Exclusive: “Carlitos The Terrible” lost an arm as a child, but that hasn’t stopped the young man from pursuing his dream of competing in Muay Thai at the highest levels.
His remarkable story is told in the upcoming documentary Zurdo (Southpaw), one of five nonfiction projects to receive support in the latest round of grants from the Axs Film Fund, an initiative created by Axs Lab to “support documentary filmmakers and non-fiction new media creators of color with disabilities.”
Along with Zurdo, directed by Luis Aguer, the grantees announced today include El Desobediente (The Disobedient One), directed by Rodrigo Dorfman; Prodigal Daughter, directed by Mabel Valdiviezo; Sticker Movie, directed by Will Deloney, and the new media project Lineage Launch Pad, directed by Ann Bennett [see below for more details on each project].
“Axs Film Fund seeks to bring visibility to this underrepresented community of creators by intervening and providing opportunities that they may not otherwise have with mainstream funding structures,...
His remarkable story is told in the upcoming documentary Zurdo (Southpaw), one of five nonfiction projects to receive support in the latest round of grants from the Axs Film Fund, an initiative created by Axs Lab to “support documentary filmmakers and non-fiction new media creators of color with disabilities.”
Along with Zurdo, directed by Luis Aguer, the grantees announced today include El Desobediente (The Disobedient One), directed by Rodrigo Dorfman; Prodigal Daughter, directed by Mabel Valdiviezo; Sticker Movie, directed by Will Deloney, and the new media project Lineage Launch Pad, directed by Ann Bennett [see below for more details on each project].
“Axs Film Fund seeks to bring visibility to this underrepresented community of creators by intervening and providing opportunities that they may not otherwise have with mainstream funding structures,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Sandra Oh and Patina Miller are set to be honored at the 2021 New York Women in Film and Television Muse Awards.
Additional honorees for the 42nd annual event, once again being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, include writer-director Darnell Martin, WarnerMedia executive vp, communications and chief inclusion officer Christy Haubegger and disability rights activist Jason DaSilva.
Oh, known for her roles on Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy, most recently starred in the Netflix comedy The Chair.
Miller, who won a Tony for her role as the Leading Player in the 2013 revival of Pippin, will receive a Made in New York Award from the ...
Additional honorees for the 42nd annual event, once again being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, include writer-director Darnell Martin, WarnerMedia executive vp, communications and chief inclusion officer Christy Haubegger and disability rights activist Jason DaSilva.
Oh, known for her roles on Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy, most recently starred in the Netflix comedy The Chair.
Miller, who won a Tony for her role as the Leading Player in the 2013 revival of Pippin, will receive a Made in New York Award from the ...
- 11/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sandra Oh and Patina Miller are set to be honored at the 2021 New York Women in Film and Television Muse Awards.
Additional honorees for the 42nd annual event, once again being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, include writer-director Darnell Martin, WarnerMedia executive vp, communications and chief inclusion officer Christy Haubegger and disability rights activist Jason DaSilva.
Oh, known for her roles on Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy, most recently starred in the Netflix comedy The Chair.
Miller, who won a Tony for her role as the Leading Player in the 2013 revival of Pippin, will receive a Made in New York Award from the ...
Additional honorees for the 42nd annual event, once again being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, include writer-director Darnell Martin, WarnerMedia executive vp, communications and chief inclusion officer Christy Haubegger and disability rights activist Jason DaSilva.
Oh, known for her roles on Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy, most recently starred in the Netflix comedy The Chair.
Miller, who won a Tony for her role as the Leading Player in the 2013 revival of Pippin, will receive a Made in New York Award from the ...
- 11/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: The Axs Film Fund is being launched to support an underserved group—creators of color with disabilities who are engaged in documentary work.
The newly-announced program will offer up to five documentary filmmakers and nonfiction new media artists grants of up to $10,000 each, designed “to assist them finishing their projects in any stage of production.” Applications will be accepted at the Axs Film Fund portal beginning June 1, with a submissions deadline of September 3.
“Axs Film Fund seeks to bring visibility to this underrepresented community of creators by intervening and providing opportunities that they may not otherwise have with mainstream funding structures,” leaders of the fund noted. “Grantees will be supported in their endeavors to tell stories, make films, and create content.”
Filmmaker and disability rights activist Jason DaSilva, director-producer of the Emmy-winning documentary When I Walk, is founder and president of the fund. He will lead the initiative, along with program director Naomi Middleton.
The newly-announced program will offer up to five documentary filmmakers and nonfiction new media artists grants of up to $10,000 each, designed “to assist them finishing their projects in any stage of production.” Applications will be accepted at the Axs Film Fund portal beginning June 1, with a submissions deadline of September 3.
“Axs Film Fund seeks to bring visibility to this underrepresented community of creators by intervening and providing opportunities that they may not otherwise have with mainstream funding structures,” leaders of the fund noted. “Grantees will be supported in their endeavors to tell stories, make films, and create content.”
Filmmaker and disability rights activist Jason DaSilva, director-producer of the Emmy-winning documentary When I Walk, is founder and president of the fund. He will lead the initiative, along with program director Naomi Middleton.
- 4/8/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Independent Filmmaker Project will announce nominations for the Gotham Awards on Thursday at 7:00 a.m. Pt, live from Cipriani Wall Street.
The nominations will be announced ahead of the awards show’s Jan. 11 ceremony — the first show during the unprecedented 2021 awards season. This round of nominees will include a list of eligible films and television shows with slated releases between Jan. 1, 2020 all the way to Feb. 28, 2021. The award show itself will be a hosted in a hybrid format to follow health and safety protocols brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The IFP Gotham Awards have continued to be a staple in independent film and television and we look forward to celebrating the 30th Anniversary and helping to kick off this year’s unconventional awards season,” said Jeffrey Sharp, the executive director of IFP.
Sharp will announce this year’s nominations for the upcoming show. The nominations will be hosted on Variety.
The nominations will be announced ahead of the awards show’s Jan. 11 ceremony — the first show during the unprecedented 2021 awards season. This round of nominees will include a list of eligible films and television shows with slated releases between Jan. 1, 2020 all the way to Feb. 28, 2021. The award show itself will be a hosted in a hybrid format to follow health and safety protocols brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The IFP Gotham Awards have continued to be a staple in independent film and television and we look forward to celebrating the 30th Anniversary and helping to kick off this year’s unconventional awards season,” said Jeffrey Sharp, the executive director of IFP.
Sharp will announce this year’s nominations for the upcoming show. The nominations will be hosted on Variety.
- 11/12/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
The IFP Gotham Awards have delayed the 30th annual ceremony from November 30 to now take place on Monday, January 11, 2021, the Independent Filmmaker Project announced Friday.
The Gotham Awards have traditionally been the first major awards show of the long season, but with the coronavirus forcing the delay of films, festivals and most notably the Oscars to late April, the Gotham Awards will remain the first show of the season even at the start of January.
The deadline for submissions will be Thursday, October 1, with nominations announced on Thursday, Nov. 12. Further information regarding the IFP Gotham Awards will be announced in coming months.
Also Read: Oscars Academy Gives Film Scholars Grants to Author Books About Race in Hollywood
It remains to be seen whether this year’s awards, which take place in New York City, will be able to take place as an in-person event or in a virtual format.
Noah Baumbach...
The Gotham Awards have traditionally been the first major awards show of the long season, but with the coronavirus forcing the delay of films, festivals and most notably the Oscars to late April, the Gotham Awards will remain the first show of the season even at the start of January.
The deadline for submissions will be Thursday, October 1, with nominations announced on Thursday, Nov. 12. Further information regarding the IFP Gotham Awards will be announced in coming months.
Also Read: Oscars Academy Gives Film Scholars Grants to Author Books About Race in Hollywood
It remains to be seen whether this year’s awards, which take place in New York City, will be able to take place as an in-person event or in a virtual format.
Noah Baumbach...
- 7/31/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“Marriage Story” won Best Feature at the 2019 Gotham Awards honoring the best in independent film. It won everything else it was nominated for too: Best Actor (Adam Driver), Best Screenplay (Noah Baumbach) and the Audience Award. Those four victories made it by far the most awarded film of the night. Check out the complete list of winners here.
The Netflix drama about a couple’s contentious divorce was arguably the highest-profile awards contender in this year’s Gotham race, so it’s wave of support may not seem to surprising. But every category at these awards is decided by a different jury of five industry professionals, so all of them independently came to the conclusion that the film was the best of the year. For instance, the top prize was decided by director Scott Cooper, producer Josh Penn, cinematographer Rachel Morrison, and actors Uma Thurman and Aisha Tyler.
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The Netflix drama about a couple’s contentious divorce was arguably the highest-profile awards contender in this year’s Gotham race, so it’s wave of support may not seem to surprising. But every category at these awards is decided by a different jury of five industry professionals, so all of them independently came to the conclusion that the film was the best of the year. For instance, the top prize was decided by director Scott Cooper, producer Josh Penn, cinematographer Rachel Morrison, and actors Uma Thurman and Aisha Tyler.
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- 12/3/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Project Name: The Dismanted
Asking For: $5,000 on Kickstarter
Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $2,732
Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 29
Description: In The Dismantled, creator Jason DaSilva hopes to show what life is like for disabled people. The project's protagonist is named Billy, and he becomes a quadriplegic after he is pushed out a window. At first, he finds little comfort and "faces the frustrations of losing his identity to the medical system which provides little aid or comfort, unless it's at a very steep price." In time, he realizes that his condition makes him an ideal drug runner, since he can bring his wheelchair through security checkpoints without getting searched.
While Billy's profession won't be the most morally just work, DaSilva hopes to portray him as a strong hero. "My hope is that the series not only defies the expectations of what a...
Asking For: $5,000 on Kickstarter
Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $2,732
Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 29
Description: In The Dismantled, creator Jason DaSilva hopes to show what life is like for disabled people. The project's protagonist is named Billy, and he becomes a quadriplegic after he is pushed out a window. At first, he finds little comfort and "faces the frustrations of losing his identity to the medical system which provides little aid or comfort, unless it's at a very steep price." In time, he realizes that his condition makes him an ideal drug runner, since he can bring his wheelchair through security checkpoints without getting searched.
While Billy's profession won't be the most morally just work, DaSilva hopes to portray him as a strong hero. "My hope is that the series not only defies the expectations of what a...
- 1/6/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
When you think of the overall Sundance docu selections, programmers may want to balance the hard-hitting slate with this, the curiously titled (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies. Thanks to Dan Ariely’s bookshelf favorite “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty – How We Lie To Everyone, Especially Ourselves,” it benefits from an already built-in aud and via the smart talking heads package, it comes across as an intriguing-sounding “lite” docu experiment. In a Moneyball-ian kind of way, it treats moral and ethical flaws in making minor and major fibs almost in a data analysis argumentative measuring stick. Why finger point when everyone is accountable? Having recently landed some kickstarter funds for completion, we’re not sure if this talking heads package is in the final innings of the edit, but fittingly this is producer Yael Melamede’s (see pic above) first outing as a director – she produced a dozen of items...
- 11/12/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
New work by Sturla Gunnarsson, Denys Arcand, Ruba Nadda and Xavier Dolan are among the selection set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) next month.
“These are filmmakers at the top of their craft, bringing fresh perspectives to traditional genres like comedies and less traditionally Canadian genres, such as musicals,” said Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) senior programmer Steve Gravestock. “This year’s slate truly showcases the diversity of talent in our country, featuring films from coast to coast.”
“We are inspired by the number of exceptional debut features from Canadian directors, reflecting the depth of talent in this country,” said Tiff’s Canadian features programmer Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo.
“Extremely exciting is also the fact that female-driven narratives play a significant part in this year’s programming, highlighting the strong, rich tapestry of our storytelling.”
The Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film is up for grabs, as is the...
“These are filmmakers at the top of their craft, bringing fresh perspectives to traditional genres like comedies and less traditionally Canadian genres, such as musicals,” said Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) senior programmer Steve Gravestock. “This year’s slate truly showcases the diversity of talent in our country, featuring films from coast to coast.”
“We are inspired by the number of exceptional debut features from Canadian directors, reflecting the depth of talent in this country,” said Tiff’s Canadian features programmer Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo.
“Extremely exciting is also the fact that female-driven narratives play a significant part in this year’s programming, highlighting the strong, rich tapestry of our storytelling.”
The Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film is up for grabs, as is the...
- 8/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 27th season of the acclaimed Pov series begins on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 10 p.m. on PBS and continues weekly through Sept. 22. The season, featuring 13 new independent nonfiction films and an encore broadcast, concludes with a special presentation in fall 2014.
In "When I Walk", a young up-and-coming filmmaker discovers he has multiple sclerosis. To cope, he decides to use the art of filmmaking to look at his new reality. In the Oscar-nominated "The Act of Killing," a group of unrepentant Indonesian mass murderers re-enact their crimes in a surreal performance that mimics the Hollywood movies they grew up with, and shocks a nation. In "The Genius of Marian," a mother's watercolors help a daughter suffering with Alzheimer's grasp family memories.
The art of politics is also on display in Koch, a history of the life and times of New York City's former mayor Ed Koch that is as rollicking and unconventional as the man himself, in "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs," about a fiery activist who urges today's movers and shakers to think in entirely new ways, and in "Getting Back to Abnormal," in which a New Orleans politician prone to putting her foot in her mouth gets an education in street smarts and the city's divergent cultures.
Pov recently announced a collaboration with The New York Times to premiere new documentaries on the organization's websites. The first film, "The Men of Atalissa" by Dan Barry and Kassie Bracken, produced by The New York Times, can be seen on www.pbs.org/pov and www.nytimes.com . In addition, Pov will renew its media partnership with New York flagship public radio station Wnyc.
"Documentaries no longer exist on the cultural margins; they have become an essential tool in how we explore and experience the world," said Pov Executive Producer Simon Kilmurry. "The work produced by these filmmakers is remarkable and important, engaging, daring and entertaining. And it's exciting to see how audiences celebrate and embrace these stories."
"Pov programs take you on a journey, whether traveling alongside a politician, a person grappling with a debilitating illness or an individual in love for the first time," said Pov Co-Executive Producer Cynthia Lopez. "As always, Pov films deliver a emotional punch with superbly crafted storytelling. This season promises to be a powerful roller coaster ride."
Pov 2014 Schedule
June 23: "When I Walk" by Jason DaSilva
Jason DaSilva was 25 years old and a rising independent filmmaker when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis changed everything, and inspired him to make another film. When I Walk is a candid and brave chronicle of one young man's struggle to adapt to the harsh realities of M.S. while holding on to his personal and creative life. With his body growing weaker, DaSilva's spirits, and his film, get a boost from his mother's tough love and the support of Alice Cook, who becomes his wife and filmmaking partner. The result is a life-affirming documentary filled with unexpected moments of joy and humor. Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. A co-production of Itvs. A co-presentation with the Center for Asian American Media (Caam).
June 30: "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs" by Grace Lee
Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, she challenges a new generation to throw off old assumptions, think creatively and redefine revolution for our times. Winner, Audience Award, 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival. Festival. A co-presentation with Caam.
July 7: My Way to Olympia by Niko von Glasow
Who better to cover the Paralympics, the international sporting event for athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities, than Niko von Glasow, the world's best-known disabled filmmaker? Unfortunately, or fortunately for anyone seeking an insightful and funny documentary, this filmmaker frankly hates sports and thinks the games are "a stupid idea." Born with severely shortened arms, von Glasow serves as an endearing guide to London's Paralympics competition in "My Way to Olympia." As he meets a one-handed Norwegian table tennis player, the Rwandan sitting volleyball team, an American archer without arms and a Greek paraplegic boccia player, his own stereotypes about disability and sports get delightfully punctured. Official Selection of the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.
July 14: Getting Back to Abnormal by Louis Alvarez, Andy Kolker, Peter Odabashian, Paul Stekler
What happens when America's most joyous, dysfunctional city rebuilds itself after a disaster? New Orleans is the setting for "Getting Back to Abnormal," a film that serves up a provocative mix of race, corruption and politics to tell the story of the re-election campaign of Stacy Head, a white woman in a city council seat traditionally held by a black representative. Supported by her irrepressible African-American aide Barbara Lacen-Keller, Head polarizes the city as her candidacy threatens to diminish the power and influence of its black citizens. Featuring a cast of characters as colorful as the city itself, the film presents a New Orleans that outsiders rarely see. Official Selection of the 2013 SXSW Film Festival.
A co-production of Itvs.
July 21: Dance for Me by Katrine Philp
Professional ballroom dancing is very big in little Denmark. Since success in this intensely competitive art depends on finding the right partner, aspiring Danish dancers often look beyond their borders to find their matches. In Dance for Me, 15-year-old Russian performer Egor leaves home and family to team up with 14-year-old Mie, one of Denmark's most promising young dancers. Strikingly different, Egor and Mie bond over their passion for Latin dance, and for winning. As they head to the championships, so much is at stake: emotional bonds, career and the future. Dance for Me is a poetic coming-of-age story, with a global twist and thrilling dance moves.
Airing with "Dance for Me" is the StoryCorps animated short A Good Man by The Rauch Brothers. Bryan Wilmoth and his seven younger siblings were raised in a strict, religious home. He talks to his brother Mike about what it was like to reconnect years after their dad kicked Bryan out for being gay. Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Produced in association with American Documentary | Pov.
July 28: Fallen City by Qi Zhao
In today's go-go China, an old city completely destroyed by a devastating earthquake can be rebuilt, boasting new and improved civic amenities, in an astoundingly quick two years. But, as "Fallen City" reveals, the journey from the ruined old city of Beichuan to the new Beichuan nearby is long and heartbreaking for the survivors. Three families struggle with loss, most strikingly the loss of children and grandchildre, and feelings of loneliness, fear and dislocation that no amount of propaganda can disguise. First-time director Qi Zhao offers an intimate look at a country torn between tradition and modernity. Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. A co-production of Itvs International.
A co-presentation with Caam.
Aug. 4: 15 to Life: Kenneth's Story by Nadine Pequeneza
Does sentencing a teenager to life without parole serve our society well? The United States is the only country in the world that routinely condemns children to die in prison. This is the story of one of those children, now a young man, seeking a second chance in Florida. At age 15, Kenneth Young received four consecutive life sentences for a series of armed robberies. Imprisoned for more than a decade, he believed he would die behind bars. Now a U.S. Supreme Court decision could set him free. "15 to Life: Kenneth's Story" follows Youn's struggle for redemption, revealing a justice system with thousands of young people serving sentences intended for society's most dangerous criminals.
