics comic books; "Doubt," screenplay by John Patrick Shanley based on his play; "Frost/Nixon," screenplay...
- 1/7/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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