The AFI Fest celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, having evolved from Filmex, the cinematic extravaganza that dominated the Los Angeles cultural calendar in the 1970s and 1980s. AFI Fest itself has bounced around the seasons, first in the spring, then early summer, then mid-October, until it finally staked its claim this decade in the post-Hallowe'en-pre-Thanksgiving slot. With the Los Angeles Film Festival anchoring the mid-to-late June position, the two major fests in this vital region are far enough apart in the calendar to give each other breathing space. The partnership with
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IDA DocuWeeks™ CALL FOR ENTRIES 15th Annual DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary Showcases Los Angeles & New York City Late Summer 2011 (Specific dates TBA) EARLY BIRD DEADLINE IS APRIL 5, 2011! FOR MORE INFORMATION AND COMPLETE DETAILS, PLEASE CLICK HERE. DocuWeeks™ helps to qualify outstanding new feature and short documentaries for Academy Award® consideration, by providing its participants a commercial theatrical exhibition in Los Angeles and New York. SPONSORED BY . To become a DocuWeeks sponsor, please call 213.534.3600.
Earned IDA Career Achievement Award in 1987
Winston Churchill conducted most of World War II from a warren of tiny rooms underneath the Treasury Building in London's Whitehall. Now an impressive museum, the Cabinet War Rooms was a suitably historic site for a reception during the World Congress of History Producers, held November 16 to 19. Indeed, the UK itself, given the vast array of creative history programming that has been produced here in recent years, couldn't be a more appropriate country to host a reflection on the state of the industry. The congress kicked off with a session entitled "The Great Debate: Does Television Enhance
2006 IDA Preservation & Scholarship Award
FotoKem , an ongoing supporter of the documentary film community, joins as a sponsor of the 15th Annual DocuWeeks. DocuWeeks presents short and feature length documentaries to appreciative audiences in theatrical runs, designed to qualify the films for Academy Award consideration. FotoKem is a full service motion picture, television, and commercial post production facility. They provide the highest level of quality with the best customer service in the industry. Their "one-campus" approach reduces the need to visit multiple facilities and move valuable original media while finishing your
From Katrina Browne's Traces of the Trade, which was made as part of the WGBH Filmmakers-in-Residence Program. Photo: Amishadai Sackitey The traditional broadcast networks aren't the only ones who need to figure out how to adapt as online video and new technologies continue to change how people receive their news and entertainment. Public stations recognize that the media landscape is changing, and they too must actively take part or else lose out on the next generation of new voices. Boston-based WGBH, a leading producer of PBS prime-time programs and online content, has created the WGBH Lab
And the winner is...'Waste Land'!