Aug. 11: Encore presentation: Neurotypical by Adam Larsen
Neurotypical is an unprecedented exploration of autism from the point of view of autistic people themselves. Four-year-old Violet, teenaged Nicholas and adult Paula occupy different positions on the autism spectrum, but they are all at pivotal moments in their lives. How they and the people around them work out their perceptual and behavioral differences becomes a remarkable reflection of the "neurotypical" world, the world of the non-autistic, revealing inventive adaptations on each side and an emerging critique of both what it means to be normal and what it means to be human.
Aug. 18: A World Not Ours by Mahdi Fleifel
"A World Not Ours" is a passionate, bittersweet account of one familyâs multi-generational experience living as permanent refugees. Now a Danish resident, director Mahdi Fleifel grew up in the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, established in 1948 as a temporary refuge for exiled Palestinians. Today, the camp houses 70,000 people and is the hometown of generations of Palestinians. The filmmakerâs childhood memories are surprisingly warm and humorous, a testament to the resilience of the community. Yet his yearly visits reveal the increasing desperation of family and friends who remain trapped in psychological as well as political limbo. Official Selection of the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.
Aug. 25: Big Men by Rachel Boynton
Over five years, director Rachel Boynton and her cinematographer film the quest for oil in Ghana by Dallas-based Kosmos. The company develops the country's first commercial oil field, yet its success is quickly compromised by political intrigue and accusations of corruption. As Ghanaians wait to reap the benefits of oil, the filmmakers discover violent resistance down the coast in the Niger Delta, where poor Nigerians have yet to prosper from decades-old oil fields. "Big Men," executive produced by Brad Pitt, provides an unprecedented inside look at the global deal making and dark underside of energy development, a contest for money and power that is reshaping the world. Official Selection of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.
Sept. 1: After Tiller by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
"After Tiller" is a deeply humanizing and probing portrait of the four doctors in the United States still openly performing third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas, and in the face of intense protest from abortion opponents. It is also an examination of the desperate reasons women seek late abortions. Rather than offering solutions, "After Tiller" presents the complexities of these women's difficult decisions and the compassion and ethical dilemmas of the doctors and staff who fear for their own lives as they treat their patients. Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Sept. 8: The Genius of Marian by Banker White and Anna Fitch
"The Genius of Marian" is a visually rich, emotionally complex story about one family's struggle to come to terms with Alzheimer's disease. After Pam White is diagnosed at age 61 with early-onset Alzheimer's, life begins to change, slowly but irrevocably, for Pam and everyone around her. Her husband grapples with his role as it evolves from primary partner to primary caregiver. Pam's adult children find ways to show their love and support while mourning the gradual loss of their mother. Her eldest son, Banker, records their conversations, allowing Pam to share memories of childhood and of her mother, the renowned painter Marian Williams Steele, who had Alzheimer's herself and died in 2001.
Pov is preempted on Sept. 15 and returns the following week.
Sept. 22: Koch by Neil Barsky
New York City mayors have a world stage on which to strut, and they have made legendary use of it. Yet few have matched the bravado, combativeness and egocentricity that Ed Koch brought to the office during his three terms from 1978 to 1989. As Neil Barskyâs Koch recounts, Koch was more than the blunt, funny man New Yorkers either loved or hated. Elected in the 1970s during the cityâs fiscal crisis, he was a new Democrat for the dawning Reagan era, fiscally conservative and socially liberal. Koch finds the former mayor politically active to the end (he died in 2013), still winning the affection of many New Yorkers while driving others to distraction.
In fall 2014 Pov presents a special broadcast (date and time to be announced):
The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
Nominated for an Academy Award, The Act of Killing is as dreamlike and terrifying as anything that Werner Herzog (one of the executive producers) could imagine. This film explores a horrifying era in Indonesian history and provides a window into modern Indonesia, where corruption reigns. Not only is the 1965 murder of an estimated one million people honored as a patriotic act, but the killers remain in power. In a mind-bending twist, death-squad leaders dramatize their brutal deeds in the style of the American westerns, musicals and gangster movies they love, and play both themselves and their victims. As their heroic facade crumbles, they come to question what they've done. Winner, 2014 BAFTA Film Award, Best Documentary.
In "When I Walk", a young up-and-coming filmmaker discovers he has multiple sclerosis. To cope, he decides to use the art of filmmaking to look at his new reality. In the Oscar-nominated "The Act of Killing," a group of unrepentant Indonesian mass murderers re-enact their crimes in a surreal performance that mimics the Hollywood movies they grew up with, and shocks a nation. In "The Genius of Marian," a mother's watercolors help a daughter suffering with Alzheimer's grasp family memories.
The art of politics is also on display in Koch, a history of the life and times of New York City's former mayor Ed Koch that is as rollicking and unconventional as the man himself, in "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs," about a fiery activist who urges today's movers and shakers to think in entirely new ways, and in "Getting Back to Abnormal," in which a New Orleans politician prone to putting her foot in her mouth gets an education in street smarts and the city's divergent cultures.
Pov recently announced a collaboration with The New York Times to premiere new documentaries on the organization's websites. The first film, "The Men of Atalissa" by Dan Barry and Kassie Bracken, produced by The New York Times, can be seen on www.pbs.org/pov and www.nytimes.com . In addition, Pov will renew its media partnership with New York flagship public radio station Wnyc.
"Documentaries no longer exist on the cultural margins; they have become an essential tool in how we explore and experience the world," said Pov Executive Producer Simon Kilmurry. "The work produced by these filmmakers is remarkable and important, engaging, daring and entertaining. And it's exciting to see how audiences celebrate and embrace these stories."
"Pov programs take you on a journey, whether traveling alongside a politician, a person grappling with a debilitating illness or an individual in love for the first time," said Pov Co-Executive Producer Cynthia Lopez. "As always, Pov films deliver a emotional punch with superbly crafted storytelling. This season promises to be a powerful roller coaster ride."
Pov 2014 Schedule
June 23: "When I Walk" by Jason DaSilva
Jason DaSilva was 25 years old and a rising independent filmmaker when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis changed everything, and inspired him to make another film. When I Walk is a candid and brave chronicle of one young man's struggle to adapt to the harsh realities of M.S. while holding on to his personal and creative life. With his body growing weaker, DaSilva's spirits, and his film, get a boost from his mother's tough love and the support of Alice Cook, who becomes his wife and filmmaking partner. The result is a life-affirming documentary filled with unexpected moments of joy and humor. Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. A co-production of Itvs. A co-presentation with the Center for Asian American Media (Caam).
