Over the next month, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work is represented in the DocuWeeks TM Theatrical Documentary Showcase, which runs from August 12 through September 1 in New York City and August 19 through September 8 in Los Angeles. We asked the filmmakers to share the stories behind their films--the inspirations, the challenges and obstacles, the goals and objectives, the reactions to their films so far. So, to continue this series of conversations, here is Nick Brandestini, director/producer of Darwin. Synopsis: Darwin is a documentary film about an
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Over the next month, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work is represented in the DocuWeeks TM Theatrical Documentary Showcase, which runs from August 12 through September 1 in New York City and August 19 through September 8 in Los Angeles. We asked the filmmakers to share the stories behind their films--the inspirations, the challenges and obstacles, the goals and objectives, the reactions to their films so far. So, to kick off this series of conversations, here is Phil Grabsky, director/executive producer/writer of The Boy Mir--Ten Years in Afghanistan
On Edward Landler and Brad Byer's 'I Build the Tower: The Life and Work of Sam Rodia' and donnie l. betts' 'Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress: The Story of Oscar Brown Jr.'
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Cara Mertes recently assumed her new role as director of the Los Angeles-based Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program. Mertes transitioned to Sundance from her post as executive director of American Documentary, Inc., and executive producer of the New York-based PBS documentary showcase P.O.V. In her new position, Mertes will oversee all the initiatives of Sundance's Documentary Film Program, including the Sundance Documentary Fund, the various documentary film labs held in Utah, House of Docs programming at the Filmmaker Lodge at the Sundance Film Festival and on-going, year-round
People couldn't stop talking about the changes around Silverdocs since its inception in 2003. The Fourth Annual SilverDocs AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, featured a conference, parties, panels, talks and plenty of movies for filmmakers and industry reps from around the world. The fest kicked off with Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters, Bill Couturié's look behind the making of movie hits. The film explores the nation's recent obsession with box office performance and how it affects moviegoers and how it can make-or-break industry careers
On Steven Cantor's 'What Remains,' and Gerald Fox's 'Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank.