The 16th edition of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is now open for film entries. The submission deadline is June 28, 2013.
Anders Birch, Doc Studies Alum, begins Midwest Shoot for Denmark’s DR1 Television
In early May, Doc Studies graduate Anders Birch begins shooting a television feature doc in the U.S. for Denmark’s public broadcaster DR1. Along with Danish journalist Jakob Volver, Anders will shoot, direct and produce a 60-minute film on a little-known but long-established Danish village in the heart of the American midwest. Continue reading “Anders Birch, Doc Studies Alum, begins Midwest Shoot for Denmark’s DR1 Television”
REMEMBERING LES BLANK
In memory of Les Blank, the great documentarian whose sophisticated screen language appeared effortless when connecting us to regional musicians, garlic, gap-toothed women or Werner Herzog.
For Love Of Documentary — DAVID EDELSTEIN, New York Magazine
In tribute to the opening of the 2013 Tribeca FIlm Festival and its strong documentary roster, New York Magazine’s David Edelstein offers a rhapsodic ode to non-fiction cinema.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/edelstein-documentary-is-better-than-filmmaking.html
Doc Studies Alum Lauren Belfer is the producer of HOTLINE
What comes to mind when you think of telephone hotlines? Suicide? Sex? Ms. Cleo? He-Man? Hulk Hogan? Teen party lines? Yes, those are a few, but hotlines are everywhere and millions of calls are made to them each week. Continue reading “Doc Studies Alum Lauren Belfer is the producer of HOTLINE”
Doc Talk: Debra Zimmerrman on Distribution – How to Promote Your Film? (2013)
Debra Zimmerman from Women Make Movies joined us for a conversation on maximizing film’s outreach—eg. getting into the right film festivals, finding a distributor, getting your work broadcast—in the ever shifting landscape of indie media marketing and distribution. Since 1983, Debra Zimmerman has been the Executive Director of Women Make Movies, a non-profit NY-based organization that supports women filmmakers.
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LEVIATHAN — at IFC Center
The extreme and visceral Leviathan, by visual anthropologists Lucien-Castaing Taylor and Verena Paravel, opens this Friday at the IFC Center. A must-see.
Doc Talk with Jonathan Oppenheim – On Editing
What we talk about when we talk about editing. Renowned editor Jonathan Oppenheim (Paris is Burning, Arguing the World, Sister Helen, and the upcoming Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner) screened and discussed the ways in which he worked with director Laura Poitras to create a framework and context for the post 9/11 film The Oath. Oppenheim’s psychological approach to shaping character in documentary has won him a Peabody, an Oscar nomination and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize.
The New School Doc Studies 