June 30: "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs" by Grace Lee
Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, she challenges a new generation to throw off old assumptions, think creatively and redefine revolution for our times. Winner, Audience Award, 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival. Festival. A co-presentation with Caam.
July 7: My Way to Olympia by Niko von Glasow
Who better to cover the Paralympics, the international sporting event for athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities, than Niko von Glasow, the world's best-known disabled filmmaker? Unfortunately, or fortunately for anyone seeking an insightful and funny documentary, this filmmaker frankly hates sports and thinks the games are "a stupid idea." Born with severely shortened arms, von Glasow serves as an endearing guide to London's Paralympics competition in "My Way to Olympia." As he meets a one-handed Norwegian table tennis player, the Rwandan sitting volleyball team, an American archer without arms and a Greek paraplegic boccia player, his own stereotypes about disability and sports get delightfully punctured. Official Selection of the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.
July 14: Getting Back to Abnormal by Louis Alvarez, Andy Kolker, Peter Odabashian, Paul Stekler
What happens when America's most joyous, dysfunctional city rebuilds itself after a disaster? New Orleans is the setting for "Getting Back to Abnormal," a film that serves up a provocative mix of race, corruption and politics to tell the story of the re-election campaign of Stacy Head, a white woman in a city council seat traditionally held by a black representative. Supported by her irrepressible African-American aide Barbara Lacen-Keller, Head polarizes the city as her candidacy threatens to diminish the power and influence of its black citizens. Featuring a cast of characters as colorful as the city itself, the film presents a New Orleans that outsiders rarely see. Official Selection of the 2013 SXSW Film Festival.
A co-production of Itvs.
July 21: Dance for Me by Katrine Philp
Professional ballroom dancing is very big in little Denmark. Since success in this intensely competitive art depends on finding the right partner, aspiring Danish dancers often look beyond their borders to find their matches. In Dance for Me, 15-year-old Russian performer Egor leaves home and family to team up with 14-year-old Mie, one of Denmark's most promising young dancers. Strikingly different, Egor and Mie bond over their passion for Latin dance, and for winning. As they head to the championships, so much is at stake: emotional bonds, career and the future. Dance for Me is a poetic coming-of-age story, with a global twist and thrilling dance moves.
Airing with "Dance for Me" is the StoryCorps animated short A Good Man by The Rauch Brothers. Bryan Wilmoth and his seven younger siblings were raised in a strict, religious home. He talks to his brother Mike about what it was like to reconnect years after their dad kicked Bryan out for being gay. Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Produced in association with American Documentary | Pov.
July 28: Fallen City by Qi Zhao
In today's go-go China, an old city completely destroyed by a devastating earthquake can be rebuilt, boasting new and improved civic amenities, in an astoundingly quick two years. But, as "Fallen City" reveals, the journey from the ruined old city of Beichuan to the new Beichuan nearby is long and heartbreaking for the survivors. Three families struggle with loss, most strikingly the loss of children and grandchildre, and feelings of loneliness, fear and dislocation that no amount of propaganda can disguise. First-time director Qi Zhao offers an intimate look at a country torn between tradition and modernity. Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. A co-production of Itvs International.
A co-presentation with Caam.
Aug. 4: 15 to Life: Kenneth's Story by Nadine Pequeneza
Does sentencing a teenager to life without parole serve our society well? The United States is the only country in the world that routinely condemns children to die in prison. This is the story of one of those children, now a young man, seeking a second chance in Florida. At age 15, Kenneth Young received four consecutive life sentences for a series of armed robberies. Imprisoned for more than a decade, he believed he would die behind bars. Now a U.S. Supreme Court decision could set him free. "15 to Life: Kenneth's Story" follows Youn's struggle for redemption, revealing a justice system with thousands of young people serving sentences intended for society's most dangerous criminals.
Aug. 11: Encore presentation: Neurotypical by Adam Larsen
Neurotypical is an unprecedented exploration of autism from the point of view of autistic people themselves. Four-year-old Violet, teenaged Nicholas and adult Paula occupy different positions on the autism spectrum, but they are all at pivotal moments in their lives. How they and the people around them work out their perceptual and behavioral differences becomes a remarkable reflection of the "neurotypical" world, the world of the non-autistic, revealing inventive adaptations on each side and an emerging critique of both what it means to be normal and what it means to be human.
Aug. 18: A World Not Ours by Mahdi Fleifel
"A World Not Ours" is a passionate, bittersweet account of one familyâs multi-generational experience living as permanent refugees. Now a Danish resident, director Mahdi Fleifel grew up in the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, established in 1948 as a temporary refuge for exiled Palestinians. Today, the camp houses 70,000 people and is the hometown of generations of Palestinians. The filmmakerâs childhood memories are surprisingly warm and humorous, a testament to the resilience of the community. Yet his yearly visits reveal the increasing desperation of family and friends who remain trapped in psychological as well as political limbo. Official Selection of the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.
Aug. 25: Big Men by Rachel Boynton
Over five years, director Rachel Boynton and her cinematographer film the quest for oil in Ghana by Dallas-based Kosmos. The company develops the country's first commercial oil field, yet its success is quickly compromised by political intrigue and accusations of corruption. As Ghanaians wait to reap the benefits of oil, the filmmakers discover violent resistance down the coast in the Niger Delta, where poor Nigerians have yet to prosper from decades-old oil fields. "Big Men," executive produced by Brad Pitt, provides an unprecedented inside look at the global deal making and dark underside of energy development, a contest for money and power that is reshaping the world. Official Selection of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.
Sept. 1: After Tiller by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
"After Tiller" is a deeply humanizing and probing portrait of the four doctors in the United States still openly performing third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas, and in the face of intense protest from abortion opponents. It is also an examination of the desperate reasons women seek late abortions. Rather than offering solutions, "After Tiller" presents the complexities of these women's difficult decisions and the compassion and ethical dilemmas of the doctors and staff who fear for their own lives as they treat their patients. Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Sept. 8: The Genius of Marian by Banker White and Anna Fitch
"The Genius of Marian" is a visually rich, emotionally complex story about one family's struggle to come to terms with Alzheimer's disease. After Pam White is diagnosed at age 61 with early-onset Alzheimer's, life begins to change, slowly but irrevocably, for Pam and everyone around her. Her husband grapples with his role as it evolves from primary partner to primary caregiver. Pam's adult children find ways to show their love and support while mourning the gradual loss of their mother. Her eldest son, Banker, records their conversations, allowing Pam to share memories of childhood and of her mother, the renowned painter Marian Williams Steele, who had Alzheimer's herself and died in 2001.
