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Filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine discussed their acclaimed documentary feature Boys State along with Steven Garza, one of the 1,000 teenage subjects in the film who participated in the annual event at the University of Texas at Austin. The Boys State program takes place over the course of a week in all 50 states, with thousands of high school students participating in mock exercises to build representative state governments from the ground up. Garza himself was one of the teenagers who...

Filmin also tries its hand at series production Doctor Portuondo, directed by Carlo Padial, will be the first series to bear the “Filmin original” hallmark Director Carlo Padial and actors Jorge Perugorría and Nacho Sánchez, who will be working together on Doctor Portuondo It’s clear that Filmin is enjoying a period of great success at the moment, as proven by the fact that it is making the transition from being a website for legally watching European arthouse and independent films, kn...

Skip to main content Neons Tom Quinn or (The Unexpected and Relentless Pursuit to Get a Documentary in Best Picture) Neons Tom Quinn or (The Unexpected and Relentless Pursuit to Get a Documentary in Best Picture) Its not just about best documentary or international feature for Tom Quinn - hes looking for them to be embraced in a major way by the Academy Awards. Clayton Davis, provided by

Photograph by iStock Why not carve out time for a writing retreat through The Muse & The Marketplace? Organized by Boston’s nonprofit creative-writing center Grub Street, the annual conference is held online this year during two April sessions. During week one, April 21-25, more than 65 speakers and workshops will offer lessons and insights to writers of all styles, genres, and experience levels. Literary agents will also be on hand at small-group “Shop Talk Happy Hours” to discuss manusc...

U3A Cinema Group shows The Painter and the Thief 14 Feb, 2021 10:32 PM Quick Read Norwegian director Benjamin Ree at The Painter and the Thief premiere during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Photo / Getty Images Wanganui Midweek U3A Cinema Groups first offering for 2021 is an unusual but remarkable documentary recording the development of a relationship between a painter and a thief. Norwegian director Benjamin Ree invested three years in making this film. The painter, Barbora Kysilkov...

Oscars Documentary Feature Shortlist: Snubs, Surprises And A Netflix-Amazon Showdown Deadline 2/10/2021 Amazon Studios landed two films on the feature shortlist— Time, directed by Garrett Bradley, and All In: The Fight for Democracy, directed by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés. Time, which touches on mass incarceration through the experience of one Black family in Louisiana, must be considered a solid favorite in the Oscar race, having tied for the Gotham Award and amassing multiple critics�...

Time and Hao Wu’s 76 Days are among the 15 feature documentaries shortlisted for the 93rd Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in nine categories for this year’s Oscars yesterday (Feb. 9), including documentary feature and documentary short, for which 10 titles made the cut. A record 238 films were eligible in the documentary feature category, while 114 short documentaries qualified. In Dick Johnson Is Dead, director Kristen Johnson stages h...

The following documentaries are possible nominees for Best Documentary at the 2021 Academy Awards. 1. CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION (Netflix) “Crip Camp,” which was directed by Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht,  follows a group of disabled teens at Camp Jened in the Catskills during 1971. Designed for these kids, the camp offers them the opportunity to be accepted and free, like any other adolescent. Building on their experience as adults, campers Judith Heumann, James Lebrec...

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FIPADOC transposes its programme online Radiograph of a Family by Firouzeh Khosrovani Now at its 3 rd edition since homing in to focus exclusively on documentaries after 31 editions showcasing all types of audiovisual productions, FIPADOC might not be unfolding in person in Biarritz from 18 to 24 January, on account of the health crisis (the festival will unspool at a later date yet to be determined), but the team helmed by president Anne Georget and general delegate Christine Camdessus have ...