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'Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey' is a documentary set entirely within the world of Second Life.
Three decades after filmmaker Roman Polanski fled the country rather than face imprisonment for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, Marina Zenovich's 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' tells the story behind the trial.
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Filmmaker Franny Armstrong culminates four years of innovative filmmaking and fundraising.
Faith, hope and charity: A long walk down funder’s alley.
A proposal for a European Best Practice on Fair Use in Documentaries.
A fresh and revitalizing energy filled the room at the Heineken/IDA documentary networking cocktail party during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, an event sponsored by Heineken beer. For a few hours, over sushi and drinks, stimulating conversations were shared among an international corps of members from our community. The debate over the writers strike, which has been the focus of the industry for several months in Los Angeles, was overshadowed by discussions of individualistic stories, funding prospects, finalizing of deals and, mostly, a strong desire to explore new ways of distribution. On
Dear Readers, It's that time again, when the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have bestowed the nominations for the best documentaries in the short and feature categories. But are they the best? Or have some deserving docs been overlooked? Well, filmmaker/blogger AJ Schnack took one look at the Short List last November, and after fielding scores of e-mails about what was snubbed, felt compelled to do something about it. So, he and Thom Powers, the documentary programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival, worked with a corps of doc programmers to come up with
The IDA celebrates its annual event with filmmakers, guests and more.