Sundance 2013: Memorable Characters
Park City, UTAH—When you go to Sundance for the first time, after having written about it from afar for years,…
Documentary
Sundance 2013: Documentaries Depict Life, Raw and Unplugged
PARK CITY, Utah – It’s a safe bet that most documentaries won’t make the leap from the film-festival circuit to…
Julia Bacha on the Art of Non-Violent Filmmaking
In a conversation via Skype over the summer, acclaimed writer/director Julia Bacha talked with The Independent’s Rebecca Reynolds about Bacha’s…
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2012
It’s another year, and time to announce 10 filmmakers we at The Independent think you should keep your eye on….
Wim Wenders’ 3D Learning Curve: Dancers Take Flight in “Pina”
Wim Wenders’ films seduce viewers, leaving them punch drunk with his intoxicating imagery. Such is the case with Wenders’ Oscar-nominated…
Fever Dreams, Middle-Eastern Video Diaries, the Quest for Inspiration, and Memories on Tap
Utah, PARK CITY – For filmmakers, screenwriters, video artists and actors looking for inspiration or funding, or both, the 2012…
Approaches to End of the World Docs
Two social justice docs at IDFA targeted and systematically attacked the same universal villain: progress. Four Horsemen and Surviving Progress…
IDFA 2011 – In Touch with the “Planet of Snail”
For two years South Korean director Seung-Jun Yi and his assistant director took a two-hour subway ride to the home…
IDFA 2011 – Int’l Perspectives on Digital Distribution and Doc Financing
Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam – A square crowded with coffee shops and clubs (and therefore crawling with tourists) is the proud center…