Pov is preempted on Sept. 15 and returns the following week.
Sept. 22: Koch by Neil Barsky
New York City mayors have a world stage on which to strut, and they have made legendary use of it. Yet few have matched the bravado, combativeness and egocentricity that Ed Koch brought to the office during his three terms from 1978 to 1989. As Neil Barskyâs Koch recounts, Koch was more than the blunt, funny man New Yorkers either loved or hated. Elected in the 1970s during the cityâs fiscal crisis, he was a new Democrat for the dawning Reagan era, fiscally conservative and socially liberal. Koch finds the former mayor politically active to the end (he died in 2013), still winning the affection of many New Yorkers while driving others to distraction.
In fall 2014 Pov presents a special broadcast (date and time to be announced):
The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
Nominated for an Academy Award, The Act of Killing is as dreamlike and terrifying as anything that Werner Herzog (one of the executive producers) could imagine. This film explores a horrifying era in Indonesian history and provides a window into modern Indonesia, where corruption reigns. Not only is the 1965 murder of an estimated one million people honored as a patriotic act, but the killers remain in power. In a mind-bending twist, death-squad leaders dramatize their brutal deeds in the style of the American westerns, musicals and gangster movies they love, and play both themselves and their victims. As their heroic facade crumbles, they come to question what they've done. Winner, 2014 BAFTA Film Award, Best Documentary.
- 6/22/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
PBS documentary series "Pov" will kick off its 27th season on June 23rd, and today announced its film lineup through August 18, with additional docs to be featured later in the regular season and as Pov specials to be announced shortly. Among the topics tackled by this year's slate are making a film with multiple sclerosis, the rebuilding of New Orleans, life sentences for juvelines and a Lebanese refugee camps. "Documentaries no longer exist on the cultural margins; they have become an essential tool in how we explore and experience the world," said Pov Executive Producer Simon Kilmurry. "The work produced by these filmmakers is remarkable and important, engaging, daring and entertaining. And, it's exciting to see how audiences celebrate and embrace these stories." Here's the June-August lineup. June 23 - "When I Walk" by Jason DaSilva Jason DaSilva was 25 years old and a rising independent filmmaker when a diagnosis of multiple...
- 3/13/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
In 2006, 25 year-old Jason DaSilva experienced a moment that once and for all indicated that his life had irrevocably changed. While on the beach during a family vacation, he suddenly fell down and was unable to get up. As he and others struggle to get him on his feet again, he laughs it off, but subsequent events would prove that this was a deadly serious occurrence. Just a few months earlier, DaSilva had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis - primary progressive multiple sclerosis, to be exact, a particularly debilitating form of the disease that doctors told him would lead to loss of his vision and motor control. Up until that point, however, this seemed merely a theoretical possibility. But that fateful fall on the...
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- 10/26/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Encasing Life In Amber: DaSilva Docs Descent With Ms
In the brief years leading up to 2006, Jason DaSilva was a healthy young filmmaker, traveling the world with camera in hand, documenting the movement of fellow man in cultures foreign and alive. Little did he know that at the age of 25 he would receive the devastating news that his own freedom of movement would slowly but surely be taken from him by the crippling hands of multiple sclerosis, frequently termed as Ms. Medically, nothing can be done. There is no cure and no effective treatments that help ease the process. He will inevitably lose his ability to move, speak and possibly even see, but before that happens DaSilva wants to make something of the time he has. Likely to be his final film, When I Walk sees the filmmaker bravely turning the camera on himself to give us the explicit experience...
In the brief years leading up to 2006, Jason DaSilva was a healthy young filmmaker, traveling the world with camera in hand, documenting the movement of fellow man in cultures foreign and alive. Little did he know that at the age of 25 he would receive the devastating news that his own freedom of movement would slowly but surely be taken from him by the crippling hands of multiple sclerosis, frequently termed as Ms. Medically, nothing can be done. There is no cure and no effective treatments that help ease the process. He will inevitably lose his ability to move, speak and possibly even see, but before that happens DaSilva wants to make something of the time he has. Likely to be his final film, When I Walk sees the filmmaker bravely turning the camera on himself to give us the explicit experience...
- 10/25/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
When filmmaker Jason DaSilva was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, he picked up his camera to document his declining mobility and his simultaneous burgeoning love story with Alice Cook, the woman who became his wife. This week, the film that documents his experience with the disease and his relationship with Cook, opens in a limited release, after screening to enthusiastic audiences at this year's Hot Docs and Sundance film festivals. But in addition to the film, which shows DaSilva encountering problems with accessiblity, DaSilva's also been working on an app that helps those with mobility issues to find out which businesses' entrances and bathrooms are accessible for those in wheelchairs like DaSilva. Check out the trailer for DaSilva's Axs map app and website: And here's a trailer from the film:...
- 10/24/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
"Wherever you live in this world, basically . . . you are alone. Even if [we] have support systems, we're really alone." Those words, shorn of sentimentality, are offered—and received—as motherly balm in the documentary When I Walk. Filmmaker Jason DaSilva, having turned his camera on himself to capture the ravaging effects of multiple sclerosis on his body and life, sits in a restaurant with his mother, lamenting the slim possibility of ever finding a partner, given his illness. Mom turns hardcore existentialist in response, and Jason nods matter-of-factly, saying simply, "True."
When I Walk probably wouldn't have made its way off the festival circuit were the words "inspiring" and "uplifting" not apt descriptors of it. But it's the intimacy (nicel...
When I Walk probably wouldn't have made its way off the festival circuit were the words "inspiring" and "uplifting" not apt descriptors of it. But it's the intimacy (nicel...
- 10/23/2013
- Village Voice
Ahead of its release later this month, Indiewire has obtained two exclusive new clips from Jason DaSilva's documentary "When I Walk." The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, captures his life following being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Despite the risk of debilitating side effects like loss of vision and muscle control, DaSilva maintains a positive disposition, turning the camera on himself as he undergoes a journey of self-discovery. The clips illustrate how DaSilva finds hope and humor in every situation. The first clip features him going on a date to the Guggenheim with a girl named Alice, who offers to also use a scooter to see what it's like from his point-of-view. The second also features Alice, as she and DaSilva go about creating a map of businesses whose locations are accessible to the physically disabled. "When I Walk" opens in New York City on October 25.
