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Ira Glass' THIS AMERICAN LIFE and YOUNG@HEART receive honors.
I spent Friday, November 7th at AFI Fest 2008 kicking around in future space, attending the second day of AFI Digifest. Digifest is part of the AFI Digital Content Lab (DCL), a research and development incubator for new forms of digital entertainment. Throughout the year, the Lab generates digital media prototypes conceived and built by collaborative teams of professional volunteer mentors. The first day of DigiFest, which I sadly was not able to attend, is dedicated to showing off the prototypes, which this year included project with HBOlab, the online Newshour team, ABC.com, and Earth Echo
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Get the roundup of the eigth Doc Buenos Aires festival.
The 11th annual United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) returned to the San Francisco Bay Area last month. I had the opportunity to watch the October 22nd lineup, which included Salim Baba (Tim Sternberg, dir.; Francisco Bello, prod.), Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney, dir.prod.; Eva Orner, prod.), Hammoudi (Anwar Saab, dir.; Tima Khalil, prod.) and Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives-The Environmental Footprints of War (Alice and Lincoln Day, dirs./prods.) . This was my first time at this festival. I was struck by the hometown, grassroots feel, complete with free cookies and coffee and
The "happiest place on earth" is said to be in Anaheim, Calif., but every October in Austin, Texas, more fun can be found at the Austin Film Festival (AFF). Now in its 15th year, AFF features a full-blown screenwriters conference complete with screenplay competitions and screenwriting and film industry panels. The AFF distinguishes itself from Austin's SXSW and other fests by catering primarily to a narrative-driven audience with professional screenwriter and filmmaker aspirations. Noticeably absent were black-clad Starbucks swillers, snarling into cell phones at local restaurants. Everyone at
Q&A with filmmakers Stephen Higgins and Nina Gilden Seavey.
Also: Nick Broomfield's "Five Docs That Broke the Mold."