CHAINSAW, an ongoing supporter of the documentary film community, joins as a sponsor of the 15th Annual DocuWeeks Theatrical Showcase. Other DocuWeeks sponsors are FotoKem, NBCUniversal Archives and the Canadian Consulate.
Thank
you CHAINSAW for being so
awesome and
for all that you do for documentary filmmakers!
CHAINSAW, based in Hollywood, CA, provides editorial services from concept to completion. Emmy Award winning editors Bill DeRonde and Mike Polito used their years of hands-on experience to build a full-service post facility that gives editors what they need to get the client what they want. From American Idol to the Academy Awards, Chainsaw has been helping producers for over 15 years.
To learn more about CHAINSAW, visit their website by clicking here.
at the Los Angeles Film Festival
As the standard-bearer for daily journalism, the New York Times has been confronted bythe 21st-century old-media revenue crisis in a way mirrored by no otherAmerican newspaper. Andrew Rossi's Page One provides a tour through thesecritical issues, guided by the company's curmudgeonly, idiosyncratic mediacritic David Carr.
Wed., June 22, 7:00p.m., Regal 8 / Thu, June 23, 4:30p.m., Regal 12
Now in its 17th year, Film Independent’s Los Angeles FilmFestival, presented by Los Angeles Times, showcases the best of American andinternational cinema. The 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival takes place June16-26, 2011 in downtown Los Angeles. For passes, tickets and full Festival detailsplease call 1.866.FilmFest orvisit www.LAFilmFest.com
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
Screens at the Los Angeles Film Festival
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, an IDA fiscal sponsored film, profiles Chineseadoptees in contemporary America. This deeply moving documentary illustratesthat even the most specific of experiences can be universally relatable. Of theroughly 80,000 girls that have been adopted from China since 1981, the filmmakers followfour giggly, typical American teens who reveal a heartbreaking sense ofself-awareness. Issues of identity, race and gender are brought to life throughthese articulate subjects, who approach life with honesty and open hearts.
Sat, June 18, 3:10 PM Regal 11 / Tue, June 21, 7:30 PM Regal 14
Wed, June 22, 4:30 PM Regal 9
Now in its 17th year, Film Independent’s Los Angeles FilmFestival, presented by Los Angeles Times, showcases the best of American andinternational cinema. The 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival takes place June16-26, 2011 in downtown Los Angeles. For passes, tickets and full Festival detailsplease call 1.866.FilmFest orvisit www.LAFilmFest.com
CALL FOR ENTRIES 2011
Enter Now! Earlybird Deadline: June 10, 2011
IDA is proud to announce submissions are open for the 27th Annual IDA Documentary Awards. The IDA Documentary Awards is the foremost event dedicated to the art of documentary film. All winners will be honored at the IDA Documentary Awards Gala in Los Angeles, December 2, 2011.
Entry is open to any documentary, nonfiction or factual program completed between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011 that qualifies for one of the five main award categories.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE 27TH ANNUAL IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS EVENT PAGE.
Latino Producers Academy - Application Deadline Extended to Wednesday, June 8!
Application Deadline Extended to Wednesday, June 8
The LPA is an intensive ten-day professional development workshop for Latino/a film and public television documentary producers. It is designed to support both emerging and mid-career professionals with projects in development and pre-production. The purpose of this program is to prepare you for what lies ahead both on your productions and your developing career as a professional producer. It will provide strong and practical information about the components necessary to develop, package, produce and distribute your next project, from development and material acquisition through post-production, marketing and distribution.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has provided the IDA
with a generous grant in support of Doc U - a series of hands-on
educational seminars and workshops for aspiring and experienced
documentary filmmakers.
"We are very appreciative for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences' ongoing dedication to documentary filmmakers," explains
Michael Lumpkin, IDA's Executive Director. "This funding will allow the
IDA to take Doc U on tour once again. There is such a high demand for
Doc U, so we are really excited that The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences has decided to fund the program again."
Last year, IDA took Doc U on the road to three cities - New
York City, Washington D.C. and Boston. The tour, featuring filmmaker
Julia Bacha, was also supported by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences.
The next Doc U tour will be implemented this year, in fall or early
winter.
Next Doc U set for Monday, June 13 at The Cinefamily in Los Angeles: DOC U: FINE CUT - Exploring the Director/Editor Collaboration. For ticket info, visit the Doc U event page.
CURRENT TV LAUNCHES ORIGINAL SERIES
"50 DOCUMENTARIES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE"
IDA BOARD PRESDIENT, EDDIE SCHMIDT, PART OF THE SELECTION PANEL
Current TV will premiere the new original series, “50 Documentaries To See Before You Die,” on Monday, August 1. Hosted by renowned documentarian Morgan Spurlock, this series examines how, over the last quarter-century, the documentary feature has evolved into an increasingly mainstream genre, becoming a major box office draw and impacting society and contemporary American culture in ways never seen before.
Some of the world’s greatest documentary filmmakers will be a part of the series including directors Chris Hegedus (“STARTUP.COM”; “The War Room”), Errol Morris (“The Thin Blue Line,” The Fog of War”) D.A. Pennebaker (“War Room,” “Don’t Look Back”) and Penelope Spheeris, (“The Decline of Western Civilization” parts I, II and III).
The panel members who were involved in the selection process include Eddie Schmidt President of the International Documentary Association, Brian Graden, Programming Consultant for Current TV and former President of Programming MTV Networks, Betsy McLane, Project Director for the American Documentary Showcase and co-author of ‘A New History of Documentary Film,’ Michael Renov Associate Dean of USC's School of Cinematic Arts and author of ‘The Subject of Documentary,’ and Rahdi Taylor Associate Director of the Sundance Documentary Film Program.
Monday, June 13, 2011 at The Cinefamily
Save the date for June 13 and plan to join producer/director Robert Kenner (Two Days in October; Food, Inc.), as he engages with Kate Amend, ACE (Into the Arms of Strangers: The Long Way Home), Kim Roberts (Food, Inc., Waiting for Superman) and Victor Livingston (Shakespeare Behind Bars, Crumb) in an exploration of the rewards, and challenges, inherent in the director/editor collaboration.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE, CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Doc U is made possible by generous grants and contributions from our donors. Special support provided by:
Call for
Documentary Entries:
duPont Awards at Columbia UNIVERSITY
ENTRY DEADLINES: July 1, 2011
Call for Entries: Alfred I.
duPont-Columbia University Awards.
Honoring Outstanding Documentary
& Long Form Journalism
WHAT MAKES A DUPONT WINNER? The duPont Jury honors outstanding journalism. We look for excellence in reporting and evidence of commitment to important stories.
ELIGIBILITY Programs must have appeared on air, on line or in theaters for the first time between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.
ENTRY DEADLINES Entries must be submitted by July
1.
Enter at: dupontawards.org
Cinematographer Haskell Wexler on fiction, film, and foreign policy at IDA's DOC U: Straight Shooting - A Conversation with World-Class Documentary DPs held April 25, 2011
LISTEN NOW!
Haskell Wexler is an academy award winning Cinematographer responsible for films like American Graffiti and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. But he was also an underrated director of documentaries touching on topics like sleep deprivation, torture, and the infamous Weather Underground. This past month he discussed his work with a panel of cinematographer at Cinefamily's Silent Movie Theater for a discussion on cinematography put on by the International Documentary Association. Here, he speaks with panel moderator Richard Pearce. FROM 89.3 KPCC/Public Radio