Over the last half-century or so, documentary filmmaking has evolved as a formidable and expansive institution. In the US, filmmakers have built a soaring and sensible architecture by challenging ideology, pushing creative limits and distilling practice, while helping to legitimize the craft on a global stage. But the new generation of filmmakers faces a shifting landscape, including important changes in how they learn. Ongoing technological advances have arguably democratized the form, while the proliferation of film studies programs in higher education continues to institutionalize the
Latest Posts
Radio docs via Skype, David Lynch's 'Interview Project' and more!
The festival circuit plays out for festival programmers like a grand chessboard, with a prime spot in the calendar as the key positioning strategy. The AFI Fest, which has seen some changes at the helm in recent years, has had the unenviable spot of the end of the calendar, on the brink of awards season, when the discoveries from the beginning months of the year are lining up for their accolades and kudos at year's end. So, as artistic director Rose Kuo told soon-to-be-former LA Weekly critic Scott Foundas, "When Bob [director of programming Robert Koehler] came on, we just decided we should
Fifteen delegations of filmmakers and specialists dispatched around the world in 2009.
See pics from the 2009 IDA Documentary Awards before and during the event!
Book Review of 'Documentary Time: Film and Phenomenology'
A festival that promises to "enrich the human spirit through film," the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival, based 75 miles north of Los Angeles, swung into its 10th year November 5 through 8, opening with a sold-out celebrity golf tournament, hosted by actor Malcolm McDowell. Engaging audiences and 6,000 ticket holders, the festival programmers offered an ambitious slate of 62 films, including three special screenings, 13 feature docs and four documentary shorts, animation and narrative films. Screenings were shown in five different venues ranging from Ojai's downtown theater to
New work from Cynthia Wade, Rory Kennedy among 18 US and international films.
Short Award honors Australian 'Salt.' Get full recap of the night!