- 10/16/2013
- by Clint Holloway
- Indiewire
The 20th edition of Hot Docs concluded this weekend with 11 awards and $89,000 in cash and prizes being presented to Canadian and international filmmakers, including awards for Festival films in competition and those recognizing emerging and established filmmakers. Jason DaSilva's "When I Walk" -- in which the filmmaker grippingly documents his own seven-year struggle with a severe form of multiple sclerosis -- led the Canadian winners, while Inigo Westmeier's "Dragon Girls" -- about the students that train in the ancient Shaolin Kung Fu discipline at a school outside Beijing -- led with the international crop. Here's a full list of winners. Check out Indiewire's list of 10 films we loved at the fest here. Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award When I Walk (D: Jason DaSilva; P: Jason DaSilva, Alice Cook; USA, Canada) Sponsored by the Documentary Organization of Canada, the award includes a $10,000 cash prize courtesy of Hot Docs. An...
- 5/5/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Chicago – The first annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, presented by the Chicago Film Critics Association and dedicated to Roger Ebert, will take place this weekend, April 12-14, 2013 at the Muvico Rosemont 18. With over 20 films programmed, this will be your first chance to see many of the biggest films of the year, and some of these films may never play again in Chicago. Great documentaries, exclusive premieres, and celebrity guests — here are my personal highlights and links to get your tickets.
Stories We Tell
Photo credit: Roadside
“Stories We Tell”
Sarah Polley has transitioned from actress to director with remarkable ease, delivering the critically acclaimed “Away From Her” and “Take This Waltz.” Her latest film happens to be about her own drama as the documentary “Stories We Tell” attempts to answer questions about her mother’s past and becomes something of a commentary on how and why we tell these stories in the first place.
Stories We Tell
Photo credit: Roadside
“Stories We Tell”
Sarah Polley has transitioned from actress to director with remarkable ease, delivering the critically acclaimed “Away From Her” and “Take This Waltz.” Her latest film happens to be about her own drama as the documentary “Stories We Tell” attempts to answer questions about her mother’s past and becomes something of a commentary on how and why we tell these stories in the first place.
- 4/10/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Here is a complete listing of the films that were shown/covered by the Ioncinema.com team comprised of Nicholas Bell (Nb), Jordan M. Smith (Js) and Eric Lavallee (El). We’ll be populating this page up until March.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
- 1/29/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Park City, Utah – Every film festival produces at least one film (hopefully more) that just blows audiences away, shattering expectations and leaving them breathless. The future Oscar nominee from Sundance Film Festival 2013 is Richard Linklater’s “Before Midnight,” a film that is quite simply perfect. Now is the time in a feature when I would generally try to wrap up everything I’ve seen into one thematical bow for this particular piece. Screw that. I need to talk about my favorite movie in quite some time first. We’ll get to the others (and, to be fair, a few of the others are quite good.) I need to talk about Jesse & Celine.
It’s been nine years since Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy made the brilliant “Before Sunset,” a beautiful sequel to their charming “Before Sunrise.” Nine years later and the lovers from Linklater’s first two films...
It’s been nine years since Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy made the brilliant “Before Sunset,” a beautiful sequel to their charming “Before Sunrise.” Nine years later and the lovers from Linklater’s first two films...
- 1/23/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
JustFilms, the Ford Foundation’s social justice film fund, is providing major support to eight independent films selected for competition and premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the world’s leading showcase for independent filmmaking. Launched in 2011, JustFilms fosters film and media makers who are creating passionate and purposeful narratives. Film is an ideal medium to present a wide range of complex issues in a way that engages and inspires. Over the course of two years, JustFilms has given grants totaling $20 million to hundreds of exceptionally talented individuals and has partnered with numerous organizations such as the Sundance Institute, Itvs, HBO, Tribeca Film Institute, the Princess Grace Foundation and many others. One of the five JustFilms-funded projects that premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, “How to Survive a Plague,” has been nominated for a 2013 Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary Feature. This powerful, inspiring movie exemplifies...
- 1/18/2013
- by vmblog@hollywoodnews.com (Vitale Morum)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Here are some of the twitter feeds for those participating in the Sundance Film Festival’s 2013 Premieres and Docu Premieres section including (image featured above) docu film, The Crash Reel from helmer Lucy Walker. If you know of any other twitter feeds (producers, editors, Dps, scribes) we can add for each individual film – please let us know.
Premieres
A.C.O.D. – @ACODmovie
Director Stuart Zicherman – @stuzicherman
Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead – @M_E_Winstead
Big Sur
Director and screenwriter Michael Polish – @michael_polish
Actors Jean-Marc Barr – JeanMarc_Barr, Kate Bosworth – @katebosworth
Breathe In
Director Drake Doremus – @drakedoremus
Screenwriter Ben York Jones – @benyorkjones
Don Jon’s Addiction – @DonJonsAddict
Director, screenwriter and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt – @hitRECordJoe
Actors Julianne Moore – @_juliannemoore, Tony Danza – @TonyDanza
The East
Director Zal Batmanglij – @z_al
Screenwriter and actress Brit Marling – @britmarling
Actors Ellen Page – @EllenPage
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Screenwriter: Michael Starrbury – @StarrburyMike
Actors Skylan Brooks – @skylan_b,...
Premieres
A.C.O.D. – @ACODmovie
Director Stuart Zicherman – @stuzicherman
Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead – @M_E_Winstead
Big Sur
Director and screenwriter Michael Polish – @michael_polish
Actors Jean-Marc Barr – JeanMarc_Barr, Kate Bosworth – @katebosworth
Breathe In
Director Drake Doremus – @drakedoremus
Screenwriter Ben York Jones – @benyorkjones
Don Jon’s Addiction – @DonJonsAddict
Director, screenwriter and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt – @hitRECordJoe
Actors Julianne Moore – @_juliannemoore, Tony Danza – @TonyDanza
The East
Director Zal Batmanglij – @z_al
Screenwriter and actress Brit Marling – @britmarling
Actors Ellen Page – @EllenPage
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Screenwriter: Michael Starrbury – @StarrburyMike
Actors Skylan Brooks – @skylan_b,...
