This is a tough awards season! Lots of great movies to see, so little time! I'm catching up like crazy before we vote for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for the Broadcast Film Critics Association. So I apologize if I haven't updated you with the latest on the awards season 2013-2014! And there were many award-giving bodies announcing nominations.
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
- 12/2/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Dogwoof has secured its first TV sales deal with Al Jazeera English for Village at the End of the World.
Sarah Gavron and David Katznelson’s documentary was released earlier this year in the UK and centres on a remote village in Greenland with a population of 58 and 1 teenager, all pulling together to save their village.
Jackie Murray picked up the title for Al Jazeera English, where it will screen on Oct 2. It will also be shown on Al Jazeera America later this year.
Flora Gregory, editor of Witness, Al Jazeera English’s flagship documentary strand, said: “This story is perfect for our viewers and communities all around the world.”
Village at the End of the World was produced by Met Film and is the second collaboration between the two companies following Town of Runners, released by Dogwoof in 2012.
Sarah Gavron and David Katznelson’s documentary was released earlier this year in the UK and centres on a remote village in Greenland with a population of 58 and 1 teenager, all pulling together to save their village.
Jackie Murray picked up the title for Al Jazeera English, where it will screen on Oct 2. It will also be shown on Al Jazeera America later this year.
Flora Gregory, editor of Witness, Al Jazeera English’s flagship documentary strand, said: “This story is perfect for our viewers and communities all around the world.”
Village at the End of the World was produced by Met Film and is the second collaboration between the two companies following Town of Runners, released by Dogwoof in 2012.
- 9/3/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
House Hunt by Shashwati Talukdar and K for Camera by Kumud Ranjan are among the 10 projects selected for the for the inaugural Viewfinder Asia project. ViewfinderAsia project is being organised by Al Jazeera in partnership with Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Network of Documentary.
The selected film makers will attend the workshop running from 30th September – 6th October inBusan,South Korea. Here they will develop their projects for a potential broadcast on the Al Jazeera in 2013.
Flora Gregory, Programme Editor of the documentary flagship, Fiona Lawson-Baker, Executive Producer based inMalaysiaand independent filmmakers James Leong and Lynn Lee from Lianain Films inSingaporewill together lead the workshop.
“Viewfinder is an international project in which Al Jazeera collaborates with local film institutions in key regions with a goal to discover local documentaries,” says the press release of the workshop.
Kumud Ranjan and Shashwati Talukdar are no new names at the Busan International Film Festival.
The selected film makers will attend the workshop running from 30th September – 6th October inBusan,South Korea. Here they will develop their projects for a potential broadcast on the Al Jazeera in 2013.
Flora Gregory, Programme Editor of the documentary flagship, Fiona Lawson-Baker, Executive Producer based inMalaysiaand independent filmmakers James Leong and Lynn Lee from Lianain Films inSingaporewill together lead the workshop.
“Viewfinder is an international project in which Al Jazeera collaborates with local film institutions in key regions with a goal to discover local documentaries,” says the press release of the workshop.
Kumud Ranjan and Shashwati Talukdar are no new names at the Busan International Film Festival.
- 9/29/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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