Category: documentary
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THE BROTHER by Jérémie Battaglia A short film with a remarkable festival career Now available on ICI TOU.TV EXTRA
Les Films du 3 Mars and Les Films Extérieur Jour are thrilled to announce the online release of The Brother, a moving documentary short film by Jérémie Battaglia with an impressive career on the festival circuit. Mixing documentary and animation, the film tells the story of a French-Moroccan family taking care of their son Kaïs, who has lost the use of…
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POV Shorts Award Winning Documentary Shorts Series Continues Season 4 Tomorrow: Monday, November 29 With Episode 3
POV Shorts Have Received Academy Award & Emmy Nominations Broadcast & Streaming Debut of 4th Season on PBS Upcoming Films Include : Seahorse, Águilas, Le Frère, and Team Meryland New York, N.Y. – POV Shorts, the newest series from American Documentary, continues its fourth season with Episode 3 tomorrow: Monday, November 29, 2021 on PBS and streaming online at POV.org. Additional episodes…
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FILMOCRACY INTRODUCES THE INDUSTRY NETWORKTriad of FestDance Panels, Filmocracy Talks, and Round Tables Adds Education, Networking-December 9th-10th in Los Angeles and Nationwide
Roster of Ambassadors Grows as Networking Opportunities Expand For Hybrid Event During Filmocracy Fest December 9th-10th in Los Angeles and Nationwide https://filmocracyfest.com/ Los Angeles, CA —Filmocracy, the world’s premiere digital screening, distribution, and experience platform, announced its roster of new industry programs today. As the independent film and festival spaces continue to evolve, Filmocracy’s founders…
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IN NYC, LA, SF, CHI – Sundance Audience Award and Jury Award winner WRITING WITH FIRE, Documentary awards contender!
“The most inspiring journalism movie — maybe ever. An essential portrait of the fight for press freedom. Writing With Fire reminds us that there are always people who, despite incredible odds, will choose to do this work.” – Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post DOUBLE SUNDANCE AWARD WINNER & OSCAR CONTENDER WRITING WITH FIRE OPENS AT IN NYC THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26 PLUS…
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2021 Reel Asian Awards Ceremony
2021 AWARDS WINNERS In case you missed the Awards Ceremony recently, also included is a summary below to catch you up! Juried by distinguished creatives, filmmakers and industry professionals (including Shelly Kraicer, Lee Won-suk, Jan Wong, Leong Puiyee, Rupali Morzaria, and Tim Chiou), these awards speak to the brilliant talent within our communities and the…
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Reel Asian International Film Festival 2021
By Sally Warburton Film Festivals are back!…. Although not fully… The Opening Ceremony was in person at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema but the rest of the films were online. Opening Night on Wednesday, November 10th was the screening of the film ISLANDS. The in-person screening guests included director Martin Edralin, Producer Priscilla Galvez plus…
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STREAMING THANKSGIVING WEEK – ‘IN CASE OF EMERGENCY’ award-winning documentary on emergency nurses has re-release WED. NOV. 24TH by KINO LORBER
STREAMING FREE FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY FROM KINO LORBER WINNER – GRAND JURY AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY 2021 United Nations Association Film Festival WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD The Boston Globe’s 2020 GlobeDocs Film Festival WINNER – ROTARY OF THE CHAGRIN VALLEY SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD 2020 Chagrin Film Festival ‘IN CASE OF EMERGENCY’ TIMELY DOCUMENTARY ON EMERGENCY NURSES…
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RIDM announces the 2021 People’s Choice Award: DEAR AUDREY by Jeremiah Hayes
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) ended its run of theatrical screenings yesterday, Sunday, November 21. The 24th edition presented 78 public screenings for many eager filmgoers who had the opportunity to discover the selected films on the big screen at the Cinémathèque québécoise, Cinéma du Musée, Cinéma du Parc or Cineplex Quartier Latin. Invited to vote for their favourite film,…
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The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) concludes its screenings in theatres tomorrow, Sunday, November 21. The winners of this 24th edition have just been unveiled at the awards ceremony, which took place at the Cinémathèque québécoise. The RIDM is pleased to announce that all holders of a RIDM online passport or a subscription to Bloc 3 will have…
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LOS ANGELES SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE AWARD WINNING – “LIKE A ROLLING STONE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BEN FONG-TORRES” – DIRECTED BY SUZANNE JOE
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ACADEMY AWARD® WINNING WRITER/DIRECTORCAMERON CROWE(ALMOST FAMOUS; JERRY MAGUIRE),EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DOUG BLUSH,MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE,LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL,VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS, ANDASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION – LOS ANGELES THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BEN FONG-TORRESA FILM BY SUZANNE JOE KAI MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE9786 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90035 FOR MORE INFO: https://likearollingstonemovie.com/ “What a…
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AWARD WINNING ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND ARTIST LUCY LIU BOARDS ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS: “UNZIPPED: AN AUTOPSY OF AMERICAN INEQUALITY” WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY COLIN K. GRAY
AWARD WINNING ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND ARTIST LUCY LIU BOARDS ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS: “UNZIPPED: AN AUTOPSY OF AMERICAN INEQUALITY” WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY COLIN K. GRAY LIU JOINS AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER WITH A UNIQUE AND DIVERSE PRODUCTION TEAM, MUSICIANS, AND MORE FOR THIS IMPACTFUL AND MOVING FILM INCLUDING HIP-HOP GROUP RUN…
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Based on the posthumously published bestselling memoir of the same name, the film takes you inside the mind of a young woman who tries to live a full life while dying.
