The 14th RealScreen Summit was all about the numbers. More than 2,000 people attended; it was sold out. About 50 agents roamed the halls. Twenty-eight countries were represented. Four key factors are needed for a hit reality show. Three liquor bottles were placed next to Nat Geo CEO David Lyle at his keynote session. And one show won the pitch contest. (It was called Frogwomen.) The biggest gathering ever for the conference, the Realscreen Summit ran January 29-February 1 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel. The event was so big that Realscreen rented out the entire hotel, making schmoozing
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'The Story of Film: An Odyssey' screens at Museum of Modern Art in New York City through February 16.
Over the next few weeks, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work has been honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with an Oscar nomination. This interview was originally published in conjunction with DocuWeeks, IDA's program that presents short and feature length documentaries to appreciative audiences in theatrical runs designed to qualify the films for consideration for the Academy Awards®. We asked the filmmakers to share the stories behind their films--the inspirations, the challenges and obstacles, the goals and objectives, the reactions
A report on "The Rise of the Feature Documentary" panel at the 2012 History Makers International conference
The seed of inspiration for the production of There Was Once... was planted in filmmaker Gabor Kalman's mind and heart when he received an e-mail from a stranger halfway around the world. Gyongyi Mago, a high school teacher in Kalocsa, Hungary, introduced herself and explained that she was doing research about the history of the town for a dissertation she was going to write in order to earn an advanced degree. There Was Once...is a 103-minute documentary produced and directed by Kalman. It documents how the Nazi invasion of his homeland and the subsequent Holocaust affected the people who
A review of the book 'Cinema’s Alchemist: The Films of Peter Forgaćs'
Documentary Production Fund Honors Legendary Filmmaker Pare Lorentz
Reuters and the Huffington Post have reported that documentary filmmaker and co-host of the 2011 IDA Documentary Awards Josh Fox has been arrested on Capitol Hill this morning. Fox was attempting to film a House committee meeting where a report by the EPA on the possible contamination of a Wyoming aquifier due to "fracking" was being discussed. The filmmaker, whose film Gasland deals specifically with this issue, was arrested for not having the proper credentials to film this event, despite an attempt to apply for credentialing the day prior to the meeting. You can follow this story unfold on
3-Minute Documentary Initiative World Premieres First Five Films at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival with Day-And-Date Online Distribution via Vimeo.