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20 Feet from Stardom, Morgan Neville's celebration of the dynamic singers behind some of the the greatest hits in rock ‘n' roll, took the Academy
'The Missing Picture' screens February 20 as part of IDA's The Art of Documentary screening series.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: It is with a heavy heart that we announce Alice Herz Sommer's passing at the age of 110 on Sunday, February 23, 2014. My interview with
'CaveDigger' screens March 1 at 1:10 p.m. as part of IDA's DocuDay.
Winner of the Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award
Editor's Note: Open Heart is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. What follows, in part, is an interview with director
'Hell and Back Again' is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2012 Academy Awards®.
In the crowded landscape of UK documentary production, Grain Media is managing to steer a very difficult path. The company is completely independent and committed to making cinematic films about the issues of our day, films which they unabashedly hope will have an impact and improve the world. In a series of conversations with Documentary, von Einsiedel and his team candidly discussed the ways they work in a climate where budgets are getting much tighter and commissioners are increasingly risk-averse.
Breakwater Studios is the first spotlight of Making a Production, our new strand of in-depth profiles featuring production companies that make critically-acclaimed nonfiction film and media in innovative ways. Mark Jonathan Harris digs into the company's history from its founding by Ben Proudfoot to its recent support of other directors, its branded content division, and the key creative characteristics of their award-winning short films.