- 1/17/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
I can't abide prolonged cold weather, so I have avoided the Sundance Film Festival every year. Until now. Austin Film Society Associate Artistic Director Holly Herrick has persuaded me to go this time. After looking over the titles, I have gotten excited about the prospects. So, off I go today to Dillard's to add to my paltry "winter wardrobe" rarely worn in Austin. On Thursday, I fly to Utah for six days of movie-watching. Among the 21 films I propose to watch are a dozen (eight documentaries, four narratives) that I must see, provided I don't slip on the ice or get deterred by a flash mob surrounding a celebrity.
When I Walk -- Filmmaker Jason DaSilva had been making films since he was 17, but when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 25, he kept on making films. In his latest, he has turned the camera on himself...
When I Walk -- Filmmaker Jason DaSilva had been making films since he was 17, but when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 25, he kept on making films. In his latest, he has turned the camera on himself...
- 1/14/2013
- by Chale Nafus
- Slackerwood
The Sundance Film Festival has released their movie premiere line-up for 2013, and there's a lot of films on the list that I'm really interested in seeing. A few of the most notable movies include Before Midnight, jOBS, and Chan wook-Park's Stoker, which is the movie I'm most excited about seeing at the festival.
I'm excited about this year's festival, it looks like we're going to have a ton of movies to see, so we'll be extremely busy. I hope to hell I can find the time to see all the movies I want to see while I'm there. It's always a challenge, but it's a challenge I love to face.
Look over the movie premiere line-up below and let us know if there are any films you're looking forward to seeing!
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival,...
I'm excited about this year's festival, it looks like we're going to have a ton of movies to see, so we'll be extremely busy. I hope to hell I can find the time to see all the movies I want to see while I'm there. It's always a challenge, but it's a challenge I love to face.
Look over the movie premiere line-up below and let us know if there are any films you're looking forward to seeing!
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival,...
- 12/4/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Sundance is really loading up on docs this year – a section that contained eight or so offerings in 2012 now holds almost a dozen and from awrd0-winning documentarians who’ve populated the fest in the past. R.J. Cutler moves from the pages of Vogue with The September Issue to exploring Dick Cheney. After Restrepo, Sebastian Junger returns without his docu-filmmaker partner Tim Hetherington with a doc film on Hetherington’s behind the scenes life as a war journo. Alex Gibney who has been pretty much on a two doc film a year pace is not surprisingly coming to Sundance with his Wikileaks doc, while Lucy Walker returns with a portrait on half-pipe specialist, Kevin Pearce. Here’s the slew of new docu title offerings:
Anita / U.S.A. (Director: Freida Mock) — Anita Hill, an African-American woman, charges Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment in explosive Senate hearings in...
Anita / U.S.A. (Director: Freida Mock) — Anita Hill, an African-American woman, charges Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment in explosive Senate hearings in...
- 12/4/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Sundance Film Festival 2013 is becoming more and more promising seemingly with each passing day.
Last week, we heard the brilliant first line-up, which included the likes of Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Kill Your Darlings, The Spectacular Now, Touchy Feely, and Crystal Fairy.
Then came the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier line-ups, which included Sightseers’ Us premiere, S-vhs, and We Are What We Are.
And tonight the festival has announced its line-ups in the Premieres and Documentary Premieres category, and they are somewhat amazing.
Topping the list is Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s feature directorial debut, Don Jon’s Addiction, which is all but guaranteed to be one of the best films of next year.
Also heading to Utah will be Zal Batmanglij’s The East, starring Ellen Page, Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, and Toby Kebbell, seeing the director re-team with Marling once more following the success of Sound of My Voice.
Last week, we heard the brilliant first line-up, which included the likes of Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Kill Your Darlings, The Spectacular Now, Touchy Feely, and Crystal Fairy.
Then came the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier line-ups, which included Sightseers’ Us premiere, S-vhs, and We Are What We Are.
And tonight the festival has announced its line-ups in the Premieres and Documentary Premieres category, and they are somewhat amazing.
Topping the list is Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s feature directorial debut, Don Jon’s Addiction, which is all but guaranteed to be one of the best films of next year.
Also heading to Utah will be Zal Batmanglij’s The East, starring Ellen Page, Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, and Toby Kebbell, seeing the director re-team with Marling once more following the success of Sound of My Voice.
- 12/3/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A successful young filmmaker explores his worsening multiple sclerosis
By Paul Hiebert - There was a time when any young documentary filmmaker would have wanted to be in Jason DaSilva.s position. In his early twenties, living in Manhattan, he had a burgeoning career. Olivia.s Puzzle, his senior-year film project from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada, was screened at over 30 film festivals, including the coveted Sundance. It won awards and garnered an Oscar qualification. He was in negotiations with HBO, PBS and CBC about broadcasting his work, and had began his own production company, In Face Films. He was set to begin his profession in the highly competitive film industry, as a highly competitive filmmaker.
But while at the Sundance in 2003, his body began acting strange.
.I remember walking a bit slower and off balance for my screenings,. said DaSilva. .So I would always...
By Paul Hiebert - There was a time when any young documentary filmmaker would have wanted to be in Jason DaSilva.s position. In his early twenties, living in Manhattan, he had a burgeoning career. Olivia.s Puzzle, his senior-year film project from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada, was screened at over 30 film festivals, including the coveted Sundance. It won awards and garnered an Oscar qualification. He was in negotiations with HBO, PBS and CBC about broadcasting his work, and had began his own production company, In Face Films. He was set to begin his profession in the highly competitive film industry, as a highly competitive filmmaker.
But while at the Sundance in 2003, his body began acting strange.
.I remember walking a bit slower and off balance for my screenings,. said DaSilva. .So I would always...
- 2/3/2010
- Arizona Reporter
The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) will be held October 1-16, 2009. Founded in 1982, Viff's mandate is "...to encourage the understanding of other nations through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia and Canada..." Over 150,000 people are expected to attend 640 screenings of 360 films from 80 countries. Here is an up-to-date list of directors, confirmed to attend Viff 2009, along with their films : "1428" Du Haibin "1999" Lenin Sivam "65_RedRoses" Philip Lyall & Nimisha Mukerji "Adelaide" Liliana Greenfield-Sanders "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector" Vikram Jayanti "Ana & Arthur" Larry Young "The Anchorage" Anders Edström & Curtis Winter "Antoine" Laura Bari "Argippo Resurrected" Dan Krames "The Art of Drowning" Diego Maclean "At Home By Myself... With You" Kris Booth "At The Edge Of The World" Dan Stone...
- 9/27/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
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