The Academy Award is widely regarded as the ultimate achievement in filmmaking. In the case of the documentary categories, winning can catapult a film
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Oliver Stone's films have been lighting rods for controversy, particularly when he's fictionalized real events (consider the responses to Salvador
For the last three years, a highlight for documentarians at the Sundance Film Festival has been the House of Docs, a community space designed to
The Big Apple's crowded festival scene has had room for the New York Exposition of Short Film and Video ( www.nyexpo.org) for 36 years, making it the
The 2003 Sundance Film Festival opened with a number of palpable changes: longtime festival co-director and documentary impresario Nicole Guillemet
When the Slamdance Film Festival debuted in 1995, there were 12 features and 12 shorts programmed out of a mere 40 submissions. A motley group of
Although Spain now has a vibrant feature film industry-and an icon in internationally acclaimed director Pedro Almodvar-the country has no real
For filmmakers, the changes at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may seem a little mind-bending. There are new rules regarding
How do filmmakers choose what to document? They choose what moves them, what may bring about change; they explore personal histories, investigate
DOCS ROCK, a digital documentary film curriculum targeting high school students, was officially expanded in October 2002. A two-day teacher-training