Mallory Smith was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of three. In her twenty five-year battle with the deadly disease, she carved out a life that most of us don’t come close to. Using Mallory’s posthumously published 25,000-page secret diaries, hundreds of hours of newly discovered footage, and audio recordings, the film offers Mallory as the narrator of…
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FILMOCRACY FEST 2021 Returns for Second Annual Outing With Hybrid Digital and In-Person Program in Los Angeles, Nationwide December 9-12
FILMOCRACY FEST 2021 Returns for Second Annual Outing With Hybrid Digital and In-Person Program Event Unspools December 9-12 in Los Angeles and Nationwide Special Presentations and Documentary Sections Announced https://festival.filmocracy.com/filmfest2/ Los Angeles, CA (November 11, 2021)—Filmocracy, the world’s premiere digital screening, distribution and experience platform, has announced it will reprise its groundbreaking Film Festival. Their…
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NY PREMIERE 11/11 AHEAD OF PBS DEBUT 11/15.- Acclaimed film STORM LAKE on a family’s fight for community, local newspaper, journalism’s future
NEW YORK PREMIERE AT DOC NYC ON 11/11 AHEAD OF NATIONAL TV & STREAMING RELEASE 11/15 Award-winning documentary Storm Lake on one family’s fight for its community, local newspaper, and journalism’s future will have its New York premiere at DOC NYC on November 11 – ahead of its national TV and streaming debut on PBS on November 15. Featured on NPR’s Fresh…
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TRY HARDER!WORLD PREMIERE – U.S. Documentary Competition – 2021 Sundance Film Festival
A Greenwich Entertainment releaseITVS, The Center for Asian American Media, and California HumanitiesIn Association with XTRPresent TRY HARDER! Directed and Produced by Debbie LumProduced by Nico OpperExecutive Produced by Geralyn Dreyfous, Nadia Pham-Lockwood, Jean Tsien WORLD PREMIERE – U.S. Documentary Competition – 2021 Sundance Film Festival WINNER – 2021 Doc Edge Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2021…
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First Responder PTSD Documentary “Florian’s Knights” As Rollout Continues for US & Canadian Multiple Market Theatrical and TVOD/Digital and Blu-Ray/DVD
Canadian filmmaker Panayioti Yannitsos (“Freedom Besieged”) Canadian produced powerful independent feature documentary “Florian’s Knights” through Crowbar Pictures, Inc began their rollout release of the film in theaters across the USA and Canada on September 10th. Markets included in the theatrical rollout –New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, and Saskatoon. A Canadian…
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THEATRICAL DATE OPENING – AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY – “COURAGE” A FILM BY ALIAKSEI PALUYAN – NOVEMBER 12 IN THEATERS – LAEMMLE GLENDALE! PROVIDES A VERY INSIGHTFUL AND DEEP LOOK INTO THE RECENT PROTESTS IN BELARUS.
COURAGE Directed and Written by Aliaksei Paluyan and Produced by Jörg Möllenkamp During the presidential elections in Belarus, three actors from an underground theater in Minsk are caught up in the whirlpool of mass protests. It draws them onto the open streets of Minsk to protest for freedom of speech and the long-awaited change of…
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ImagineNative Media and Arts Festival 2021 Virtual Toronto
By Sally Warburton ImagineNATIVE is the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous films. And it was back for a second virtual year October 19 – 24, 2021. Lots of Indigenous films from all over the world including two which BK screened virtually Solo el Mar Nos Separe and Tote Abuelo The film title says in Spanish Solo…
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37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Announces 2021 Shortlists for Feature and Short Documentary Films
Los Angeles, CA – The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards shortlists for the Best Feature and Best Short categories. The nominees for all categories will be revealed on Monday, November 15, 2021. The 2021 awards ceremony will take place Saturday, February 5, 2022 at Paramount Studios. From the shortlists, up to ten…
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imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Announces 2021 Festival Award Winners
Caroline Monnet Wins Dramatic Feature Award for BootleggerLandon Dyksterhouse wins Documentary Feature Award for Warrior Spirit On Sunday, October 24, 2021 at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival online Awards Presentation, the esteemed Festival juries considered film, video, audio, and digital media works Indigenous artists from around the world to select winners in 18 categories with $56,500 in cash prizes…
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