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Nancy Buirski's 'The Loving Story' airs February 14 on HBO.
'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' airs January 12 on HBO.
Lee Hirsch's 'Bully' opens March 30 through The Weinstein Company.
Two documentary filmmakers lose their lives in an Australian helicopter accident.
The 14th RealScreen Summit was all about the numbers. More than 2,000 people attended; it was sold out. About 50 agents roamed the halls. Twenty-eight countries were represented. Four key factors are needed for a hit reality show. Three liquor bottles were placed next to Nat Geo CEO David Lyle at his keynote session. And one show won the pitch contest. (It was called Frogwomen.) The biggest gathering ever for the conference, the Realscreen Summit ran January 29-February 1 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel. The event was so big that Realscreen rented out the entire hotel, making schmoozing
'The Story of Film: An Odyssey' screens at Museum of Modern Art in New York City through February 16.
Over the next few weeks, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work has been honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with an Oscar nomination. This interview was originally published in conjunction with DocuWeeks, IDA's program that presents short and feature length documentaries to appreciative audiences in theatrical runs designed to qualify the films for consideration for the Academy Awards®. We asked the filmmakers to share the stories behind their films--the inspirations, the challenges and obstacles, the goals and objectives, the reactions
A report on "The Rise of the Feature Documentary" panel at the 2012 History Makers International conference