20 Feet from Stardom , Morgan Neville's celebration of the dynamic singers behind some of the the greatest hits in rock ‘n' roll, took the Academy
Oscars
'The Missing Picture' screens February 20 as part of IDA's The Art of Documentary screening series.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: It is with a heavy heart that we announce Alice Herz Sommer's passing at the age of 110 on Sunday, February 23, 2014. My interview with
'CaveDigger' screens March 1 at 1:10 p.m. as part of IDA's DocuDay.
Winner of the Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award
Editor's Note: Open Heart is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. What follows, in part, is an interview with director
'Hell and Back Again' is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2012 Academy Awards®.
'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' airs January 12 on HBO.
Breakwater Studios is the first spotlight of Making a Production, our new strand of in-depth profiles featuring production companies that make critically-acclaimed nonfiction film and media in innovative ways. Mark Jonathan Harris digs into the company's history from its founding by Ben Proudfoot to its recent support of other directors, its branded content division, and the key creative characteristics of their award-winning short films.
Everyone wants an Academy Award. But for the last several years, nonfiction filmmakers working in the nonprofit sector have faced daunting competition