And the winner is...'Harvest of Empire"!
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And the winner is...'La Camioneta'!
The Creative Recognition Awards honor creative achievement in documentary filmmaking. Recognizing contributions in cinematography, editing, use of music and writing in documentary feature films, these awards underscore the collaborative effort of powerful nonfiction storytelling. Creative Recognition Award for Cinematography Women with Cows Director/Cinematographer: Peter Gerdehag Seventy-nine-year-old Britt Georgsson has devoted her entire life to cows. She's been tending them since the age of four and, despite health problems, has no intention of abandoning her strenuous work caring for her
"You're late." The bus driver, normally easy-going in his cowboy boots, is furious. For the past two years, he has faithfully carted my daughter to and from school. I'd arrived at today's pickup with my laptop, planning to grasp a few moments of work before moving into the flurry of homework and dinner. My daughter is on a nearby bench, slumped low in her hoodie sweatshirt, lacrosse stick by her side. She is the last child here. My mind shifts to Scott Hicks' documentary Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts. Filmed over 18 months, Hicks follows the renowned composer as his third wife
Giving heartland audiences a true international program, the 27th annual Starz Denver International Film Festival (SDIFF) screened 189 features and shorts from 34 countries during its 10-day run last October. One of the most highly anticipated events on Denver's fall cultural calendar, SDIFF treats nonfiction films admirably, allocating them prime screening times and inviting numerous documentary filmmakers to participate in the festival. "We've always taken the nonfiction genre seriously and always had a lot of documentaries," says the festival's co-founder and artistic director Ron Henderson
Ricky Leacock tells the following story about Robert Flaherty: "Flaherty was filming in the Arctic when he saw a man carving a piece of wood. He asked the man what he was carving. The man replied, 'I don't know. I got to find it.'" The anecdote encapsulates Leacock's philosophy of documentary filmmaking, an approach that was partially molded in the crucible of his experiences as Flaherty's cameraman on Louisiana Story. "I never worked with anyone who had an understanding of film like Flaherty," Leacock says. "He taught me how to look. Before then, everything was controlled. Most filmmakers
A blast of arctic air hit the desert city of Palm Springs, Calif., last week, during its 24th International Film Festival; Park City, Utah-type dress was more appropriate than the usual sandals-and-shorts ensembles. More than 130,000 attended the festival, which spotlighted 36 feature documentaries among the 182 films, over the course of 11 days. The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) awards two major honors to documentaries: the Audience Award, which went to Ramona Diaz's Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey , and the John Schlesinger Award, a juried prize for best debut
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